Artist Biography
Michelle Mašek has been performing for over 30 years. She studied medieval vielle with Shira Kammen, earned a Masters in Ritual Chant & Song from the Irish World Academy of Music and Dance (University of Limerick), and studied music at Brown University. She has performed internationally with an eclectic variety of ensembles and soloists, including Jordi Savall & Hespèrion XXI, Carlos Nuñez & Keltia Productions, The Boston Camerata, Wolodymyr Smishkewych, and Class V Music, an ensemble dedicated to creating music on whitewater rafting trips. During her time living in Limerick, she was privileged to perform with the Limerick Philharmonic Orchestra, the University of Limerick Orchestra, and to teach violin/fiddle/viola & voice at Redemptorist Centre of Music and Mid-West Vocal Academy & Music School. Since the 2019 pandemic, Michelle returned to the San Francisco Bay Area, California, where she enjoys playing music for English & Contra Dances, performing sacred music as a Cantorial Soloist, and lives with her husband and their beloved flock of teensy parrots from Mickaboo Bird Rescue.
EDUCATION
Irish World Academy of Music and Dance at the University of Limerick (UL), University of British Columbia, UC Berkeley, Brown University, and Rhode Island School of Design (RISD).