Melissa has been granted the following honours: 

2013

● Winner of the Elmer Iseler National Graduate Fellowship in Choral Conducting from the University of Toronto
● Winner of the Iwan Edwards Award ($600) in connection with the Montreal Choral Masterclass 2013

2012

● Winner of the Elmer Iseler National Graduate Fellowship in Choral Conducting from the University of Toronto

2005

● Winner of the Saskatchewan African Canadian Heritage Museum Inc. Merit Award
● One of the initial Lieutenant Governor’s Celebration of the Arts Pin recipients

2004

● Nominated for a University of Western Ontario award for teaching assistants
● Winner of the Black Business and Professional Association Harry Jerome Portia White Scholarship ($2000) for academic and musical excellence
● Recipient of a Special University Scholarship for academics from the University of Western Ontario ($2000)
● One of the conductors on the University of Western Ontario choral CD release, Echo

2003

● The only conducting student accepted to the University of Western Ontario conducting graduate program
● Nominated for the YWCA Woman of Distinction, Young Woman of Distinction category