Piano Music

Melanie enjoys writing music for friends and colleagues, and her work is published in the Edition Schott Composer Series.

Recent performances have taken place in venues such as the Shiga Bank Piano Festival, a Livestream concert held at the Watsuki Hall (both in Kyoto, Japan), and a Chamber Music Series at Toppan Hall in Tokyo, Japan. In Europe, Melanie’s music was showcased at the Montecatini International Piano Festival in Italy, as part of Piano Week in the UK, and it has featured in a festival held at the Kolarac Hall in Belgrade, Serbia. 

Recordings include Enigma (Quartz), which was performed and recorded by dedicatee Yuki Negishi, Chasm (Orchid Classics), performed and recorded by dedicatee Maiko Mori. A piano piece, Heiwa, was arranged and recorded by AUN J Classic Orchestra for a single release on their record label. It was performed by members of the orchestra and dedicatee pianist Aisa Ijiri. Compositions have also been recorded for the Steinway Spirio piano and broadcast live on Radio-Berograd and RTS (Serbian National Television) in Serbia. ‘Enigma’ was recently performed and broadcast by Yuki Negishi live on BBC Radio 3’s In Tune programme.

Melanie is one of ten selected female composers in Pianist Magazine’s 10 Women Composers You Have To Know. Her piano music is included in several digital anthologies published by Pianist Magazine. She is currently writing an elementary piano music series for Pianist, contributing a new piece in every issue, and has written a large selection of piano music including piano duets and trios, much of it for educational purposes.

Ghostly Piano Tales (Schott), a collection of 24 original piano pieces for elementary level students, was recently shortlisted as a finalist at the 2024 Presto Music Awards and won the ‘Best Printed Contemporary Sheet Music Prize’ at The Art of Piano Education Awards 2025.

You can listen to the music by clicking on the links below.