Stefan Cadra is a member of the Composers Alliance of San Antonio, and holds Fine Arts/Composition, Performance, and Education degrees from Texas Tech University and Texas State University. He enjoys fixing things (especially his 80s Toyotas), solo desert/mountain backpacking, acquiring an ever increasing trove of percussion instruments to use during his frequent live performances of both vernacular and cultivated musics, and fishing with his granddaughter. He teaches music theory and percussion at The University of the Incarnate Word.