Melia Badalian

Melia Badalian is an active performer and educator across California. She is principal horn of the Long Beach Symphony, the Modesto Symphony, and the Redlands Symphony, and holds section positions with the Santa Barbara Symphony and Symphony San Jose. Melia has also appeared with the Los Angeles Philharmonic, San Diego Symphony, Los Angeles Opera Orchestra, Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra, and Pacific Symphony, among others. As a soloist, she has performed with the Beach Cities Symphony and the Long Beach City College concert band. Some of Melia’s recent motion picture, television, and video game credits include Superman, Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu, The Super Mario Galaxy Movie, and Minions & Monsters.

Melia has spent summers performing as a fellow with the National Repertory Orchestra and at the Aspen Music Festival. She is on faculty at the University of Redlands and at Long Beach City College, and served as the horn faculty for YOLA National Festival's Overture Orchestra from 2023 to 2025. Melia earned degrees from the San Francisco Conservatory of Music and the University of Southern California, where she studied with Robert Ward and Dr. Kristy Morrell, respectively.

• BM, San Francisco Conservatory of Music
• MM, University of Southern California