Melissa Dunphy began piano lessons at three, and violin lessons at seven; in her teens, she dabbled in drum kit, French horn and flute. Her current instrument of choice is cello, though she is also dabbling in bassoon. At sixteen, she graduated high school with the highest marks in Queensland in music performance, and soon afterwards toured to Asia and the United States with two youth orchestras as a violist. Since then, Melissa has played in bands of all types from folk to funk to cyberpunk, and is now pursuing a Bachelor of Music at West Chester University.
| 2007 | Cellist, West Chester University Symphony Orchestra, Chamber Ensemble, Quartet | West Chester, PA, USA |
| Musical Director, A Year with Frog and Toad, Gamut Theatre | Harrisburg, PA, USA | |
| 2006 | Composed/recorded The Frail Variations | West Chester, PA, USA |
| Cellist, West Chester University Symphony Orchestra, Chamber Ensemble, Quartet | West Chester, PA, USA | |
| Musical director, The Glass Menagerie, Gamut Theatre | Harrisburg, PA, USA | |
| Musical director/Bird/Mouse/Squirrel/Mole, A Year with Frog and Toad, Gamut Theatre | Harrisburg, PA, USA | |
| 2005 | Tears for Agnes Shui (vocals, viola, piano, 5-string violin) | Harrisburg, PA, USA |
| Musical director, The Glass Menagerie, Gamut Theater | Harrisburg, PA, USA | |
| 2004 | Electric Violinist, Second Sky | Lancaster, PA, USA |
| Musical Director, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Harrisburg Shakespeare Festival | Harrisburg, PA, USA | |
| 2003 | Synth/vocalist, Dead Inside the Chrysalis (Cyberpunk Electroclash band), appearing in the film clip 'The Invisible' |
Sydney, Australia |
| 2002 | Synth/vocalist, Dead Inside the Chrysalis | Sydney, Australia |
| Violist/electric violinist, The Monstars (Alt rock band) | Sydney, Australia | |
| 2001 | Violist, Akradia (Alt rock band) |
Sydney, Australia |
| 1999 | Violist/Keyboardist, Hover (Alt rock band) |
Sydney, Australia |
| 1998 | Principal violist, Sydney Youth Orchestra |
Sydney, Australia |
| Viola, Tuta Runas (South American folk band) , performing at the Newtown Music Festival | Sydney, Australia | |
| 1997 | Musician, Linnaeus, Prince of Flowers,
Theatre of Plants, performing in the Sydney Botanical Gardens |
Sydney, Australia |
| Viola, Sydney Youth Orchestra International Tour | West Coast USA | |
| Viola, Queensland Youth Symphony Orchestra International Tour | Japan/Korea | |
| 1996 | The Sorceress, Dido and Aeneas, Somerville House |
Brisbane, Australia |
| Accepted into Lyric Opera of Queensland Children’s Chorus | Brisbane, Australia |