Professor of Music: Music Theory, Flute
245 Performing Arts Center
mkrause@stcloudstate.edu / (320) 308-3283
Dr. Melissa M. Krause is Professor of Music at St. Cloud State University where she teaches applied flute, composition, and a variety of music theory courses. She received degrees in theory and composition from the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire (BM, 1991), the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities (MA, 1993) and Florida State University (DM, 1996).
Dr. Krause has performed flute and piccolo with the St. Cloud Symphony Orchestra since 2001, and is a member of the recently established Trio Lorca, an ensemble dedicated to performing music for voice, flute, and percussion. Her flute teachers include Immanuel Davis, Elaine Eagle, Charles DeLaney, Julia Bogorad, and Timothy Lane.
Professors Blend Voice, Instruments in Unique Trio - Oct, 2005 (pdf 100k)
An affiliate of BMI, Dr. Krause has had much success as a composer.
Her Meditation and Dance for flute and piano earned a Victor Herbert/ASCAP
award, and has been performed in such notable venues as the Dvorak Museum
in the Czech Republic and the Festival of New Music at Florida State University.
Her commissions include a wind ensemble work entitled Illumination for the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire Department of Music's 50th anniversary celebration in 1998, and Capriccio e Largo for the Twin Cities-based NorthWind Trio (flute, oboe, bassoon) for a performance at the 2001 International Double Reed Society Conference. Currently, she is actively involved in the Her Story, Her Song concert series at SCSU.
For her compositional work, she received an Individual Artist Award from the Central Minnesota Arts Board in 2001. Her most recent composition, Tierra de Luz, was written specifically for Trio Lorca to perform at the Great Lakes Chapter of the College Music Society Conference in 2004.
