A native of Halifax, Canada, Dr. Margaret Fay is Assistant Teaching Professor of Bassoon at Penn State University. Previously, she taught at Stephen F. Austin State University in Nacogdoches, Texas, Western University in London, Ontario, and the University of Guelph. She has performed with the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony, Windsor Symphony Orchestra, London Symphonia, Niagara Symphony Orchestra, and Opera Ontario. She was a member of the National Academy Orchestra of Canada for two seasons and her reed trio Trio Pistachio was one of a select number of chamber groups invited to perform in the live round of the 2011 Fischoff National Chamber Music Competition. She has presented at the 2012, 2022, and 2024 IDRS conferences, the 2022 Texas Music Educators’ Association Convention, and the 2021 National Association of College Wind and Percussion Instructors Conference. Margaret holds a Doctor of Music in Bassoon Performance from Indiana University.