Michael Eby

Michael Eby enjoys a multi-faceted career performing regularly as a chamber musician, orchestral musician and soloist as well as maintaining a private teaching studio. In the Fall of 2016, Michael was chosen to perform as concertmaster for the American Premiere of Vasco Mendonça’s Chamber Opera The House Taken Over at National Sawdust in Brooklyn, NY. Mr. Eby performed as Associate Concertmaster to David Coucheron in Festival Orchestra Napa in the summer of 2021. In 2022 he was selected to be a Spoleto Festival USA Orchestra Fellow. He has also participated in masterclasses at the Berliner Philharmonie and Chamber Music at Lincoln Center. Recent chamber music collaborations include Cellist Christopher Costanza of the St. Lawrence String Quartet, Violist Jodi Levitz and Violinist Chen Zhao. Recent solo engagements include North State Symphony, Shasta Symphony and Alba Music Festival Virtuosi. Additionally, he joined the Depue Brothers Band for their 2022 tour of “A Magical Grassical Christmas” alongside members of the Philadelphia Orchestra. In 2022 Mr. Eby joined the faculty of Pacific Crest Music Festival as a teaching artist. He holds both BM and MM from Manhattan School of Music where he studied with Isaac Malkin. Currently, Mr. Eby is pursuing a DMA at University of Connecticut under the tutelage of Dr. Solomiya Ivakhiv.