Melodie G. Galloway holds the Master's degree from Florida State University in Vocal Performance and the Doctor of Musical Arts degree in conducting from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. Her experience as a conductor and soprano soloist includes opera, music theatre, and a professional vocal ensemble, where she has been a soloist in Russia, Estonia, Ireland, England, Spain, and for former Presidents Bush and Clinton as part of the White House Christmas celebrations.
Currently Dr. Galloway is an assistant professor in music at University of North Carolina Asheville and is directing the University Singers, the Chamber Symphony,and Studio 18 - an advanced vocal jazz ensemble, and she is the Coordinator of Vocal Studies. The UNCA Chamber Singers, comprised of singers from both ensembles by audition, recently (December 2007) represented the university performing for the holiday open house celebrations at the White House with Dr. Galloway conducting.
Her work in the region has included music direction for productions of Ragtime and West Side Story with the Haywood Arts Regional Theatre; Garmina Burana, presented with the UNCA University Singers, the Reuter Center Singers, the UNCA Percussion Ensemble, Voices in the Laurel children and youth choirs, and professional soloists; and she was the recent recipient of the Best Actress award for her role of Jen in John and Jan - a production which also received Best PIay-runner-up at the Southeastern Regional Theatre Conference in Chattanooga, TN, March, 2008.
Galloway frequently appears as a clinician and conference contributor in fields of musical theatre, choral repertoire and techniques, and jazz. As an invited speaker in March, 2007, Galloway presented Coloring Outside the Unes: Conflicts and Resolutions in Dave Brubeck's -Jazzy" Mass as part of the Leeds College of Music International Jazz Conference "Jazz: Inside and Outside."
Dr Galloway directing the Junaluska Singers in Stuart Auditorium - December 2009
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