Woodwinds

DR. SCOTT WRIGHT
CLARINET instructor/Band Director

Clarinetist Scott Wright is the Professor of Clarinet at the University of Kentucky, a position he has held since 2002. He is also a member of the esteemed McCracken Faculty Wind Quintet, and Chair of the Winds—Percussion—Jazz Division in the School of Music. In a career spanning nearly three decades, Dr. Wright has performed and taught in a wide variety of settings including the public schools, universities, chamber and orchestral ensembles, and as a soloist. He has been featured as both a conductor and clarinetist the conferences of the International Clarinet Association, National Band Association, College Band Directors National Association, the International Double Reed Society, the National Collegiate Choral Organization, the Midwest Clinic, and the American Choral Directors Association. Since 1997, he has appeared frequently with pianist Linda Halloin (Duo Pegasus) as a guest artist, and has presented numerous concerts and masterclasses at colleges and universities throughout the country as well as in Europe, Canada, and Asia.
Dr. Wright keeps busy as a conductor and soloist with high school and middle school bands and serves as clarinet instructor and band director at music camps and festivals in Wisconsin, Oregon, and Kentucky, as well as a clarinet instructor and consultant for the American Band College-Sam Houston State University. Dr. Wright holds degrees from the University of Michigan and Arizona State University, and he is a Selmer Performing Artist.

Cat Cantrell
OBOE INSTRUCTOR - NEW IN 2026!

Cat Cantrell is based in Los Angeles - enamored with the vast possibilities in music, she can be found performing and recording in many genres. Cat is a member of the Redlands Symphony and the West Coast Wind Quintet. An avid freelancer, she regularly performs with orchestras and choirs throughout California, including the Los Angeles Philharmonic, San Diego Symphony, Pacific Symphony, Modesto Symphony, and Fresno Philharmonic, welcoming chamber projects and other opportunities along the way.

Hailing from an Air Force family, she is an eager traveler -Cat has worked across the US with organizations like the New York Philharmonic, Virginia Symphony, Sarasota Orchestra, Boise Philharmonic, Juneau Symphony, and on tours of China, Europe, and Canada. She was the English hornist for the Tucson Symphony Orchestra in Arizona for six seasons while living and freelancing in New York City. During that dual life she had the privilege of performing in Carnegie Hall and in every hall at Lincoln Center.

Cat relishes opportunities to work with composers to elevate new and unheard works - particularly those featuring the English horn. While living in New York, she performed regularly with the Double Entendre Music Ensemble. She loves working with singers of all stripes and has performed for opera companies, choirs, cabarets, and on albums for Country Western, Bluegrass, Jazz, Pop, Folk, Crossover, and Metal artists.

As a Teaching Artist, Cat works with students in the YOLA (Youth Orchestra Los Angeles) program as a substitute for all woodwinds at several sites across LA. She has previously worked with MMC (Musical Mentors Collaborative), Harmony Project, and at Usdan Summer Camp for the Arts in Long Island, NY.

Cat earned an MM in Oboe Performance studying with Sherry Sylar at Mannes, and a BM in Oboe Performance from Florida State University. Cat has appeared on stage with drag queens, in musical theater pits, and on soundtracks for television and feature films.

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