Melynda Davis, soprano, graduated from the University of Massachusetts at Dartmouth with a Bachelor in Vocal Performance and Education. She completed her Master of Music in Opera Performance at the Longy School of Music in Cambridge, MA. She has performed the role of Dido from Purcell's Dido and Aeneas with the Harvard Early Music Society. She participated in Operafest Boston in 2000 and 2001 as well as the Lake Placid Institute. She placed Second in Boston's Leontyne Price Vocal Arts Competition and has performed with the Boston Pops Orchestra in their Holiday Chorus. She has performed with Opera Providence as well as Opera Boston. She has been a soloist with the Providence Singers. She has been a faculty member at the Rhode Island Philharmonic Music School as well as Roger Williams University. Melynda also placed First in the 2005 Rhode Island NATS Competition. Melynda has performed with Opera del West as well as the New England Conservatory Opera Studio. She attended Sherrill Milnes’ V.O.I.C.Experience! program in the summer of 2007. Upcoming, she will be performing with Boston Lyric Opera in their production of La Bohème. Recently, she covered the role of Donna Anna in Boston Opera Collaborative’s production of Don Giovanni. Melynda is covering the role of Liu in Lowell House Opera's production of Turandot. Melynda was recently elected the Artistic Staffing and Auditions Chair of Boston Opera Collaborative. Melynda is currently a student of Maria Spacagna. Website: www.melyndadavis.com