Lia Uribe, associate professor of bassoon at the University of Arkansas, principal bassoonist of SoNA and APO, and member of the Lyrique Quintette, maintains an active career as a chamber musician/orchestral-player/artist-teacher. With international work presented in Argentina, Colombia, Canada, England, Puerto Rico, Costa Rica, Finland, Peru, Ecuador, Germany, Greece and Japan, Lia has also played and taught in multiple USA venues. She is an advocate of new music and has commissioned/premiered new works for the bassoon. Her research interest is centered on Latin-American and Latinx music and composers, in addition to inclusiveness, representation and diversity in the arts.