Ingrid Hagan, bassoon

American born bassoonist Ingrid Hagan is the principal bassoonist of the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra. She won the post in 2010. Prior to that she was a bassoonist with the New World Symphony in Miami, FL, USA, from 2007-2010. At 22, she was one of the youngest players to be accepted into the prestigious program in Miami. Immediately following her 3 years in Miami, she trialed with the Norrkoping Symphony in Sweden, before winning the job in Auckland. She has performed in Cuba, Venezuela, Guatemala, Panama, and Germany, with various ensembles, including the festival ensemble of Stuttgart. She was Principal Bassoon of the Breckenridge Music Festival in 2009, where she was selected as a concerto soloist, performing the Mozart Bassoon Concerto. She has played in several competitions, including the Meg Quigley competition (’07) which she tied for second prize, and the Swiss Muri Competition, in which she was the only participant to be selected from the USA or Australasia. (’13). In 2015 she traveled to the USA to compete in the Gilet/Hugo Fox competition, where she received an Honorable Mention. Hagan attended the Manhattan School of Music, graduating in 2007 and studying with the principal bassoonist of the Metropolitan Opera , Whitney Crockett. She is currently on the artists faculty of the University of Auckland, and has performed regularly throughout New Zealand with the Koru Wind Quintet, NZSO, Auckland Chamber Orchestra, and Bay of Plenty Symphonia. In 2013, she was a concerto soloist with the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra, performing the John Williams Concerto, ” The Five Sacred Trees.” It was the first time this piece had been performed with full orchestra in New Zealand. Hagan has been featured several times on National Public Radio in the US, and filmed on shows such as Good Morning Miami and also TV3 New Zealand. She can be heard weekly performing live with the APO on Radio New Zealand. Hagan plays on a Fox mountain maple #601 Bassoon.