{"id":4634,"date":"2019-09-26T18:06:42","date_gmt":"2019-09-26T23:06:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/operaforacause.com\/?page_id=4634"},"modified":"2019-09-26T18:08:10","modified_gmt":"2019-09-26T23:08:10","slug":"bio-alexandra-lee-cello-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/operaforacause.com\/?page_id=4634","title":{"rendered":"BIO &#8211; Melissa Schaak (Violin)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/operaforacause.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Melissa_Schaak_Headshot.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-4635\" src=\"https:\/\/operaforacause.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Melissa_Schaak_Headshot-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/operaforacause.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Melissa_Schaak_Headshot-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/operaforacause.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Melissa_Schaak_Headshot-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/operaforacause.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Melissa_Schaak_Headshot.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Melissa was born in Sudbury and is a former student of Mary Kozak. A violin performance graduate from Wilfrid Laurier University, Melissa obtained a specialization in chamber music under the Penderecki String Quartet and continued her studies at the Conservatory of Amsterdam.<br \/>\nInspired by classical crossover styles, during her 12 years abroad, she shared the stage with artists such as the Trans-Siberian Orchestra, Josh Groban, Michael Bubl\u00e9, Salvatore Adamo, Idina Menzel, Johnny Logan, Richard Desjardins and Chaka Khan. While in Sudbury, Melissa enjoys playing with the Sudbury Symphony Orchestra, Timmins Symphony Orchestra, L\u2019Orchestre Symphonique Abitibi-T\u00e9miscamingue et L\u2019ensemble Aiguebelle.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Melissa was born in Sudbury and is a former student of Mary Kozak. A violin performance graduate from Wilfrid Laurier University, Melissa obtained a specialization in chamber music under the Penderecki String Quartet and continued her studies at the Conservatory &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/operaforacause.com\/?page_id=4634\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/operaforacause.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4634"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/operaforacause.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/operaforacause.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/operaforacause.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/operaforacause.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4634"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/operaforacause.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4634\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4637,"href":"https:\/\/operaforacause.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4634\/revisions\/4637"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/operaforacause.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4634"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}