Jarrett Rodriguez

M.F.A., Radford University
M.B.A., Quantic School of Business and Technology
Performer’s Diploma, Montclair State University

Rodriguez is an east-coast based bassoonist and educator. He is an Adjunct Instructor in Woodwinds and Music Entrepreneurship at the University of Mary Washington, Assistant Principal Bassoon for the Fredericksburg Symphony Orchestra, and a Moosmann Teaching Artist.

He has taught musicians at all levels, teaching reed workshops, applied music, and other courses, along with working in the music business field. His workshops have taken place across the east coast, including workshops at Lynn University Music Conservatory, Montclair State Double Reed Day, and as a guest presenter for woodwind methods at George Mason University. He has also worked as the web administrator for the Glickman Popkin Bassoon Camp and as a Consulting Bassoonist for Jones Double Reed and Dansr.

Rodriguez enjoys working as an active freelancer. A few highlights from his freelancing career have been with the 38th annual Historic Royal Fireworks Concert in Spokane, as a guest soloist with Washington’s Camerata performing the Telemann Concerto for Bassoon and Alto Recorder, and as a guest artist with the Mason Opera Orchestra performing Puccini’s Suor Angelica and Menotti’s The Medium.