Musician profiles are in alphabetical order.

Noteworthy: Professor of Clarinet, UW-Madison; clarinetist with the Wingra Quintet; clarinetist in the Grand Teton Music Festival, Jackson, WY; doctorate from Michigan State University. Oddest practice quarters: A sleeping compartment on the cross-Canada train and a tent in Yellowstone National Park. Funniest concert experience: I was on tour with the Powers Woodwind Quintet when the bow tie of our oboist went flying past my ear! It seems he had a clip-on tie and the pressure of his playing made it pop. The audience started to laugh and we could barely finish the piece because we were laughing, too. What your colleagues don't know about you: I love to hike and take photos of nature and wildlife. Recurrent musical fantasy: To wield the baton and conduct a fabulous orchestra.

Cynthia Cameron-Fix, after being hoodwinked one day by her band teacher into switching from flute to bassoon, went to the World Book Encyclopedia to find out what a bassoon was. The band teacher didn't tell her that she'd be holding a reed knife for half her life! After receiving her Bachelor of Music from the UW-Madison School of Music and her Master of Music from the Manhattan School of Music, she began playing with the MSO in 1984, as second bassoon for 20 years, and now, in her second career as Principal. Over the years, she's played in a wide variety of ensembles in Madison's musical community. Currently, she enjoys playing baroque bassoon and recorder in Wisconsin Baroque Ensemble and is the bassoonist with Present Music in Milwaukee. Look for upcoming concerts of Anemone, a fresh new ensemble of winds with piano. Cindy lives on Madison's east side with her husband, Dale Fix, and their children Guanshan and Kavi, plus a dog, two cats, and various gerbils, rats and fish. When not practicing or making reeds, she likes to hike in the nearby fox-filled woods, get creative with her sewing machines, or cook strange ("Mom, can I have a hot dog?") food that the kids won't eat.

My oboe career began in the 4th grade when my band director in Waukegan, Illinois, Bernie Stiner, announced, "you will be an oboe player," and handed me an instrument. More than 50 years later, the oboe has taken me all over the world, from the North Slope of Alaska to the People's Republic of China; from the capital of Tatarstan (Kazan, Russia) to Buenos Aires, Argentina. My Madison Symphony Orchestra career spans three decades, as English hornist, principal oboist, and concerto soloist (including concertos by Frank Martin, J.S. Bach, Cimarosa, Strauss and Vivaldi). My faculty appointment at the UW-Madison School of Music includes teaching oboe and chamber music and performing in the Wingra Woodwind Quintet. I have released two CDs through the School of Music Recording Series: Music for Oboe and Strings with the Pro Arte Quartet and Russian Oboe Music. I'm very active in the International Double Reed Society, and I served as president in 1998-2002, as conference host in Madison in 1999 and as co-host in Banff in 2002. I and my wife Marcia have three college-age daughters: Leah, Anna and Ellie; and two non-college-age pugs: Jimi and Yoda.

Stephanie Jutt’s elegant artistry and passionate intellect have inspired musicians and audiences around the world. Her groundbreaking performances of new music, transcriptions, and traditional repertoire have made her a model for adventurous flutists everywhere. Ms. Jutt’s all-Brahms recording, Stolen Moments, with Jeffrey Sykes, pianist, was released in January 2005 on Centaur. Three Brahms sonata transcriptions by Stephanie Jutt were recently issued by International Music Publishing. A graduate of the New England Conservatory of Music, her teachers were James Pappoutsakis, Paula Robison and Marcel Moyse. Stephanie won the coveted Concert Artist Guild and Pro Musicis International Soloist awards, and has performed in recital throughout the United States, Europe and Asia. A devoted teacher, Stephanie Jutt is on the faculty of the University of Wisconsin-Madison. She co-produces the Bach Dancing and Dynamite Society summer music festival for three weeks each summer with pianist Jeffrey Sykes in Madison, Wisconsin. Stephanie has served as board member and Program Chair for the National Flute Association.

