About

Her music degree was fulfilled with honors at the Cole Conservatory of Music on the campus of CSU, Long Beach, where she studied with Dr. David Garrett of the LA Phil. Her musical education includes mentorships with Dr. Maggie Parkins, Joseph Mendoes, and the revered late jazz cellist and pianist, Freddie Katz, about whom she has also written an ethnography. Throughout her education, Michelle has performed in masterclasses with Peter Marsh, Alexander String Quartet, Dr. Janet Crouch-Shulman (M.AmSAT), and Turtle Island's cellist, Mark Summer.

Since her graduation from CCM, she plays regularly with traditional string ensembles, including Luna Strings West, Atlantic Strings, and the Pacific Coast Quartet. She has played with the Orange County Symphony, the Bakersfield Symphony, and the Southeast Symphony.

While she can hang with the traditional ensembles, her favorite music is the living stuff: contemporary pop, hip hop, film scores, EDM, rock, and more. She plays alternative styles of music with the electric, all-female string ensemble, Electric Angels. Michelle has played for orchestral and solo sessions for Riot Games' "League of Legends", she has participated in Hollywood Scoring's Future Session Players Clinic under the baton of Bruce Broughton, playing cues from major motion pictures. Michelle has been featured in music videos for the American electronicore band, I See Stars, and has played onstage with the Columbian-American DJ, Erick Morillo. She has played with legendary hip-hop artist, Coolio. She has played sessions for major video games and prime time television. She was a consultant and stand-in for the character Janine (Ren Harris) on the Hallmark Channel original series, "The Eleventh", and has worked on set with Cloris Leachman and Florence Henderson.

Most recently, she was welcomed into the NS Design family as an NS artist and proudly endorses the fantastic NS CR4 cello. Michelle has performed onstage with many esteemed musicians and continues to push forward toward a fulfilling career in the music industry.

Michelle spends much of her professional life contracting ensembles for events, sessions, and salons for VIP clientele. She contracts her own string ensembles under the names Michelle Packman Music and Looking Glass Strings. She recently contracted string players for the memorial service of the acclaimed WWE pro wrestler, Joanie "Chyna" Laurer.

Music

CURRENT REPERTOIRE

CLASSICAL WEDDING STANDARDS:

Bach - Air on a G String
Bach - Arioso
Bach - Bist Du bei Mir
Bach - Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring
Bach - Sheep May Safely Graze
Bach - Wachet auf!
Bach/Gounod - Ave Maria
Beethoven - Moonlight Sonata
Beethoven - Ode to Joy
Beethoven - String Quartet Op. 132
Beethoven - String Quartets, various
Charpentier - Te Deum
Clarke - Trumpet Voluntary
Debussy - Clair de Lune
Elgar - Salut d'Amour
Franck - Panis Angelicus
Handel - Aria from Xerxes
Handel - Entrance of the Queen of Sheba
Liszt - Liebestraum
Lully - Gavotte
Massanet - Meditation from Thais
Mendelssohn - If With All Your Hearts from Elijah
Mendelssohn - Wedding March
Mouret - Rondeau
Mozart - Alleluja from Exultate Jubilate
Mozart - Andante from Piano Concerto #21
Mozart - Eine Kleine Nachtmusik
Mozart - String Quartets 1 through 26 (Book 1, Peters Edition) (Quartets only)
Pachelbel - Canon in D
Purcell - Suite from the Fairy Queen
Purcell - Trumpet Tune
Ravel - String Quartet in F
Schubert - Ave Maria
Schumann – Traumeri
Shostakovich - String Quartet No. 8
Tchaikovsky - Sleeping Beauty Waltz
Vivaldi - Largo (Four Seasons)
Wagner - Bridal Chorus

