Melanie is a clarinetist originating from Yuma, Arizona. She earned an Associates Degree in the Arts with an emphasis in music education from Arizona Western College as well as a Bachelor's Degree in Music, Music Education from the University of Redlands.
She has just completed the course work for a masters degree in music at the University of Redlands. Her graduate assistantship included participation in both the university wind ensemble and orchestra where she was principal clarinetist. Along with her duties at the university, she has earned a student spot in the Redlands Symphony Orchestra and performed often during the 2005-2006 season.

She has been involved in the pit orchestra in such productions as Finnians Rainbow, Oliver, Cole, Oklahoma!, Hansel and Gretel,  Mozart's Don Giovanni, and Bellini's Norma. Since moving to Redlands, CA she has also performed with the Feast of Lights Orchestra for the past four years and performed in the orchestra for Mozart's Requiem Mass with the University Choir.
She currently teaches clarinet and coaches chamber groups at the Community School of Music and the Arts at the University of Redlands as well as at maintaining a large private studio in her home and at Rubidoux and Martin Luther King High Schools in Riverside County. She also runs sectional coachings at schools in and around Riverside, Redlands, and the Coachella Valley.
For more information about Melanie, please visit her website