"As a clarinetist, Melissa Morales brings warmth and spirit to every performance. She is a consummate professional whom is dedicated to the craft of creating, teaching, and performing music. It has been my honor to not only have performed alongside her, but to have her solo with my concert band and inspire my students. It was such an invaluable experience for them to perform alongside such a bright light and virtuosic musician as Melissa Morales." |
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Upcoming Performances
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January 6, 2019 @ 4:00pm Georgetown Epiphany Festival, Opening concert: Chamber Music of Brahms, Bruch, Higdon, and Schreker "Our first concert of the series is comprised of four distinct works, scored for combinations of violin, cello, clarinet, horn, and piano. Our featured piece for the full quintet, Franz Schreker’s 1909 Der Wind, is heard live for the first known time in Washington DC. Also included on the first half are two of Max Bruch’s op. 83 Romanzen for clarinet, viola, and piano, and Jennifer Higdon’s electrifying trio Dash for violin, clarinet, and piano. Brahms’ evergreen Trio for Horn, Violin, and Piano fills out the second half of the program." Kei Sugiyama, Violin Pecos Singer, Cello Melissa Morales, Clarinet Clinton Soisson, Horn Andrew Jonathan Welch, Piano Tickets: $12.50 Dumbarton United Methodist Church 3133 Dumbarton St NW Washington DC, 20007 |
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January 13, 2019 @ 4:00pm
Georgetown Epiphany Festival Closing Concert: CHAMBER ORCHESTRA Schoenberg’s gorgeous op. 9 Kammersymphonie is a bold work that bravely straddles the line between high romanticism and free atonality. Hear it paired with Mozart, whose stunning C minor Serenade for 8 winds is featured in its entirety. Tickets: $12.50 Dumbarton United Methodist Church 3133 Dumbarton St NW Washington DC, 20007 |
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January 20, 2019 @ 4:00pm
Apollo Orchestra Tchaikovsky: Rococo Variations Michael Balas, cello Respighi: Suite in G for organ & strings, mvt 3 Free Concert Chevy Chase Presbyterian Church 1 Chevy Chase Circle NW Washington, DC 20015 |
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February 3, 2019 @ 5:00pm
Professor Theresa R. Bickham, Recital Program: Schubert, "Der Hirt auf dem Felsen" Free Concert Ulrich Recital Hall 7751 Alumni Drive University of Maryland College Park, MD 20742 |
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February 17, 2019 @ 5:00pm
Melissa Morales DMA Recital #2 A Survey of William Thomas McKinley Program: For One (1971) Trio Apassionato (1982) Paintings No. 2 (1976) Entrata No. 2 (1983) Free Concert Ulrich Recital Hall 7751 Alumni Drive University of Maryland College Park, MD 20742 |
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February 23, 2019 @ 5:00pm
Apollo Orchestra Scenes from “Der Rosenkavalier”, with DCYA Free Concert Church of the Epiphany 1317 G Street NW Washington, DC 20005 |
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March 10, 2019 @ 6:00pm
Apollo Orchestra Saint-Saens: Cello Concerto #1 Kodaly: Dances of Galanta Free Concert Terrace Theater John F. Kennedy Center for the Arts 2700 F Street NW Washington, DC 20566 |
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April 7, 2019 @ 4:00pm
Apollo Orchestra Brahms: Piano Concerto #1 in D minor Britten: Passacaglia and Four Sea Interludes from “Peter Grimes” Free Concert Church of the Epiphany 1317 G Street NW Washington, DC 20005 |
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May 4, 2019 @ 1:00pm
Melissa Morales DMA Recital #3 William Thomas McKinley's Greatest Clarinet Works Free Concert Ulrich Recital Hall 7751 Alumni Drive University of Maryland College Park, MD 20742 |
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June 2, 2019 @ 4:00pm
Apollo Orchestra Mozart: Requiem Free Concert Church of the Little Flower 5607 Massachusetts Avenue Bethesda, MD 20816 |
Past Performances
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December 10, 2018 8:00pm
