Melody Cook
Piano Teacher, Composer, Artist
About Melody's Music Studio
Melody Cook is a Music Composition major at the University of Central Florida with an A.A. in Piano Performance from Valencia College, which she earned in the Spring of 2016.
At Valencia College, Melody focused on the piano for three years. She also studied an instrument from each family. She learned the basics of playing the flute, clarinet, trumpet, violin, and percussion,
in order to gain knowledge and experience to aid in music composition.
In 2014, while studying piano performance at Valencia College, Melody began teaching piano lessons. She now has a full studio of private students of all ages, and a piano class for middle schoolers.
When she finishes studying at UCF, she plans to have a career teaching piano and writing music.
Melody writes music as a way to express her thoughts and feelings, and because it is fun to experiment with musical ideas and to come up with something new.
She has written some fairly traditional music, such as Loss, a piece for orchestra which she wrote when she lost her grandmother, and Grieve, a song she wrote for the victims of the Pulse massacre in Orlando.
She also enjoys experimenting with new musical ideas. She recently designed a nine note scale, which she used in her four-hand piano piece, Noctave.
Melody is looking for performers to play and record the music she writes.
Would you like to learn to play the piano?
Contact
Melody Cook to find out about beginning
piano lessons
.
If you already play an instrument and are interested in learning and performing
new music
, Melody would be thrilled to have you premier one of her new compositions. She may even want to collaborate with you as she writes a new piece for your instrument! Just send an
email
with your name, contact information, and the instrument you play.
I would like to express my gratitude to my music professors at Valencia College, 2013- 2016.
Dr. Carlos Velez
Valencia College
Music Theory Professor
Mr. Alen Gerber
Valencia College
Music Theory Professor
Ms. Drucilla Engel
Valencia College
Piano Professor
Dr. Troy Gifford
Valencia College
Music Composition Professor