Recent News and Recordings:



Recent News


The Newark Academy Wind Ensemble premiered "From the Canyon Edge" on April 26th

Michael's arrangement of Sager/Foster's "The Prayer" was performed by trumpeter Aaron Ney on April 25th

The final movement of "Concertino for Clarinet and Strings" was sightread by Shih-Wen Fan and the UT Symphony Orchestra on April 24th

"From the Canyon Edge" was sightread by the UT Wind Ensemble on April 20th

"Five Interludes for Alto Saxophone and Flute" was premiered by Andrew Allen and
Elise Naber Allen at the NASA Region 4 Conference in Norman, Oklahoma in February 2015

"Suite for Brass Quintet Combo" was a finalist in the 2015 Herb Alpert Young Jazz Composer Awards

Travis Heath's recent CD, Point of Departure, includes Michael's trumpet sonata




New or Expanded Recordings

Spray (Unaccompanied Flute, 1')

Concertino for Clarinet and Strings (7'30)
 
From the Canyon Edge (Wind Ensemble, 6')

Concerto for Trumpet and Wind Ensemble (13')

The Inaudible Do (Wind Ensemble, 4')