Özet:

The primary responsibility of art educators is to ready their students for a career in the field of arts. Conservatories, particularly those specializing in instrumental arts such as the bassoon, often lead their graduates to positions in orchestras. Students aspiring to become orchestral musicians must dedicate their educational journey to practicing the required pieces and orchestral excerpts for auditions. Orchestra excerpts, especially due to their ability to showcase the performer's technical and musical skills on the instrument, play a key role in orchestra auditions. Among these excerpts, the two bassoon excerpts in Maurice Ravel's Piano Concerto in G Major hold significant importance. In this respect, the present study attempts to examine the two bassoon excerpts in Maurice Ravel's Piano Concerto in G Major, offering recommendations to performers encompassing both technical and musical dimensions. The study utilizes the qualitative research technique of document analysis. Following the examination of the bassoon excerpts in Ravel's Piano Concerto in G Major, passages with potential challenges in execution have been identified.Recommendations have been provided to ease the technical difficulties and enhance the musical interpretation of these passages, focusing on breath control, alternative finger positions, and recommendations for playing fast passages. Furthermore, exercises aimed at facilitating the technical challenges of fast passages in bassoon excerpts have been written by the researcher.