AMERICAN SONGBOOK:
A note concerning jazz standards: As per the usual practice, these standards are listed with their authors, not performers. If you have a favorite performer, for example, Frank Sinatra, Ella Fitzgerald, Michael Buble, etc, and would like a performance in that style, please specify. These standards have been performed by thousands of talented musicians, so I don't list them with any one performer. Thanks for understanding!
Arlen/Ligon - It's Only a Paper Moon
Arlen/Packman – Let’s Fall in Love
Berlin - Easter Parade from "As Thousands Cheer" 1933
Bonfa/Ligon - A Day in the Life of a Fool
Davenport/Cooley - Fever
Dennis/Brent/Packman - Angel Eyes
Desmond/Ligon - Take Five
Duke - Autumn in New York
Ellington - Caravan
Ellington - Heaven
Ellington - In A Sentimental Mood
Ellington/Hodges/George/James - I'm Beginning to See the Light
Ellington/Packman - Summertime
Garland/Miller - In the Mood
Garner/Packman - Misty
Gillespie/Paparelli - A Night in Tunisia
Green/Heyman/Sour/Eyton - Body and Soul
Henderson/Caputo - Bye Bye Blackbird
Jobim - Desafinado
Jones/Norgaard - It Had to Be You
Joplin - Fig Leaf Rag
Joplin - New RagJoplin - Ragtime Dance
Joplin - The Entertainer
Kern/Hammerstein - All the Things You Are
Kosma/Mercer/Prevert - Autumn Leaves
Lewis/Sharp - How High the Moon
Mann/Hilliard - In the Wee Small Hours of the Morning
Shearing - Lullaby of Birdland
Strayhorn - Lush Life
Rodgers/Hart/Packman - My Funny Valentine
Thielemans - Bluesette
Kern/Fields - The Way You Look Tonight (from Swing Time)
Bart Howard - Fly Me To The Moon (as performed by Sinatra)
Valle - So Nice (Summer Samba)
Stewart/King - Tennessee Waltz

FOLK TRADITIONAL:

Amazing Grace - United States
America the Beautiful - Ward
Ash Grove, The - Wales
Auld Lang Syne - Scotland
Aura Lee - United States
Bear Went Over the Mountain, The - England
Berceuse - Schubert
Betsy from Pike - United States
Blow the Man Down - Traditional Sea Shanty
Blue Bells of Scotland, The - Scotland
Boil Them Cabbage Down - United States
Camptown Races - Foster
Chopsticks - Traditional
Claire de Lune - France
Clementine - United States
Cockles and Mussels - Ireland
Coventry Carol - England
Danny Boy/Londonderry Air - Ireland
Drunken Sailor - Shanty
Endearing Young Charms - Ireland
Farmer in the Dell, The - England
French Folk Song - France
Fuchs, du hast die Gans Gestohlen - Germany
Get Along Little Doggies - United States
Go Tell Aunt Rhodie - United States
Greensleeves - England
Happy Birthday to You - Hill
Highland Lad - Scotland
Home on the Range - United States
I've Been Working on the Railroad - United States
Lightly Row (Hänschen Klein) - Germany
London Bridge - England
Long Long Ago - Bayly
Lullaby - Wales Traditional
Mary Had a Little Lamb - Hale
Mulberry Bush, The - England
My Bonnie - Fuller
Ode to Joy - Beethoven
Oh Susannah - Foster
Old Gray Mare, The - United States
Old McDonald - United States
Polly Wolly Doodle - United States
Pop Goes the Weasel - England
Rigadoon - Purcell
Skip to My Lou - United States
Souldier's March - Schumann
Streets of Laredo - United States
Sur le Pont d'Avignon - France
Swing Low Sweet Chariot - United States
Ten Little Indians - United States
This Old Man - England
Three Blind Mice - England
Twinkle Twinkle Little Star - Mozart
Volga Boatmen - Russia
When Johhny Comes Marching Home - Gilmore
When the Saints Go Marching In - United States
Yankee Doodle - United States

HOLIDAY:

Traditional - Jolly Old St. Nicholas
Old English Traditional - Good King Wenceslas
Traditional - Adeste Fideles
Polish Carol - The Infant King
Hanby - Up on the Housetop
English Traditional - We Wish You a Merry Christmas
Hopkins - We Three Kings
Murray - Away in a Manger
Mendelssohn - Hark! The Herald Angels Sing
French Carol - The First Noel
French Carol - Angels We Have Heard on High
Old English Carol - God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen
Old Welsh Air - Deck the Halls
Handel - Joy to the World
Gruber - Silent Night
Praetorious - Lo, How a Rose E'er Blooming
Redner - O Little Town of Bethlehem
Old English Traditional - The Friendly Beasts
English Traditional - The Coventry Carol
English Carol - The Holly and the Ivy
German Traditional - O Christmas Tree
Old French Air - Bring a Torch, Jeanette Isabella
English Traditional - What Child is This?
Willis - It Came Upon a Midnight Clear
Calkin - I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day
Traditional - The Bell Doth Toll
Nesbitt - Christmas is Coming
German Carol - Good Christian Men Rejoice
Traditional - Masters in the Hall
Yorkshire Carol - Here We come A-Caroling

