Ann Shoemaker, bassoon

Ann Shoemaker (bassoon) is active throughout the Carolinas as both a teacher and performer. She is the second bassoonist with the Greensboro Symphony, and plays regularly as both principal and section bassoon with the Charlotte, Greenville (SC), Winston-Salem, Asheville, and Charleston Symphony Orchestras, the South Carolina Philharmonic, Fibonacci Chamber Orchestra, and Chamber Orchestra of the Triangle. An avid chamber musician, she has also performed in Washington D.C. and New York City with the Jupiter Symphony Chamber Players.


Ann has been on faculty at Furman University since 2004 as Adjunct Professor of Bassoon, and has previously served as instructor of bassoon at North Carolina School of the Arts, Davidson College, and Yale University. She has played on the Greensboro Symphony Orchestra's Chamber Music Series and regularly collaborates with other faculty at Furman University. Ann is currently working towards her doctoral degree at the University of North Carolina-Greensboro, where she lives with her Brittany Spaniel, Rio.

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