The 2010 BCMCC has been reviewed.  Overall opinion is that that BCMCC is bringing great new repertoire to bassoon players!

Fanfare’s Jeremy Marchant stated:

These four pieces are the prizewinners of the first Bassoon Chamber Music Composition Competition, founded by the enterprising Paula Brusky, who plays the pieces on this disc. Jonathan Bartz’s Concertino (2007) for bassoon, piano, violin, viola, cello, and piano is a great opener; after some early 20th-century French mood setting, the bassoon enters on a wonderful low note, doubling the cello. It may steal in, but it has an authority and presence—just what is necessary to convince any listener slightly uneasy about a whole CD of bassoon music. And, indeed, these words—authority and presence—are the watchwords for Brusky’s performances of all the works here….read full review.

BBC Music said:

The repertory of music for neglected instruments like the bassoon has expanded due to commissions from performers like Paula Brusky; her 2010 Bassoon Chamber Music Composition Competition was won by the four composers whose works she and her colleagues present here….