Michael O’Gieblyn
Artistic Director
Home Town:
Detroit “ish,” MI
Education:
Carnegie Mellon University B.F.A
Belmont University, M.M.
Current Town:
Winona Lake, IN
I started playing music because…
When I was three years-old, my mom asked me “do you want to learn the violin?”
and I said…”ummm…ok”
Weirdest Gig:
“I played a concert in China a few years ago where about half the orchestra refused to play the concert because of dismal conditions. I had to play with my winter coat on because a door backstage was propped open by the cables running the jumbo-tron.”
Anna Luce
Podcast Co-Host
Home Town:
Winter Haven, FL
Education:
University of Texas at Austin, M.M
University of Delaware, B.M.
Current Town:
New York, NY
I started playing music because…
I started playing because I wanted to be like my older sisters who I watched take lessons from the time I was a little girl. I would take my Mom’s decorative folk art violin off of the wall and put it on the wrong shoulder and use a ruler as a bow!
Weirdest Gig:
I’ve seen many a weird gig but I’d say it’s a toss up between … improvising waltzes for an hour with a trio because our first violinist was taken to solo in the hallway, even though we had spent six hours memorizing waltzes as a quartet. This may or may not have been thanks to a few ridiculous celebrities and a less than well managed music contractor …. Or the numerous times Willy Wonka music has been requested for a bride? Just why?
Jessica Wiersma
Podcast Co-Host
Home Town:
La Grange, IL
Education:
University of Memphis, M.M. & Artist Diploma
University of Hartford-Hartt School of Music, B.M.
Current Town:
Indianapolis, IN
Christian Liberty Marshall
Podcast Co-Host
Home Town:
Nashville, TN
Education:
Kunstuniversität Graz, M.A.
Vanderbilt University B.M.
Current Town:
Graz, Austria
I started playing music because…
I started playing music because my older sister gave me a violin for Christmas when I was thirteen years old. HEART EYES FOR LIFE!!
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