Alison Melville's career as a player of recorders and historical flutes has taken her across North America and beyond, most recently to southern Spain. Besides making regular appearances with the Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra, the former Toronto Consort and Ensemble Polaris, she is Artistic Co-Director of North Wind Concerts and collaborates in numerous artistic endeavours in Canada and beyond. Alison has played in venues ranging from Tokyo’s Bunkamura Hall and NYC’s Carnegie Hall to cinemas, convents, gardens, libraries, barns, ferries, school gymnasiums, and prisons. Her extensive international TV, film and radio credits include the soundtracks of The Tudors, CBC-TV’s beloved ‘The Friendly Giant,’ films by Atom Egoyan, Malcolm Sutherland and others, and broadcasts in the UK, Iceland, and New Zealand. Alison can be heard on over 65 CDs, including several critically acclaimed solo recordings. She has taught for various universities, colleges and workshops across Canada and the USA, notably for the Oberlin Conservatory (OH) from 1999-2010. Wearing a different hat, Alison is also sometimes found making monotype and collagraph prints. www.alisonmelville.com
