Carolyn Beck is the Principal Bassoonist with the Redlands Symphony and the San Bernardino Symphony, and performs with several other orchestras in the Los Angeles area including the Glendale, New West, and Long Beach
Symphonies, as well as studio recording orchestras.

Recent solo performances include two performances of the John Williams
bassoon concerto "The Five Sacred Trees" in November 2004 with the Redlands Symphony, and a performance at the International Double Reed Society in June 2005 of "Breath and Touch", by Alex Shapiro. Her solo CD "Beck and Call" was released in November 2005 on Crystal Records and can be purchased on amazon.com, crystalrecords.com and from other vendors.

Dr. Beck is currently the adjunct bassoon professor at the University of Redlands and Pomona College, and has taught at The University of Texas at Austin. She also teaches bassoon students at Idyllwild Arts Academy and Los Angeles County High School for the Arts. She was formerly principal
bassoonist of the Buffalo Philharmonic and the Orchesta Sinfonica del
Principado de Asturias in Spain.  She received the degrees of Doctor of
Musical Arts from the Manhattan School of Music, Master of Music from the
Yale School of Music, and Bachelor of Arts in Music Performance from
California State University, Northridge.