Lois Hicks-Wozniak has performed professionally since the age of sixteen as a concert saxophonist. She has studied at the Interlochen Arts Academy, the University of North Texas and Florida State University. At Florida State she completed a bachelor's degree in music performance and continued master studies in saxophone performance and ethnomusicology, serving as graduate teaching assistant in saxophone. Her teachers include Dr. Frederick L. Hemke, Patrick Meighan and Debra Richtmeyer.

Among Mrs. Hicks-Wozniak's many awards is the Special Presentation Winners Recital Series, sponsored by Artists International Presentations. As her prize, she performed her New York Recital Debut at Weill Recital Hall in Carnegie Hall.

From 1996-2004 she served active duty in the U.S. Army as a saxophonist with the United States Military Academy Band at West Point and with the West Point Saxophone Quartet. She was a featured soloist at the World Saxophone Congress 2000 in Montreal, where she performed the Glazunov Concerto with the Academy Concert Band and she presented the World Premiere of David Froom's Flying High, written for her, at the World Saxophone Congress 2003 in Minneapolis.

As artist-in-residence at Mississippi State University, she performed the Mississippi premiere of Dream Dancer for Alto Saxophone and Wind Ensemble by Michael Colgrass. She also performed Dream Dancer at the North American Saxophone Alliance Region 8 Conference in March 2003. She can be heard on the West Point Saxophone Quartet CD, Fault Lines, and her performances have been broadcast on New York public radio. Mrs. Hicks-Wozniak has performed with the Dallas Wind Symphony, to include their recording, Fiesta!.

She is currently principal saxophonist with the Ridgewood (NJ) Concert Band and performs with the Hudson Valley Philharmonic Orchestra. She maintains an active schedule as a recitalist and annually participates in the Hudson Valley BachFest. As a freelance musician, she has shared the stage with diverse acts from Manhattan Transfer to Milton Berle. Additionally, as a vocal soloist she has sung Broadway, pop, country, jazz and light opera selections. She is currently a stay-at-home mom and resides in West Point, NY with her husband, Matt, bass trombonist with the USMA Band, and their four children, twin daughters, ages 10 and twin boys, ages 3. She is on the vestry of her church and enjoys teaching Sunday school. In her spare time she is an avid runner, gardener and coffee-drinker.