Susan Nelson is the Associate Professor of Bassoon and Assistant Dean of Undergraduate Studies at Bowling Green State University (BGSU), Ohio, and enjoys an active career as a performer, teacher, and clinician. Dr. Nelson is an advocate for new music as well as chamber music for the bassoon, and is the Director of the non-profit organization Bassoon Chamber Music Composition Competition (BCMCC). Dr. Nelson teaches at BGSU’s Double Reed Camp and The Renova Festival in the summers. She has performed with the Classical Music Festival in Eisenstadt (Austria), Detroit Opera, Symphonies of Shreveport, Toledo, Oklahoma City, Ann Arbor, Adrian, and Helena, among others. She has given performances at the IDRS Conferences in Boulder (CO), Redlands (CA), Oxford (OH), Appleton (WI), New York, Tokyo (Japan), and Thailand. She can be heard on the albums “Elements” (MSR) and “Not Yet” (Mark Masters) and is a Fox Artist. www.susannelsonmac.com