Michael O’Gieblyn
Violinist & Violist

Michael O’Gieblyn brings his joy for music to everything he does. A violinist and violist in South Florida, he has been a member of the Miami City Ballet Orchestra since 2017 as a violinist, and currently serves as principal violist.

He also performs with the finest orchestras and ensembles throughout South Florida including The Naples Philharmonic, The Atlantic Classical Orchestra, The Boca Symphonia, Palm Beach Opera, Florida Grand Opera, and Palm Beach Symphony. Michael also performs regularly for the Fever Original Candlelight Quartet concerts.

Over the course of 20 years as a professional, Michael won many orchestral auditions and was a member of the orchestras in Memphis TN, Huntsville AL, and Owensboro KY, and performed regularly with the Nashville Symphony Orchestra (TN), Louisville Orchestra (OH), Ft. Wayne Philharmonic, (IN) and many other regional orchestras.

Michael is the creator of OrchestraExcerpts.com, a resource for helping musicians prepare and study excerpts for the audition process. He also is the host of the Per Service podcast which explores life as a creative in the arts world.

Michael is most prominently recognized for his work at Fiddlershop.com, where as a product specialist, he shares his knowledge of violin playing and products on YouTube and social media. His combination of entertaining and educational videos have been seen by millions of people.

In the studio, Michael has recorded for many award winning albums, video games, and movie soundtracks including Sony Playstation’s Uncharted 4,  The Unfinished Swan, Aliens: Colonial Marines, movie soundtracks to Rebel in the Rye, and Home of the Brave, as well as on recordings for OneRepublic, Norah Jones, Travis Tritt, Keb Mo, Darryl Worley, David Phelps, Caitlin Rose, Larnelle Harris, and Sandi Patti.

One of the highlights of Michael’s career was performing live on WSM at the Grand Ole Opry with country music legend Ray Price and the Cherokee Cowboys.  Michael also has performed live with multiple Grammy Award winning artists including Josh Groban, Roger Waters (of Pink Floyd), Casting Crowns, Gungor, Paper Route, Michael W. Smith, Amy Grant, Trans Siberian Orchestra, Selah, Steven Curtis Chapman, Natalie Grant, and Matthew West.

Michael graduated with honors from Carnegie Mellon University where he studied with Cyrus Forough, and also holds a Masters of Music degree in violin performance from Belmont University as a student of Elisabeth Small.

In the summers, Michael has been on the faculty of Belmont’s String Crossings Camp, as well as a violin faculty member of the Masterworks Festival.