for soprano, mezzo, tenor, flute, viola, cello, speaking pianist
Duration: 10’, text by Barbara Black
Written for Erato Ensemble
Premiered by Erato Ensemble, January 19, 2020 at Silliness
Los Elefantes también Rezan (2019)
I've Had Enough (2018)
Well, Is It Just Me, Or Is Everything Getting Shittier? (2011)
Well, Is It Just Me, Or Is Everything Getting Shittier? (2011)
for Tenor and Piano
This song is a setting of the same-titled poem by Ontario poet, Shannon Duncan. The song was written for tenor, Drake Dantzler and pianist, Erika Switzer for performance at the second annual Art Song Lab.
performers: Drake Dantzler, tenor; Erika Switzer, piano
Click here for a PDF of the Score.
Diabetes: Question Time (2011)
Diabetes: Question Time (2011)
chamber opera for six voices and piano
Commissioned by The University of Manitoba’s Contemporary Opera Lab, under the direction of Mel Braun, this 20-minute chamber opera explores internal conflicts and concerns relating to type-one diabetes.
Following the success of the COL commission, Diagnosis: Diabetes will be developed into a one-act opera which will serve as Michael’s doctoral thesis. More information about that project can be found here.
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