Melissa Millsap is excited to be back at Texas A&M University-Kingsville as Adjunct Lecturer of Trumpet. Mrs. Millsap has performed with a variety of ensembles, including the Corpus Christi Symphony Orchestra, Memphis Symphony Orchestra, Louisville Orchestra, Memphis Repertory Orchestra, the Eroica Ensemble, and the Memphis Jazz Orchestra. She has performed at the International Trumpet Guild Conference (2017 & 2018), Texas Music Educators Association Convention (2018), International Horn Symposium (2013), and at the World Association of Symphonic Bands and Ensembles (2007) in Killarney, Ireland as a member of the International Youth Wind Orchestra.

Melissa is an award-winning trumpet player and can be heard on albums such as Scatter the Darkness: New Music of Stanley Friedman, Jazz Nocturne: American Concertos of the Jazz Age, released on the Naxos label, and the Memphis Repertory Orchestra's recordings Dvorak & Tchaikovsky and Voyagers. 

Melissa earned her Bachelor of Music degree in Music Performance from Webster University in St. Louis, Missouri, and received her Master of Music degree in Trumpet Performance from the University of Louisville in Kentucky.