I`d have to say that gender makes no difference in how well you play. I`m the only bassoonist in our school band and I`m female and I play pretty well for the 6 months that I have been playing. I think that if you just work hard enough at playing and you really take your time to comb over all the little details you can be a great player no matter if you are male or female.

Well, I`m 2nd bassonist at the Youth Symphony Orchestra and the 1st bassoonist is a girl. My private music teacher is a girl that has been playing bassoon for 20 years

And My private teacher is lady who play for 30 year so no harmness for me then

I enjoy with lady:0 he he he she is nice to me so i enjoy with her for 3 yrs on bassoon lesson

At the international double reed conference in Australia this year which I am attending, there are some exceptional bassoons coming out from both genders.
Some of the greatest players in the world are female, and vice versa.
I think it might be like a flute though, where are higher proportion of females play flute and a higher proportion of males play bassoons?

Hi Andrew

I agree wiv you, I thought about it,

martin

Hiya!

I`M also a bassoon player and I`m female.. I only know 1 other girl who`s playing the bassoon and in the orchestra I`m in there are 2 guys playing the bassoon... and I`m the only girl lol..

I think it doesn`t depend on the gender..

cya

girls all the way.......... i`m the only bassoon player in my band(symphonic) so either way guy or girl i have to represent bassoonists all the way it`s all about the bassoons!!!! forget oboes i i use to play that it sucked!