Michael Geib, instructor of classical and jazz double bass, joined the UCO Faculty in 2010. He earned his bachelors degree from Clemson University and his master's degrees from the Florida State University College of Music, where he is also currently a doctoral candidate. His principal teachers have included Melanie Punter, Rodney Jordan, Ian Bracchitta, and Delbert Felix.
As an orchestral musician, Mr. Geib has performed with the Pensacola Symphony Orchestra, Hilton Head Symphony Orchestra, Tallahassee Symphony Orchestra, Albany Symphony Orchestra, and served as principal bass for Sinfonia Gulf Coast. He has performed on multiple recordings for the Naxos Label, including Ellen Taafe Zwilich: Millennium Fantasy, Images, Peanuts Gallery in 2009, where he was principal bassist and a featured soloist. He has performed in festivals nationally and abroad, including the Ringling International Arts Festival in Sarasota, Florida and the Fringe Festival in Edinburgh, Scotland. He has also been featured on a number of radio broadcasts, including Performance Today on American Public Media and Michael Feldman's Whad'Ya Know? on National Public Radio.
As a jazz musician, Mr. Geib has performed with Marcus Roberts, Jason Marsalis, Marcus Printup, Stefon Harris, Walt Weiskopf, Martin Bejerano, Kevin Bales, Quentin Baxter, Tim Horner, Leon Anderson, and Paul McKee, among others. He has frequently performed in such venues as The Jazz Corner on Hilton Head Island, and has performed internationally in such clubs as The Music Village in Brussels, Belgium. He is an active jazz composer, having written original music for the Clemson Players production of Susan Lori Parks' 365 Days/Plays and the Wishbone Theatre Collective production of The Story of Pete and Pickles. His works have also been featured as part of the Florida State University Jazz Festival and Showcase.
An active theatre orchestra musician, Mr. Geib has performed in the musicals Beauty and the Beast, South Pacific, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, You're A Good Man Charlie Brown, The Last Five Years, Little Shop of Horrors, A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Forum, Big River, and Footloose, among others. In 2010, he performed in the world premiere of i.d., a new musical by Gibson and Staskel. The run of this show played to sold-out audiences at the Elon Center for the Arts and received rave reviews from critics.
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