Kika Wright
Bassoonist; Educator

www.kikawright.com
Instagram: @kika.wright
Twitter: @kika.wright

Honduran-born bassoonist Kika Wright is an energetic and versatile performer and double reed instructor, recently transplanted to New York City. She serves as the oboe and bassoon teaching artist for Bronx Arts Ensemble. Ms. Wright is a member of the Incidental Chamber Players in Pittsburgh, a group dedicated to the performance of lesser-known wind chamber music. She is a member of Deep Tones Ensemble, a woodwind quintet based in the Bay area. Ms. Wright also serves on the board of Protestra. Previously, Ms. Wright served as the double-reed instructor at the Duke Ellington School of the Arts in Washington DC, bassoon instructor and chamber music coach at the Levine School in Washington DC, and as adjunct professor of double reeds at Morgan State University in Baltimore, MD. Ms. Wright has performed with Trilogy Opera Company, Hamptons Festival Orchestra, Alexandria Symphony, DC Strings Project, Manhattan Opera Studio, Metro Chamber Orchestra (Brooklyn), and other regional orchestras in the northeast and the Greater Toronto area. Former teachers include Frank Morelli, Nancy Goeres, Daryl Durran, and Marc Vallon.