Melissa Rose

Pianist Melissa Rose has collaborated with instrumentalists and singers in concerts throughout the United States and at venues in Argentina, Malta, Santorini, and Russia. She has recorded and edited arrangements for viola/piano of the Tonadillas by Granados (ViolaSound), one of which was included in the 2017 Grammy-nominated music film, The Music of Strangers. In addition to chamber music recordings on the Naxos, Centaur, Blue Griffin, Delos, Good Child Music, and Navona Recordslabels, Melissa has participated in numerous premieres and residencies with leading American composers and is a member of ALIAS Chamber Ensemble in Nashville. She has also performed for twenty-five years with the Summerfest Chamber Music Series in Kansas City. Currently a Professor of Piano and Senior Associate Dean at Vanderbilt Blair School of Music, she enjoys preparing pianists for careers in collaboration. Melissa received the M.M. in piano performance from the Yale School of Music and the D.M.A. in collaborative piano from the University of Michigan. 

Prof. Rose is the Dean of Vanderbilt University's Blair School of Music as well as Professor of Piano and Collborative Piano.