Melanie Smith
Melanie Smith is the Executive Director of the San Francisco Girls Chorus, a 3-time Grammy Award winning ensemble of young women singers, ages 8-18. Prior to her work at SFGC, Melanie was the Director of Education and Artistic Administration for San Francisco Performances, where she created several unique artist residency programs with emerging and established classical and jazz musicians. Melanie has also worked in New York for the violinist Midori and her foundation, Midori and Friends, for Young Concert Artists, and at Carnegie Hall.
She specializes in the care and feeding (physically, intellectually, and spiritually) of artists, and in helping them create innovative ways to communicate with their audiences and introduce newcomers to classical music.
She specializes in the care and feeding (physically, intellectually, and spiritually) of artists, and in helping them create innovative ways to communicate with their audiences and introduce newcomers to classical music.
