Michael Burns has been a Yamaha artist since 2000. He performs on the Yamaha YFG-812 Bassoon, EBH2 Super Bocal, and PBH2 Super Bocal. Mr. Burns is Associate Professor of Bassoon at North Carolina University at Greensboro. He continues his work as an active performer throughout the U.S. and abroad performing with symphonies and frequently at the International Double Reed Society.
The Yamaha Super Bocals are great. I use a VBH2 and sometimes an EBH2 for general playing and a PBH2 for high-register work and they make life so much easier. They all have great sounds; great scales, and are free blowing. The P series are quite simply the most amazing High register bocals that I have found.
Clinician: Yes
Location: Greensboro, NC
Biography:
Michael Burns (bassoon) is Associate Professor of bassoon at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. He holds the B.M. degree from the Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand, the M.M. from the New England Conservatory, and the D.M.A. from the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music. Burns has performed in numerous professional orchestras including the Cincinnati and the New Zealand Symphony Orchestras and played Principal in the Midland/Odessa, Richmond, and Abilene Symphonies, and the Cincinnati Chamber Orchestra. Currently he is in demand as a performer with the North Carolina, Charleston, Greensboro, and Charlotte Symphony Orchestras. He is also bassoonist in the Eastwind Ensemble and the Cascade Quintet. Burns has taught at the Cincinnati College-Conservatory, Indiana State University, and Midland College. In addition he remains active as a solo and chamber performer with performances at International Double Reed Society conventions, recitals and masterclasses throughout North America and the South Pacific, and at several leading Universities internationally. In summers, Burns is associated with the Eastern Music Festival and the Bands of America Summer Symposium. He is also an active composer with many of his pieces being published by BOCAL Music and frequently performed throughout the country. His mentors include William Winstead, Sherman Walt, Leonard Sharrow, and Colin Hemmingsen. He is archivist for the International Double Reed Society and has co-hosted the IDRS 2003 Conference in Greensboro, NC. Burns is a Yamaha Performing Artist.
