The
Minnesota
Bassoon
Assocation (MBA) was founded in 1983 by John W.
Miller, Jr. The organization is based in Minneapolis and St. Paul, MN,
and
brings professional bassoonists to the area for recitals, workshops,
and master
classes.
MBA President: John
W.
Miller,
Jr.
John
Miller
received his
early musical training at the Peabody
Conservatory in Baltimore and the New England Conservatory in Boston.
He also holds a BS degree in humanities and engineering from MIT and
was awarded a Fulbright grant for music study in Amsterdam. While in
Boston he founded the Bubonic Bassoon Quartet and made the premier
recording of the Hummel Bassoon Concerto, released with the Weber
Concerto on Cambridge Records. He assumed his present position as
Principal Bassoon of the Minnesota Orchestra i