Melissa Bull

Violin, viola, piano, organ

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Boston, MA

Melissa Bull

Violin, viola, piano, organ

About

Music is the great unifier. It can bring people together across cultures, languages, and personal experiences. I love playing music with my friends. Whether in my favorite orchestra with a beloved conductor or laying down string tracks to pop tunes with some buddies, the connection across the medium of music is thrilling. I love playing music for people that love music. And helping people learn how to love classical music that aren't familiar with it.

Though I absolutely adore my main work playing orchestra concerts, my cellist friend and I started a chamber music concert series last year to be able to enjoy musical freedom and expression through all the terrific repertoire. We would be delighted to repeat our concerts at your home or venue! See more at www.northshorechambermusic.org.

My official bio:
Melissa Bull is an active free-lancer in the Boston area specializing in violin, viola, and piano. She has appeared as concerto soloist with the Gordon (College) Symphony Orchestra (2004, 2005, 2007, 2012), Salem Philharmonic (2008), Orquesta Sinfónica Juvenil Libertador San Martín (Buenos Aires, 2007), and Hemenway Strings of Boston Conservatory (2012). Melissa is a member of the Orchestra of Indian Hill, Lexington Symphony, and principal second violin of the Cape Ann Symphony Orchestra. She has also performed with the Rhode Island Philharmonic, New Bedford Symphony, and Plymouth Philharmonic. She has appeared as concertmaster of the Orchestra of Indian Hall, the Quincy Bay Chamber Orchestra, the North Shore Philharmonic, and the Boston Conservatory Orchestra, and as principal violist of Lexington Symphony, Symphony by the Sea, and Melrose Symphony.

Melissa is co-founder of North Shore Chamber Music, a concert series in its second season in Beverly Farms. Melissa is also the founder and coordinator of Accord Chamber Players, which specializes both in providing music for special events and in recording new works for young composers in conjunction with Berklee College of Music, having recorded well over 750 original compositions written for string or full orchestra. She is the Director of Worship Ministries at North Shore Community Baptist Church, where she oversees all worship services and musical activities. She maintains a small private studio, where her foremost goal is to pass along the joy of music.

Melissa studied with James Buswell at New England Conservatory and Gordon College, receiving a BM in Violin Performance and a BA in Spanish with Departmental Honors. She completed her Master of Music in violin performance at Boston Conservatory as a student of Joseph Silverstein and Lynn Chang. Her playing has been praised by Brockton’s Enterprise as “particularly accomplished” and she was described as “the owner of a substantial sound, warm left-hand vibrato, well-considered feel for phrasing, and intuitive proscenium presence.” Melissa lives in Danvers with her husband and two daughters.

Music

Sample repertoire:
Violin and Cello Duo
Handel-Halvorsen: Passacaglia for Violin and Cello
Gliere: 8 Duets for Violin and Cello
Mañas: 3 Argentinian Pieces for Violin and Cello
Sibelius: 3 Duos for Violin and Cello
Kodaly: Duo for Violin and Cello
Ravel: Sonata for Violin and Cello

Piano Trio:
Ravel: Piano Trio
Brahms: Piano Trio No. 1
Beethoven: Piano Trio No. 10 in Eb Major

String Quartet:
Dvorak: American String Quartet
Mendelssohn: String Quartet op 12
Prokofiev: String Quartet No. 2
Schubert: Rosamunde Quartet

String Sextet:
Tchaikovsky: Souvenir de Florence
Brahms: String Sextet No. 2

Clarinet Quintet:
Mozart: Clarinet Quintet
Brahms: Clarinet Quintet

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