Shant Arakelian

Shant Arakelian is a performer and educator of the bassoon, clarinet, flute and piccolo having graduated in 2021 from Gordon College with a Bachelor of Music Performance degree. A lifelong resident of Lexington, Shant is a 2017 graduate of Lexington High School having won the coveted Concerto Competition in 2017 playing the Mozart Bassoon Concerto in Bb-Major, K. 191.

A prolific performer of music Shant has performed with the Harvard Musical Association Orchestra, Metro-West Symphony Orchestra, Reading Symphony Orchestra, MITSPO (MIT Summer Philharmonic Orchestra) and is currently the Principal Bassoonist with the Arlington Philharmonic Orchestra.

A student of Donald Bravo, Shant enjoys all things related to music and looks forward to passing on his passion for classical music to beginning students.