Kara Stolle is principal bassoonist with the Indianapolis Chamber Orchestra. An active recording studio and chamber ensemble musician, Kara has also performed as a baroque bassoonist with the Indianapolis Baroque Orchestra and as an extra musician with the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra. As Assistant Professor of Bassoon at DePauw University, she is a member of the DePauw Faculty Woodwind Ensemble. She received her bachelor’s degree in music performance from Butler University and her master’s degree from the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music in Bloomington. Her teachers have included Homer Pence, Charles Rader and Kim Walker on modern bassoon and Michael McCraw on baroque bassoon.