Manhattan School of Music
Melissa Cocco is the VP and Dean of Enrollment Management at Manhattan School of Music. Melissa has held this position since July 2016. Prior to that, they were the director of admission at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music from July 2010 to July 2016. Before that, they were the associate director of admission at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music from July 2007 to July 2010.
Before their work in the Bay Area, Melissa was the associate director of admission and financial aid at the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music from July 2004 to July 2007. Melissa began their career in 2003 as a wine clerk at Big Red Liquor.
Melissa Cocco has both a bachelor's degree and a master's degree from two different schools. Melissa has a Bachelor of Music and a Bachelor of Arts from Oberlin College and a Master of Music from Indiana University Jacobs School of Music.
Melissa Cocco reports to James Gandre, President. They are on a team with Susan Madden - VP for Advancement, Joyce Griggs - EVP & Provost, and Carol Matos - VP for Administration & HR.
Manhattan School of Music
Founded as a community music school by Janet Daniels Schenck in 1918, today MSM is recognized for its more than 960 superbly talented undergraduate and graduate students who come from more than 50 countries and nearly all 50 states; its innovative curricula and world-renowned artist-teacher faculty that includes musicians from the New York Philharmonic, the Met Orchestra, and the top ranks of the jazz and Broadway communities; and a distinguished community of accomplished, award-winning alumni working at the highest levels of the musical, educational, cultural, and professional worlds.