Chelsea Melcher

“Columbus’ Sweetheart Soprano”

Upcoming Performances

Friday, September 16th
Masterclass at Hilliard Darby High School
Hilliard OH

Sunday, September 25th
Opening Gala
Music on the Hill Concert
Marysville OH

Monday, September 26th
Allen Sapp Concert
Ohio State University
Columbus OH

Saturday, October 8th
Soiree for Opera Project Columbus
Columbus OH

Sunday, October 16th
Requiem for the Living by Dan Forrest
Columbus OH

Sunday, November 6th
Haydn Requiem in C
Trinity United Methodist Church

Sunday, December 4th
German Village Christmas Lights
Opera Columbus
Columbus OH

Sunday, December 11th
Prince of Peace
Lutheran Christmas Service

Sunday, March 19 & Sunday, March 26
Butterfly
Metropolitan Chamber Orchestra
Columbus OH

Monday, April 17th
Music Hall of Fame Award Presentation
Coldwater, MI

Sunday, April 30th
Requiem Novum
Prince of Peace
Dublin OH

Complete Performance Schedule

2022

Saturday, March 12th
Show Choir Solo Competition Adjudicator
Marysville, OH

Thursday, March 17th
Lecturer on Starting a Successful Music School with Paul Melcher
Central Michigan University
Mount Pleasant, MI

Saturday, March 19th
Soprano Soloist for Night of French Grand Opera
Central Michigan University
Mount Pleasant, MI

Friday, March 25th to Sunday, March 27th
Soprano Soloist for “Harrowing World”
Hixon Reed Dance Company
Columbus, OH

Saturday, March 19 & Saturday, March 26
Butterfly in Madama Butterly (Act 2-3) Concert Version
Metropolitan Chamber Orchestra
Columbus OH

Saturday, April 2nd
Soprano Soloist for Jameson Crane Memorial Service
Trinity Episcopal Church
Columbus, OH

Sunday, April 3rd
Soprano Soloist
Opera Columbus Impressario 40th Anniversary
Pinnacle Golf Club
Grove City, OH

Friday April 8th to Sunday, April 10th
Soprano Soloist for Handel Messiah
New Albany Symphony Orchestra
McCoy Center for the Arts
New Albany, OH

Saturday, April 16th
Red School of Music Recitals
Marysville OH

Saturday, April 30th
Red School of Music Recitals
Marysville, OH

Saturday, April 30th
Soprano Soloist
Urbana Airport
Urbana, OH

Sunday, May 1st
Soprano Soloist
Metropolitan Chamber Orchestra
Maple Grove
Columbus, OH

Saturday, May 7th
Così Science Festival
Columbus, OH

Sunday, May 8th
Soprano Soloist
Metropolitan Chamber Orchestra
Ascension Lutheran Church
Columbus, OH

Sunday, May 15th
Soprano Soloist
Red Chapel Concert Series
Linworth United Methodist Church
Linworth, OH

Friday, May 27 to Saturday, May 28th
Music Director
Broadway Class for Red School of Music
Veterans Memorial Auditorium
Marysville, OH

Sunday, May 29th
Schubert Mass in G
Trinity United Methodist Church
Columbus, OH

Friday, June 10th to Sunday, June 12th
Norina in Don Pasquale
Opera Project Columbus
Southern Theatre
Columbus, OH

Saturday, June 18th
Summer in Vienna
New Albany Symphony Orchestra
New Albany, OH

Thursday, June 30th to Saturday, July 2nd
Music Director and Elder Eve
Children of Eden
Red Chapel Concert Series
Marysville, OH

Thursday, July 14th to Sunday, July 17th
Summer Theater Workshop Leader
Annie Jr. the Musical
Bunsold Middle School
Marysville, OH

Saturday Sept 10th
Coldwater Music Hall of Fame Award Acceptance and Performance
Coldwater, MI

2021

January 5-6, 2021
“3 Secrets Music Programs Aren’t Telling You That Can Make or Break Your Career”
Online Masterclass

