Melanie Keller, Orchestra Contractor and Flutist, is originally from Baltimore, MD.  She is Principal Flutist & Personnel Manager of the Vallejo Symphony Orchestra and the Opera Idaho Orchestra and performs regularly with the Boise Philharmonic and Boise Baroque Orchestra.  She has also served as Orchestra Contractor for the Benicia Ballet Theater, Vallejo Choral Society, Vallejo Festival Orchestra, Napa Regional Dance Company and Symphony Napa Valley.  She has spent recent summers performing with the Sun Valley Music Festival Orchestra and the McCall Summerfest Orchestra.  Melanie is a co-founder of the Boise-based ensemble Tree City Chamber Players, a flute/oboe/piano trio.  She earned her MM in the studio of Timothy Day at the San Francisco Conservatory and her BM in the studio of Mark Sparks at the Peabody Institute.  A passionate educator, she serves as Adjunct Flute Faculty at the College of Idaho, is the flute instructor at the Dunkley School of Music and teaches at the Sun Valley Music Festival Music Institute each summer. Her students have enjoyed participating in the All-Northwest Band, Idaho All-State Band, District and State Solo & Ensemble Festivals, and national flute competitions. 

When not playing her flute, Melanie loves spending time with her husband Blaise and their sons, Owen & Jacob.