Originally hailing from Farmington Hills, Michigan, Melanie Montgomery is an audio engineer focused on contemporary classical and acoustic music production. Her musical journey started at age 10, playing clarinet with her 5th grade band. This passion for classical music continued to grow, and led her to the Jacobs School of Music in Bloomington, Indiana, where she completed a Bachelor of Music in Clarinet Performance degree and a Bachelor of Science in Audio Engineering and Sound Production degree.
Melanie has spent countless hours recording classical music productions of all types. Highlights include capturing performances with the Phoenix Symphony, the Arizona Musicfest Festival Orchestra, the Santa Fe Opera Company, and the NOTUS contemporary vocal ensemble. Melanie is also skilled at audio post production, and is credited as a mixing and mastering engineer on several albums for Navona Records, Ravello Records, Big Round Records, and Ansonica Records.
Although her focus remains in classical music, Melanie has recorded and produced albums in many different genres, including jazz, rock, folk, and world music. She has also worked as a sound designer and audio engineer for short films, television shows, podcasts, and audiobooks.
Her past positions include Recording Engineer for the Interlochen Center for the Arts, Audio Engineering Intern for the Brevard Music Center, Audio/Video Apprentice for the Santa Fe Opera Company, and Assistant Audio Engineer with Central Sound at Arizona PBS. She currently works as an Audio Engineer with PARMA recordings, where she focuses on audio post production and contributes to over 100 album releases a year.
Melanie has spent countless hours recording classical music productions of all types. Highlights include capturing performances with the Phoenix Symphony, the Arizona Musicfest Festival Orchestra, the Santa Fe Opera Company, and the NOTUS contemporary vocal ensemble. Melanie is also skilled at audio post production, and is credited as a mixing and mastering engineer on several albums for Navona Records, Ravello Records, Big Round Records, and Ansonica Records.
Although her focus remains in classical music, Melanie has recorded and produced albums in many different genres, including jazz, rock, folk, and world music. She has also worked as a sound designer and audio engineer for short films, television shows, podcasts, and audiobooks.
Her past positions include Recording Engineer for the Interlochen Center for the Arts, Audio Engineering Intern for the Brevard Music Center, Audio/Video Apprentice for the Santa Fe Opera Company, and Assistant Audio Engineer with Central Sound at Arizona PBS. She currently works as an Audio Engineer with PARMA recordings, where she focuses on audio post production and contributes to over 100 album releases a year.
