An accomplished violinist, violist, and versatile musician, Michael O’Gieblyn navigates across the classical and commercial genres with musical ease and professional excellence. Currently a member of the Memphis Symphony Orchestra and the Huntsville (AL) Symphony Orchestra, Michael is also a substitute violinist for the Nashville Symphony Orchestra and the Louisville Orchestra.  He has previously performed with the Erie Philharmonic (PA) and the Österreich Vienna Classic Philharmonic’s 2010 tour of China.

In the studio, Michael has recorded for many award winning albums, video games, and movie soundtracks including Leonardo Balada’s The Death of Columbus on NAXOS, Sony Playstation’s Uncharted 4,  Aliens: Colonial Marines, The Unfinished Swan, MGM’s soundtrack to Home of the Brave, as well as on recordings for OneRepublic, 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 Casting Crowns, Gungor, Paper Route, Michael W. Smith, 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 received 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, and is currently a violin faculty member of the Masterworks Festival

While preparing for orchestral auditions, the lack of resources for violinists led Michael to create violinexcerpts.com a resource which helps violinists prepare for and have a positive audition experience.  The overwhelming success and requests from other instrumentalists inspired the expansion and creation of parallel sites for viola, cello and double bass.

Michael and his wife Angie live in south Nashville with their tyrannical cat “Micetro.”

-Michael O’Gieblyn is an Endorsed Artist for Thomastik-Infeld Vienna.

“It is an extreme privilege and honor to represent Thomastik-Infeld. I have been using the Vision Solo Titanium strings on my 1949 Carl Becker violin for years and simply couldn’t be happier with their performance.”