On July 12th and 13th I performed as part of the Highlands-Cashiers Chamber Music Festival in the beautiful mountains of southwestern North Carolina. The festival, in its 28th season, is a terrific music festival with top-notch performers in a gorgeous setting. Along with Laura Ardan (principal clarinetist of the Atlanta Symphony), oboist John Dee (professor at University of Illinois) and pianist Will Ransom (director of the festival), I performed the Villa-Lobos trio for oboe, clarinet and bassoon; Poulenc’s trio for oboe, bassoon and piano; and a set of solo Fantasie by Telemann.