Cincinnati native soprano, Hannah Meloy, is an emerging artist in Boston who frequently collaborates with other local artists. She is passionate about creating the highest quality musical performances in her local community.
With an affinity for interpreting art song, she was selected to participate in the 2016 Cleveland Art Song Festival where she worked with great artists such as Susan Graham and Bradley Moore. In the 2018 she won 3rd prize in the Philharmonic Society of Arlington's Young Artist Concerto Competition for her performance of Samuel Barber's Knoxville: Summer of 1915. She was chosen to attend the Stratton Mountain Vocal Workshop at the 2018 Manchester Music Festival where she shared the stage with Warren Jones and Renee Tatum. She can also be found singing weekly as the soprano soloist and section leader in Boston’s historic Old North Church in the North End.
Her operatic roles include, Zerlina in Don Giovanni; Despina in Così fan tutte; Susanna in Le Nozze di Figaro; Pamina in Die Zauberflöte; Foreign Woman in The Consul; Valencienne in The Merry Widow; and Miss Paige in Dan Shore’s An Embarrassing Position; as well as scene work as Sophie in Werther, Norina in Don Pasquale, and Gretel in Hänsel und Gretel. She has performed with the Jacksonville Symphony Orchestra, the Beiras Philharmonic Orchestra in Portugal as well as with the North Czech Philharmonic Orchestra.
Hannah obtained her Master of Music degree from the Longy School of Music of Bard College in Cambridge, MA. During her tenure at Longy she was a winner of the 2016 Longy Honors Competition.
In addition to her work as a performer, Hannah has a love for teaching aspiring singers of all levels. She maintains a private teaching studio in Arlington, MA where she helps her students develop a healthy singing technique and pursue their musical goals. Her pupils can be found singing in top level collegiate programs, as well as high school and community theater performances.