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Mackenzie Melemed/Resume 2008 5/06 Awarded the Music Guild Award "Music Worcester Young Artists Competition", at WPI and also received the opportunity to perform for the Music Worcester Guild on May 15th, at the Tatnuck Country Club, for their luncheon. 4/26 2nd Place - Leonard D. Wood Prize Philharmonic Society of Arlington 2008 Young Artist Competition 2/08 Performance on National WGBH television "From the Top" Live at Carnegie 2/08 "Habitat for Humanity" musical contribution to habitat's fundraiser 2007 12/12/07 Awarded an ASCAP Irving Berlin Summer Camp Scholarship Performed at Home of Jazz at Lincoln Center for ASCAP awards ceremony 12/1/07 Holiday Open House - 1600 Pennsylvania Ave - Washington, D.C.   Performed at The White House - Solo Pianist 11/19/07 2nd place winner for Concord Young Artist Concerto Competiiton 5/17/07 Awarded a Sylvia Gafvert Stubblebine Scholarship Presented by Music Worcester, Inc. at the 2007 Young Artist Competition at Worcester Polytechnic Institute 5/07 2nd place winner for Bradshaw & Buono International Competition 2006 12/5/06 Holiday Open House - 1600 Pennsylvania Ave - Washington, D.C.   Performed at The White House - Solo Pianist 11/11/06 Everyday Heros Award Presented by Anna Maria College, Paxton, MA 5/06 Grand Prize Winner of 2006 Bradshaw & Buono International Competition 4/06 Connecticut International Young Artist Piano Competition Honorary Mention 5/21/06 Debuted in the Winner's Circle at Carnegie hall 2005 12/31/05 First Night Worcester, Worcester, MA  Solo Pianist 12/21/05 Holiday Open House - 1600 Pennsylvania Ave - Washington, D.C.   Performed at The White House - Solo Pianist 5/2/05 Seaport Hotel-Boston, Lupus Foundation of New England Opened for Judy Collins 4/30/05 Mechanics Hall Worcester, MA Performed on stage with Marvin Hamlisch 3/20/05 Telegram & Gazette Critics Choice, Pianist 2/10/05 NECN - Newton, MA NECN, Profile 1/2/05 Landmark Newspaper - Holden, MA Year in Review - Highlighted as one of the "People in 2004" 2004 12/30/04 NECN - Newton, MA NECN, Profile   12/04/04 Holiday Open House - 1600 Pennsylvania Ave - Washington, D.C.   Performed at The White House - Solo Pianist 07/11/04 through 09/02/04 HEADLINER - "Prodigy"  - 62 Shows      David Saxe Productions, Tropicana - Atlantic City, NJ 07/19/04   NBC 10   Philadelphia "Morning Show" Guest  06/24/04 WCCA TV Channel 13 "Worcester Here and Now" Guest 06/03/04 Lupus Foundation New England, Annual Gala Opened for Lily Tomlin, Pianist  05/08/04 NECN "T.V. Diner" Guest 03/25/04   Boston's Park Plaza - Stage One Production, Canton Played piano for President Bush - Solo performer 03/25/04 NECN         Profile with Chet Curtis 2003 12/07/03 Sunday Telegram and Gazette Critics Choice - pianist 09/27/03 WBZ Channel 4 Hometown Hero Segment - Hero  08/14/03 Sharon Osbourne Production Sharon Osbourne Show Guest 07/10/03 The Mud Room  - Holden Cable TV Pianist 03/25/03 Principal/National - Pinball Production Mozart Documentary 2002 12/05/02 The Wayne Brady Show - Brillstein Production Guest 11/15/02 America's Funniest Videos - Vin Boni Production Participant  6/30/02 Jesus, Mary, and Joey - Federal Hill Production Extra 05/03/02 Alliance Capital - Rhode Island 529 College Bound Fund Print Work 01/29/02 Woman's  World Magazine -  Heather Black Interview guest 01/30/02 NECN with Chet Curtis Profile  02/04/02 WCCA Channel 13 - Crossroads Guest    2001 09/25/01 Rosie O'Donnell - Kid Ad Production Guest 07/12/01 Day Number One - Very Charming Production Co. Day player  06/14/01 Crossroads  - WCCA Channel 13 Guest    Television News Appearances 12/14/03    Channel 6 News    WFXT Dedham, MA       12/14/02  Channel 7 News   WHDH Boston, MA       12/4/01  Channel 4 News  WBZ Boston, MA
Commercials 07/21/04   AC 24     Principal/Regional  Atlantic City, N.J 09/23/03   Voiceover    Principal/ Regional Boston Federal Bank Soundtrack 04/23/03  Voiceover  Principal/ Regional Partners & Simon/Hood Milk 05/23/03    Voiceover    Rhode Island 529 Collegebound Fund 03/16/02  Mass. Teachers Assoc. Principal/Regional Ken Swopes and Associates 03/05/02   AIG Insurance  Principal/ National  Radical Video 11/18/01   local voiceover   Entertainment  98.9 F.M.  Worcester 07/16/01 Spags/Shrewsbury, MA Principal/Regional At&T Media Services, Springfield, MA
Training           Sept. 2006 Private instruction Composition Theory Ear training Irina Edelman Keith Fitch Daniel Partridge Stanley Dorn   Mannes College of Music             2006 summer Composition Camp   Walden School, Dublin New Hampshire             Nov 2005- Sept 2006 Master Classes William Smiddy Queens, New York             2005- Present Classical Piano   Olga Rogach  MMusic Russia's St. Petersburg Conservator   2004-05 Piano/Summer Sonatina     International Piano Camp Old Bennington, Vermont   1999-05 Composing & Piano Dean Arvidson pianist, composer, & teacher of 5 instruments   2002-03 Choral Group  Malcolm Haliday Worcester Performing Arts- Worcester, MA   4/3/02 Speech Trainer Jacqueline McCann M.S., CCC/SLP   Shrewsbury, MA   5/1/99 Golf Dick Naas Indian Meadow C.C.    Westboro, MA   4/20/01 T.V. Commercials Mary Haggerty John Robert Powers,  Worcester, MA