After graduating with First Class Honours from the Conservatoire de musique de Québec, Mélanie Bourassa pursued further studies in Europe and Chicago. She was awarded a Doctor of Musical Studies (DMUS) from Université Laval in 2022. Mélanie teaches at Université Laval and the Conservatoire de musique de Montréal and is an artist for Buffet Crampon and Silverstein.

She has built a career both nationally and internationally with the Orchestre symphonique de Québec, the Orchestre symphonique de Montréal, Les Violons du Roy, several chamber music ensembles, and as a soloist, including with the ACCB, which she co-founded.

She is a recipient of grants from the Conseil des arts et lettres du Québec, Domaine Forget and the Guilde des musiciens et des musiciennes du Québec (GMMQ); she won first prize in the Canadian Music Competition in chamber music and a Prix Opus in 2015.