Dennis Michel

Dennis Michel is the recently retired second bassoonist of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and was an ensemble artist with the Chicago Chamber Musicians. He served as Artist Teacher of Bassoon at The Chicago College of Performing Arts at Roosevelt University. Prior to establishing his career in Chicago, he was principal bassoonist of the San Diego Symphony Orchestra for 16 years and was a founding member of the Arioso Wind Quintet. Mr. Michel has appeared at Tanglewood, the Grand Teton Festival, the Bard College Festival, San Luis Obispo Mozart Festival, and Summerfest La Jolla. Mr. Michel is a graduate of Yale University, as a student of Arthur Weisberg. As a Fulbright Scholar, he studied with Milan Turkovich at the Hochschule für Musik and performed with the Vienna State Opera. Mr. Michel has served on the faculties of Northwestern University, The University of Southern California, The University of California at San Diego, and San Diego State University, and has been a Music Academy teaching artist since 1988.