Bassoon with Jaquain S.

Praised by the ‘Baltimore Sun,’ (Baltimore, MD) “ I relaxed in my seat as the singing tone of the bassoon rose above the orchestra. Sloan’s solo took the audience on an aural ride that seemed to defy the laws of time...” Jaquain Sloan is a freelance bassoonist in the greater Los Angeles area. Before uprooting to Los Angeles, he freelanced in Baltimore, MD. There he performed with the Baltimore Choral Arts Society, Occasional Symphony Orchestra, and Symphony No. 1. An avid performer, he put on many solos recitals attracting audiences from pre-k to retirees introducing many of them to the sweet, dark, devil that is the bassoon. Sloan strives to make the bassoon accessible to anyone who wants to listen. He has arranged many popular pop tunes for bassoon quartet and quintet in hopes listeners will see how versatile the bassoon can be. He has performed various orchestral and chamber concerts at venues on both the east and west coasts including The Hollywood Bowl, Royce Hall, Walt Disney Concert Hall, Bovard Auditorium, Miriam A. Friedberg Concert Hall, Hilda and Douglas Goodwin Recital Hall, Leith Symington Griswold Hall, Joe Byrd Hall, and the Cohen Davison Family Theatre. Sloan is currently pursuing his Master in Bassoon Performance Degree at the University of Southern California Thornton School of Music in Los Angeles, CA under the tutelage of Shawn Mouser. He received his Bachelor of Music Degree from the Peabody Institute of the Johns Hopkins University where he studied with Phillip Kolker. When he isn’t bandaging himself from reed making mishaps, he can be found singing with his award winning acapella group the SoCal VoCals, or with the Chancel Choir of Pasadena as a Bass Choral Scholar.