Melissa Mecadon

Posted on November 7, 20122 by Eric Murphy

Guitar, Ukulele, Piano, Woodwinds, Brass, Harmonica and Voice

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Melissa Mecadon has been teaching private music lessons for 9 years. She has been learning and playing music for over 15 years. Melissa graduated from Millikin University’s Conservatory School of Music in 2008 with a degree in Instrumental Music Education. While at university, Melissa was a clarinet and voice student, and she was active in many university ensembles and organizations including University Wind Ensemble, University Pop/Rock Ensemble, University Chamber Chorale, and University Songwriters Guild. Upon graduation, she taught band and guitar classes for four years in the Chicago area before moving to Atlanta this summer.

Melissa has experience performing as a singer/songwriter and as a classical musician. She has also had the opportunity to act as music director for many stage productions. She has worked as a reed player for productions with schools, as well as the Theater on The Square in Sullivan, IL. As a vocalist, Melissa has performed with and served as section leader for the Rockford Symphony Orchestra Chorale and Elysian Voices, a choir based in northern Illinois which promotes and performs new and contemporary choral music. Newer to the Atlanta area, Melissa is eager to begin working as a musician. She has had the opportunity to play clarinet with the Tara Winds and performs at many songwriter open mics in the area.
Melissa is currently the elementary music teacher at Immaculate Heart of Mary School. While Melissa’s primary wind instrument is the clarinet, she is proficient in the instruction of all band instruments (flute, clarinet, oboe, saxophone, trumpet, horn, trombone, tuba, and percussion). She also has experience teaching guitar, ukulele, harmonica, and piano.

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