Megan Sullivan, violin, is an active freelancer residing in Cleveland Ohio. Accomplished as both a classical and contemporary performer, she has played hundreds of concerts, weddings, and other events with repertoire spanning classical to today’s hits! Megan is professionally experienced in performing, improvising, sight-reading, transcribing, arranging, singing, and studio recording. A few of her most notable performances include playing with Grammy award-winners Michael Bublé & Josh Groban, as well as the Trans Siberian Orchestra, and the Playhouse Square Orchestra.
Specializing in wedding music, Megan has played for over 500 ceremonies! She especially loves tailoring the music to the couple’s exact vision, and is able to play any special song request. She is also currently the violinist-in-residence at the beautiful Marble Room in downtown Cleveland, where she is constantly experimenting with new songs to add to her repertoire.
Equally passionate about the classical and contemporary world of music, she has played with many varying bands and ensembles. In recent years, she has performed on stage with the Trans-Siberian Orchestra, Michael Bublé, Josh Groban, The Firelands Symphony, Wesley Bright & the Honeytones, her own solo loop pedal project, and served as the vio-cellist with the Cleveland rock band, Seafair. She has also been seen with groups such as Remember Jones (pop/soul,) The Dan Varner Band (country,) The Rainbow Emergency (neo-soul,) the Ohio Light Opera pit, and has been a substitute with many local orchestras such as the Mansfield Symphony (Ohio,) the Kentucky Symphony, and more.
In 2014, Megan graduated with her bachelor’s of music from the Baldwin Wallace University Conservatory of Music, where she was a student of Dr. Julian Ross as a violin performance major. While at BW, she was grateful for many prestigious opportunities, such as performing in masterclasses with renowned artists Takako Masame and Stephen Rose of The Cleveland Orchestra, working directly with acclaimed composer Christopher Theofanidis, as well as playing alongside Cleveland Orchestra members in the BW Bach Chamber Orchestra all four of her years at BW. During the 2013-2014 year, Megan also served as the concertmaster of the Baldwin Wallace Symphony Orchestra.
Megan is originally from Cincinnati, where she began her studies on the violin at age 9 with Ms. Dorothy Han. She later also studied with Mr. Gabe Pegis of the Cincinnati Symphony. She has attended various prestigious summer music festivals such as AIMS - the American Institute of Musical Studies (Graz, Austria,) Interlochen Arts Camp, Brevard Music Center, and The BostonUniversity Tanglewood Institute. In these settings, she worked one-on-one with many acclaimed teachers and performers.
Megan is always searching for new ways to expand her musical knowledge, experiences, and repertoire.
Please don't hesitate to contact her with any questions!