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��Ʒ���˸������� University’s Cali School of Music is home to one of the nation’s most distinctive Woodwind Doubling programs — a Master of Music concentration that trains flexible, industry-ready musicians to perform across classical, jazz, Broadway, pop, commercial music, and touring environments. Students study a primary woodwind while also developing professional fluency on multiple secondary instruments — preparing them for careers where versatility is the key to employability.

And the results speak for themselves.

Tessa Dolce (MM ’18) has become a sought-after Broadway multi-woodwind specialist, currently subbing in the pit of Death Becomes Her. A specialist in the low woodwinds, she has covered numerous productions over the years and will begin a new show, The Seat of Our Pants, this fall at The Public Theater.

Alex Lemma (MM ’22) is performing in the national tour of Kimberly Akimbo, playing bassoon, baritone/tenor saxophone, clarinet, and bass clarinet — while also returning to New York to sub on Wicked on Broadway.

Quinten Hansen (MM ’25) is currently touring with The Notebook 1st National Tour, performing on flute, clarinet, bass clarinet, oboe, and English horn. In addition to his work as a doubler, he is a prolific composer and arranger.

Maria Vincelette (MM ’25) is performing with the First National Tour of Water for Elephants, playing piccolo, flute, clarinet, bass clarinet, alto saxophone, and baritone saxophone — part of a rapidly expanding career on the national musical theatre circuit.

Woodwind Doubling — Student Accomplishments (2018–present)

• Alex Lemma — Broadway sub for Wicked and Kimberly Akimbo; currently on the Kimberly Akimbo 1st National Tour

• Amanda Morden — Freelance woodwind performer based in Portland, OR

• Ben Harris — Sub at Paper Mill Playhouse; regional theatre (NY/NJ); cabaret work

• Jamie Staton — Broadway sub for Wicked; How the Grinch Stole Christmas East Coast Tour; repair tech at AJS Woodwinds

• Jonathan Hart — MM in Woodwind Doubling at MSU; regional theatre in Long Island and NJ

• Katy Faracy — Players’ Theatre (NYC), How the Grinch Stole Christmas West Coast Tour, Ogunquit Playhouse; woodwind instructor at Elizabeth Morrow School (Englewood, NJ)

• Maria Vincelette — Water for Elephants 1st National Tour, Mean Girls National Tour, How the Grinch Stole Christmas East Coast Tour; regional theatre (NY/NJ)

• Olivia Dorschel — Little Women National Tour; woodwind performer at Palace Theatre (NH)

• Quinten Hansen — The Notebook 1st National Tour; regional theatre (NY/NJ)

• Tessa Dolce — Broadway sub for Gypsy, New York, New York, The Lion King, Water for Elephants, Death Becomes Her, Heathers; chair holder at Public Theater’s Seat of Our Pants (Oct–Nov 2025)

• Tristan Shafran — Regional theatre (NJ); woodwind repair technician at Odibella Music

For more information on this unique Multiple Woodwind Doubling program, please contact Chad Smith at smithchad@montclair.edu