Mélisse has had the opportunity to conduct some great pieces throughout her career.

+ = Performed in concert      Not marked pieces = conducted in rehearsal
+ OPERA AND MUSICAL
  • BERNSTEIN L.
    • Trouble in Tahiti (complete staged opera, three performances) +
  • BIZET G.
    • Carmen (whole opera)
  • DONIZETTI G.
    • “Quel guardo il cavaliere” from Don Pasquale +
  • GOUNOD C.
    • Faust , excerpts +
  • HEGGIE Jake
    • Dead Man Walking (complete staged opera, one performance) +
  • MENOTTI GC
    • The Old Maid and the Thief   (complete staged opera, three performances) +
  • ROSSINI G.
    • Italian in Algiers , Overture +
    • Italian in Algiers , excerpts +
    • Barber of Seville , excerpts +
  • SONDHEIM S.
    • Sweeney Todd (complete musical stage, three performances) +
  • STRAUSS II
    • Die Fledermaus (complete operetta) +
  • VERDI G.
    • Traviata , excerpts of act II
    • Falstaff , excerpts
+ SYMPHONIC
  • ADAMS J.
    • The Chairman Dances +
  • BACH JS
    • Suite No.1 for orchestra +
    • Suite No.3 for orchestra,  Air  +
  • BARTÒK B.
    • Dances’s Suite  +
    • Roumanian Dances  +
    • Divertimento for strings +
    • Concerto for Orchestra +
    • Miraculous Mandarin , Suite
    • Violin Concerto No.1
    • Piano Concerto No.1 +
    • Piano Concerto No.3 +
  • BATES Mason
    • The B-Sides for Orchestra & Electronica +
  • BERG A.
    • Kammerkonzert
  • BERIO L.
    • Folksongs  +
  • BEETHOVEN L. van
    • Egmont , Overture +
    • Prometheus , Overture +
    • Coriolan , Overture
    • Leonore III , Overture
    • Symphony No.1
    • Symphony No.2
    • Symphony N0.3 +
    • Symphony No.4
    • Symphony No.5 +
    • Symphony No. 6 +
    • Symphony No.7
    • Symphony No.8 +
    • Violin Concerto
  • BERLIOZ H.
    • Rakoczy March  +
    • Fantastic Symphony +
    • Les Nuits d’Été  +
  • BERNSTEIN L.
    • Candide,  Overture (original and “Scottish” version) +
  • BERWALD F.
    • Symphony No.3  Singular  +
  • BIRTWISTLE H.
    • Carmen Arcadiae Mechanicae Perpetuum  +
  • BIZET G.
    • L’Arlésienne , Suites 1 & 2 +
    • Carmen , Suites 1 & 2 +
  • BONILLA M.
    • Quies  +
  • BORODIN A.
    • Symphony No.2
  • BRAHMS J.
    • Tragic Overture
    • Academic Overture
    • Hungarian Dances  +
    • Haydn Variations
    • Violin Concerto +
    • Symphony No.1
    • Symphony No.2 +
    • Symphony No.3
    • Symphony No.4
    • Nänie  for chorus and orchestra +
    • Schicksalslied  for chorus and orchestra +
    • Liebeslieder Walzer  for chorus and orchestra
  • BRITTEN B.
    • Simple Symphony  +
    • The Young People’s Guide To The Orchestra  +
    • Sinfonietta op 1
    • Lacrymae  for solo viola and strings
    • Four Sea Interludes
  • BRUCH M.
    • Violin Concerto
  • CARTER E.
    • Triple Duo
  • CHABRIER E.
    • Joyeuse Marche  +
    • Villageaoise Dance
  • COLE TJ
    • Megalopolis +
  • COLERIDGE-TAYLOR S.
    • “Negro dance” from Suite Africaine
  • COPLAND A.
    • Appalachian Spring,  Suite for 13 musicians
    • Appalachian Spring , Orchestral Suite
    • An Outdoor Overture +
    • Concerto for Clarinet +
  • DALBAVIA MA
    • Rocks under the Water  +
  • DAUGHERTY M.
    • Reflections on the Mississippi for Tuba and Orchestra +
  • DAVIS Carl (music & movie)
    • The Rink , Silent Film Score (Chaplin) +
    • The Fireman , Silent Film Score (Chaplin) +
  • DEBUSSY C.
