MELINDA JEAN WILSON Flutist • Educator

PERFORMING CAREER

Melinda Jean Wilson served as Principal Flutist and Soloist with the Dallas Wind Symphony (Dallas Winds) since the ensemble's founding in 1985 until 2010 and performed on its internationally released recordings, including two Grammy Nominated recordings with Frederick Fennell conducting. In three solo appearances with the Dallas Wind Symphony (Dallas Winds), she performed Cécile Chaminade's Concertino, Kent Kennan's Night Soliloquy, and Lowell Liebermann's Concerto for Flute. She has also performed with the Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra, East Texas Symphony Orchestra, Plano Symphony Orchestra, Arlington Philharmonic Orchestra, Idaho Falls Symphony Orchestra, Boise Philharmonic Orchestra, Las Cruces Symphony, and the Ciudad Juárez Symphony Orchestra in Mexico. Ms. Wilson represented the Dallas Wind Symphony as one of twelve delegates of the City of Dallas selected to personally meet Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II and His Royal Highness Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh. Her colleagues in the Dallas Wind Symphony elected her to four terms on the Players Committee, and she also served on the ensemble’s Strategic Planning Committee and Artistic Planning Committee.

EDUCATION & HONORS

Ms. Wilson holds a Bachelor of Music and a Master of Music in Flute Performance from Texas Christian University, where she was selected for the Pi Kappa Lambda Honors Recital and performed “Morceau de Concours” by Gabriel Fauré. Additionally, she earned a Master of Arts in Education, Curriculum and Instruction, with a specialty in Online Teaching and Learning, from New Mexico State University, as well as a Graduate Certificate in Online Teaching and Learning. She was awarded the Academic Excellence Award, Curriculum and Instruction – Educational Design and Technology. In 2024, she received the Texas Christian University Alumni Band Association's prestigious Band of Fame award.

TEACHING & MENTORSHIP

Ms. Wilson taught flute on the adjunct faculty of Texas Wesleyan University in Fort Worth, Texas, and maintained a private studio across the Richardson, Hurst–Euless–Bedford, Birdville, Lewisville, and Dallas Independent School Districts. For three consecutive years, her students in Flower Mound placed in the top three chairs of the All-Region Band; in her final year teaching there, her students captured chairs one through nine. She has been an active adjudicator and clinician at the middle school and high school levels in Texas and has served as a panelist for the National Flute Association on private teaching within public schools. For two years, she taught as a Mentor in the National Flute Association's Cultural Outreach Program at Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing Arts in Dallas. Thereafter, she was a College Instructor, Doña Ana Community College, Las Cruces, NM, 2015 – 2023 where she designed and taught Introduction to Western Music and The History of Jazz in Popular Music. Her Introduction to Western Music was certified twice by Quality Matters Rubric for Higher Education. While at Doña Ana Community College, she served on the Online Quality Assurance Steering Committee and the Faculty Council. From 2023 – 2024 she was an Assistant College Professor, New Mexico State University, Instructional Designer, College of Health, Education and Social Transformation.