Derek Hough - Symphony of Dance Tour - FALL & WINTER 2023
5 Song EP for Photo Finish Records with McKenna Grace
Miley Cyrus - Backyard Sessions - Disney+ - Flowers
Michael bolton & Justin Jesso - beautiful world (unplugged)
Brawlhalla x Assassin’s Creed - Assassin’s Theme
July 2022 - Composer Chris Rickwood features Michelle in the new Assassin’s Creed collab released by Brawlhalla in the form of a new character patch, inspired by the character Ezio. Click the image above to navigate to Youtube to view the announcement!
2021 American Music Awards with Olivia Rodrigo
Covid has been a really rough time for live performance work, but I was so fortunate to get to play with Olivia Rodrigo for the American Music Awards right before the new year thanks to Stevie Blacke! I had such a wonderful time with them!
Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon - live with Toni Cornell
Toni is the daughter of the late Soundgarden and Audioslave singer and songwriter, Chris Cornell, who took his own life in 2017. Toni sings a tribute to her dad for the Tonight Show with our string quartet and some of her father’s former bandmates. This was a really heartfelt gig and it was incredible to connect with the other musicians in gratitude. Thanks to Bianca from DreamPlug LLC for this opportunity.
Fundrasing with Christina Perri
Live performance for gala fundraiser for Hearts of Joy International
Ava Max Acoustic
I helped Ava Max release a new version of My Head & My Heart, thanks so much to the violin queen, Ginny Luke! I was in this mix with a couple other fantastic string ladies and I’m so lucky to share the room with so many incredible humans!
5 Seconds of Summer’s Ashton Irwin Kills “SuperBloom”
After a great year last year playing with 5SoS for their Aussie fundraiser at the Beverly Wilshire, I was asked to join Ashton for his Live Concert, “Superbloom”. All of the musicians, arrangers, producers involved were incredible artists and I had such a fun time! Now stop reading this and go watch it, it is one of the best shows I’ve ever been a part of. You won’t see much of me, us string players are chilling in the background, but the music is so good.
APPLE TV with Camila
I had the incredible pleasure of playing with Camila Cabello, courtesy of BBE, Adam Blackstone, Stephanie Matthews, under the incredible musical direction of Edwin Carranza.
The performance was inspiring, Camila’s musicianship is incredible. I loved hearing the story behind her creative process, there was so much mutual understanding there and she totally inspires me as a person. Great hang with incredible musicians. I loved being able to work with such a fine team of people.
Interview with VoyageLA
Michelle, please share your story with us. How did you get to where you are today?
I didn’t come from a musical family at all so my parents didn’t enforce any practice regimen, but they gave me a ton of encouragement and I practiced a lot anyway out of pure love. As a kid, I really loved novelty, so the fact that there was this one thing that always got me so stoked really made finding a life path easy. Read More —>
FRET SISTERS - Interview
Listen to Michelle’s latest interview with Fret Sisters by clicking a link below.
Podcasts
Rose Drive Podcast
Season Finale of Rose Drive
Composer and Sound Designer, Raul Vega, is the creator of one of the best new podcasts in 2019. When he combines his talent for story telling with his music composition and sound design experience, you get a riveting contemporary mystery with sound so real, you can’t help but see the movie play in your head.
Rose Drive, declared by Forbes as one of the Best Ten New Podcasts of the Year, just released its Season 1 finale. It features a few cello solos I played. Please, do your commute a favor and check out this wonderful podcast!
New Releases
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GREY AREA
Grey is American electronic music group consisting of brothers Kyle and Michael Trewartha. They are best known for their debut single "Starving", with American singer Hailee Steinfeld and production work by Zedd, and "The Middle", a single in collaboration with Zedd and Maren Morris. A recent session brought Michelle to Kyle’s place last minute. Kyle is putting the finishing touches on the next release, stay tuned for distribution!