Currently studying to complete a Bachelor of Music Composition at West Chester University, Melissa Dunphy has composed in a wide range of styles and mediums, particularly in the realm of theatre. Her goal is also to score films and engage in other collaborative projects such as art exhibitions.

Upcoming projects include a cantata based on the Senate Judiciary Committee hearings of Alberto Gonzales, and a score of an excerpt of the Danish film Verdens Undergang for string quartet, chamber choir, and electronic instruments.

2008 The Gonzales Cantata (SSAT choir, string ensemble/quartet, harpsichord)
Selections performed January 31 at Gates Recital Hall, West Chester University.
 

Handshake: A Scherzo (soprano, flute, clarinet, violin, cello, piano, percussion)
Composed for the LINK ensemble. Recording scheduled April 24 at West Chester University.

 

Black Thunder (baritone, violin, cello and piano)
Composed for Network for New Music. Premiered and recorded January 16 at the Kimmel Center in Philadelphia by Randall Scarlata, Paul Arnold, James Cooper III and Linda Reichert.
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2007 Circadia (orchestra)
Read by West Chester Symphony Orchestra December 4
  The Children's Hour (flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon)
 

L'Homme Arme (French horn, clarinet, theremin, voice, cello and tape)
Premiered October 25 at Gates Recital Hall, West Chester University. Selected for presentation at the SEAMUS 2008 National Conference.
Video

  Dissociative Fugue (string trio)
Recorded by the Lyric String Quartet, West Chester University.
2006

The Frail Variations (cello and piano)
Recorded by Ioana Velicu and Melissa Dunphy, West Chester University
Video | Audio

 

Songs for Ophelia (solo voice)
Composed for Hamlet, produced by Gamut Theatre
2005 Incidental music for The Glass Menagerie (solo violin and chimes)
Composed for Gamut Theatre
2004 Incidental music for A Midsummer Night's Dream (four voices, violin, saxophone, guitar, and piano)
Composed for Harrisburg Shakespeare Festival
2000 The Closer Madrigal (SATB chamber choir)
Composed for University of New South Wales Med Revue
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1996 She Walks in Beauty (six voices)
  No, Brian! (three female voices, piano, violin)
  Leda and the Swan (two voices, oboe, piano)