Michigan born bassoonist Arleigh Savage is an active orchestral player, community organizer, and educator. She holds music performance degrees from Michigan State University (BM ’10) and the Cleveland Institute of Music (MM ’12). Arleigh is the bassoon faculty member at Cleveland State University and co-founder of the North Coast Winds, a wind quintet who celebrate their 10th season this year. Her most recent project is Sororii, a cello/bassoon duo that combines instruments, vocals, and looping pedals to perform indie-world music with a focus on sisterhood across cultures. Sororii released their debut album, Esperanza, in 2022 with grant support from New Music USA.