Bassoonist Kassandra Ormsby-Hutcheson is passionate about community outreach and is an active performer and teacher. As the Adjunct Instructor of Bassoon at Lenoir Rhyne University, Kassandra is continuing to advocate and create opportunities for music to be accessible to her community. She is the small business owner of KassandraBassoon LLC and the founder of the nonprofit organization Music Ancestry®.
Kassandra Ormsby is attending the University of North Carolina-Greensboro for her Doctorate of Musical Arts in Bassoon Performance, is a graduate from the University of Missouri with a Master’s Degree in Bassoon Performance with graduate certificates in Music Entrepreneurship and Nonprofit Management, and is also a graduate of the Schwob School of Music at Columbus State University with a Bachelor’s Degree in Music Education.