Margaret Cookhorn
English contrabassoonist
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Margaret Cookhorn is a British classical contrabassoonist and bassoonist.[1] She is Principal Contrabassoon and Bassoon with the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra,[2] bassoonist with the Birmingham Contemporary Music Group[3] and, notably, has pursued a career as a contrabassoon soloist.[1] John Woolrich's contrabassoon concerto Falling Down was written for her, which she most recently performed at the BBC Proms in 2015.[4][5][6][7]
Cookhorn is a tutor at the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire[8] and for the CBSO Youth Orchestra.[1]
