If you’re a fan of orchestral music, you’ll know that the great composers have employed the bassoon for some iconic moments in classical music.
The bassoon is front and center today with 17-year-old Xavion Patterson performing an expressive work for bassoon and piano written by Gabriel Grovlez. He’s joined by pianist Elizabeth Joy Roe of Anderson & Roe Piano Duo.
Smyrna, Tennessee Xavion performed on Show 384 in Fairfax, Virginia on February 29, 2020.
Xavion Patterson (bassoon), 16, is a junior at Stewarts Creek High School in Smyrna, Tennessee and a recipient of From the Top’s Jack Kent Cooke Young Artist Award. He studies privately with Julia Harguindey, principal bassoonist of the Nashville Symphony Orchestra (NSO). Xavion is also a member of the NSO’s Accelerando Program for gifted young musicians and the Curb Youth Symphony of the Nashville Youth Orchestra Program. His recent musical highlights include attending the Boston University Tanglewood Institute in the summer of 2019, and placing second in the Texas Lyricism Competition for Oboe and Bassoon in May 2019. Xavion enjoys meditating and spending time with his friends.
Elizabeth Joy Roe is one half of the sensational piano duo – Anderson & Roe – with collaborative partner Greg Anderson. Elizabeth and Greg guest hosted Shows 384 & 385 at George Mason University in February 2020.
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