About the presenter: Melanie Walters

Dr Melanie Walters has been described as a “champion of new music in South Australia”(The Serenade Files), and her flute-playing as “truly exceptional” (The Advertiser)
She holds a PhD in flute performance, for which she has received a Dean’s Commendation, and a Master of Music degree in Australian flute music. Melanie is an active freelance performer and has played with ensembles including Soundstream Collective, Stereo//Mono flute and electronics duo, Southern Cross Symphony and Chronology Arts. She was a performance fellow at the Bang on a Can Summer Festival in the US and has also performed at Musica Viva Sessions, Recital Australia’s ReClassified concert series, Chamber Music Adelaide, Adelaide Contemporary Experiment, Port Adelaide Artists Forum and the Australian Flute Festival.

Her solo performances have included recitals at the Tilde New Music Festival in Melbourne and the Totally Huge New Music Festival Conference in Perth, and gigs at COMA (Creative Original Music Adelaide), Experimental Night at The Metro, and 3D Radio’s Live at the Sound Lounge. She represented South Australia in Eliza Shephard’s March of the Women: Connecting Australia recording project and is currently Principal Flute of Adelaide Wind Orchestra & Artistic Director of Coruscalia Collective.

Website: www.melaniewalters.com/

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