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Midori Samson

Bassoonist • Educator • Activist • Scholar

“Midori is passionate, articulate and proactive in her desires to share the arts in ways that bring about positive change in the world. Her humanitarianism and commitment to sharing the benefits of music with others are substantiated by her world-class, engaging musicianship and pedagogy. Midori has a contagious positive energy that emanates to the audiences, students and colleagues who reap the good fortune of experiencing her musical, educational, and interpersonal magic.” 

-Kristin Wolfe Jensen, Professor of Bassoon at the University of Texas at Austin