Megan Yip, cello (Portland, OR), made her solo orchestral debut with the Oregon Sinfonietta. She has performed throughout the United States and internationally in venues such as Alice Tully Hall, Jordan Hall, David Geffen Hall, Helsinki Music Center, and Berwaldhallen Concert Hall. She has attended IMS Prussia Cove, was a member of the Grammy-nominated ensemble, Yale Cellos, and is guest artist with Versoi Ensemble, a collective of American and Finnish artists as agents of cultural diplomacy. She has been a musician mentor at Ashley’s Learning Center in Turks and Caicos, as well as a Gluck Community Fellow in New York City. Megan has attended Thy Chamber Music, Norfolk Music Festival, Festival Pablo Casals, and Musique de Chambre à Giverny, and her masterclass teachers include Wolfgang Emanuel Schmidt, Frans Helmerson, and Ralph Kirshbaum. She studied with Richard Aaron and Paul Watkins, and received her B.M. from The Juilliard School and her M.M. and M.M.A. from Yale University. In 2021, Megan won a Fulbright Award and completed her grant at Hochschule für Musik Freiburg with Jean-Guihen Queyras. She will begin her D.M.A. at University of Michigan this fall.