Michelle Karina Kyle (née Hunchak) began playing piano at age 4. At 11, she began cello, and began playing piano professionally for five Ottawa dance studios. At 16, she was assistant principal cellist of the Saskatoon Symphony, then studied cello at Brandon University with Malcolm Tait. She completed her Bachelor of Music with Distinction at Wilfrid Laurier University, studying cello with Gisela Depkat and piano with Garth Beckett. She earned her Fellowship diploma from Trinity College of Music, London, England, considered equivalent to a doctorate in performance, then completed a Master of Music in piano performance at McGill University, as a student of Tom Plaunt.

Michelle has performed as a soloist with orchestra and has won performance awards on both instruments, including First Prize in the Edward Johnson Music Competition as a cellist, top prizes in the National Competitive Festival of Music as a chamber music pianist, Saskatchewan Arts Board grants, and many university awards in music, philosophy, law, computer science, and German. She has been music director for professional theatre productions in Montreal and Port Dalhousie, and taught music at McGill University. She has also been a rock climbing instructor, lawyer, photographer, and web developer, and recently rode her bicycle across Canada.

Michelle is the Artistic Director of The Birthday Series at Heliconian Hall, the pianist for the Bel Canto Singers, and principal cellist of the Greater Toronto Philharmonic Orchestra. She has has been performing for weddings and special events as a soloist and with her ensembles for 20 years, throughout and beyond the Greater Toronto Area.