Margaret Cookhorn is a British
classical contrabassoonist and
bassoonist.
She is Principal Contrabassoon and Bassoon with the
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
The City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra (CBSO) is a British orchestra based in Birmingham, England. It is the resident orchestra at Symphony Hall: a B:Music Venue in Birmingham, which has been its principal performance venue since 1991. Its a ...
,
bassoonist with the
Birmingham Contemporary Music Group
Birmingham Contemporary Music Group (BCMG) is a British chamber ensemble based in Birmingham, England specialising in the performance of new and contemporary music. BCMG performs regularly at the CBSO Centre and Symphony Hall in Birmingham, tour ...
and, notably, has pursued a career as a contrabassoon
soloist.
John Woolrich
John Woolrich ( ; born 1954 in Cirencester) is an English composer.
Biography
Woolrich has founded a group (the Composers Ensemble), a festival (Hoxton New Music Days), and has been composer in association with the Orchestra of St John's and th ...
's contrabassoon concerto ''Falling Down'' was written for her. She most recently performed the piece at the
BBC Proms
The BBC Proms or Proms, formally named the Henry Wood Promenade Concerts Presented by the BBC, is an eight-week summer season of daily orchestral classical music concerts and other events held annually, predominantly in the Royal Albert Hal ...
in 2015.
Cookhorn is a tutor at the
Royal Birmingham Conservatoire
The Royal Birmingham Conservatoire is a music school, drama school and concert venue in Birmingham, England. It provides professional education in music, acting, and related disciplines up to postgraduate level. It is a centre for scholarly res ...
and for the
CBSO Youth Orchestra.
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Living people
Year of birth missing (living people)
English classical bassoonists
Alumni of the Royal Northern College of Music
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