Melissa Muñoz is a dedicated trumpeter and educator based in New York City. She enjoys a career of freelancing, subbing on Broadway, and playing chamber music with Riverside Brass Quintet. She has notably performed with The New York Philharmonic, Metropolitan Opera, New York City Ballet, Orchestra of St. Luke's, American Ballet Theater, and Orpheus Chamber Orchestra. Melissa is a Bach/Conn-Selmer trumpet artist.
Melissa earned her Bachelor of Music degree at UT Austin, where she was awarded the “Spotlight Student,” distinction, and Master of Music degree at Yale School of Music, where she was awarded the John Swallow Brass Prize. She also studied at the Colburn School under the tutelage of Jim Wilt. Melissa was a fellow in the Cleveland Institute of Music's inaugural Future of Music Faculty Fellowship, a program designed to represent “a critical step forward in creating diversity within the music academy and beyond.”
Melissa has a passion for education and is currently on faculty at Kaufman Music Center and Rodeph Sholom School. As an education advocate, she has mentored for the Fortissima Program, French Woods Festival, and Maestra Mentorship Program. She recently joined the trumpet faculty at Kinhaven Junior Session during the summertime.
