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 Melanie
Williams enjoys an active performing career in the
southeastern United States and beyond. A native of Jackson,
Mississippi, Williams earned the MM and the DMA in vocal
performance at Louisiana State University, where she studied
with Dr. Sandra Kungle, Martino Arroyo, Robert Grayson, and
Patricia O’Neill. Opera roles include Papagena in Opera
Birmingham’s Die Zauberflöte , Berta in the company’s production
of Il Barbiere di Siviglia, and Olympia in Baton Rouge Opera’s
production of Le Contes d’Hoffman. She has sung several roles
with Alabama OperaWorks, including Monica in The Medium,
Laetitia in The Old Maid and the Thief, “The Girl” in Hello, Out
There, Valerie in The Cabildo, and the title roles in Savitri
and Iolanthe.
Williams has twice traveled to
England as soprano soloist for the International Cathedral Music
Festival, performing in London, Canterbury, and Salisbury.
Concert appearances in the Southeast include engagements with
the Mississippi, Arkansas, Alabama, Kingsport, and University of
Alabama Symphonies, as well as the Red Mountain Chamber
Orchestra, Colla Voce choral ensemble, and most recently as
soprano soloist in Carmina Burana with the Jacksonville State
University combined choirs and orchestra. Upcoming solo
engagements include solo recitals at the University of
Montevallo, Troy University, and the University of South
Alabama. Dr. Williams is Associate Professor of Music at the
University of Montevallo, where she teaches applied voice, vocal
pedagogy, and diction courses. A former Governor of the Alabama
District of the National Association of Teachers of Singing, she
presently serves on the Southeastern Region advisory board. She
and husband, Mark, reside in Birmingham with their children,
Anna Katherine and John Mark, and two dachsunds, Scout and
Sophie. |
