Dr. Melodie Galloway holds the rank of Full Professor and is the Director of Visual &
Performing Arts at the University of North Carolina – Asheville, where she is also Director
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 2006-2022, 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.