She is a bassoonist who studied at the Central Michigan University.
As a chamber musician she has toured in Japan and performed with the Concert d’amis, the Powers Woodwind Quintet, the CMU Chamber Winds, the Fontana Concert Society of Kalamazoo, the Grand Rapid Symphony Orchestra and performed as Principal Bassoonist for the Saginaw Bay Symphony Orchestra from 1983.
As a teacher she has taught at the Blue Lake Fine Arts Camp and on the faculty of Central Michigan University she has been Assistant Professor of Bassoon and Assistant Director of the School of Music.
Powers Woodwind Quintet recordings
Lupin, the Pot-Bellied Pig (Keith Amos)
Centaur 2774 (CD: Bremen Town Musicians)
Here is the Saginaw Bay Symphony Orchestra led by Leo Najar performing Anton Dvorak’s Slavonic Dance No. 2, Op.46…
Sources:
- http://www.mus.cmich.edu/faculty/marybeth_minnis.htm
- http://idrs.colorado.edu/tango3.acgi$/www.idrs/registration/WWAll6M.taf?_function=detail&Layout_0_uid1=34665