    • Danse  +
    • Prelude to the afternoon of a faun  +
    • Prelude to the afternoon of a faun,  chamber version by A. Schoenberg +
    • La Mer  +
    • Dances sacred and profane , for solo harp and strings +
    • Première Rhapsodie , for clarinet and orchestra +
  • DOHNANYI E. von
    • Symphonische Minuten
  • DUN Tan
    • Contrabass Concerto: Wolf Totem (2014) +
  • DUFOURT H.
    • The Watery Stars
  • DVORÀK A.
    • Romance op.11 for Violin and Orchestra +
    • Serenade for strings
    • Symphony No.8 +
    • Symphony No.9  New Worl d +
    • Violin Concerto
  • ELGAR E.
    • Enigma  Variations +
    • Cello Concerto +
  • EÖTVÖS P.
    • Shadows  +
  • ESCAICH T.
    • Chant des Ténèbres , for solo soprano saxophone and 12 saxophones +
  • FALLA E. from
    • El Amor Brujo  +
  • FRANCK C.
    • Les Djinns , for solo piano and orchestra +
  • GOUNOD C.
    • Mireille , Overture +
    • Symphony No.1 +
  • GRIEG E.
    • Holberg Suite  for String Orchestra +
    • Peer Gynt , Suite No.1 +
  • CLAWS Charles
    • Pleasure Dome of Kubla Khan  +
    • Poem for Flute and Orchestra +
  • GRISEY G.
    • Periods  +
    • Partial  +
  • HANNON ANDREW
    • Unremembered (2019)
  • HAYDN J.
    • Trumpet Comcerto in E-flat major +
    • Symphony No. 6 +
    • Symphony No. 11
    • Symphony No. 44  Trauersinfonie  +
    • Symphony No. 46
    • Symphony No. 85   The Queen
    • Symphony No. 92  Oxford  +
    • Symphony No. 94   Surprise  +
    • Symphony No. 99
    • Symphony No. 101  The Clock
    • Symphony No. 104  London Symphony  +
  • HIGDON Jennifer
    • blue cathedral  +
  • HINDEMITH P.
    • Kammermusik No.1 +
  • HONEGGER A.
    • Cello concerto +
  • HUREL P.
    • Free Figures
  • JANACEK L.
    • Tarass Bulba  +
  • JOLIVET A. 
    • Fanfares for Britannicus
  • KODALY Z.
    • Peacock Variations
    • Marosszek Dances
    • Hary Janos , Suite +
    • Galanta Dances  +
  • KYBURZ H.
    • Blind Dance  +
  • LALO E.
    • Cello Concerto +
  • LIEBERMANN L.
    • Piccolo Concerto +
  • LIGETI G.
    • Kammerkonzert +
  • LISZT F.
    • Mephisto Waltz  +
    • Les Préludes  +
    • Totentanz  for piano and orchestra +
    • Piano Concerto No. 1 +
    • Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2 (arr. Müller Berghaus) +
  • MAHLER G.
    • Symphony No.4
    • Totenfeier  +
  • MANOURY P.
    • Slova  for mixed chorus a capella
    • Fragments d’Héraclite  for mixed chorus a capella
    • Inharmonies  for mixed chorus a capella
  • MARESZ Y.
    • Interlacing
  • MASSENET J.
    • Thaïs’s Meditation  +
    • Werther  {***}, excerpts +
  • MENDELSSOHN Fanny
    • Overture in C +
  • MENDELSSOHN Felix
    • Symphony No.4  Italian
    • Violin Concerto
  • MOTSCH-ETIENNE F.
    • Wind memory  +
  • MOUSSORGSKY / RAVEL
    • Pictures at an Exhibition
  • MOZART WA
    • Symphony No. 25 +
    • Symphony No. 35  Haffner  +
    • Symphony No. 38  Prague  +
    • Symphony No. 39
    • Piano Concerto No. 23 +
    • Ah, lo previdi! , aria for soprano and orchestra +
    • Le nozze di Figaro , Overture +
    • Don Giovanni, Overture +
  • NATHAN Eric
    • Gibellina  (2014) +
  • O’BRIEN E.