CONTEMPORARY:

Abba - Dancing Queen
Adele - Hello
Adele - Love in the Dark
Adele - Make You Feel My Love
Avicii - Wake Me Up
Avril Lavigne - Complicated
Avril Lavigne - I'm With You
The Beach Boys - California Girls
The Beach Boys - Good Vibrations
The Beach Boys - Surfin' USA
The Beatles - All My Loving
The Beatles - All You Need is Love
The Beatles - And I love Her
The Beatles - Because
The Beatles - Blackbird
The Beatles - Can't Buy Me Love
The Beatles - Come Together
The Beatles - Eight Days a Week
The Beatles - Eleanor Rigby
The Beatles - The Fool on the Hill
The Beatles - Here Comes the Sun
The Beatles - Hey Jude
The Beatles - I Feel Fine
The Beatles - If I Fell
The Beatles - I Want to Hold Your Hand
The Beatles - Lady Madonna
The Beatles - Let it Be
The Beatles - The Long and Winding Road
The Beatles - Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds
The Beatles - Maxwell's Silver Hammer
The Beatles - Michelle
The Beatles - Norwegian Wood
The Beatles - Oh Darling
The Beatles - Strawberry Fields Forever
The Beatles - Ticket to Ride
The Beatles - Yesterday
The Bee Gees - How Can You Mend a Broken Heart
Ben E. King - Stand By Me
Bill Withers - Lean On Me
Blood, Sweat & Tears - Spinning Wheel
Bobby Darin - Dream Lover
Bobby Darin - Splish Splash
Bobby Day (Robert Byrd) - Rockin' Robin
Bobby Hebb - Sunny
Bobby Vee - Go Away Little Girl
Bob Dylan - Make You Feel My Love
Bob Marley - I Shot the Sheriff
Bread - If
Brian Hyland - Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polkadot Bikini
Brian McKnight - Back at One
Bryan Adams - Heaven
Bryant - Bye Bye Love
BTO - Takin' Care of Business
Buddy Holl/The Crickets - That'll Be the Day
Burt Bacharach - Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head
Carole King - It's Too Late
The Carpenters - We've Only Just Begun
Casablanca - As Time goes By
Cat Stevens - The First Cut is the Deepest
Celine Dion - Power of Love
Cherry Poppin' Daddies - Zoot Suit Riot
Christina Perry - A Thousand Years
Christopher Cross - Sailing
Chubby Checker - The Twist
Clean Bandit - Rather Be
Coldplay - Paradise
Coldplay - Viva La Vida
The Corrs – Runaway
Cyndi Lauper - True Colors
Dale Evans - Happy Trails (from "Roy Rodgers" 1952)
Death Cab for Cutie - I Will Follow You Into the Dark
Debby Boone - You Light Up My Life
Disclosure - Latch
Diana Krall - Don't Know Why
Diane & Annita - A Groovy Kind of Love
Dido - White Flag
Disney - It's a Small World
Disney - Kiss the Girl ("Little Mermaid" 1989)
Disney - A Whole New World (from "Aladdin" 1992)
Disney - You Are the Music in Me ("High School Musical" 2007)
Donny Osmond - Go Away Little Girl
Donny Osmond - Puppy Love
Ed Sheeran - Thinking Out Loud
Edwin McCain - I'll Be (Your Cryin' Shoulder)
Ellie Goulding - Love Me Like You Do
Elton John - Bennie and the Jets
Elton John - Crocodile Rock
Elton John/Tim Rice - Can You Feel the Love Tonight
Elton John - Your Song
Elvis Presley - All Shook Up
Elvis Presley - Can't Help Falling in Love
Elvis Presley - Love Me Tender
Elvis Presley - Shake, Rattle and Roll
Eric Clapton - Tears in Heaven
Etta James - At Last
The Everly Brothers - Bye Bye Love
Faith Hill - Breathe
Five for Fighting - 100 Years
Foo Fighters - Everlong
Foo Fighters - There Goes My Hero
Frank Sinatra - All the Way (from "The Joker is Wild" 1957)
Frank Sinatra/Heusen - High Hopes
Fun - Some Nights
Gateway Worship - The More I Seek You
George Harrison - Got My Mind Set On You
Guns n Roses - Sweet Child O Mine
Haley Reinhart - Can't Help Falling in Love With You
Herb Alpert - Tijuana Taxi
Hootie and the Blowfish - Let Her Cry
Imagine Dragons - Radioactive
