Bassoonist

A 1928 film featuring Buster Keaton will be screened as Windscape performs the world premiere of Stephen Prutsman’s live film score.

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MSM Artists in Residence Windscape Silent Frames, American Voices

Manhattan School of Music

MSM Artists in Residence Windscape Reimagined Realms

A performance by Frank Morelli, bassoon, Associate Professor Adjunct of Music

Frank Morelli, bassoon

Yale University

Heirloom

Sarasota Opera House

Haydn And Rachmaninoff

Sarasota Orchestra

MSM Artists in Residence: Windscape Winds of Change

In a program celebrating the 100th anniversary of George Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue, Windscape will commission eight of MSM’s composition students to riff on the Rhapsody in a series of two-minute pieces for wind quintet.

MSM Artists in Residence: Windscape

American classical music has long been indebted to the European tradition. This concert features European composers that had major influence on the American music scene.

Antonín Dvorák lived was the head of the first music conservatory in the United States, encouraging American composers to use folk music to create a national style. Ernst Bloch was the president of Cleveland Institute of Music and San Francisco Conservatory, while composing his distinctive music. Amy Beach, the lone American composer on the program, was educated in the European tradition while studying at the New England Conservatory

Charles Ives & the American Tradition: European Influences on America

Yale School of Music

Aaron Copland’s heartfelt portrayal of a day in the life of a newly married pioneer couple lies at the heart of a program bursting with lush lyricism. The Pulitzer Prize-winning score to Martha Graham’s ballet Appalachian Spring will be heard in its original 13-instrument version. New SMF faculty oboist Marion Kuszyk, Associate Principal Oboe of the Los Angeles Philharmonic, joins faculty hornist Michelle Reed Baker and six fellows in Mozart’s delightfully contrasting serenade for wind octet. The program concludes with one of the crown jewels of the chamber music repertoire—Brahms’ Piano Quintet in F Minor. The Attacca Quartet and SMF Music Director Jeffrey Kahane collaborate on this passionate work.

Appalachian Spring

Manhattan School of Music’s public programs are made possible in part by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature.

MSM Artists in Residence: Windscape presents Dreams from Sephardia

The LSU School of Music is pleased to present the 10th annual Double Reed Day, an event for double reed enthusiasts of all ages and abilities. Professionals, students, teachers, and music directors are all welcome. Students will have the opportunity to learn from LSU faculty members and guest artists such as Nancy Ambrose King and Frank Morelli, refining their skillsets and learning new techniques to excel as individuals and ensemble performers.

Double Reed Day 2023

Louisiana State University

This fundraising event features the opportunity to mingle with the Festival musicians in a relaxed and festive atmosphere. Masks are strongly recommended in the lobby and theater.
Includes a special live concert, delicious food by James Beard award-winning chef Janos Wilder, and open bar.
Advance reservation required. Please purchase your ticket no later than March 10th.

Festival Celebration 2023

Tucson Convention Center

Festival Day 1

MSM Artists in Residence: Windscape Dvořák’s Prophecy

An all-star cast of faculty artists showcases the delights and complexities of the serenade form with works by R. Strauss, Dvorák, and Tchaikovsky. The performance features flutist Tara O’Connor, oboists Steve Taylor and David Shifrin, bassoonist Frank Morelli, violinists Ani Kavafian and Wendy Sharp, violist Ettore Causa, and cellist Paul Watkins.

Bassoonist

Frank Morelli

Events

Upcoming events

Mar 2, 2027

Strauss, Dvorák, and Tchaikovsk · Yale School of Music

Past events

Mar 26, 2026

MSM Artists in Residence Windscape Silent Frames, American Voices · Manhattan School of Music

Nov 4, 2025

MSM Artists in Residence Windscape Reimagined Realms · Manhattan School of Music

Future and recently performed repertoire

Bassoon in Piano Quintet by Schumann

Manhattan School of Music

Bassoon in The Light is the Same by Esmail

Manhattan School of Music

Bassoon in String Quintet in E-Flat Major by Beethoven

Manhattan School of Music

Bassoon in Summer Music by Barber

Sarasota Orchestra

Bassoon in Wind Set by Walker

Manhattan School of Music

Bassoon in Divertimento No. 1 in Bb Major by Haydn

Sarasota Orchestra

Bassoon in Woodwind Quintet No. 2 by Fuchs

Manhattan School of Music

Bassoon in Anniversaries by Bernstein

Manhattan School of Music

Bassoon in Steamboat Bill, Jr. by Prutsman

Manhattan School of Music

Bassoon in Serenade for Winds in D minor by Dvořák

Yale School of Music

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