Melanie M. Mattson

I have photos from a storage locker I got at auction some years ago that I´m trying to find the family tied to them... they are beautiful and if it were my family I would want them back. Thanks and condolences

I was recently guided to read the obits and found that Melanie had passed away. An immediate image of her in high school came to mind. Although Melanie and I were not in the same grade, we often smiled and said "Hello" to one another. We were both intelligent young woman trying hard to stay on course in life. I then felt compelled to drag out my old high school yearbooks. It was there I found that Melanie had been voted "Most Likely to Succeed" by her 1972 classmates at Park High School....

I met Melanie in 1982. I was a clarinet student attending UNC-G band camp the summer before my freshman year there. I remember her as an amazing bassoonist. Her performance of Raymond Gariglio’s “Pavane for an Angel” is memorable to this day (and was the reason I insisted the Mr. Gariglio let me perform the piece on the bass clarinet). After her performance, I overheard her tell Mr. Gariglio that her clothing had gotten stuck in one of her bassoon keys – she played the work standing – and...

What an amazing woman...because of her my family will always be prepared.

I am so sorry to hear about Melanie and I am so grateful to have known her, she was truly a kind and gentle person. Intellect, artistry, and humor were her strengths, and especially remembered will be the good times we had together. Please know that I am deeply saddened by her passing.