Melinda McMahon, mezzo-soprano is an accomplished artist in opera, oratorio and operetta. She has appeared as a soloist in Austria at the American Institute of Musical Studies (AIMS) and has performed throughout New England and the Midwest. Her operatic roles include Mrs. McLean (Susannah) and Mrs. Grose (Turn of the Screw). She has appeared as a solo artist with a variety of groups including the University of New Hampshire (UNH) Symphony Orchestra and Sandpipers, New Hampshire’s premiere children’s chorus.

A member of the critically-acclaimed Renaissance group, Capella Alamire, she has performed throughout the northeastern United States and Canada, including appearances at the Monadnock and Boston Early Music Festivals. She has recorded three CD’s on the Titanic and Dorian Discovery labels. In addition, Melinda is an accomplished harpist, appearing regularly with the New Hampshire Philharmonic Orchestra and other chamber groups in New England.

Melinda has been teaching voice and harp for more than 25 years. While on the faculty at Berwick Academy, she worked privately with young aspiring voices and directed the upper school chorus. She has been on the faculty at Summer Youth Music School at UNH, directing a Gilbert & Sullivan revue. She regularly works with Sandpipers Children’s Chorus of Portsmouth. Currently, she teaches for the Humanities Program at the University of New Hampshire. In her courses, she introduces students to the world of opera, its history and relevance to human life.

She has a B.M.E. in choral studies with a minor in harp performance from the University of Kansas and a M.A. in music history with vocal performance emphasis from UNH. Her training includes participation in a six-week intensive opera program (AIMS) in Austria and Richard Miller’s summer institute on Voice Performance Pedagogy at Oberlin College, Ohio.