Garrett McQueen

Garrett Paul McQueen, teacher, performer, and mentor, has been playing the bassoon in his home town of Memphis and around the mid-south since 1999. As well as performing with such groups as the Memphis Symphony Orchestra, Jackson (TN) Symphony Orchestra, South Arkansas Symphony Orchestra, Germantown Symphony Orchestra, University of Memphis Symphony Orchestra, the Memphis Youth Symphony Alumni Orchestra, the Wolf River Chamber Orchestra and the University of Memphis Wind Ensemble, he has also enjoyed giving multiple solo recitals, performing with the Godiva Woodwind Quintet, giving master classes, serving as adjudicator for West Tennessee Band auditions, and teaching a studio of oboists/bassoonists consisting of middle school, high school, and undergraduate college students. He has also performed in multiple Broadway Musicals in Memphis under the baton of David Spencer, can be heard as principal bassoonist CDs produced by Albany Records, Goner Records, and True Panther Sounds, and keeps himself busy in free-lance activities.