Liam Fleet’s presentation will focus on what are known as double-reed instruments, which produce sound when two pieces of shaved cane vibrate against one another. This family includes the oboe, the English horn (cor anglais), the bassoon, and the contrabassoon. Liam will take us on a journey from some of the very earliest woodwind instruments and demonstrates the evolution from these primitive ancestors to their modern counterparts.

Liam is a professional bassoonist and oboist and is a fanatic of all things double-reed. He plays with some of the UK's leading Early Music ensembles including the Musical and Amicable Society and Instruments of Time & Truth.  

He also sings bass with the Llandaff Cathedral Choir.