Melissa Manning, Founder and Director of The Manning School of Music, is a Juilliard trained concert pianist. Melissa was the recipient of numerous scholarships including those from The Miss America Scholarship Foundation.  She was chosen first runner up to Vanessa Williams, Miss America, and was crowned Miss New York State.  Melissa has produced the Opera Night program in Rockland County since April 2006, accompanying a variety of operatic singers including sopranos, mezzo-sopranos, tenors and baritones.