Woodrow, Melissa

Melissa Rodgers Woodrow

Melissa Rodgers Woodrow has performed with early music and contemporary music ensembles in the United States and abroad and has recorded for film and television on modern and baroque trumpets. This season’s highlights include performances with Ars Minerva, Bach Collegium San Diego, Live Oak Baroque Orchestra, Musica Povera, Opera Neo, Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra, Portland Baroque Orchestra, and Tessere. Repertoire highlights include Bach’s Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben and Oster-Oratorium, Handel’s Zadok the Priest, Haydn’s Missa in Angustiis, and Mozart’s Mitridate. Melissa holds a DMA in Historic Performance Practices from Claremont Graduate University and an MM in Baroque Trumpet Performance from the Bob Cole Conservatory of Music. She enjoys cooking, gardening, traveling, hiking, cycling, and just about any outdoor activity, with her husband, James.