2014

October 19

Mela Dailey
Soprano

As the winner of competitions sponsored by the National Federation of Music Clubs, Metropolitan Opera, New York University, Gerda Lissner Foundation, Downbeat Magazine, and Connecticut Opera Guild, Mela (mee-la) Dailey has command of both her instrument and the stage. She has received recognition in a wide variety of musical genres including opera, oratorio, art song, musical theater, vocal jazz, gospel, country, and popular music. Her professional debut took place in 2003 at Carnegie Hall with the Grammy nominated Conspirare Company of Voices directed by Craig Hella Johnson, a
group with whom she also recorded for the Harmonia Mundi label. Mela's solo CD
Shelter with cellist Scott Kluksdahl and pianist Rick Rowley is on the Pierian label
(internationally distributed by Naxos) and available through Amazon.com and iTunes.