Denise Turner is assistant principal/second bassoon with the New Mexico Symphony Orchestra, principal bassoon with the Chamber Orchestra of Albuquerque, and Director of Undergraduate Bassoon Studies at the University of New Mexico where she teaches applied bassoon, pedagogy courses, coaches chamber music and performs with the artist-in-resident woodwind quintet, the “New Mexico Winds”. She also performs with the contemporary chamber music ensemble “Chatter”, and with the baroque chamber orchestra “Orchestra of the Duke” on baroque bassoon.

Ms. Turner has performed orchestral, opera and chamber music throughout the western United States, Mexico, and Italy. In addition to being a founding member of the New Mexico Woodwind Quintet, Ms. Turner has performed with the Santa Fe Opera, Santa Fe Pro Musica, Santa Fe Festival Ballet, Santa Fe Desert Chorale, The Amarillo Symphony, San Juan Symphony, Santa Fe Symphony, Music de Camera Orchestra, Rome Music Festival, and as a soloist on the Placitas Artists Series, the St. John’s Cathedral Series, and with the Chamber Orchestra of Albuquerque. Ms. Turner has performed as a guest artist with the “New Mexico Winds” at both the International Double Reed Society Festival and the College Music Society.

Originally from Chicago, Illinois, Ms. Turner studied with Wilbur Simpson of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, and Adele Brown of the Lyric Opera. She continued her studies with Betty Johnson at the University of Oklahoma, and Artemus Edwards at the University of New Mexico. Ms. Turner can be found on recordings with the New Mexico Symphony Orchestra, and chamber music recordings of the New Mexico Winds.

Recordings

Chamber Music
New Mexico Winds