"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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May 17, 2020 @ 4:00pm *tentative*
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 |
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June 20, 2020 @ 7:30pm
June 21, 2020 @ 3:00pm Annapolis Opera Susannah In Carlisle Floyd’s powerful opera Susannah, a beautiful and virtuous 18-year-old girl has inadvertently incited the lust of her church elders. The church leaders accuse her of being a seductress, and the entire town turns against her. When the new pastor, Reverend Blitch, urges her to repent her alleged sins, she refuses, inflaming the reverend’s own desires – with disastrous consequences. Based on the biblical story “Susannah and the Elders,” this 1954 opera is set in rural Tennessee and is rich with Appalachian folk melodies and connections to the McCarthy era in which it was written. Tickets here. Maryland Hall 801 Chase Street Annapolis, MD |
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March 14, 2020
Southeastern Louisiana's Reed Day TO BE RESCHEDULED Southeastern Louisiana University Department of Fine and Performing Arts Pottle Music Hall 310 Ned McGehee Dr. Hammond, LA 70402 |
Recent Performances
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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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February 2, 2020 @ 4:00pm
Georgetown Epiphany Festival Tickets: $12.50 Dumbarton United Methodist Church 3133 Dumbarton St NW Washington DC, 20007 |
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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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December 28, 2019 @ 6:00pm
DC Girls & Boys Club Choir Holiday Sing Free Concert Kennedy Center 2700 F St NW, Washington, DC 20566 |
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December 22, 2019 @ 10:00am
Liberty Grove United Methodist Church Christmast Cantata Free Concert Liberty Grove United Methodist Church 15225 Old Columbia Pike Burtonsville, MD 20866 |
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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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October 26, 2019 @ 7:00pm
Centarius by JC Cantrell premiere Closed Concert Museum of the Bible Washington, DC 20024 |
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September 27 @ 8:00pm
September 29, 2019 @ 3:00pm Baltimore Symphony Orchestra Meyeroff 1212 Cathedral St Baltimore, MD 21201 September 28th @ 8:00pm Strathmore 5301 Tuckerman Ln North Bethesda, MD 20852 Program: Rouse - Processional: Death of Poe Verdi - Overture to La forza del destino Danie Bernard Roumann - Voodoo Violin Concerto --Intermission-- Tchaikovksy - Symphony No. 4 Baltimore Symphony Orchestra & Strathmore |
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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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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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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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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 |
