MaryBeth Minnis is the Assistant Professor of Bassoon and Assistant Director of the School of Music at Central Michigan University. She has been Principal Bassoonist of the Saginaw Bay Orchestra since 1985 and frequently performs with orchestras in the mid-Michigan area. An active chamber musician she performs and tours with the Powers Woodwind Quintet a CMU faculty ensemble and can be heard on Gems for Woodwind Quintet, (White Pine Music), Hidden Gems for Woodwind Quintet, and Bremen Town Musicians (Centaur Records). Professor Minnis has performed and/or presented at several International Double Reed Society Conferences, TMEA (Texas Music Educators Association), the Michigan Music Conference and National Association of College Wind and Percussion Instructors.