No bassoon, please

I don't play the bassoon. I know there are many woodwind specialists and doublers out there who play both oboe and bassoon, but I am an oboist. The two instruments are completely different. I don't know how to put a bassoon together. I don't know any fingerings. I know squat about their reeds. Yes, we are both double reed instruments. But if you pull a bassoonist and an oboist out of band to have them work on their music together (say, with a specialist), they are most likely going to have completely different parts to work on. This is frustrating as a so-called specialist. Of course I can talk about musical issues. I am quite happy to listen to the student play the Mozart Bassoon Concerto, but it is a disservice to the student to not offer a bassoon specialist. Their band teacher plays bassoon. That's wonderful. At least they'll have that resource at a time outside of sectionals, for which I'm hired. But when you put the oboes and bassoons together, they are not going to get the same level of instruction (including the oboes, as my attention is split and my expertise is not being utilized) as the other sections. And the band teacher's response to "I don't play the bassoon"?..."Just have fun!" Sigh.

Nitty gritty

I'm into the nitty gritty details of my DMA document. I want to have a draft finished this week.

Question for oboists with access to the first oboe part to Mozart's Symphony No. 36 ("Linz")--or anyone with access to this score--or bassoonists with the first bassoon part. First movement, Allegro spiritoso section--oboe/bassoon line in E minor. (Rothwell "Difficult Passages" vol. 2, pg. 15, #466.) I'm looking for those measure numbers. The line goes (q=quarter note, h=half note, e=eighth note; grouped by bars): (qq)E-E (hh)E-B (eeeeqq)A-G-F#-E-B-B (eeeeeeee)A-G-F#-E-A#-B-A#-B (eeeeqq)A-G-F#-E-C-C. Five measures total including the pick-up measure.

If that makes sense to you, and you can help me out, please leave a comment here with the measure numbers or email me if you have my address.

Good luck, right? It's just an itty-bitty (nitty gritty) detail. If all else fails, I can hunt down a score (too bad this library is so small).