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    Jim Rodgers has been the Principal Contrabassoonist with the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra since September of 2001. Formerly, he was the Principal Bassoonist with the Jacksonville Symphony, Associate Principal Bassoonist with the Florida Orchestra, Second Bassoonist with the Houston Symphony, and Contrabassoonist with the Colorado Symphony. Summer activities have included the Grand Tetons Music Festival, Cabrillo Festival of Contemporary Music, Colorado Music Festival, National Orchestral Institute, and Tanglewood Music Center. He studied bassoon with Norman Herzberg at the University of Southern California and with Benjamin Kamins at the Rice University Shepherd School of Music. He also studied bassoon with …

TRYPO is pleased to host the 2022 PMEA District 1 Orchestra Festival and TRYPO’s Winter Concert both in the same weekend! We even picked the David L. Lawrence Convention Center Ballroom as our venue to leave enough space for a socially distanced audience. Learn more about each concert by clicking the links below! Saturday, January 15 at 5:00 PM – PMEA Concert Sunday, January 16 at 5:00 PM – TRYPO Winter Concert We also welcome the opportunity to invite exhibitors for the weekend events. We expect as many as 1200 attendees that include teachers and music educators and middle through …