How Do I Write Bassoon Concerto?

Hi there. I love to play bassoon and I love writing music. But how do I write my own bassoon concerto? Amy advice on writing a concerto in general? Where do I start?

You can start by... learning... how to write music first. Then after years of hard study and hard work, you might finally be able to devote years and countless hours of your time writing a bassoon concerto, which, probably will only be played once and forgotten for all of history.

I agree with Ananth. Practice. (also, write A LOT of music for bassoon beforehand.)

Gotta learn to crawl before you learn to do double back flips off 3 story buildings and landing with a controlled roll.

He learned that one the hard way.

Since most of the answers are, sadly, silly jokes, let me try:

First listen to all finest concertos for bassoon. Pay close attention to form, motivic gradations, harmonic background, orchestration, the usage of the instrument. But you should inform us, how much experience do you have as a composer and which composers you favour as your influences.

I remember when I started to compose at the age of 18, I wrote an oboe concerto with strings. It is terrible, since I had no knowledge of form and motivic workout. I made some melodies in oboe and use strings as a background harmonies with occasional solo exhibitions, in moderato-slow-quasi fast movements. But it's a try-out piece after all...

Why do anything different from a previous composition?

Just go for it!