THE FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY
College of Music presents
Guest Artist Recital
David A. Wells, Bassoon with Adam Ravain, Harpsichord
Valerie M. Trujillo, Piano
Tuesday, February 10, 2026
6:30 p.m. in Housewright Music Building, Room 229
7:30 p.m. in Longmire Recital Hall
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PROGRAM
6:30 p.m. | Housewright Music Building, Room 229
Sonata No. 1 in F Major, Op. 1 (1756)
Anna Bon I. Adagio (1738–after 1769)
II. Allegro
III. Presto
Fantasia No. 1 (1732)
Adam Ravain, harpsichord
David A. Wells, Baroque bassoon
INTERMISSION
7:30 p.m. | Longmire Recital Hall
Georg Philipp Telemann (1681–1767)
Three Songs William Grant Still Song for the Lonely (1895–1978) If You Should Go arr. Alexa Still Bayou Home
Valerie M. Trujillo, piano
Fantasia—La Folia (2023)
Althea Talbot-Howard
Three Dances for Bassoon and Piano (2015) Ivette Herryman Rodríguez I. Tanxibanera (b. 1982) II. Habanxixango III. Mabanxixera
Valerie M. Trujillo, piano
Dr. David A. Wells enjoys exploring the richness of the bassoon’s past as well as forging new paths for the instrument’s future. He specializes in historically-informed performances on 17th - 20th century period bassoons, playing regularly with ensembles such as the Carmel Bach Festival, American Bach Soloists, Sinfonia Spirituosa, and Philharmonie Austin. He is also adept on the modern bassoon and contrabassoon, equally at home with standard orchestral/chamber/solo repertoire and demanding modern works involving extended techniques or electronics. In addition, Wells relishes taking the bassoon to unexpected places, most notably having spent nine years with a Django Reinhardt-inspired swing sextet. Wells has been Assistant Professor of Bassoon at Appalachian State University since Fall 2023, where he also teaches music history. Prior to coming to North Carolina, he taught for a dozen years at Sacramento State University in California. Wells also serves as Co-Executive Director of Meg Quigley, an organization devoted to making the bassoon world more diverse, equitable, inclusive, and supportive. When not playing or teaching, he can be found swimming, taking photographs, collecting records, and trying to keep up with his super-librarian/yogi wife, Veronica.
Wells holds both a D.M.A. in Bassoon Performance and an M.A. in Musicology from the University of WisconsinMadison, an M.M. in Bassoon Performance from Florida State University, and a B.M. in Bassoon Performance from Arizona State University.