Melissa Snell is a member of the Madison Symphony Orchestra and is serving as the violist for the Rhapsodie Quartet this year. She is also currently co-principal viola of the Quad City Symphony and has held positions with Civic Orchestra of Chicago, Lynchburg Symphony, and the Rappahannock Pops Orchestra. She recently completed her DMA in viola performance with a minor in Arts Administration at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, where she was a University Fellow and a member of the Marvin Rabin String Quartet. Before coming to Madison, she performed extensively across the East Coast, receiving degrees from the University of Delaware and Liberty University. Her primary teachers included Nancy Thomas, Yevgeniy Dovgalyuk, Elias Goldstein, and Sally Chisholm.