Kara DeRaad Santos,Consortium Instructor
D.M.A., University of Iowa; Flute
Office: Room 36, Fine Arts, Telephone: 812-488-2349
email: ks185@evansville.edu

Kara DeRaad Santos, flute, received a Doctorate of Musical Arts from the University of Iowa in 2005 as an Iowa Arts Fellow. Additional degrees include a Master of Arts in flute performance from the University of Iowa and a Bachelor of Music from the University of Michigan. Santos was a semi-finalist in the 2002 and 2000 National Flute Association's Young Artist Competitions and was awarded second prize in the 2001 Frank Bowen Competition and second prize in the 1997 NFA Orchestral Audition and Masterclass Competition. She has recently given recitals and master classes at North Carolina School of the Arts, the National University of Costa Rica and Grinnell College. Her major teachers include Robert Dick, Tadeu Coelho, Jeff Zook, Leone Buyse and Claudia Anderson.

Edwin V. Lacy, Professor
D.Mus., Indiana University; Bassoon, Saxophone, Jazz Ensemble
Office: Room 128, Fine Arts; Telephone: 812-488-2227
e-mail: el2@evansville.edu

Dr. Lacy currently holds the position of Oramay Cluthe Eades Distinguished Professor of Music at the University of Evansville where he teaches bassoon, saxophone, jazz and music theory. At UE he is the founder and director of the jazz program and has served as chair of the Department of Music on three occasions for a total of seven and one-half years. A native of Hopkinsville, Kentucky, he holds the bachelor of music education degree from Murray State University and the master of music in bassoon and doctor of music in woodwinds from Indiana University.
                   Lacy serves as principal bassoonist and saxophone soloist of the Evansville Philharmonic Orchestra, of which he has been a member for 39 seasons. He was also principal bassoonist of the Owensboro (KY) Symphony Orchestra for nineteen seasons and has served as principal bassoonist of the Indianapolis Festival Music Society Orchestra and the Harlaxton Quintet. He has performed solo recitals at the University of Colorado, the University of Georgia, Western Michigan University and Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville. His chamber music performances have included appearances at the Kennedy Center in Washington, DC, Interlochen Arts Academy and on the Wisconsin Public Radio Network.
                   He has been a member of the International Double Reed Society since the inception of the organization in 1972. He was secretary of the IDRS for four terms and has been program chairman and host of two of the Society's annual conventions, in Evansville in 1977 and at Indiana University in 1994. He has been featured seven times as a performer or presenter at IDRS conferences, including an appearance with the Harlaxton Quintet which was the opening event of the 1989 annual conference at the Royal Northern College of Music in Manchester, England. His articles regularly appear in the Double Reed, the journal of the IDRS.
                   Lacy is a member of the International Association of Jazz Educators, Pi Kappa Lambda music honorary society, and Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia Fraternity, which has made him a recipient of their Orpheus Award. He is also an honorary member of Sigma Alpha Iota music fraternity. At the University of Evansville, he serves as faculty advisor to SAI and was also advisor to Phi Mu Alpha for over 30 years. In 2002, the Office of the Dean of Students at UE named him "Advisor of the Year" for his work as advisor to the Beta Epsilon Chapter of SAI.
                   His teaching experience has included six years in the public schools of Indiana and Illinois and one year at the University of Charleston in West Virginia, in addition to his 40 years at the University of Evansville. He has also served as visiting professor of music at the University of Louisville (1977) and at Indiana University (1986). From 1989 to 1991 he was instructor of bassoon and saxophone at the New England Music Camp in Oakland, Maine. In 2002, he received the "Dean's Award for Excellence in Teaching" from the Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at UE and was named co-winner of the national "Advisor of the Year" by Sigma Alpha Iota.

Thomas Josenhans, Assistant Professor
D.M.A., State University of New York at Stony Brook; Clarinet
Office: Room 34, Fine Arts; Telephone: 812-488-2245
e-mail: tj38@evansville.edu

Thomas Josenhans is assistant professor of music and a member of the Harlaxton Quintet, the woodwind quintet in residence, at the University of Evansville. His prior appointments include positions at McMurry University in Abilene, Texas and Bucknell University in Lewisburg, Pennsylvania. His studies and degrees are from Oberlin Conservatory of Music, the Cleveland Institute of Music, and State University of New York at Stony Brook. Charles Neidich, Franklin Cohen, Theodore Johnson and Lawrence McDonald are among his primary teachers.
                   He is on the artist faculty of the Wintergreen Music Festival in Virginia and performs both orchestral and chamber music at the festival, including recent performances of the Brahms and Mozart Clarinet Quintets. Recently appointed principal clarinetist of the Evansville Philharmonic Orchestra, he is also principal clarinetist with the Roanoke Symphony Orchestra, and has performed with the Charleston, Owensboro, Abilene, Springfield and Greenville Orchestras. He has appeared frequently as a recitalist and clinician, including at James Madison, Capital, Texas Tech, Abilene Christian, and Hardin-Simmons Universities, the University of North Carolina Pembroke, the Texas Music Educators Association Convention, and performances at the 2006 University of Oklahoma Clarinet Symposium and 2006 IDRS Convention in Muncie, Indiana. He is on the CD review staff for The Clarinet magazine, a publication of the International Clarinet Association.

Elizabeth Robertson, Consortium Instructor
D.Mus., Indiana University; Oboe
Office: Room 41, Fine Arts; Telephone: 812-488-1004
e-mail: er33@evansville.edu

Dr. Robertson grew up in East Lansing, Michigan, and began her musical training at age 6 on piano and at age 9 on oboe. She attended the Eastman School of Music and Michigan State University, earning a Bachelor of Music in oboe performance and a Bachelor of Arts in applied mathematics, both with high honors. She continued her studies at Indiana University where she earned a Master of Music in oboe and a Doctor of Music in oboe literature and performance. Her primary teachers were Richard Killmer, Daniel Stolper, Marc Lifschey and Theodore Baskin.
                   Robertson is an active member of the International Double Reed Society and performed at the 2003 Conference in Greensboro, North Carolina. As the youngest of five finalists, she won second place in the IDRS Fernand Gillet Performance Competition in 1991. She has published several articles on the oboe works of Antal Dorati in the IDRS Double Reed journal. Robertson is also a member of the College Music Society and is the CMS campus representative for the University of Evansville.
                   Robertson has been principal oboe of the Evansville Philharmonic Orchestra since 1995 and principal oboe of the Lancaster Festival in Ohio since 2001. She has performed as principal oboe of the Grand Rapids Symphony Orchestra and has substituted with the Louisville Orchestra, Indianapolis Symphony and the Indianapolis Chamber Orchestra. She currently serves as consortium instructor of oboe at the University of Evansville and as a member of the Harlaxton Quintet.