A highly selective program allowing woodwind students extensive experience working with MSM ensembles.
Degrees Offered
- Bachelor of Music (BM)
- Master of Music (MM)
- Doctor of Musical Arts (DMA)
Other Studies
- Professional Studies Certificate (PS) – one year
- Professional Performance Diploma (PPD) – two year
- Artist Diploma (AD)
Woodwind Majors
- Flute
- Clarinet
- Oboe
- Bassoon
- Saxophone
Program Details
Woodwind majors are provided with a wide array of performance opportunities and courses taught by a faculty of dedicated teachers and performers. The programs of study for woodwind majors are designed to develop skilled performers who are familiar with the standard solo, ensemble, and orchestral literature for their instruments. Students will achieve a high degree of professional competence and learn appropriate stylistic approaches to the literature of various historical periods. In addition to studies with our expert faculty, students are provided additional opportunities to play for and observe world-renowned guest artists.
Audition & Prescreening Information
Handbook for Current Students
Plan of Study & Course Descriptions
Plan of Study: Woodwinds
MSM Academic Catalog
Woodwinds Department Chair
Linda Chesis
lchesis@yilunjianshe.com
Meet Recent MSM Woodwind graduates
Watch and learn how nearly two dozen students in the MSM Woodwind program in 2020-2021 explored compelling ways of engaging with virtual audiences while at MSM.
Windscape: MSM’s Wind Quintet in Residence
We are fortunate to have the wind quintet Windscape in residence at Manhattan School of Music. The ensemble–whose members are flutist Tara O’Connor, oboist Randall Ellis, clarinetist Alan R. Kay, hornist David Jolley, and bassoonist Frank Morelli–gives a series of concerts and supervises a group of student chamber ensembles.
MSM Ensembles for Woodwinds
- Symphony Orchestra
- Philharmonia Orchestra
- Chamber Sinfonia
- Chamber Winds
- Baroque Aria Ensemble
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Notable Woodwind Alumni
Success Stories
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StudentsMSM woodwinds student Lucy Rubin wins 3rd prize at the Flute Society of Greater Philadelphia’s Young Artist Competition. -
StudentsMSM student Lorien Britt wins first place in the Central Ohio Flute Association (COFA) Collegiate Flute Competition -
AlumniMSM alumnus Yi Xiang named Co-Principal Flute at the China NCPA Orchestra
“By the time I graduate in May of 2018, I know that MSM will have prepared me for the future of the music industry.”
Saxophone (BM '18)
