Melyssa Rice has been teaching singing since 1992. A graduate of St. Olaf College, she studied classical singing with Janis Hardy, Thomasa Eckert, Awilda Verdejo and Erich Parce, and at the VocalArts Northwest opera program. She has performed as a soloist with Kitsap Opera, Puget Sound Opera, Seattle Comic Opera, VocalArts Northwest, Hildman String Orchestra, and Northwest Chorale; as a chorister with Seattle Opera; and as a concert soloist in Washington, Minnesota and Alaska.
As a teacher, Melyssa specializes in projection; vocal health; communicating difficult concepts with enthusiasm and humor; and applying classical vocal technique to all genres: opera, classical, jazz, R&B, gospel, rock, heavy metal, pop, swing, funk, folk and musical theatre material. Melyssa was a faculty member at Seattle Central Community College, South Seattle Community College, Shoreline Community College, Bellevue Community College and The Music Center of the Northwest before relocating to the Midwest. She reopened her voice studio near the Minnesota/Wisconsin border in June 2008,
and will be accepting new students until her schedule is full.