As the Graduate Teaching Assistant for the trumpet studio at the University of Colorado in Boulder, Melinda Ho specializes in both modern and natural trumpet, and regularly appears as a soloist and ensemble member in a variety of performances. In 2016, she graduated with a Bachelor of Music Performance at Indiana University's  prestigious Jacobs School of Music.  Her primary studies were with John Rommel, with additional work in early trumpet directed by Kris Kwapis. Ho currently studies with Terry Sawchuk and Justin Bartels.