I started learning instruments at the age of 8, and started playing in professional working bands at the age of 13. I've written over 500 songs, and have played on over 500 different albums. Individually, I have released six solo CDs, and about ten with bands I've led, which have received airplay internationally as well as in the US. Have won various awards locally, nationally, and internationally for everything from songwriting to mixing.

Two-time winner of the American Idol Experience, Michelle is a singer, pianist, and composer from New Jersey. She has studied jazz piano at The Juilliard School and voice at Liz Caplan Vocal Studio in New York. She has opened for Robert Randolph and the Family Band, and has worked with high-profile musicians including those of Gloria Gaynor and John Legend. Michelle has worked on projects of versatile genres, including pop, jazz, country, rock and even rap.

I attended University of Rochester 1997-99 while taking tuba, piano, and music theory at Eastman. I graduated from the Ontario Institute for Audio Recording Technology in 2003 with an honors degree in recording technology. I have worked as a freelance musician for over 15 years, playing in original rock bands, regional musical theater pit orchestras, blues and jazz bands. I teach piano, guitar, bass and voice lessons.