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David
Granger serves as principal bassoonist with the
Sacramento Philharmonic
Orchestra, the
Modesto
Symphony Orchestra, the
Napa Valley
Symphony, the Fremont Philharmonic, and is a
member of the
Oakland East Bay Symphony. He received his
Bachelor of Music in 1973 and his Master of Music in 1975 from the
Manhattan School of Music in New York City. Mr. Granger was principal
bassoonist of the Sacramento Symphony from 1981 until 1996. In 1983 he
began teaching at the
University of
California, Davis, and, in 1985, became
coordinator of the music department's student chamber music program. He
began teaching at the
University
of California, Berkeley in 2002. Mr. Granger
also attended
Indiana
University's Early Music Institute and
received a Performer Diploma in baroque bassoon in 2004. There he
studied early bassoons with Michael McCraw and worked with some of the
leading artists in period instrument performance. His period instrument
experiences include performances with the American Bach Soloists and the
Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra in Toronto, Canada. Mr. Granger plays on a
copy of an early 17th century dulcian built by Leslie Ross, New York,
2000.
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