Jacqueline Wilson

Jacqueline Wilson is a Yakama bassoonist and composer from Kennewick, Washington. She enjoys an active career as a performer and advocate for Indigenous self-representation in her medium of Classical music. Her passion for elevating Native voices has resulted in the creation of new works for the bassoon by Juantio Becenti, Joy Zickau, Michael Begay, Raven Chacon, and others, the premiere recordings of which appear on her albums Works for the Bassoon by Native American Composers and Daughter of the Wind: Works for the Bassoon by Living Native American Composers. In 2024 she nationally toured Connor Chee’s Concerto for Bassoon and Strings, including performances with the Mesquite Symphony Orchestra, the Oregon East Symphony, the Port Angeles Symphony Orchestra, and the Flagstaff Symphony Orchestra, among others. Jacqui has been featured on SiriusXM, has performed at the 2022 Whitney Biennial, and is a 2025 Native American Music Award nominee (Best Instrumental).