Bassoon Master Class with Evan Epifanio, Mark Romatz - MET Orchestra Musicians Master Classes
MET Orchestra Musicians Master Classes
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Program
– January 17, 2021: Bassoon
– Panelists: Evan Epifanio, Mark Romatz
– Performers: Samuel Watson, Morgan Davison, Edin Agamenoni, Kennedy Plains
Mozart: Bassoon Concerto K. 191; I. Allegro
Donizetti: “L’elisir d’Amore” Act II: “Una furtiva lagrima”
Verdi: “Aïda” Act I: “Celeste Aïda” [at 37:49]
Verdi: “Aïda” Act III: No. 6 [at 41:32]
Mussorgsky: “Boris Godunov” Opening Solo
Mozart: “Entführung aus dem Serail” No. 21 “Vaudeville”
Ludwig Milde: Concert Study Op. 26 No. 34 “Polonaise”
Mozart: Bassoon Concerto K. 191; I. Allegro
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Bassoon: January 17, 2021
Evan Epifanio - Principal Bassoon
Evan Epifanio holds degrees in music performance from DePaul University and Northwestern University. He was a member of the New World Symphony for three years, and was appointed Principal Bassoon of the MET Orchestra in 2018.
Mark Romatz
Mark L. Romatz, bassoon, is currently Second Bassoon and Contrabassoon of the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra. Prior to that appointment, the University of Michigan graduate held positions with the Montreal, Jacksonville, Savannah, Duluth and Flint Symphonies. He has been a member of the Bellingham, Grand Teton, Grant Park, Colorado, Spoleto, Lancaster, Sunflower and the Buzzard Bay Music Festivals. Mr. Romatz has been a faculty member at Mcgill University in Montreal, the University of Florida, St. Olaf College and the University of Minnesota-Duluth. He has served as Acting Second Bassoonist with the Minnesota Orchestra and has performed with the Chicago and Detroit Symphony Orchestras, the New York Philharmonic and the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra. He studied with L. Hugh Cooper and John Miller.
THE METROPOLITAN ORCHESTRA
Thrilling audiences with more than 200 performances each season, the MET Orchestra is one of the world’s great performing ensembles, both on stage and in the opera pit. Since its founding in 1883, the MET Orchestra’s performances have encompassed not only the entire opera repertoire, but symphonic and chamber programs at Carnegie Hall, international tours, and countless musician activities outside of the Metropolitan Opera House. The MET Orchestra has grown in the past four decades into an ensemble noted by singers, critics, conductors, and audiences as one of today’s most stylistically versatile and musically satisfying orchestras.
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