Welcome to Alison Melville’s website.

Here you can find CD and concert listings, biographical notes, reviews, information on some of the groups with which Alison plays, photos, links, and more.

You can also listen to sound clips.

News: Alison was part of a new CD project of François Chauvon’s Tibiades (1717), recorded in July 2011 with Washington McClain (oboe), Julia Wedman (violin), Michael McCraw (bassoon) and Charlotte Nediger (harpsichord). Will be coming out early in 2012.

NEW CD!  Available in North American stores on February 22/11.
Distributed across North America by Naxos,
and available through most digital service providers.

For physical copies outside North America see the Pipistrelle Music page here.

The Business of Angels - Cover

The Business of Angels - Booklet

‘An essential purchase for recorder fans that will also make a few new ones.’
Allmusic.com

For more reviews visit my Pipistrelle page here.

The sneak preview you’re listening to is
Mr Forster’s Jigg from The Compleat Flute-Master (London, 1695).

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 ‘Where Melville especially shines is in the seven solo tunes from Oswald’s Caledonian Pocket Companion…Here the sound is close and intimate, and she shapes the phrases marvelously; music, breath, and ornaments are as one. This is art beyond time – the moment might last forever.’
Early Music America, Winter 2008
on She’s Sweetest when she’s Naked (EMCCD-7761)

If you like it here, check out
myspace.com/alisonmelvilleflutes 
or myspace.com/thebirdproject

Thanks for visiting!

Banner photos: Paul Orenstein