January 2021
Adjudicator
Regional Show Choir Comp

January 2021
Masterclass
Nationally Online

 

2020

December 28, 2020
Holiday Concert
Refectory Restaurant

December 18 & 19, 2020
Holiday Concert
600 Downtown, Bellefontaine, Ohio

December 10, 2020
Private Masterclass
Thomas Worthingway High School

October 31, 2020

Private Concert (Virtual)
Red Chapel Concert Series
Opera Project Columbus

September 27, 2020
Soprano Soloist (Virtual)
Broad Street Presbyterian Church

August 28-29, 2020
“Rise Up” Advanced Broadway Show
Music Director and Stage Director
Red School of Music

August 28-29, 2020
“Rise Up” StageWorks Show
Music Director and Stage Director
Red School of Music

April 21, 2020
Masterclass with BMS choir
Bunsold Middle School
Marysville, OH

April 24, 2020
Masterclass with MHS choir
Marysville High School
Marysville, OH

March 8, 2020
Marcellina † (Fidelio)
Metropolitan Chamber Orchestra
Soprano Soloist
Operatic Concert

February 16 & 23, 2020
Mimi † (La Bohème)
Metropolitan Chamber Orchestra
Soprano Soloist
Operatic Concert

2019

October 2019
Mahler 2nd Symphony: The Resurrection
New Albany Symphony Orchestra
McCoy Center
New Albany, OH

April 2019
RED Chapel Concert Series
A Tribute to Phantom of the Opera
Refectory Restaurant
Columbus, OH

January 2019
“Valencienne” in The Merry Widow
Opera Project Columbus
Lincoln Theater
Columbus, OH

2018

December 21, 2018
Paul and Chelsea Melcher Christmas Concert
McConnell Heart Health Center 11AM
Columbus, OH
    
December  16, 2018
RED Music School Concert
“Maria” in The Sound of Music
Brookdale 2PM
Marysville, OH
   
December 2, 2018
Paul and Chelsea Melcher
Opera Columbus Impressario Christmas Party
Miranova 7PM
Columbus, OH
   

November 9-10, 2018
RED Music School Concert
“Maria” in The Sound of Music
Refectory Restaurant 6PM
Columbus, OH    

November 4, 2018
RED Music School Concert
“Maria” in The Sound of Music
Bluebird 6PM
Marysville, OH

October 21, 2018
RED Music School Annual Recital, Grades 9-12
Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church 4PM
Marysville, OH

October 21, 2018
RED Music School Annual Recital,Grades 5-8
Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church 1:30PM
Marysville, OH

October 20, 2018
RED Music School Annual Recital, Grades K-4
Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church 1PM
Marysville, OH

October 14, 2018
RED Music School Concert
Brookdale 3PM
Marysville, OH

September 14-15, 2018
Paul and Chelsea Melcher
Dinner Music Series “Broadway”
Refectory Restaurant 6PM
Columbus OH

September 13, 2018
“Anna” from The Flood (World Premiere) Scene
Opera Columbus
Governor’s Mansion 7PM
Columbus, OH

September 9, 2018
Featured Soloist
Opera Project Columbus
“Bravo Maestro”
Our Lady of Victory Church 3PM
Columbus, OH

June 27-29, 2018
Paul and Chelsea Melcher
Dinner Music Series “Disney”
Refectory Restaurant 6PM
Columbus OH

May 11, 2018
Paul and Chelsea Melcher
Dinner Music Series “Broadway”
Refectory Restaurant 6PM
Columbus OH

April 29, 2018
Soprano Solist, World Premiere
“Words Beneath the Sound”
McConnell Arts Center,
Worthington, OH 

2017

December 2, 2017
RED Chapel Concert Series
Private Event Columbus, OH

November 19, 2017
RED Chapel Concert Series in Collaboration with
Music on the Hill
Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church, Marysville, OH

September 22, 2017
RED Chapel Concert Series
First Community Village, Columbus

September 8-10,  2017
Suor Genovieffa in Suor Angelica
Opera Project Columbus
Lincoln Theater, 8PM and 3PM
Alessandro Siciliani, Conductor

