About me
Bassoonist Wren Saunders is on the faculty of the Osher School of Music of the University of Southern Maine. She earned a Bachelor of Music degree from the University of Southern Maine and a Master of Music degree from New England Conservatory of Music in bassoon performance. Ms. Saunders is currently a member of the Orchestra of Indian Hill (MA), is principal bassoon of the Bangor Symphony and is a former member of the Knoxville Symphony (TN). In 2007 she was a concerto soloist with the Bangor Symphony. An active freelancer, she has played with the region’s top orchestras, including the Boston Symphony Orchestra, BMOP, Portland Symphony Brass” Ms. Saunders has a vibrant and successful bassoon studio where her students are regularly accepted into the Maine All-State and District festivals, the USM Youth Ensembles as well as New England Conservatory’s Youth Orchestras and the Boston Youth Orchestras in Massachusetts. She is currently on the faculty of the University of Southern Maine, Gordon College and the Portland Conservatory of Music." on Mark O’Connor’s CD “Americana Symphony” on the OMAC label.Orchestra, Boston Philharmonic, Rhode Island Philharmonic, PORT Orchestra, Vermont Symphony, and the ProArte Chamber Orchestra of Boston, among others. Ms. Saunders can be heard playing principal bassoon with the Pro Arte Chamber Orchestra performing Violin Concerto No. 6 “Old
