Douglas Quint, Bassoon
Bassoonist Douglas Quint is well known as a versatile performer, recording artist, and teacher. He has performed with the Orchestra of St. Luke's, the Brooklyn Philharmonic, the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra, the New York City Opera and Ballet Orchestras, and the Chamber Music Society of the Lincoln Center. He has also been a concerto soloist with the Mostly Mozart Festival Orchestra, performing Mozart's Sinfonie Concertante K 297b at Avery Fisher Hall. He has worked with many of our era's greatest conductors and with pop icons including Bryan Adams, Stephin Merritt, Bono, and Quincy Jones. He has concertized throughout the US and in such diverse locations as Bermuda, Denmark, England, Germany, Italy, Japan, South Korea, Spain, Taiwan, and the Virgin Islands.
Mr. Quint holds degrees from The Manhattan School of Music and The Juilliard School. He is currently working towards his Doctorate of Musical Arts degree at the CUNY Graduate Center. He was a finalist for the coveted Naumburg Award. Since 1997 he has been a member of the award winning Zephyros Winds, with which he has given master classes at schools including Yale, Juilliard, Chautauqua, and Idyllwild.
Mr. Quint can be heard on numerous records, movie soundtracks, and on many television cartoons. His writing and photography have been published by The Village Voice.