In addition to her work with Vento Chiaro, bassoonist Ellen Barnum maintains an active freelance career in Buffalo, NY, performing with many local ensembles including the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra.  Ellen is an Adjunct Professor at Canisius College and Artist-Lecturer at Buffalo State College, teaching bassoon, chamber music and music literature.  In the Boston area, Ellen teaches bassoon at the Dana Hall School of Music and maintains an active private bassoon studio in Buffalo, NY.  Ellen received her Bachelor of Music and Graduate Performance Diploma in Bassoon Performance from the Peabody Conservatory, and an Artist Diploma in Chamber Music from the Longy School in Cambridge, MA.   In her spare time, Ellen and her husband, violist Janz Castelo, are slowly restoring their turn-of-the-century Victorian home in Buffalo.