<p>Sorry I don’t know about bassoon, but when we were researching college programs, we sent emails to a number of clarinet professors around the country and asked a variation of this question: Besides your program, where else would you consider to be a great place to train for clarinet? We received a number of helpful responses. Also, see if there are other discussion forums on the internet for bassoon. You might want to try this one:</p>
<p>[The</a> Bassoon BBoard](<a href=“The Bassoon BBoard”>The Bassoon BBoard)</p>
<p>I don’t think there are many bassoonists on this CC forum.</p>
<p>Also, our D was not a drum major but heavily into marching band. Your question on whether to drop is a tough one. It all depends on how much else she has going on, such as academics, and how high she wants to reach as far as music programs, and how good she is at time management and managing distractions, such as Facebook! Our D did not drop band senior year. I do not think her outcomes would have been different if she had dropped it. She is better at time management when she is busy.
Your experience might be different.</p>