Melony Dodson
Music Director and Morning Concert Host/ProducerMelony calls the beautiful mountains of Boone, N.C., home, although she was born near Greensboro, N.C. There’s just something about those Blue Ridge Mountains that got in her blood and never left after she moved there to attend Appalachian State University (ASU). While at ASU, she majored in piano performance and music therapy and began to cultivate a love for accompanying and for collaborating with other musicians. This soon led her to earn a master’s degree in collaborative piano at the University of Tennessee, which she attended from 2006-2008.
While a graduate student, she worked at WUOT as a student announcer, hosting Saturday afternoons and evenings. Melony rapidly developed another passion: that of being a radio personality/host. Soon after graduating, she began hosting weekend mornings, including the Early Morning Concert, and produced the highly popular Top 60 for 60, a special series commemorating WUOT’s 60th anniversary. Two years later, she was honored to become the new host of the Morning Concert, of which she is currently the host and producer. Melony is also a choral accompanist for the UT School of Music’s Concert Choir and the Men’s Chorale. In her spare time, Melony loves to music-direct musicals. She is secretly (or perhaps not so secretly!) obsessed with the musicals of Stephen Sondheim and Jason Robert Brown. She also loves to travel, cook, hike and explore all of the cultural (and food!) attractions Knoxville has to offer.
You can reach Melony via email.
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Matthew Motley, Paul Parris, Melony Dodson, and WUTK's Bryson Seabold talk about their top picks for Big Ears 2026. Hear strategies for how to maximize your experience at Big Ears without exhausting yourself, where to grab some quick bites, favorite venues, and "pearls of wisdom" from some Knoxville natives. If you're wondering where to begin with your festival planning, this podcast is the perfect starting point. -
Melony Dodson talks with conductor, Joey Mechavich and baritone, Steven Condy about Knoxville Opera's production of Rossini's classic, The Barber of Seville -
Melony Dodson talks with conductor, John Orr, about the Knoxville Choral Society's upcoming concert, Together We Sing -
Melony Dodson talks with Maestro Aram Demirjian and pianist, Zlata Chochieva about the KSO's February 2026 masterworks concert, Star-Crossed Lovers, featuring Rachmaninoff's Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini -
Melony Dodson talks with Dario Martin, the first pianist to perform as part of the 2026 Evelyn Miller Young Pianist Series. His recital is on Sunday, February 1st at 2pm in Powell Recital Hall. -
Melony Dodson talks with Brian Salesky about the Amadeus Concert Ensemble's upcoming performance, Organ Spectacular, featuring organist, Dr. Byongsuk Moon. -
Melony Dodson talks with maestro Aram Demirjian and violinist, Vadim Gluzman about the KSO's January 2026 masterworks concert -
Melony Dodson talks with Alex Dally, executive director of the Knoxville-based contemporary music organization, Nief-Norf. Their annual event, Unsilent Night, is December 5th. -
Melony Dodson talks with guest conductor, Michelle DiRusso, and pianist, Chaeyoung Park, about the Knoxville Symphony Orchestra's November Masterworks concert -
Melony Dodson talks with the new Director of UT Opera Theatre (UTOT), James Kenon Mitchell, and conductor, Kevin Class, about UTOT's Italian double-bill productions taking place at the Bijou Theatre this weekend.
