Melissa Genevieve Muñoz

Biography

Melissa Muñoz is a dedicated trumpeter and educator based in New York City. She enjoys a career of freelancing, subbing on Broadway, and teaching in the New York Tri-State area. She has performed with The Dallas Winds, Paragon Ragtime Orchestra, The Metropolitan Opera, and Orchestra of St. Luke's. Melissa is an avid chamber musician and in 2020 received the American Brass Quintet Prize at the Fischoff Chamber Music Competition with Elm Street Brass Quintet. Melissa is a Bach/Conn-Selmer trumpet artist.
Melissa earned her Bachelor of Music degree at The University of Texas at Austin 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 loves aiding her students as they discover their own sound, flow, and musicianship. She has maintained a private lesson studio since 2017, previously served as Adjunct Instructor of Brass at Cheshire Academy from 2019-2023, and mentored for the Fortissima program, Tidewater Brass Institute, and French Woods Festival. She is currently on trumpet faculty at The Browning School and Marymount School. In addition to her teaching and performing, Melissa serves as Pathways and Partnerships Manager at the Kaufman Music Center.