Melinda Brou, soprano, is a Professor of Voice and Opera at Texas A&M Kingsville.

Dr. Melinda Brou, soprano, is a Professor of Voice and Opera at Texas A&M Kingsville (TAMUK). She serves as director of the TAMUK Opera Workshop and as such has musically and stage directed productions including Mozart’s Le nozze di Figaro and The Magic Flute; Gilbert and Sullivan’s Trial by Jury; Puccini’s Gianni Schicchi and Dan Shore’s An Embarrassing Position. Recent performance engagements include Samuel Barber’s Knoxville: Summer of 1915 with the Kingsville Symphony Orchestra, William Walton’s Façade and Dan Welcher’s The Need to See at Penn State University, and First Lady in Sparkling City Opera’s production of The Magic Flute. She has toured nationally with the Rhapsodies Trio, which also includes flutist Naomi Seidman and pianist Chuck Dillard. While performing with Austin Lyric Opera as a soloist for outreach and educational events, she co-founded the Advanced Summer Vocal Workshop for high school and university level performers. 

Currently, Dr. Brou serves as the District Governor for the South Texas District of the National Association of Teachers of Singing (NATS) and also sits on the Board of Control for the Texoma Region of NATS. She is an active lecturer on the state and national level, presenting and performing at conferences such as the National Opera Association, National Flute Association, NATS Texoma, and Texas Music Educators Association. 

Contact Information

School of Music
MUEB 210
MSC 174 Texas A&M University-Kingsville
Kingsville, Texas 78363-8202
voice: 361-593-2824
email: melinda.brou@tamuk.edu