August 18-19, 2017
Tribute to Broadway Concert
Dinner Music Series
Refectory Restaurant
Columbus, OH 7PM

August 10, 2017
Susanna (scenes from Le Nozze di Figaro)
Promusica Chamber Orchestra
Franklin Park Conservatory 8PM
David Danzmayr, Conductor

July 29, 2017
RED Chapel Concert Tour
Bluebird Assisted Living Facility
Marysville, OH 2PM

 July 28, 2017
RED Chapel Concert Tour
First Presbyterian Church
Hillsdale, Michigan 6PM

June 28-30, 2017
Disney Concert
Refectory Restaurant, Columbus OH
Dinner Music Series 

 July 3, 2017
RED Chapel Concert Tour
Red, White and Boom of Columbus, OH
Private soirée benefitting Opera Project Columbus

June 13, 2017
Performing National Anthem
Columbus Clippers Baseball
6:45PM

June 2017
Soprano Soloist
RED Chapel Concert Tour
Michigan

May 3-7, 2017
Micaëla and Frasquita (covering) in Carmen
Opera Columbus
Southern Theater
Columbus OH

April 22, 2017
Soprano Soloist
Private Concert
RED Chapel Concert Series

April 1, 2017
Maria in The Sound of Music
Opera Project Columbus
Opera Fool’s Day Scenes
Mozart’s Bakery and Piano Cafe
Columbus, OH

February 16-18, 2017
Masterclass and Public Concert
RED Chapel Concert Series
Sienna Heights University
Adrian, MI


2016

December 30

Soprano Soloist

RED Chapel Concert Series

Hope Network

Coldwater, MI

December 24

Soprano Soloist

Christmas Eve and Day

Our Lady of Lourdes Church

Marysville, OH

December 17-18

Soprano Soloist

Handel’s Messiah

First Presbyterian Church &

Our Lady of Lourdes Church

Marysville, OH

 December 11

Soprano Soloist

Opera Columbus Impressario Party

Miranova Hotel and Condominiums

Columbus, OH

December 11

Soprano Soloist

Lessons and Carols

Music on the Hill Concert Series

Our Lady of Lourdes Church

Marysville, OH

December 8

Soprano Soloist

Opera Columbus

Women’s Luncheon at Refectory Restaurant

Columbus, OH

December 4

Soprano Soloist Soiree

Opera Project Columbus

Marysville, OH

December 3

Soprano Soloist

RED Chapel Concert Series

New Albany, OH

November 4, 18, December 1, 12

Musetta in La Bohème

Opera Columbus Opera on the Edge

Refectory Restaurant, Columbus OH

7PM Dinner and Show

November 11, 13

Mariuccia in I Due Timidi 

Opera Project Columbus

Lincoln Theatre (7:30pm and 2pm)

Columbus OH

 October 16-November 15

Musetta in La Bohème

Opera Columbus Opera on the Edge

Shadowbox Live

Sundays at 5PM

Sept 22-25

Selected scenes from various operatic repertoire

Twisted2

Opera Columbus, Columbus Symphony, Columbus Ballet Met

Ohio Theater 8PM, 2PM

Columbus, OH

September 10

Soprano Soloist for World Premiere

“There were Constellations” from The Orpheus Project

Refectory Restaurant

Columbus, OH 6PM

August 19

Soprano Soloist

Music on the Hill Concert Series

Our Lady of Lourdes Church

Marysville, OH 7PM

August 12

Soprano Soloist

RED Chapel Concert Series

Brookdale Retirement Center

Marysville, OH 6PM

July 24

Soprano Soloist

The Columbus Maennerchor/Damenchor

Trinity Lutheran Church

Columbus, OH

June 19

Soprano Soloist

Schubert’s “Du bist die Ruh”

Our Lady of Lourdes Church

9:00AM, 11:30AM (Marsyville, OH)

June 1, 3, 5

Violetta (cover) in La Traviata

Opera Columbus

Southern Theatre

Columbus, OH

May 15

Soprano Soloist

Mozart “Alleluia”

