Melissa Woodroffe

Melissa Woodroffe is currently Principal Contrabassoon/Tutti Bassoon with the Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra.

Offering online lessons or in-person (Hobart)

Beginner to professional, all ages. Mini-bassoon (fagottino) included.

Audition, exam, or scholarship preparation.

One-off lessons, or weekly/fortnightly.

Lessons 30-90mins depending on level.

Calm, supportive, focussed and enthusiastic guidance.

Bachelor of Music, Queensland Conservatorium Griffith University
Graduate of Australian National Academy of Music
Sydney Symphony Fellowship, 2 years

Biography:
Melissa was born in Brisbane and studied clarinet for two years at the University of Queensland, completing her AMUSA with Paul Dean in 2006. She then commenced bassoon at the Queensland Conservatorium of Music with Leesa Dean, graduating in 2008 with a Bachelor of Music. Since then she has studied with the Sydney Symphony Orchestra’s principal bassoonist, Matthew Wilkie, and then with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra’s associate principal bassoonist, Elise Millman, at the Australian National Academy of Music in 2010. She was part of the Sydney Symphony Fellowship program from 2011-2012.

Melissa has been a participant of QYO, AYO National Music Camp, the Australian International Summer Orchestral Institute, and Sydney Sinfonia and has played at such festivals as the Bangalow Music Festival and the Australian Festival of Chamber Music.

Since 2007, Melissa has worked with the Sydney Symphony, Australian Chamber Orchestra, Opera Australia Orcheatra, Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra, Queensland Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra Victoria, and has played with various chamber groups in Brisbane, Melbourne and Sydney including the Melbourne Chamber Orchestra, Camerata of St Johns, Arcko, Southern Cross Soloists and Orchestra Romantique.

Melissa taught privately and at various schools around Sydney before relocating to Tasmania in 2024.