Saxton Rose

Bassoon

This faculty member has taught at previous editions of I-AME. The current 2026 faculty list is available here.

Saxton Rose is one of America’s most recognized bassoon soloists. His virtuosic interpretations of traditional repertoire, and his dedication to new music have afforded him a prolific and varied career as a soloist, orchestral and chamber musician. He is Associate Professor of Bassoon and Director of the contemporary music ensemble at the University of North Carolina School of the Arts, principal bassoonist of the Winston-Salem Symphony, and a member of the acclaimed New York-based wind quintet Zéphyros Winds. Saxton Rose is a J. Püchner artist and performs on the Model Superior/6000 bassoon.

Mr. Rose performs and teaches throughout the world. Recent performances include engagements as concerto soloist with the National Symphony of Colombia in Bogotá, National Symphony of Panamá, Orquesta Filarmónica de Boca del Río in Veracruz, Mexico, Puerto Rico Symphony Orchestra, with the West Point Band at the Skirball Center in New York City, and in North Carolina with Fayetteville Symphony Orchestra and Winston-Salem Symphony. As a recitalist he has performed in Japan, Argentina, Mexico, Czech Republic, China, in Belgium at the Brugges Concertgebouw in Belgium, in The Netherlands at the Korzo Theater in The Hague and at the Ostadetheater in Amsterdam. He has performed numerous times as a featured concerto soloist at the conferences of the International Double Reed Society, an organization for which he served as Associate Editor of IDRS Online Publications and chair of both the IDRS Gillet-Fox Competition for Bassoon and Young Artist Competition for Bassoon.

As principal bassoonist of the Puerto Rico Symphony Orchestra from 2003 to 2008 he performed at Carnegie Hall, the Kennedy Center in Washington DC, in the Casals Festival and on tours to Europe and throughout Latin America. He has held the same position with Winston-Salem Symphony since 2008.