    • Taking Measures  +
  • OFFENBACH J.
    • Orpheus in the underworld , overture (arr. C. Binder) +
    • Les Contes d’Hoffman,  Intermezzo and Barcarolle +
  • PENARD Olivier
    • Monsieur Seguin’s goat , for Actor and Ensemble +
  • PESSON G.
    • Popular songs  for Mixed Chorus a capella
  • POULENC F.
    • Litanies to the Black Madonna
    • Human Figure  for Mixed Chorus a capella
    • Sinfonietta,  mvt 1  +
    • Three Perpetual Movements +
    • Fanfare +
    • Two Posthumous Preludes and a Gnossienne +
    • Les Biches,  Final  +
    • Les Animaux Models,  excerpt  +
    • Village Songs  (with tenor) +
  • PROKOFIEV S.
    • Scythian Suite “Ala and Lolly” +
    • Romeo & Juliet , Suite No.2 +
    • Peter and the Wolf   (in French and English) +
  • RACHMANINOFF S.
    • Piano Concerto No. 2 +
  • RAVEL M.
    • Three Poems by Mallarmé
    • Tombeau de Couperin +
    • Alborada del Grazioso  +
    • Valses Nobles et Sentimentales  +
    • Daphnis et Chloé , Suite No. 2 +
    • Concerto in G +
    • Spanish Rapsodie +
  • REICH S.
    • Triple Quartet  +
  • REINECKE C.
    • Flute Concerto +
  • ROSSINI G.
    • Prelude, Theme and Variation , for solo Horn and Orchestra +
  • ROTA N.
    • String Concerto +
  • ROUSE C.
    • Compline
  • ROUSSEL A.
    • The Spider’s Feast
  • SAINT-SAENS C.
    • Danse Macabre  +
    • The Carnival of the Animals  +
    • Cello Concerto No.1 +
    • Symphony No.2 in A minor +
    • Symphony No.3  Organ  +
  • SCHUMANN R.
    • Symphony No.1
    • Symphony No.2 +
    • Piano Concerto +
  • SIBELIUS J.
    • Finlandia  +
    • Violin Concerto (1st mvt) +
    • Symphony No. 5 +
  • STOCKHAUSEN K.
    • Kreuzspiel  +
    • Gruppen  (3rd orchestra)
  • STRAUSS R.
    • Metamorphosen
    • Bürger als Edelmann
    • Don Juan
    • Don Quixotte
  • STRAVINSKY I.
    • Soldier’s Tale  +
    • String Concerto in D +
    • Symphony for Wind Instruments +
    • Apollon Musagète  +
    • Firebird  (1919) +
    • Firebird  (1945) +
    • Petrouchka  (1911)
    • Petrouchka  (1947) +
    • Violin Concerto
    • Piano Concerto with Wind Instruments +
    • Pulcinella  (Ballet) +
    • Pulcinella  (Suite) +
    • Rite of Spring +
  • STUCKY Steven
    • Ad Parnassum +
  • TCHAIKOVSKY PI
    • Serenade for strings
    • Nutcracker Suite  +
    • Swan Lake Suite  op.20a +
    • Capriccio Italien
    • Romeo and Juliet Overture  +
    • 1812 Overture  +
    • Symphony No.5 +
    • Symphony No.6
    • Rococo Variations +
  • TORKE Michael
    • Sky , Violin Concerto (2019) +
  • TOWER Joan
    • Fanfare for the Uncommon Woman # 1 +
  • VARESE E.
    • Octandre
    • Integrals  +
    • Deserts  (with video by Bill Viola) +
    • Ionization
  • VERDI G.
    • La Forza del Destino , Overture +
  • WAGNER R.
    • Siegfried-Idyll
    • Tristan und Isolde ,  Prelude und Liebestod  +
  • WEBER CM von
    • Andante and Hungarian Rondo , for solo Viola and Orchestra +
  • WEBERN A.
