Double reed specialist Alyssa McKeithen is a freelance performer who resides in Sarasota, Florida.  She plays both oboe and bassoon with various orchestras, including the Florida West Coast Symphony and the Florida Orchestra among others.  Additionally, Alyssa serves as a representative for Howarth oboes and Moosmann bassoons.  She has given instrument demonstrations, recitals and reed-making classes in Puerto Rico, Florida, Michigan, Illinois and Wisconsin. Prior experience includes teaching and performing in New York, Michigan, Texas and Illinois.  From 1998-2004, Alyssa served as the Instructor of Double Reeds at Texas Lutheran University in Seguin, Texas, where she also maintained an active private studio of middle and high school oboists in the San Antonio area.  While pursuing her Doctorate degree at the Eastman School of Music, she was a teaching assistant in the department of musicology and taught lessons for the Eastman Community Music School.  Alyssa’s primary teachers include Richard Killmer, Nancy Ambrose King, and Leslie Odom on oboe, and Timothy McGovern, Mark Romatz and John Kitts-Turner on bassoon.  She has been making hand made reeds for students and customers since 1998.