Rod Ackmann, bassoon, (2006-09) continues to serve on the faculty of the School of Music at the University of Missouri-Columbia, where he teaches bassoon and performs in the Missouri Quintet. Last July, he performed a solo recital for the 35th Annual Conference of the International Double Reed Society. He has been invited to present bassoon clinics at the Midwest International Band and Orchestra Clinic in Chicago in December, 2006, and for the Texas Music Educators Association Conference in February, 2007.