Melissa Field is a graduate of the Sydney Conservatorium of Music where she completed a Masters degree in piano accompaniment under David Miller and a Bachelor’s degree in solo piano performance under Gerard Willems.

As a child, she was invited to perform as a special guest artist in recital with renowned pianist Roger Woodward, and again for Richard Bonynge and the late Dame Joan Sutherland. In 2007, she was selected to represent the Joan Sutherland Performing Arts Centre in recital in Japan, and in 2010 became the youngest Australian to perform at the World Piano Conference in Serbia.

As an accompanist, she has been involved in numerous recitals, eisteddfods and auditions. In 2013, she was the winner of the ‘Elizabeth Todd Lieder Prize in Memory of Geoffrey Parsons’ and then in 2015, was selected to accompany several vocalists in masterclass and recital at the Estivo Chamber Music Summer School in Verona, Italy. Back at home, Melissa accompanied the National Anthem at the NSW State Premier’s Australia Day Address in 2017 for Gladys Berejiklian.