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Alison Wormell

Bassoon

www.alisonwormell.com/bassoon

ORCHESTRAL CONTRACTS/TRIALS
BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Principal 2nd Bassoon Trial
from Feb 2024
Lapland Chamber Orchestra, Acting Principal Bassoon
Jan - Mar 2022 and
Aug 2023 - Jan 2024
Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra, Acting Tutti Bassoon
Aug - Dec 2022
Opera Australia Orchestra, Guest Principal
Mar - April 2019
Sydney Symphony Orchestra, Bassoon Fellow
Jan - Dec 2018

EXTRA ORCHESTRAL WORK
Arctic Philharmonic, principal, bassoon
from 2024
Opera North, extra list by audition
from 2023
New Zealand Symphony Orchestra, bassoon
from 2023
Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, bassoon, contrabassoon
from 2022
Lapland Chamber Orchestra, bassoon
from 2022
St Martin Chamber Orchestra (St Martin-in-the-Fields), bassoon
from 2022
Echo Ensemble, bassoon
from 2023
London Mozart Players, bassoon, contrabassoon
from 2020
Prometheus Orchestra, principal
from 2020
Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra, principal, bassoon, contrabassoon
from 2018
Sydney Symphony Orchestra, bassoon, contrabassoon
from 2017
Adelaide Symphony Orchestra, bassoon, contrabassoon
from 2017
Momentum Ensemble, principal
2017 - 2018

SESSIONS/MEDIA APPEARANCES
‘Fagerlund in Focus’ (working title) - CD, Dacapo Records Copenhagen,
2023
Lapland Chamber Orchestra (unreleased)
‘Conduits for Joy’ - Bassoon soloist, short film, Play Outdoors Productions
2023
‘Egon Wellesz, Suite for Solo Bassoon’ - video recording, RCM London
2022
‘The Soldier’s Tale with Sir Thomas Allen’ - Youtube film, RCM London
2021
‘Beat Bugs’ - Netflix soundtrack, Daniel Denholm
2016
‘Celebrare’ - CD, Klavier Music Productions, Naxos, SCM Wind Symphony
2015
ABC Classic FM Radio, Tasmanian Symphony, Sydney Symphony,
from 2014
Australian Youth Orchestra

SOLO/CHAMBER
Lapland Chamber Orchestra, Soloist J.S.Bach/Heribert Breuer
2024
‘Triple Concerto BW540’
Corelia Project Wind Quintet
from 2023
Kensington Winds, Islington Festival
2023
Jean Daniel Braun ‘Largo’ for solo bassoon, Play Outdoors Productions film
2023
Newbury Spring Festival ‘Mozart for 13 Winds’, principal
2021
Nielsen Quintet with flautist Adam Walker
2021
Sofia Gubaidulina, Sonata for Two Bassoons, 1st bassoon
2021
‘Solos I: A Series of Escapes’ with FABLE ARTS - A series of short films
2021
based around the performance of four 21st century works for
solo bassoon in the UK countryside. Available for one weekend.
ROSL International Music Competition, Semi-finalist
2021
(withdrew due to injury)
RCM Contemporary Competition, Third prize overall
2021
Zoe Martlew, Salamander (Fag. 19)
RCM Woodwind Competition, First prize overall and bassoon prize
2020
Glinka, Sonata for Bassoon and Piano
Beethoven Septet, principal bassoon
2020
Tempest Quintet for Musica Viva Chamber Festival (NSW)
2019
SCM Symphony Orchestra, Soloist, Mozart Bassoon Concerto
2018
Quay Quintet
2013 - 2017

OUTREACH/WORK WITH CHILDREN
Play Outdoors Productions, producer, bassoonist
from 2022
Play Outdoors Productions is a film collective committed to disrupting
the presentation of classical music and standard adventure film narratives.
Schools Concerts, Lapland Chamber Orchestra
from 2022
Wind Quintet concerts presented to remote Lappish primary schools,
teaching about wind instruments and repertoire spanning from the
classical period to contemporary works.
Schools Concerts, Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra
2022
Chamber concerts/workshops (5 performances each program) for
primary through to early high school students, exploring the orchestra,
rhythm, and singing songs.
Young Musicians Workshop, Meet The Music and Schools Concerts,
2018
Sydney Symphony Orchestra
Performing and Performance Anxiety Workshops
2017 - 2019
Designed and led workshops for senior (A-level equivalent) students at
St George Girls High School, Sydney
Bassoon teaching and tutoring
from 2014
Privately and also at NSW State Music Camp, Newtown Performing Arts,
Ascham School, Fort Street HS, North Sydney Girls HS, St Catherine’s
Waverley, St. Aloysius College, Summer Hill PS Weekend Workshops

EDUCATION/TRAINING
Royal College of Music London, Artist Diploma (Performance)
2021 - 2022
Masters of Performance (Bassoon)
2019 - 2021
Profs: Joost Bosdijk, Sarah Burnett, Andrea de Flammineis, Martin Field
Sydney Conservatorium of Music, BMus Performance (Hons) Class I
2014-2017
Thesis: Composing for the Contrabassoon: An analysis of four 21st
century works in the context of recent advances to the contrabassoon’s construction.
BBC Symphony Orchestra, Pathways Scheme - Julie Price
2019 - 2020
Sibelius Academy, Woodwind Summer School - Dag Jensen
2019
Sydney Symphony Orchestra, Fellowship - Matthew Wilkie, Todd Gibson-Cornish
2018
Adelaide Symphony Orchestra, Fellow - Mark Gaydon
2017
Australian Youth Orchestra, Principal Bassoon
2017 - 2019
Australian International Symphony Orchestra Institute
2015 - 2016

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Instruments
Bassoon