Mark L. Romatz, bassoon, is currently Second Bassoon and Contrabassoon the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra. Prior to that appointment, the University of Michigan graduate held positions with the Montreal, Jacksonville, Savannah, Duluth, and Flint Symphonies. He has been a member of the Bellingham, Grand Teton, Grant Park, Colorado, Spoleto, Lancaster, Sunflower, and Buzzard Bay Music Festivals. Mr. Romatz has been a faculty member at McGill University in Montreal, the University of Florida, St. Olaf College, and the University of Minnesota-Duluth. He as served as Acting Second Bassoon with the Minnesota Orchestra and has performed with the Chicago and Detroit Symphony Orchestras and the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra. He studies with L. Hugh Cooper and John Miller.