Megan Yip, a native of Portland, OR, made her solo orchestral debut at age 14 with the Oregon Sinfonietta. She also soloed with the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra and has continued to perform internationally and throughout the United States in venues such as Alice Tully Hall, Jordan Hall, David Geffen Hall, Kaufman Music Center, Helsinki Music Center, and Berwaldhallen Concert Hall.

She currently teaches undergraduates at the University of Michigan and is on faculty at Michigan Youth Performing Arts Pre-College Program. She previously taught undergraduates at Yale University and recently led a masterclass at Elly Bašić School of Music in Zagreb, Croatia. She also served as faculty at Indiana Summer String Academy and New England Conservatory’s Summer Orchestral Institute.

Megan was a member of the Grammy-nominated ensemble, Yale Cellos, featured in NPR’s “From the Top,” and is guest artist with the Versoi Ensemble, a collective of American and Finnish artists who collaborate in chamber music as agents of cultural diplomacy. Her passion for chamber music began at an early age; she grew up playing piano trios with her two older siblings, remaining active until 2012, and has since been coached by members of the Talich, Juilliard, Doric, Ying, Shanghai, Brentano, Pacifica, and Escher Quartets. Her appearances in music festivals include Yellow Barn, Prussia Cove, Musique de Chambre à Giverny, and Thy Chamber Music. 

Megan has served as a principal cellist of CityMusic Cleveland Chamber Orchestra, Orchester der Freiburg Musikhochschule, Yale Philharmonia, New Haven Chamber Orchestra, and The Juilliard Orchestra, and also plays in Ann Arbor Symphony and Detroit Opera. She's worked with conductors such as Esa-Pekka Salonen, Alan Gilbert, Gerard Schwarz, Markus Stenz, and Ludovic Morlot. 

In 2021, Megan received a Fulbright Award to Freiburg, Germany for an independent research grant studying the 12 Sacher pieces for solo cello. She holds degrees from Yale School of Music and The Juilliard School, and her former teachers include Jean-Guihen Queyras, Richard Aaron, and Paul Watkins. She is currently pursuing her Doctor of Musical Arts at the University of Michigan. She loves hiking alone at sunrise, discovering and performing new styles of music, and frequents happy hours.