Legally Blonde: Whipped Into Shape. Directed and choreographed by Ryan Hendricks, produced by Dominic Cuskern at the Gallery Players, music directed by Chelsea Melnick. Featuring Chelsea Melnick (keys 1/conductor), Miu Sato (keys 2), Nya Holmes (bass), Shun K Lopez (drums), and Skylar Davidson as Brooke Wyndham.

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The Last Five Years: Audition Sequence. Introducing Isabella Scolaro: Onward and Upward at The Green Room 42, produced by Abri Berg. Music directed and accompanied on piano by Chelsea Melnick. Featuring Isabella Scolaro (singer), Noah Hogan (guitar), Anna Young (bass), Priscilla Tam (violin), and Sam Novotny (drums).

Hello Again: The One I Love. The LGBTQ+ Lifeline: A Fundraiser Cabaret for the Trevor Project at The Green Room 42, produced by Toby Chernesky. Music directed and accompanied on piano by Chelsea Melnick. Featuring David Postelwate (left), Toby Chernesky (right), Sam Novotny (drums), Tyler Arle (guitar), and Thomas Ramos (bass).

How High The Moon, sung by Ella Fitzgerald with The Paul Smith Quartet in 1960. Transcribed and performed by Chelsea Melnick. Featuring Yuma Sung (piano) and Nya Holmes (bass.)

  • Chelsea is an experienced music director, keyboard programmer, piano and stick conductor, pit musician, vocal director and vocal coach.

  • Chelsea is passionate about helping her students be the most authentic artists they can be. Working with Chelsea you will learn about technique, artistry, and acting through song. Chelsea teaches privately and at School of Rock NYC. She has experience teaching all genres. Reach out via email if you are interested in lessons!

  • Chelsea has scored several plays, including most recently Helen In Her Homeland by Alexandra Haddad at Loft Story. Contact her over email to discuss a collaboration.

  • Need sheet music for a piece you’ve written or recorded? Chelsea is able to transcribe your piece and create professional sheet music and/or charts.

  • Send Chelsea sheet music and she will create organized, professional scores for you.

  • Chelsea has experience arranging and orchestrating for all genres of music including rock, musical theater, lead sheets for jazz, vocal ensembles, and more.

  • Chelsea has music directed numerous cabarets at New York City venues. She is able to accompany your show on piano, find musicians to play, and help select and organize music.

  • As a pianist, Chelsea has performed with various ensembles, bands, and as a solo performer. She sings with the vocal jazz group Turnarounds. Classically trained, Chelsea has experience singing anything from arias to contemporary R&B music. Additionally, Chelsea has experience playing bass and drums with ensembles at School of Rock NYC where she teaches.

  • Having graduated from New York University with a Bachelors of Music Education, Chelsea is passionate about teaching. She has experience working in private and public schools across New York City and currently teaches voice and keys at School of Rock NYC.

About

Chelsea Melnick (she/her) is a New York based music director, pianist, singer, and educator, as well as a recent graduate of the Music Education program at NYU. In her final semester, Chelsea received the 2024 Presser Scholar award for Outstanding contribution and achievement as a Music Major at [New York University] as well as the NYU Steinhardt award for Academic and Artistic Excellence in Music Education.

Chelsea is currently in rehearsals as the music director for an upcoming production of Legally Blonde with The Gallery Players in Brooklyn. In addition, she is working towards an upcoming cabaret at The Green Room 42; The LGBTQ+ Lifeline, a Fundraiser Cabaret for The Trevor Project.

As a music assistant and copyist, Chelsea recently worked on a workshop of the new musical Doctor Frankenstein by Kurt H. Sparks, music directed by Katie Coleman and produced by Wes Grantom. She is continuing to work on the score and is excited to see where it goes next.

Chelsea has composed music for several plays, including an upcoming production of the new work Helen in her Homeland by Alexandra Haddad at the Sound Mind Center. Outside of the theater world, Chelsea is continuing her journey as a music educator at School of Rock where she teaches voice and keys.

Chelsea is dedicated to fostering interpersonal and emotional connections through her teaching and creative endeavors. Recent credits include If the Tiara Fits (The Green Room 42); Mean Girls (Trevor Day School); Into the Woods (Stevens Dramatic Society); Pigeon Noises (NYU Collaborative Arts); Onward and Upward: Introducing Isabella Scolaro (The Green Room 42); Into the Woods (Make Lemonade); Alice By Heart (Tisch New Theatre); As You Like It (Gallatin Theatre Troupe); This Old Haunt (Tisch New Theatre); No Guts, No Glory (Tisch New Theatre); Cabaret (Tisch New Theatre); Spring Awakening: in Concert (Tisch New Theatre); and Offstage (Tisch New Theatre).

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