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Melodie King  Instructor

Melodie King
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Phone: (205) 726-2617
Office: Buchanan Hall 102
Preparatory Music

Education:
B.M., Samford University
M.M., The University of Alabama
D.M.A., The University of Alabama
Biographical Information
Dr. Melodie King has been teaching piano since 1995.  In 1997, she began teaching through the Samford University Preparatory Music Department where she teaches private, group and camp music lessons. She has served as the assistant director of the department since 2005. She is also an assistant professor at Samford University teaching class piano. Pre-college, King studied for eleven years with Mrs. Patty Kirkley. King has a bachelor of music in piano performance from Samford University where she studied with Dr. Betty Sue Shepherd. She has a master of music in piano performance and a doctor of musical arts in piano performance from the University of Alabama where she studied with Mrs. Amanda Penick. While a student, she was a winner in Alabama’s Federation competition, a two-time winner in Samford’s concerto/aria competition, honorable mention in Alabama Music Teachers Association and Music Teachers National Association Collegiate Artist, and she was featured three times on the PBS show Pianist at Work. King is a member of Birmingham Music Teachers Association (past president 2009-2011, chair of the Piano Solo Festival at Samford University, chair of the Sonata/Sonatina Competition, char of Gold Cup), MTNA, Metro Music Forum and AMTA (state auditions coordinator).
Member of:
Alabama Music Teachers Association: state auditions coordinator
Music Teachers National Association
Birmingham Music Teachers Association: Past President 2009-2011, Sonata/Sonatina Chair, Solo Festival Chair, Gold Cup Chair
Metro Music Forum: Past President (2006-2008)
Bush Hills Music Club
Awards:
Samford University Concerto/Aria Winner (2 times)
AMTA Collegiate State Auditions Honorable Mention
Alabama MTNA Collegiate Artist Honorable Mention
Featured Pianist on PBS show "Pianist at Work" (3 times)
Presentations:
BMTA Presenter: Performance Anxiety
BMTA Presenter: Judges' Workshop
Montgomery Teacher's Meeting Presenter: Musicianship Classes
University of Alabama Lecture Recital: Concerto Characteristics Found in Beethoven's Op. 2, No. 3 Sonata
Tuscaloosa AMTA District: Judges' Workshop