Melanie Denise Davis received her Bachelors Degree in Journalism and French from California State Univeristy, Sacramento.
Upon graduation, she worked for a branch of the U.S. Foreign Service, with assignments in Washington, D.C., Bangkok, Thailand, and London, England, where she ultimately relocated after marrying, and moved to Reading where her son Joseph was born. During her 20 years in England, Melanie Denise worked as a technical author and documentation manager, studied Art History at the University of Oxford, and was a non-student performing member of the Reading University Operatic Society, where she appeared in productions such as Verdi's MacBeth and Gounod's Faust.
A cradle Episcopalian, Melanie Denise was active in St. Mary the Virgin Anglican Church in Purley-on-Thames, including singing in the church choir and serving as a member of the Parish Church Council. She returned to the United States with her son in 2006, and has since been an active member of the church and choir at St. Martin’s Episcopal Church in Williamsburg. A dramatic mezzosoprano, she has studied opera over the past year with a private instructor at the College of William & Mary. This is her first time appearing on stage since her return to America.
