Based in Chattanooga, TN, Dr. Staci A. Spring enjoys a versatile career as a professional bassoonist, music educator, and arts advocate. She is the Lecturer of Bassoon & Academic Studies at Middle Tennessee State University, and can be heard as a frequent guest musician on bassoon and contrabassoon with the Knoxville Symphony Orchestra and the Chattanooga Symphony & Opera, among others. She maintains a private bassoon studio, teaches for the Tennessee Governor’s School for the Arts summer program, and is the founder/director of the Scenic City Bassoon Ensemble. Other experience includes over a decade of performing and teaching in Texas and Tennessee, participating in numerous conferences and festivals, and serving on the organizational team for the Meg Quigley Vivaldi Competition & Bassoon Symposium.