Short Viola Bio:
Violist Morgan O’Shaughnessey is free-lance studio musician based in Los Angeles. Credits include Coco Live-to-Film at the Hollywood Bowl, NieR Automata concert at Microsoft Center, Da 5 Bloods, Empire, Birds of Prey, Tenet, and Green Eggs and Ham. Video game credits include The Pathless, League of Legends, Minecraft Norse Mythology. Independent film credits include The Big Ugly, American Knights, and Lyosacks. O’Shaughnessey served as the violist for UCLA’s VEM Ensemble 2016-19, culminating in a tour of New England and a trip to Armenia to premiere works by Tigran Mansurian and Artashes Kartalyan. For more info: www.moshalto.com
Short Nycklharpa Bio:
Nyckelharpist Morgan O’Shaughnessey is free-lance studio musician based in Los Angeles. Recent credits include The Pathless (Austin Wintory), Minecraft Norse Mythology Edition, League of Legends, American Princess, and The Big Ugly. Performance credits include the Denver Symphony’s Symphonic Tribute to Comic Con, Creation Entertainment’s Outlander Conventions in Las Vegas and New Jersey, and Segerstrom Center’s Celtic Christmas. Original credits include the American Knights film score (composed, produced, performed, and mixed), a Galician trad album with Kevin Carr “Orujo: Some Roots Grow Crooked,” and “The Dipsea Caprices” 22 works for nyckelharpa inspired by the Marin Headlands. For more info: www.moshalto.com
Early Music CV:
Period Ensemble Performance Experience
Teaching Experience
Educational Background
Violist Morgan O’Shaughnessey is free-lance studio musician based in Los Angeles. Credits include Coco Live-to-Film at the Hollywood Bowl, NieR Automata concert at Microsoft Center, Da 5 Bloods, Empire, Birds of Prey, Tenet, and Green Eggs and Ham. Video game credits include The Pathless, League of Legends, Minecraft Norse Mythology. Independent film credits include The Big Ugly, American Knights, and Lyosacks. O’Shaughnessey served as the violist for UCLA’s VEM Ensemble 2016-19, culminating in a tour of New England and a trip to Armenia to premiere works by Tigran Mansurian and Artashes Kartalyan. For more info: www.moshalto.com
Short Nycklharpa Bio:
Nyckelharpist Morgan O’Shaughnessey is free-lance studio musician based in Los Angeles. Recent credits include The Pathless (Austin Wintory), Minecraft Norse Mythology Edition, League of Legends, American Princess, and The Big Ugly. Performance credits include the Denver Symphony’s Symphonic Tribute to Comic Con, Creation Entertainment’s Outlander Conventions in Las Vegas and New Jersey, and Segerstrom Center’s Celtic Christmas. Original credits include the American Knights film score (composed, produced, performed, and mixed), a Galician trad album with Kevin Carr “Orujo: Some Roots Grow Crooked,” and “The Dipsea Caprices” 22 works for nyckelharpa inspired by the Marin Headlands. For more info: www.moshalto.com
Early Music CV:
Period Ensemble Performance Experience
- Musica Angelica, violin and viola 2016 - present
- UCLA EME, viola/viol/voice, Sept 2015 - present
- Delgani String Quartet (Baroque and Modern), founding member, Feb 2014 - May 2015
- Oregon Bach Collegium, section viola, Jan 2014 - May 2015
- Southern Oregon Repertory Singers, section viola, May 2012 - present
- Rogue Consort of Viols, founding member Mar 2012 - May 2015
- Jefferson Baroque Orchestra, principal viola and viol player, Oct 2011 - present
- San Francisco Conservatory of Music Viol Consort, tenor viol Sept 2008 - May 2011
- SFCM Baroque Ensemble, section and principal viola, Sept 2007 - May 2009
Teaching Experience
- Violin/viola/piano Teacher, School of Dance and Music 2017 - present
- Violin/viola/piano Teacher, Music Teacher LA 2017 - present
- Violin/viola/piano Teacher, SOMA Music Academy 2017 - 28
- Beginning violin class, Crossroads Elementary 2015 - 16
- Music Appreciation, Saint Anne’s School 2015 - 17
- Creekside Strings, guest fiddle teacher 2012
- Rogue Valley Symphony Chamber Players educational outreach, Sept 2012 - May 2015
- RVSO Classical Coaches Sept 2012 - May 2015
- Zephyr International Chamber Music Festival, director’s assistant, 2009, 2010, and 2012
- SFCM viola studio of Jodi Levitz, teacher’s assistant, 2008 - 2010
- Self-produced fiddle camps for all ages, Crescent City, CA July 2008 - 2010
Educational Background
- Master of Music in Viola Performance, UCLA, 2017
- Bachelor of Music in Viola Performance, SFCM, 2011
- Diploma with honors in Viola Performance, Interlochen Arts Academy, 2007