ABOUT

Bassoonist Meridith Wright is a performer, educator and reed maker based in San Antonio, Texas. Meridith maintains a large private studio in the San Antonio area of bassoon students of all levels, beginner through high school.

Originally from Houston, Meridith began playing bassoon in her sixth grade band program, and later joined the Houston Youth Symphony which inspired an interest in orchestral playing, chamber music and a serious persuit in playing bassoon. She first studied bassoon with Cheryl Huddleston, and graduated from the High School for the Performing and Visual Arts in Houston. She then received the full tuition Barbara and David Jacobs scholarship to study with Kathleen McLean at Indiana University, where she earned her Bachelor of Music degree. After the completion of her undergraduate studies, Meridith continued on to pursue a graduate degree at the University of Texas at Austin and completed a Master's Degree in performance under the direction of Kristin Wolfe Jensen.

As an orchestral musician, Meridith has performed with the Terre Haute Symphony Orchestra, the Columbus Indiana Philharmonic and most recently the Mid Texas Symphony and San Antonio Sinfonietta. Meridith also travelled with the University of Texas Wind Ensemble on their 2017 tour to Kansas City for the College Band Directors National Association Conference.