Soloist, chamber musician and teacher, Morelli studied with Stephen Maxym at the Manhattan and Juilliard School of Music. He was the first bassoonist to be awarded a doctorate by the school. A member of the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra and the woodwind quintet, Windscape, he also has made nine appearances to date as a soloist at Carnegie Hall. He now serves as a faculty member at Julliard, the Yale School of Music, Manhattan School of Music and SUNY Stony Brook.