New student discount: First lesson is free when you book 4 lessons.
Please note: I teach in-person in New York, NY and offer virtual lessons to those in other states.
Melaina Mills is a classically trained singer and pianist providing private voice and piano lessons for students of all ages. A native of Denver, Colorado, she maintains a piano and voice studio in-person in Colorado and virtually all over the world. She holds a masters degree in Opera Performance from The Boston Conservatory at Berklee and has performed varied roles in opera and musical theatre. She is a passionate teacher who loves to help students discover all that their voices can do! Melaina is committed to fostering a nurturing environment where students feel free to explore their musical instincts.
Equally at home on the operatic stage and in the concert hall, soprano Melaina Mills appears regularly in the Boston and Denver areas and beyond. She recently performed the roles of Jocelyn Jordan (The Manchurian Candidate), Paquette (Candide), and covered Cleopatra (Giulio Cesare in Egitto) with Seagle Music Colony. Other highlights include Barbarina (Le Nozze di Figaro), Miss Wordsworth (Albert Herring), and Griselda (La Griselda). Ms. Mills often sings in the chorus with Boston’s Odyssey Opera. In 2021 she will sing The Governess (The Turn of the Screw) at The Boston Conservatory at Berklee.
Ms. Mills has performed as a soloist in concerts throughout the United States. She recently performed the soprano solos in Handel’s Messiah and Fauré’s Requiem and is employed as a weekly soloist and section leader at St. John the Evangelist in Hingham, MA. As a soloist with Stetson University’s premier Concert Choir, Ms. Mills has appeared throughout the state of Florida, most notably in J. S. Bach’s St. John Passion. Ms. Mills also gives frequent recitals in Boston and in her home city of Denver.
Ms. Mills was awarded First Prize in the Florida Federation of Music Clubs’ Stephen Foster Jeanie Competition, and First Prize in the Wednesday Morning Music Club of Daytona Beach Vocal Competition. She received her Bachelor of Music at Stetson University in DeLand, FL and is currently pursuing her Master of Music degree at The Boston Conservatory at Berklee.
