B i o g r a p h y
Melissa Douglas is an Australian composer currently based in Melbourne. Her compositions have been performed in Australia, the UK, US and Europe. She is currently the Cybec Young Composer in Residence with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra.
Melissa has been commissioned by a variety of musicians, chamber ensembles and festivals, such as the BBC Singers, the London Women of the World Festival, PLEXUS, pianists Clare Hammond and Grace Francis, the Magnard Ensemble, the Polaris Duo and the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra.
Melissa’s music is evocative, dramatic and versatile. Her
piano piece, Solo Gratia, performed by Grace Francis, was broadcast
on BBC Radio 3 in 2015 and digitally released on Launch Music
International and iTunes.
Her composition for alto saxophone and harp, Spheres, was
commissioned by the Polaris Duo and features on their debut album
'illuminate', released in April 2018. The work received its Croatian
premiere at the 2018 World Saxophone Congress in Zagreb.
Melissa studied Piano and Composition at the Melbourne
Conservatorium of Music. She continued postgraduate studies in
Composition at the Royal Northern College of Music (2014-16) in the
United Kingdom, graduating with an MMus in Composition with
Distinction in 2016.
Melissa was the recipient of the RNCM Patricia Cunliffe Composition Prize in 2015.
She is a Represented Artist with the Australian Music Centre.
Reviews
Plexus: Prism Concert 2020 - Melbourne Digital Concert Hall
The Age: Women in Music Festival 2020