Ruth Bright, DMA Recital Kegelstatt Trio Free Concert Gildenhorn Recital Hall 8270 Alumni Drive College Park, MD 20742 |
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December 9, 2018 @ 10:00am
Christmas Cantata Concert Free Concert Liberty Grove United Methodist Church 15225 Old Columbia Pike Burtonsville, MD 20866 |
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December 7, 2018 @ 5:00pm
Melissa Morales DMA Recital #1 Influences of William Thomas McKinley Program Clarinet Sonata by Aaron Copland Divertimento for Five Winds by Mel Powell A Trio Setting by Gunther Schuller Tashi by Lukas Foss Featuring Musicians: Sarah Park & Phoebe Suzuki, violins Andrew Welch & Dr. Summer Xia, pianos Sinan Wang, viola Katie McCarthy, cello Dr. Yongus Clark, flute Dr. Michael Homme, oboe Luke Spence, trumpet Qun Ren, bassoon Free Concert Gildenhorn Recital Hall 8270 Alumni Drive College Park, MD 20742 |
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November 24, 2018 @ 1:00pm
Ruth Bright and Friends Recital Program Kegelstatt Trio Free Concert Collington Assisted Living Center 10450 Lottsford Road Mitchellville, MD 20721 |
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October 21, 2018 @ 3:00pm
Hymn Presentation: Marilyn Haskin Organ Recital Free Concert Collington Assisted Living Center 10450 Lottsford Road Mitchellville, MD 20721 |
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October 12, 2018 @ 7:30pm
Apollo Orchestra Rimsky-Korsakov: Capriccio espagnol, op. 34 Mozart: Violin Concerto no. 3, K.216, G major. Cho Liang Lin, violin Brahms: Symphony no. 4, op. 98, E minor Free Concert Little Flower Church 5607 Massachusetts Avenue Bethesda, MD 20816 |
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October 6, 2018 @ 5:00pm
Melissa Morales & The KollingKats Free Concert Collington Assisted Living Center The Courtyard 10450 Lottsford Road Mitchellville, MD 20721 |
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September 24, 2018 @ 11:00am
Melissa Morales & Ria Yang, Artist in Residence Opening Recital Program Bela Kovacs - Hommage à de Falla Chopin - Introduction and Polonaise Brilliant Beethoven - Cello Sonata No.4 Gabriel Hightower, cello Miklós Rózsa - Sonatina for Clarinet Solo George Gershwin - Three Preludes for clarinet and piano Free Concert Collington Assisted Living Center 10450 Lottsford Road Mitchellville, MD 20721 |
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September 20 @ 2:30 & 7:30, 23rd @ 1:30
The Triumph of Isabella Free Concert Gildenhorn Recital Hall 8270 Alumni Drive College Park, MD 20742 |
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September 15, 2018 @ 4:00pm
Apollo Orchestra Stravinsky: Firebird Suite (1919) Castelnuovo-Tedesco: Concerto, Guitar (No. 1), Op. 99, D Maj. Ana Vidovic, guitar Dvorak: Symphony No. 8 Free Concert Georgetown Visitation 1524 35th Street NW Washington, DC 20007 |
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September 9, 2018 @ 4:00pm
Clarinet and Flute Duos Melissa Morales & Ceylon Mitchell of the Potomac Winds Free Concert Bedford Court 3701 International Dr Silver Spring, MD 20906 |
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August 1, 2018 @ 7:00pm
Melissa Morales & Timothy MacDuff Jr. of the Anacostia and Adelphi String Quartets Tim MacDuff is a dear friend and superb musician. As a violist he has performed extensively with the Anacostia String quartet, and was invited to perform with The National Orchestral Institute & Festival's resident string quartet. He won the UMD 2017/2018 concerto competition and will solo with the UMD Symphony Orchestra this December. Come join us for an evening of sweet and romantic Clarinet and Viola duos. Free Concert Riverdale Market Concerts 4705 Queensbury Road Riverdale Park, MD 20737 |
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July 28, 2018 @ 8:00pm
Summer Chorus Haydn’s Harmoniemesse, Aaron Peisner conductor Free Concert UMD Dekelboum Concert Hall 8270 Alumni Drive College Park, MD 20742 |
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July 3, 2018 @ 1:00pm
UMD Clarinet Choir Performance Free Concert Collington Assisted Living Center 10450 Lottsford Road Mitchellville, MD 20721 |
