George Sakakeeny

​artist teacher of the bassoon

George Sakakeeny is a bassoon teaching at the Eastman School of Music. A successful college bassoon teaching for nearly three decades his students have gone on to hold bassoon orchestra jobs, bassoon band jobs, and bassoon teaching jobs. He is the author of a bassoon reed making book. 

Click here to purchase George Sakakeeny's latest recording 
(Paul Hindemith's Bassoon Sonata)
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"At eight minutes, the [Hindemith] Bassoon Sonata (1938) is the shortest of the wind sonatas, but George Sakakeeny inflects each note with character and direction, making the most out of the music. The second movement is a highlight of the album. Howsmon's relentless treatment of the march combines with Sakakeeny's effortless lyricism to create a wonderfully intrepid mood."
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- Jeremy Reynolds for Cleveland Classical

photos by Matt Dine

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