Oboe

Michele is thrilled to be playing a gorgeous music by Ennlo Morrlcone with her wonderfuI colleagues.
She is ordinarily found working around town in orchestras such as the Los Angeles Master Chorale Orchestra, Santa Barbara Symphony, New West Symphony, LA Opera Orchestra, and the Los Angeles Philharmonic. Recently, she has had the pleasure of playing shows at the Pantages such as Wicked, Les Misérables, and Miss Saigon.

Michele grew up in a small town in upstate New York, the great granddaughter of a bootlegger named Emma. She got a thrill from watching Ken Burns documentary special about prohibition and always feels as if she must have lived another life in New York City in the very early part of the twentieth century riding trolley cars and chasing ice trucks.

Her Covid project was learning about native plants and their often crucial role in protecting endangered insects such as our thousands of species of native bees. As a bonus this year, she has a swallowtail chrysalis in her yard waiting to become a butterfly.

Now she rescues all kinds of little critters mostly mixed breed mutts by fostering them until they can find forever homes. She lives in Altadena with her pup Mallie and her kitties Bobo and Smudge.