Bassoonist Nanci Belmont received a bachelor’s degree from Florida State University, and a master’s degree from the Manhattan School of Music, where she studied with Frank Morelli. A native Floridian, she has regularly performed with the Orlando Philharmonic and Tallahassee Symphony Orchestra. She is also an alumna of the Sarasota and Chautauqua music festivals, Banff Festival Orchestra, and the National Orchestral Institute. As a freelance orchestral musician, Nanci has performed in several venues throughout the New York metropolitan area, including Alice Tully Hall, The DiMenna Center for Classical Music, as well as a performance at the New Year’s Eve Concert for Peace at the Cathedral Church of Saint John the Divine.

An active chamber musician, Nanci has recently appeared with the Windscape woodwind quintet in a performance at the Manhattan School of Music, as well as in a performance of Stravinsky’s Histoire du soldat at the Russian Embassy in Washington, DC. Her interest in contemporary compositions has led her to premiere chamber works in both the US and Canada. As part of her Academy program, Nanci teaches in Brooklyn at PS 207K Elizabeth G. Leary.