Noteworthy: Performed at 2000 National Flute Association Convention with "Flutes Quatre"; perform with the Wisconsin Chamber Orchestra, Beloit/Janesville, and Rockford Symphony Orchestras; taught flute at Beloit College; bachelor of music from UW-Whitewater. Funniest concert experience: At an outdoor concert, a nasty storm was approaching to the conductor's back. When the storm hit, music and stands went flying and musicians started to scramble for shelter. The conductor just kept on conducting, being true to the phrase "the show must go on." What your colleagues don't know about you: I am a student of T'ai Chi and an avid gardener.

Noteworthy: B.M. Summa Cum Laude, University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music; M.M. University of Michigan; Second Bassoon, Wisconsin Chamber Orchestra; former member, Civic Orchestra of Chicago. Oddest practice quarters: Outside the Louvre in Paris. The French police promptly kicked me out. Funniest concert experience: I was playing in the pit for an opera production where one of the props was a mechanical rat. It somehow went off course and ran into the pit, falling on a violist. What your colleagues don't know about you: I don't like chocolate! Recurrent musical fantasy: I would love to sing on Broadway.

Noteworthy: D.M.A. UW-Madison; dissertation on Milhaud's compositions for clarinet; mother of two. Oddest practice quarters: Waupun Prison (on tour with Wisconsin Youth Symphony Orchestra). What your colleagues don't know about you: I have played almost 100 performances of Concerts on the Square and every Nutcracker since 1980.

Noteworthy: B.M. San Francisco Conservatory of Music; M.M. University of Michigan (fellowship recipient); D.M.A. in progress UW-Madison (Music Theory Teaching Assistant); Third Prize, National Flute Association Young Artist Competition; member of Utah Festival Opera Company. Funniest concert moment: One year, at the annual University of Michigan concert to raise money for scholarships, the flute section dressed as the "fruit section" and danced from the back of the hall to the stage following our "Carmen Miranda." What your colleagues don't know about you: I have the freakishly useless ability of remembering song lyrics. I have hundreds, if not thousands, memorized and specialize in "80s TV show theme songs. Recurrent musical fantasy: I have always wanted to be the lead singer in a folky rock band.

Noteworthy: Member of both the Madison Symphony Orchestra and the Wisconsin Chamber Orchestra since 1981 and was an original member of the Oakwood Chamber Players for over 20 years; have a very successful private studio for students of all ages; B.M. and M.M. from University of North Texas; mother of two. Funniest concert moment: When an uninvited bat almost stole the show - and it was not Die Fledermaus. Oddest practice quarters: Imagine an oboe playing in the car on a family vacation... What your colleagues don't know about you: Sold Fuller brushes door to door to buy my first professional instrument.

Noteworthy: Bachelor's degree from UW-Madison; Master's degree and Performer's Certificate from Manhattan School of Music; Principal Bassoon for Beloit/Janesville Symphony and Oshkosh Symphony. Oddest practice quarters: A janitor's closet in the basement of a church. Funniest concert experience: A lens popped out of my glasses on my way out onto the stage, so I had to play the first movement with the music stand directly in front of my face - I couldn't see the music or the conductor. The stagehands fixed my glasses backstage and brought them out to me between movements to the applause of the audience. Recurrent musical nightmare: I'm sitting on stage in front of a sold-out house about to play Stravinsky's The Rite of Spring and realize I forgot my reed.

Noteworthy: Graduate of UW School of Music; MSO member since 1972; local jazz musician. Oddest practice quarters: Rehearsing "The Girl from Ipanema" on the #10 tee at Blackhawk Country Club...in the dark. Funniest concert experience: Dixieland band in a small town parade. Fire engine in line behind us sounds its siren. Trombone player gestures his displeasure. Fire engine makes sure we are not heard for the rest of the parade. What your colleagues don't know about you: I am a charter member of the Terrible Clown Band featured in Milwaukee's Great Circus Parade. Recurrent musical fantasy: Performing bass saxophone with a really hot jazz band.