Ingrid Michaelson/Sara Bareilles - Winter Song
Jack Johnson - Bubble Toes
Jack Johnson - Constellations
Jack Johnson - Better Together
The Jackson 5 - I'll Be There
James Blunt - You're Beautiful
James Brown - I Got You (I Feel Good)
James Ray - Got My Mind Set On You
James Taylor - Fire and Rain
Janis Joplin - Me and Bobby McGee
Jason Mraz - I Won't Give Up
Jason Mraz - I'm Yours
Jason Mraz/Colbie Caillat - Lucky
John Barry - Born Free
John Legend - All of Me
John Mellencamp - R.O.C.K. in the USA
John Williams - Theme from "Jurassic Park" 1993
Journey - Don't Stop Believin
Kansas - Dust in the Wind
Katy Perry - Unconditionally
Kelly Clarkson - A Moment Like This
Kelly Clarkson - Because of You
Kenny Loggins - Footloose (from "Footloose" 1984)
The Kingsmen - Louie, Louie
Labrinth – Beneath Your Beautiful
Lady Gaga - Poker Face
Lana Del Rey - Born to Die
Lana Del Rey - Dark Paradise
Lana Del Rey - Young & Beautiful
Lee Ann Womack - I Hope You Dance
Linda Perry - Beautiful
Lionel Richie - Endless Love
Lionel Richie - Hello
Little Eva - Do the Loco-Motion
Los Lonely Boys - Heaven
Lou Bega - Mambo No. 5
Lukas Graham - (Once I Was) 7 Years Old
The Lumineers - Ophelia
Maroon 5 - This Love
Marvin Gaye - How Sweet it is
The Mighty Bosstones - The Impression That I Get
Mumford & Sons - I Will Wait
The Muppet Movie - The Rainbow Connection
Muse - Madness
Nat King Cole - L.O.V.E.
NewSong - When God Made You
Nora Jones - Don't Know Why
The Odd Couple - Theme from "The Odd Couple" 1968
Of Monsters and Men - Little Talks
Patsy Cline - Crazy
Peter Frampton - Baby, I Love Your Way
Queen - Another One Bites the Dust
Queen - Crazy Little Thing Called Love
Queen - We Are the Champions
Radiohead - Creep (available as a slow ballad as well)
Randy Newman - You've Got a Friend in Me
Rascal Flatts - Bless the Broken Road
Ray LaMontagne - You Are the Best Thing
Rendall/Thomas - The Chicken Dance
Ritchie Valens - La Bamba
Rodgers/Hammerstein - Climb Every Mountain ("The Sound of Music")
Rodgers/Hammerstein - Sixteen Going on Seventeen ("The Sound of Music")
Rodgers/Hammerstein - Theme from "The Sound of Music" 1959
Roger Miller - King of the Road
Sam Smith - I'm Not the Only One
Sam Smith - Latch
Santana/Rob Thomas - Smooth
Sara Bareilles - I Choose You
Schindler's List - Main Theme from "Schindler's List" 1993
Schönberg/Boublil/Kretzmer - Bring Him Home (Les Misérables)
Shania Twain - From This Moment On
Shania Twain - You're Still the One
Sister Sledge - We Are Family
Spandau Ballet - True
Starship - We Built this City
Steven Sondheim - Anyone Can Whistle
Stevie Wonder - I Just Called to Say I Love You
Tears for Fears - Shout (Let it All Out)
Tony Bennett - I Left My Heart in San Francisco
Train - Drops of Jupiter
Train - Marry Me
The Turtles - Happy Together
U2 - All I Want Is You
U2 - Beautiful Day
U2 - One
U2 - Sweetest Thing
The Verve - Bittersweet Symphony
Village People - Y.M.C.A.
Wings/Paul and Linda McCartney - Listen to What the Man Said
The Wizard of Oz - Somewhere Over the Rainbow 1939
Zedd - Clarity
Zedd - Stay the Night

FROM THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA
Think of Me
Angel of Music
Phantom of the Opera Main Theme
Music of the Night
Prima Donna
All I Ask of You
Masquerade
Wishing You Were Somehow Here Again
The Point of No Return

FROM STAR WARS
Star Wars Main Theme
Duel of the Fates
Qui-Gon's Funeral
Augie's Great Municipal Band
Across the Stars
The Imperial March
The Meadow Picnic
May the Force Be With You
Princess Leia's Theme
Battle of the Heroes
The Throne Room

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