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Tahnee Van Herk

Principal Bassoon

Supported by Dr Hilary Wallace

When Tahnee plays with the full orchestra you can usually spot her in the middle of the stage with fellow woodwind musicians.

‘The bassoon is a rather odd-looking thing. But for me, it’s an instrument that facilitates my ability to sing.’

About Tahnee

Although there were no musicians in her family, Tahnee grew up in a household surrounded by the sounds of the seventies.

She joined the TSO as Principal Bassoon in early 2014 and was previously Associate Principal Bassoon with Orchestra Victoria for twelve years.

Tahnee has been a guest principal with the Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide and New Zealand symphony orchestras and the Auckland Philharmonic and Australian Opera and Ballet orchestras.

She began her tertiary studies at the Victorian College of the Arts before travelling to the Netherlands where she completed post-graduate studies under the instruction of the bassoon section of the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra.

Tahnee has a passion for teaching and has taught bassoon at the University of Tasmania’s Conservatorium of Music, the University of Melbourne and the Australian National Academy of Music (ANAM).

Did you know?

Tahnee enjoys the creative opportunities that come with being a member of the TSO. ‘Playing in one of Australia’s smaller orchestras gives the opportunity to be in the front seat of the collaborative process, making music with colleagues’.

‍Instrument envy? ‘I look longingly at the brass section whenever I contemplate the complexities of another day making reeds!’.‍