
Gregg Henegar
BSO: Helen Rand Thayer chair
Gregg Henegar joined the Boston Symphony Orchestra as
contrabassoon in 1992, having previously held the same position
with the Houston Symphony. An active teacher, Mr. Henegar is a
faculty member at New England Conservatory, Boston University and
the Tanglewood Music Center. He is the author of Modern
Exercises for the Contrabassoon.
Mr. Henegar studied bassoon with George Goslee, former principal
bassoon of the Cleveland Orchestra, at the Cleveland Institute of
Music and with Sanford Berry at the University of Illinois. He
has given numerous performances of new works written for the
contrabassoon and has recorded works by Donald Erb with the London
Philharmonic Orchestra. Mr. Henegar is the exclusive agent in
North America for Mollenhauer Contrabassooons of Kassel,
Germany.