Q Reeds

Thank you for your interest in Q-Reeds! I am Quincey Trojanowski, and I am an undergrad currently studying bassoon performance with Kristin Wolfe Jensen at the University of Texas at Austin. I live in Chicago (when I am not at school), and I am an alumna of the Merit School of Music, the Chicago Youth Symphony Orchestra, and the National Youth Orchestra of the United States of America. I also was a finalist in the 2021 Meg Quigley Vivaldi Competition, and a member of the 2021 Round Top Institute’s Texas Festival Orchestra. My past teachers include Drew Pattison (current professor of bassoon at the Oberlin Conservatory of Music) as well as Miles Maner, who plays bassoon/contrabassoon in the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and teaches bassoon at DePaul University. I have been making/adjusting reeds since 8th grade, and I refine my work with each reed I make. Since I began making reeds, I have used the Herzberg style of reedmaking. I created Q-Reeds to help give other bassoonists access to quality Herzberg reeds at different stages of production. This will not only be useful for experienced players, but it will also help new reedmakers learn more about the reed-finishing process. As a student myself, I know the realm of reedmaking can seem intimidating! With Q-reeds, I plan to provide reliable canvases for reedmaking work as well as good models for a finished reed.