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Monica Ellis
Monica Ellis is an American bassoonist and founding member of the woodwind quintet Imani Winds. Ellis was born and raised in Pittsburgh, PA, and started studying music at a young age, playing clarinet, saxophone, piano, and then bassoon. Her Father, Clarence Oden, was a jazz saxophonist. While in Pittsburg Ellis studied bassoon with Mark Pancerev. She then went on to study at Oberlin with George Sakakeeny, and at Julliard and Manhattan School of Music with Frank Morelli. Ellis, along with the rest of the Imani Winds, are artists in residence at Curtis.

Ellis has made many notable recordings with the Imani Winds, including their Grammy nominated albums Bruits and The Classical Underground.