"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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October 26, 2019 @ 7:00pm
Centarius by JC Cantrell premiere Closed Concert Museum of the Bible Washington, DC 20024 |
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November 17, 2019 @ 4:00pm
Apollo Orchestra Program: Schubert: Rosamunde Overture Haydn: Cello Concerto C Major featuring Carter Brey Schumann: Symphony No. 4 (original version 1841) Free Concert Chevy Chase Presbyterian Church 1 Chevy Chase Cir NW Washington, DC 20015 |
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January 12, 2020 @ 4:00pm
Apollo Orchestra Program Malcomb Arnold: Concerto for Organ and Orchestra, Op. 47 Mvt. 3 featuring Julie Vidrick-Evans, organ soloist Bizet: Suite No.1 from L’arlesienne Jennifer Higdon: Concerto for Viola and Orchestra featuring Roberto Diaz, viola soloist Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 3 in A minor, Op. 56 Scottish Free Concert Chevy Chase Presbyterian Church 1 Chevy Chase Cir NW Washington, DC 20015 |
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March 5, 2020 @ 6:00pm
Apollo Orchestra Program Respighi: Trittico Botticelliano Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 3 in C minor, Op. 37 featuring Peter Orth, piano soloist Free Concert, limited seating **free tickets available prior to performance Terrace Theater John F. Kennedy Center for the Arts 2700 F Street NW Washington, DC 20566 |
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May 17, 2020 @ 4:00pm
Apollo Orchestra Program Barber: Knoxville Summer of 1915 Sibelius: Violin Concerto in D minor, Op. 47 Mahler/arr. Britten: What the Wild Flowers Tell Me Britten: Sinfonia da Requiem Free Concert Church of the Epiphany 1317 G St NW Washington, DC 20005 |
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June 14, 2020 @ 4:00pm
Apollo Orchestra Program Sibelius: “The Swan of Tuonela” from Four Legends from the Kalevala featuring Emily Madsen, English horn soloist Rossini: Stabat Mater for Soloists, Chorus, and Orchestra Free Concert Church of the Little Flower 5607 Massachusetts Avenue Bethesda, MD 20816 |
Recent Performances
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October 18 2019 @ 7:30pm
Apollo Orchestra Program: Vaughan Williams: Norfolk Rhapsody #1 Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet - selections from the Suite Montagues and Capulets Juliet – the Young Girl Death of Tybalt Dance Romeo and Juliet before Parting Dance of the Maids from the Antilles Romeo at Juliet’s Grave Shostakovich: Concerto, Violin, No.1, op.77 featuring soloist Cho-Liang Lin, violin Free Concert Church of the Little Flower 5607 Massachusetts Avenue Bethesda, MD 20816 |
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September 14, 2019 @ 4:00pm
Apollo Orchestra Program: Handel: Overture to Solomon featuring the Dance Ensemble, “enVISIon”Smetana: The Moldau Arutiunian: Trumpet Concerto featuring Chris Gekker Mozart: Symphony No. 39 Free Concert Georgetown Visitation Preparatory School 1524 35th St NW Washington, DC 20007 |
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August 16, 2019 @ 4:30pm
Eulane Rose & Melissa Morales "Melissa's Farewell Performance at Collington" Closed Concert The Ivy Bar Collington Assisted Living Center 10450 Lottsford Road Mitchellville, MD 20721 |
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June 17, 2019 @ 3:00pm
Melissa Morales & Ria Yang, Artist in Residence Farewell Recital Closed Concert Collington Assisted Living Center 10450 Lottsford Road Mitchellville, MD 20721 |
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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 |
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May 4, 2019 @ 1:00pm
Melissa Morales DMA Recital #3 William Thomas McKinley's Greatest Clarinet Works Program: Clarinet Duos, Book 1 Clarinet Concerto No. 2 Sonata for Clarinet & Piano Dane Clark, clarinet Andrew Jonathan Welch, Piano Free Concert Ulrich Recital Hall 7751 Alumni Drive University of Maryland College Park, MD 20742 |
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April 19, 2019 @ 6:30pm
Melissa Morales DMA Recital #2 A Survey of William Thomas McKinley Program: For One (1971) Mostly Blues for Marimba and Clarinet Two romances : for violin, clarinet and piano (1984) Intermezzo for Clarinet and Piano No. 1 Intermezzo for Clarinet and Piano No. 2 Free Concert Leah Smith Hall University of Maryland 8270 Alumni Drive College Park, MD 20742 |
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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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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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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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October 12, 2018 @ 7:30pm
Apollo Orchestra Program: 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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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 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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August 1, 2018 @ 7:00pm
Town Center Market, Riverdale Summer Series Melissa Morales & Timothy MacDuff Jr. Clarinet & Viola Duos 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 4705 Queensbury Road Riverdale Park, MD 20737 |
