A native of Pennsylvania, Cara Owens has been Assistant Principal/2nd Bassoon with the FWSO since 1997. She studied at Indiana University and the University of Michigan with Sidney Rosenberg and Richard Beene, and performed one season with the Sarasota Opera before arriving in Fort Worth. Cara loves musical outreach and connecting with audiences, so she regularly creates and performs chamber music concerts for people of all ages. Cara and her husband, Nate, live in Colleyville and have two adult daughters. Her time away from the FWSO includes playing tennis, cooking, reading, and hosting friends/family at their lake home in Michigan.