Our Lady of Lourdes Church

9AM, 11:30AM (Marsyville, OH)

April 30

Semi-finalist in Cooper-Bing Vocal Competition

Ohio Theater Columbus, OH

2-7PM

April 24

Hosting RED Music School Performance

Public Concert

Brookdale Retirement Home 6PM

Marysville, OH

April 23

Private Event Concert

RED Music Concert Series

Columbus, OH

April 17

RED Music Concert Series

Public Concert

Brookdale Retirement Home 3PM

Marysville, OH

April 15

Opera Idol National Finalist

Merion Hotel, Evanston IL

7PM

March 27

Soprano Soloist

Easter Masses

Our Lady of Lourdes Church

Marysville, OH 9AM, 11:30AM

March 15

Opera Idol Semi-finalist

Merion Hotel

Evanston, IL 7:30PM

March 11

Private Concert

RED Music Concert Series

Brookdale Nursing Home

Marysville OH 6PM

March 2, 4, 6

Musetta (cover) in La Bohème

Opera Columbus

Southern Theatre

Columbus OH

February 28

Beethoven C Major Mass

Metropolitan Chamber Orchestra

Ascension Church 7PM

Columbus, Oh


2015

December 25

Featured Soloist

Our Lady of Lourdes Church 10AM

Marysville, OH

December 24

Featured Soloist

Our Lady of Lourdes Church 4PM

Marysville, OH

December 20

Soprano Soloist

Handel  Messiah

Our Lady of Lourdes Church  6PM

Marysville, OH

December 19

Soprano Soloist

Handel Messiah

First Presbyterian Church 4:30PM

Marysville, OH

December 13

Soprano Soloist

“Lessons and Carols” Music on the Hill Concert Series

Our Lady of Lourdes Church 6PM

Marysville, OH

December 12

Musetta in La Bohème

Opera Raw

Peace Lutheran Church 7:30PM

Gahanna, OH

December 6

Private Concert through Opera Columbus

The Miranova 6:30

Columbus, OH

December 6

Soprano Soloist

Handel Messiah

St. John’s  Church 10:30AM

Columbus, OH

December 3

Private Concert through Opera Columbus

Italian Women’s Club 1:30PM

Refectory Restaurant, Columbus OH

November 29

Free Methodist Church 8:15AM, 10:45AM

RED Music Concert Series

Coldwater, MI

 October-December

Violetta in La Traviata

Opera Columbus’ Opera on the Edge  (cover) and Outreach (Role)

Columbus, OH

October 25-November 15

Annina in La Traviata

Opera Columbus’ Opera on the Edge

Columbus, OH

October 8-15

Nedda in Pagliacci

Opera Seabrook

Cherry Hill, NJ

August 11

First Presbyterian Church

RED Music Concert Series

Mt. Pleasant, MI 7PM

August 10

Living Hope Lutheran Church

RED Music Concert Series

Farwell, MI 7PM

August 9

Quincy First United Methodist Church

RED Music Concert Series

Quincy, MI 6:30 PM

July 1, 7, 9

Donna Elvira (cover) in Don Giovanni

Opera Seabrook

Cherry Hill, NJ 7PM

July 1,  7

Zerlina in Don Giovanni

Opera Seabrook

Cherry Hill, NJ 7PM

July 26

“The Three Sopranos and One Baritone”

Columbus Maennerchor & Damenchor

Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church

Columbus, OH 4PM

June 24

Donna Elvira and Zerlina in Don Giovanni

Spring Hill Retirement Center

Cherry Hill, NJ 1PM

April 30

Adina in L’Elisir d’Amore

Opera Scenes

Indiana University, Jacobs School of Music

Bloomington, IN 7PM

April 22

Performance Diploma Recital

Strauss, Villa Lobos, Rachmaninoff, Mozart

Indiana University, Jacobs School of Music

Bloomington, IN 5PM

April 10-11, 17-18

Die Zauberflöte by Mozart

Indiana University Jacobs School of Music

Bloomington, IN 8 PM

March 8

Soprano Soloist Verdi Requiem

Ohio State University Orchestra

Columbus, OH 3PM

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2014:

