CURRENT PhD STUDENTS IN CHORAL/VOCAL PEDAGOGY
2011 - 2012 Academic Year
MELISSA BRUNKAN
Melissa Brunkan holds degrees from the University of Minnesota (B.M., music education, choral conducting) and Northwestern University (M.Mus., vocal performance/pedagogy). Currently, she is pursuing
her Ph.D. in Choral Pedagogy at the University of Kansas. Prior to her work at the University of Kansas, she served as the Vocal Music specialist at the Fine Arts Interdisciplinary
Resource School near Minneapolis, MN, teaching vocal music, sound art and choral music to students in grades 4 through 8. Other experience has included pre-K through college level music,
choir, voice teaching as well as conducting, musical theater directing and workshop facilitation.
Melissa has sung and conducted professionally with choirs, opera and theater companies and churches throughout the United States, including the Minnesota Chorale, the Florentine Opera,
Stages Theater Company and the Twin Cities Womens' Chorus. Vocal performance has taken her to places such as Denver, CO, New York, NY and Chicago, IL. Melissa has also conducted choirs in
schools, churches and the community. Her choirs have sung with artists from places such as China, Venezuela and Indonesia, performing in various venues from the Minnesota State Capitol to the Kennedy
Center. Conducting instructors have included Dr. James F. Daugherty, Dr. Axel Theimer, and Dr. Claire McCoy. Refereed research presentations to date include the International Phenomenon of Singing Symposium,
the Voice Foundation Symposium, and the National Association for Music Education-MENC.
A member of MENC, ACDA, NATS and the VoiceCare Network, Melissa is a member of the VoiceCare Network Mentorship Apprentice Program. She currently resides in Lawrence, KS with her daughter,
Madi, and black lab, Sirius Black.
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