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E-Mail:
Alison.Melville@oberlin.edu

Office:
Robertson Hall 163
Office Phone:
(440) 775-6688
Address:
77 W. College St.
Oberlin, OH 44074

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Historical Performance Program

Alison Melville
Assistant Professor of Recorder

Education:
University of Toronto, 1977, B.M.; M.M., 1983. Also studied at Schola Cantorum Basiliensis, Basel, Switzerland 1977-1980.

Performance Experience:
A member of the Toronto Consort; frequent appearances with the Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra; Soloist with the Toronto Symphony, Sinfonia Mississauga, Orchestra London Canada and various other orchestras; played on the soundtrack of Atom Egoyan's award-winning film The Sweet Hereafter ; a program of Scandinavian and Scottish traditional music for the 1997 Northern Encounters Festival; participation in Sound steam's Canadian debut performance of Living Toys by English composer Thomas Ades.

Professional Affiliations:
Prior to Melville's appointment to the Oberlin Conservatory, she was previously on faculty at the Glenn Gould Professional School, the Royal Conservatory of Music, and the University of Toronto.

Recordings:
Miss Melville is a soloist on the Juno Award-winning recording of Bach's Brandenburg Concertos with the Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra appearing on the Sony Label. She has also recorded for ebs, Sony Vivarte, Narada, Ibs, Dorian and SRI labels.

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