Bassoon, renowned performer and teacher; solo and chamber music recording artist; on the faculty of the International Festival Institute at Round Top; Principal Bassoonist with the River Oaks Chamber Orchestra; Co-director of the biennial Meg Quigley Vivaldi Competition (www.mqvc.org) for young women bassoonists from the Americas, providing the largest prizes of any bassoon competition in the world; creator os an extensive online bassoon method, Music and the Bassoon (www.musicandthebassoon.org), providing an innovative, multimedia approach to learning the bassoon.