 Meltzer taught at Vassar College from 2005–12 and then was the James E. and Grace W. Valentine Visiting Associate Professor of Music at Amherst College from 2012-13.He lives with his wife and children, Julia Meltzer and Elijah Meltzer in the East Village of Manhattan.Meltzer’s 2010 Naxos disc was named one of the best recordings of the year in The New York Times and named to Fanfare Magazine’s annual Want List and American Record Guide’s Critics Choice List in 2011.