Celebrated Local Singer-Songwriter Brings Spring Fever to Springfield

March 2025

Westfield-based singer, songwriter, and musician Isabel Marcheselli will be performing a “Sounds of Spring” concert to help usher in springtime at the Brightwood branch of the Springfield City Library at 359 Plainfield Street in Springfield on March 27th from 6:30 - 7:30 p.m. Admission is free, and there will be free on-site parking available.

The evening will include an eclectic mix of nature-inspired classical piano music, pop, and lively jazz. Audiences will experience Marcheselli’s arrangement of the Spanish Romance, Handel’s Passacaglia, and music from the iconic repertory of American composer Philip Glass. Some of Marcheselli’s original work will be performed as well, including her soon-to-be-released song, Wander, of which an instrumental version was made into a movie soundtrack for the SONY award-winning documentary In Cod We Trust, directed by Seonghoon Eric Park and Raphael Edwards. The film, portraying the joys and struggles of fishermen in Gloucester, was also an official selection at the 39th Boston Film Festival.

Isabel will be accompanied by her husband Gino, a western Massachusetts native, and her drummer, who will also serve as a backup singer.

Marcheselli has released one album and three singles to date, including her pop piano album, Isabel and the Whispers. In 2021 and 2023, she received generous grants from the Massachusetts Cultural Council in recognition of her work as a musical artist and educator.

The daughter of South American immigrants, Marcheselli grew up in New York and received her musical education at the College of Arts and Sciences at Cornell University, Mannes School of Music, and Hunter College.