MELANIE JOY, A JAZZ VIOLINIST, INSTRUMENTAL SONGWRITER, COMPOSER, ARRANGER, AND SESSION PLAYER , FOUND HER PASSION FOR MUSIC AT A VERY YOUNG AGE. SHE BEGAN HER STUDY OF MUSIC BY TAKING PIANO LESSONS AND SHE EVENTUALLY FOUND HER CALLING WHEN SHE BEGAN LEARNING HOW TO PLAY THE VIOLIN. AFTER MANY YEARS OF INTENSIVE CLASSICAL TRAINING, MELANIE JOY DISCOVERED HER TRUE PASSION FOR JAZZ AND IMPROVISING. SHE DECIDED TO PURSUE HER PASSION OF JAZZ BY MOVING TO NASHVILLE TO START A CAREER IN THE COMMERCIAL MUSIC WORLD.
BEING A BELMONT GRAD AND A VIOLIN SPECIALIST AT THE ESTEEMED WILLIAMS FINE VIOLINS SHOP ON MUSIC ROW, SHE IS A VERY ACTIVE PERSON IN NASHVILLE. SHE HAS ALSO PERFORMED AND RECORDED WITH MANY TALENTED ARTISTS SUCH AS MEMBER OF THE FLECKTONES, ROY “FUTUREMAN†WOOTEN, CHRISTIAN ARTIST MICHELLE TUMES, PERCUSSIONIST THOMAS ANDERSON, INDEPENDENT ARTIST MOLLY MORGAN, AND CHILDREN’S SONGWRITER STEVE LEE.
MELANIE JOY IS CURRENTLY WORKING CLOSELY WITH OTHER NASHVILLE MUSICIANS, WRITING MUSIC AND PERFORMING AT VENUES SUCH AS BISTRO 215, 12TH AND PORTER, CAFÉ COCO, EDGEHILL STUDIOS, ON THE ROCKS, THE FRIST CENTER FOR VISUAL ARTS, AND EVEN THE NEW SCHERMERHORN CENTER. SHE IS CURRENTLY TOURING AND WORKING WITH THE WORLD RENOWNED CELTIC BAND, THE RIC BLAIR BAND. SINCE PLAYING WITH THEM, SHE HAS HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO PERFORM WITH OTHER WORLD-CLASS ARTISTS SUCH AS PHIL KEAGGY. MELANIE JOY IS EAGER TO CONTINUE SONGWRITING AND PERFORMING LIVE SO OTHERS CAN EXPERIENCE HER LOVE FOR MUSIC.
~Here's a short clip of me performing with the Blair band's St. Patty's Day concert~
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