WILLIAM WINSTEAD - performer, educator, and composer - was a participant                                    for seven years at the Marlboro Music Festival, where he served as principal                                    bassoonist under Pablo Casals and made munerous recordings representing the                                    Festival. He performed at Spoleto Italy's Festival of Two Worlds and at the Aspen                                    Music Festival as well, and now appears regularly at the Sarasota Music Festival                                    in addition to having returned, after twenty years absence, to the Marlboro Festival.                                  Former president of the International Double Reed Society and member of the National Endowment for the                                  Arrts Advisory Panels, Winstead taught at West Virginia University, Florida State University, and the Oberlin                                  Conservatory of Music prior to accepting a post at the Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music in addition to                                  to his duties as Principal Bassoonist of the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra. Winstead's compositions have been                                  premiered by the Philadelphia Orchestra and the Pittsburgh Symphony, and he has been the recipient of several                                  grants and awards.