December 25

Christmas Eve Featured Soloist

Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church

Marysville, OH 12AM

December 21

Lessons and Carols Concert Series

Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church

Marysville, OH 6PM

December 14

Impresarios of Opera Columbus

Columbus, OH 6PM

December 6

Strauss Vier Letzte Lieder

Amherst Symphony Orchestra

Amherst, MA 8 PM

October 17-19, 24-25

Musetta in La Bohème

Jacobs School of Music IU Opera and Ballet Theater

July 7-10

Fiordiligi in Così fan tutte (Mozart)

Bay View Music Festival

April 27

Opera Concert with Bob Nims, Piano and Paul Melcher, Tenor

Marion, OH 4PM

April 17, 19

THE RAPE OF LUCRETIA (Britten)

Female Chorus

7:30 PM Drake Performance Center, Columbus OH

March 21

Irma Cooper Competition Semi-Finals

Columbus, OH

10AM-5PM

February 8

Women in Music Competition
Capital University

January 30Master’s Recital with Robert Kerr, Baritone; John David Nevergall, Tenor; Edward Bak, Piano

5 PM Weigel Hall, Columbus OH

January 24

Mozart Coronation Mass: Soprano Soloist

8 PM St. John Episcopal, Columbus OH

 2013: 

March : Wilson Award Competition Winner

March 24: Women in Music Concert: Captial University; 2nd place scholarship winner. Capital University, 3PM.

April 12: Performing Violetta (La Traviata) in “Ah fors’ è lui…Sempre libera” with The Ohio State University Orchestra under Maestro Marshall Haddock.  Friday, April 12; 8-9:30 PM. Weigel Hall, The Ohio State University

April 13-14: Performing Micaëla (Carmen) with chamber orchestra (The Ohio State University Opera) under the director of A. Scott Parry with Maestro Mark Swanson. Saturday, April 13 7:30 PM and Sunday, April 14 3PM. Drake Performance and Event Center.

June 15-16: Performing Lauretta (Gianni Schichi) with orchestra under the baton of Maestro Alessandro Siciliani with Opera Project Columbus. Saturday, June 15th-Sunday June 16th at the Jewish Community Center of Columbus.

July 28: Music on the Hill Concert Series Featured Artist. Performing excerpts from Carmen, Gianni Schicchi, Giulio Cesare, and The Rake’s Progress within the recital. At Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church (1033 West Fifth Street; Marysville, OH 43040) at 3PM.

September 28: Featured soloist in “Verdi Tribute” concert under the baton of Mark Lane Swanson. Will be performing excerpts from Verdi’s La Traviata, Requiem, and Rigoletto with the Amherst Symphony Orchestra. At the Amherst College at 8 PM.

October 4-5: Performing in Scena Shakesperean: Scenes by the Bard under the direction of A. Scott Parry. 7:30 PM at the Drake Performance and Event Center.

October 13: Soprano Soloist for Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony under the Baton of Luis Biava. To be performed with the New Albany Symphony and the Capital University Chapel Choir. At Jeanne B. McCoy Community Center for the Arts at 3 PM.

October 18, 20: Performing with Opera Project Columbus in “Masquerade”.  Friday, October 18, 2013, 7:30 pm

Sunday, October 20, 2013, 3:00 pm

First Unitarian Universalist Church of Columbus, 93 West Weisheimer, Columbus. For more information, v

December 3: Performing Lakmé duet with Ohio State University Orchestra for the “Celebration Concert”. 10AM, 8 PM in Weigel Auditorium.

December 15: Performing for The Ohio State University Autumn Commencement conducted by Scott Jones. 2PM in the Jerome Schottenstein Center.

December 18: Performing concert selections for “Candlelight Night” at Franklin Park Conservatory 7PM.

December 22: Soprano Soloist for “Lessons and Carols” at Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Parish at 6PM.

December 24: Soloist for Christmas Eve Mass at Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church at 4PM.