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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 PictureJohn 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