Contact Information

• mgallowa@unca.edu
• 251-6769
• 215 Lipinsky Hall

Dr. Melodie Galloway holds the rank of Full Professor and is Chair of the Department of Music at the University of North Carolina at Asheville, where she is the Coordinator of Choral and Vocal Studies. She holds a Master’s degree from Florida State University in Vocal Performance and a Doctor of Musical Arts degree in Conducting from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. Her experience as a conductor and soprano soloist includes major works, opera and musical theater. In 2012 she was an invited conductor at Carnegie Hall, leading 200 singers and orchestra and in 2017 she conducted the Eastern European premiere of Dan Forrest’s Requiem for the Living with choirs and orchestra in Vienna, Prague and Salzburg. As the Director of UNCA’s Asheville Singers, she has been invited to perform as part of the Holiday Open House Performances at the White House from 2006-2018, including a private audience with President and Mrs. Obama in 2012. Areas of research include the choral/orchestral music of legendary jazz artist, Dave Brubeck; choral pedagogies for vocal health; music and wellness; and the migration of Celtic music to Appalachia. She is in demand as a clinician, conference presenter and consultant for arts advocacy.