ADRIAN — Growing up in Rochester, New York, with a father who was a professional musician and music teacher, it was pretty natural that sisters Melissa and Melanie Mashner would follow suit.

Today, Melissa teaches flute at Adrian College and is the principal flutist for the Lexington Bach Festival and past president of the Southeastern Michigan Flute Association, while Melanie is the principal harpist for the Carmel and Terre Haute, Indiana, symphonies. Both women also teach privately.

The sisters perform together as the Angelus Duo, which comes to Adrian later this month for the second concert in the Adrian Symphony Orchestra’s Summer Chamber Series.

The concert is at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, July 22 at Holy Rosary Chapel at the Adrian Dominican Sisters’ Motherhouse, 1257 E. Siena Heights Drive, Adrian.

Tickets are $27 and can be ordered online at www.adriansymphony.org or by calling 517-264-3121. Student tickets are free at the box office only with a valid student ID.

The evening’s program, which the duo calls “Dances from Many Lands,” showcases music from several countries and different eras.

“We’re so excited to be bringing this concert to Adrian. We picked some of our favorite flute and harp music for this program,” Melissa said of the concert, which she and her sister describe as “a vibrant musical journey across cultures and continents.”

Audience members will hear some very familiar works, such as the Minuet and the Dance of the Blessed Spirits from “Orpheus” by Gluck, Delibes’ “Valse Lente,” and some selections from Blzet’s opera “Carmen.”

But there are also a number of pieces that will likely be brand-new to listeners, such as Persichetti’s Serenade No. 10 for flute and harp, Piazzolla’s “Historie du Tango,” Taki’s “Three Japanese Melodies,” and the Rumba and Tango from Salzedo’s “Suite of Eight Dances.”

The Persichetti work “is a really terrific piece,” Melissa said. Its eight movements are “different dances through time, from prehistoric times to (evoking) the traffic from New York to Philly.”

A completely different dance rhythm comes with Taki’s music, which “is reflective and meaningful,” she said. Then with the very next piece on the program, the Salzedo dances, “we spice it up with a tango and rumba.”

And if there are any fans of Indian films in the concert audience, they might recognize the program’s penultimate work, A.R. Rahman’s “Jashn-E-Bahaaraa” from the 2008 movie “Jodhaa Akbar,” in an arrangement created by the Angelus Duo.

“We really wanted to present a program for this evening that people could relate to,” Melissa said. “It’s rhythms that will make you smile. … We really love to bring this music to people.”

The sisters’ passion for music was fostered from a very early age by their dad, Milt, who was a jazz musician, and their mom, Monica. Milt, in fact, used to accompany his daughters on piano.

“The Angelus Duo was originally a trio, until Dad retired,” Melissa said, laughing.

Melissa and Melanie’s collaboration actually began long before the Angelus Duo was born. The pair played together well before the sisters pursued their professional music careers, and were in the same youth orchestra.

For quite some time, Melissa recalled, Melanie, who’s three years younger, was too small to haul her harp around, and so Melissa did the task for her. Then one day, she realized that Melanie had gotten as tall as she was — so she resigned from harp-moving duty.

When it was time for undergraduate school, both young women attended the prestigious Indiana University School of Music. They even roomed together once Melanie joined her older sister there.

Melissa went on to earn a Master of Music in Flute Performance at the University of Michigan, while Melanie remained at IU for her master’s degree and performance certificate.

Around the sisters’ very busy separate professional careers, the Angelus Duo itself books five or six major commitments a year.

Melissa said that being siblings brings a special kind of connection to the Angelus Duo’s music-making. “The two of us have a deep understanding of each other,” she said. “In music, you have to adjust to each other and listen, and we share so much of our life and experience together.”

At a glance

• What: The Angelus Duo in the second concert of the ASO Summer Chamber Series
• When: 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, July 22
• Where: Holy Rosary Chapel, Adrian Dominican Sisters Motherhouse, 1257 E. Siena Heights Drive, Adrian
• Tickets: $27; free for students with valid student ID at the box office only
• How to order: Online at www.adriansymphony.org or by calling 517-264-3121