    • Langsamer Satz
    • Six Pieces  op.6b for Orchestra
    • Passacaglia  op.1 +
  • ZARE Roger
    • Phobos +
+ SPECIFIC POPS
  • Respect: A Tribute to Aretha Franklin
    • Baby I Love You
    • Bridge Over Troubled Water
    • Chain of Fools
    • Don’t Play That Song (You Lied)
    • I Dreamed a Dream
    • Natural Woman
    • Respect
    • Rolling in the Deep
    • Something He Can Feel
    • The House That Jack Built
    • Think
    • Amazing Grace
    • Ain’t No Way
  • Pops Mambo Kings Program
    DELANEY (composer / arranger for the Mambo Kings)

    • Melodia
    • Blue Mambo A la Turk  (Brubeck)
    • Tres Lindas Cubanas  (Castillo)
    • El Cumbanchero  (Hernandez)
    • Day Tripper  (Lennon-McCartney)
    • Milonga Del Angel  (Piazzolla)
    • Marinera
    • Danzón
    • Oye Como Va  (Tito Puente)
  • Pops 4th of July Program
    • Sousa,  El Capitan March
    • Sousa,  Liberty Bell March
    • Sousa,  The Thunderer
    • Sousa,  Hands Across The Sea
    • Sousa,  Semper Fidelis
    • Sousa,  Stars and Stripes Forever
    • Sousa,  The Washington Post March
    • Gould,  American Salute
    • Rodgers and Bennett,  Victory at Sea
    • Lowden,  Armed Forces Salute
    • Hayman,  Sing Out America
    • Wilhousky,  Battle Hymn Of The Republic
    • Healy,  God Bless America
    • Tchaikovsky,  1812 Overture
  • Pops Holiday Program (Choir and Soprano Soloist)
    • Anderson,  Christmas Festival Overture
    • Guaraldi,  Christmas Time Is Here
    • Rutter,  Star Carol
    • Silvestri,  Polar Express Suite
    • Holst,  Christmas Day
    • Tchaikovsky , Nutcracker,  excerpts
    • Handel,  Hallelujah
    • Jessel,  Parade Of The Wooden Soldiers
    • Hark! The Herald Angels Sing
    • Oh Holy Night
    • Holcombe,  Hanukkah Festival
    • Swearingen,  Holiday Greetings
    • Krogstad , Frozen Medley
    • Anderson , Sleigh Ride
    • Harris , We Wish You a Merry Christmas
    • Randol Bass , Jingle Bells
  • Pops Wicked Divas Program
    • Jule Styne / Arr. Bennett, Overture to  Gypsy
    • John Kander / Arr. Paul McKibbins,  Introduction and All that Jazz  from  Chicago
    • Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe,  I could Have Danced All Night  from  My Fair Lady
    • Stephen Flaherty,  Back to Before  from  Ragtime
    • Stephen Flaherty / Arr. D. Cullen,  Think Of Me  from  Phantom Of The Opera
    • John Kander and Fred Ebb / Arr. Paul McKibbins,  Ring Them Bells
    • Enrique Garcia / Arr. Steven Reiniecke,  Conga
    • Various / Arr. Steven Reinecke,  I Hear a Symphony: Symphonic Sounds Of Diana Ross
    • Paul Jabara and Bruce Roberts / Arr. Fred Barton,  No More Tears  ( Enough is Enough )
    • Jeanine Tesori and Dick Scanlan,  Gimme Gimme  from  Thoroughly Modern Millie
    • Du Pruz and Eric Idle / Arr. T. Firth,  Diva’s Lament  from  Spamalot
    • Harold Arlen and Yip Harburg / Arr. Skitch Henderson and Dick Lieb,  Over The Rainbow  from  The Wizard Of Oz
    • Stephen Schwartz / Arr. Randall Craig Fleisher,  Defying Gravity  from  Wicked
    • Stephen Schwartz / Orch. Torrie Ziyo,  For Good  from  Wicked
    • Henry Krieger / Orch. Hugh Wheller,  I Will Never Leave You  from  Side Show
  • Pops Movie / Musical Scores
    • Refer to Wicked Divas Program
    • Arlen / Rothrock / Holcombe,  Somewhere Over The Rainbow
    • Williams John,  Harry Potter Symphonic Suite
    • Williams John , Hymn To The Fallen  from  Saving Private Ryan
    • Williams John,  Raiders March
    • Williams John , Star Wars Suite
    • Williams John, Jurassic Park Theme
    • Williams John, Schindler’s List Theme
    • Rogers & Hammerstein , The Sound Of Music  (with Soprano)