Well, someone may remember my topic but I wanted to receive private lessons but my parents did not like the teacher and I think he didn't even play the bassoon personally. Now, I live in the U.S. and I was wondering where can I find a private teacher that I can at least get a little information on, my parents are the worrying type and in this world we live in they have a lot of reason to be, so can anyone help me, my parents, and hopefully my future career

I don't know if the system in the US is the same as it is over here, but basically when you look for a teacher, you have to consider things like whether they are competant at the instrument you wish to learn as you will find it easier with a teacher who knows what they are doing regarding your instrument. You then need to look at rates and lengths of lessons etc. But more importantly, you have to find a teacher who is right for you personally, someone you can relate to and get on with and who will encourage you, rather than the first one you may come across. Maybe if you find a teacher you can ask to talk to one of their current students to see what they think of the teacher proffessionally? You will also have to realise that they will be giving up their own time to teach you, so with private lessons its even more important to practice...I don't know if that was what you meant, but hey ho i've written it anyway, good luck!

Do music shops over there have lists of teachers?
Is there a university with a music department you could ask?
Are there any orchestras near you?

Well the music shops I called had only one person they refered.
The closest university I can think is quite a bit away, sadly.
and No, but I'll check again.

Agree with all that fluterocks says but one thing that really helped me was that I had heard my teacher in concert before the first lesson.

In the UK some teachers join professional bodies, for example the Incorporated Society of Musicians - there must be an equivalent in the US although I don't know what it's called.

How old are you? If you go to school, could you ask your music teachers about it? We have a singing peri at our school, but the school music teachers were still happy to recommend a different private teacher for me.

In my case I (tried to) contact the local music teachers' association (mtna.org??) but they didn't respond to my email. I had a trial lesson with a local concert pianist - he was too expensive for me, but was kind enough to recommend several other people and I had trial lessons with some of them. I also had trial lessons with a couple of graduate students at the local university. Even if you don't have a university nearby, maybe there's a community college at least? In the end I decided on a teacher recommended by the concert pianist.

There are some web based teacher location services like musicstaff.com, privatelessons.com

I think a trial lesson is very important, both to learn their teaching style, and preferably to hear them play one of the pieces you're working on as well. But let them know in advance that you are checking out several teachers - if they are any good they should also think this is a good idea! You should also ask about their education (degrees etc.) and experience, but it's up to you to decide how important that is. If you want to work on ABRSM grades you also need to make sure the teacher is OK with teaching for that! (Some are not too keen).