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Melissa Elledge is an accordionist based in NYC. She moved to New York in 2004 to pursue her Master’s in Classical piano performance at NYU. She’s a regular fixture of the subway system, having been a busker since 2009 and accepted into the MTA’s Music Under New York program in 2012. She is known for her arrangements of idiosyncratic contemporary pieces for the accordion, particularly her covers of classic rap songs. Melissa has performed all over the country, both solo and with many bands, but still finds no comparison to the mellifluous acoustics of the subway tiles. She has been featured in a wide range of media, from Monday Night Football to the cover of Crain’s magazine. She has worked with actors, puppeteers, dancers, filmmakers, animators, VR producers, contortionists, rappers, and more. Melissa’s non-music work includes extensive art modeling and some background acting in and around the tri-state area. When she’s not at her “office” (2nd Ave Brooklyn-bound F platform), she can be found in her local East Village dojo, where she began karate training in 2022.