Sunday, October 31, 2027 2:00 – 3:00 pm
Cynthia Cioffari and the BassonaRoos: Halloween Bassoon-a-Boo!
Wadsworth Public Library, 132 Broad Street, Wadsworth, OH 44281

Ohio Regional Music Arts and Cultural Outreach (ORMACO) and the Wadsworth Public Library continue Live at the Library with Cynthia Cioffari and the University of Akron BassonaRoos on Sunday, October 31, 2027, at 2 pm at the Wadsworth Public Library, 132 Broad Street, Wadsworth, OH 44281.

BassoonaRoo is comprised of undergraduate and graduate students from The University of Akron who love to play the bassoon. Their holiday performance in Medina was so popular that we’ve invited them to Wadsworth for a lively performance of music picked especially for Halloween, all played on bassoon. Feel free to come in costume!

This program is free. Seating is on a first-come, first-served basis. For more information, call 419-853-6016.

About the Performers 

Cynthia Cioffari teaches bassoon, coaches chamber music, and is a member of the Solaris Faculty Quintet at The University of Akron. She is also the Graduate Advisor in the School of Music. Since 1993, she has been the Contrabassoonist/Section Bassoonist with the Columbus Symphony Orchestra and has also performed with the Roanoke Symphony Orchestra, Toledo Symphony, ProMusica Chamber Orchestra, Cleveland CityMusic and others. Professor Cioffari holds a Master of Music in Woodwinds from the University of Michigan and a bachelor’s degree in performance from Bowling Green State University. She was a finalist in the International Double Reed Society’s Gillet Young Artist Competition and is listed in “Who’s Who in America”.

The University of Akron BassoonaRoo is comprised of both undergraduate and graduate students who love to play the bassoon! The ensemble regularly performs each semester on campus at such events as the annual School of Music Collage Concert, Hallowinds Concert and Woodwind Night. They have performed several times at the Ohio Music Education Association Conference, have been a featured guest at the New Horizons Band and Orchestra Concert held at the Akron Public Library and have also played at the Akron Art Museum. They most recently performed as part of the United Methodist Church of Uniontown Concert Series, at the Medina and Canal Fulton Public Libraries, and often perform at Concordia at Sumner Assisted Living facility in Copley, Ohio.