Born in Oldham, Mel won a Foundation scholarship to study at the Royal College of Music,

winning several prizes for singing and languages.

Mel's diversity has led to performances in London's West End of 'Soul Train' to solos at Carnegie Hall.

Theatre / Opera solo credits; Soul Train (Victoria Palace,National Tour) / Le Grand Macabre

Barnum ( UK Tour and Hong Kong) / Carmen Jones (Old Vic) / Showboat (RSC and Opera

North / Porgy and Bess (Glydebourne) / Kiss Me Kate (RSC) / The Tempest (Old Vic) .

Concerts include solo performances with; Kent Nagano / Carl Davis / Sir Simon Rattle /

Ivor Bolton / Libor Pesek. In 1991, Mel made her Carnegie Hall debut in Dr. John Rutter's

world premiere of 'A Distant Land' and 10 years on, made her reappearance in Rutter's

'Feel the Spirit'.

Recordings include; Wonderful Town and Porgy and Bess (Sir Simon Rattle) / Dido and

Aeneas / Ain't Misbehavin / The White House Cantata / Carmen Jones / Kiss Me Kate.

Radio credits include; Songs from the Shows / A Little Night Music / Friday Night is Music

Night / Night and Day / Kaleidoscope (Radio 4) / Voices (Radio 3) .

Mel recently embarked on a National tour of her show 'The Fat Lady Sings' with Kit and the Widow

and appeared on 'Songs of Praise' performing with her equally talented brother and sister.