Cassidy Morgan

Cassidy Morgan is excited to be joining the South Dakota Symphony Orchestra as Principal Bassist beginning in the 26/27 season! In addition to this new role, Cassidy is the Principal Bassist of both the Duluth Superior Symphony Orchestra and the Sioux City Symphony Orchestra as well as the Assistant Principal Double Bassist of the Minnesota Opera Orchestra.

Currently residing in the Twin Cities, Cassidy is an in-demand freelance bassist, having performed with some of the nation's most prestigious orchestras, including the Minnesota Orchestra, the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra, the National Symphony Orchestra in Washington D.C., the Indianapolis Symphony, the Baltimore Symphony, the Nashville Symphony, the Louisville Orchestra, the Knoxville Symphony, the Richmond (VA) Symphony, and others. As a chamber musician, Cassidy has collaborated with members of the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra, the National Symphony, the Nashville Symphony, Leipzig Gewandhaus, and the Academy of St. Martin in the Fields. He has also performed with the Smithsonian Chamber Players and acted as Principal Bass of the conductor-less Washington D.C.-based chamber ensemble, Ars Nova Chamber Orchestra.

Cassidy holds a Bachelor of Music degree from the Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music, a Master’s and Doctorate from the University of Maryland-College Park, and has pursued additional studies at Indiana University. His principal teachers include Bruce Bransby, Richard Barber, Robert Oppelt, Albert Laszlo, and Steve Benne. Cassidy also has a passion for historically informed performance practice; in the spring of 2016, he completed his dissertation on the Viennese violone, the double bass instrument used in Vienna during the mid to late eighteenth century.