Michael
Rose’s compositions
have been performed by eighth blackbird, American Opera
Projects, the Momenta String Quartet, Brooklyn Conservatory
Classical Choir, Sounds New, Richmond County Orchestra,
Inoue Chamber Ensemble, cellist Juho Laitinen, bass
clarinetist Andrew D’Angelo, and pianist Beth Levin, among
many others. Upcoming premieres include works for the OMNI
Ensemble, soprano Julieanne Klein and mezzo-soprano Emily
Howard. Michael has received numerous awards, including a
Fulbright grant in 2006-07 to study music and theater at
the Kerala Kalamandalam in India, and residencies at
Djerassi and Centrum artist colonies. His opera “Ugetsu”
will be in development at American Opera Projects from fall
2008. Also a pianist, he has performed as accompanist at
Carnegie Hall, Steinway Hall, Trinity Church, Queens
College, Bard College, at auditions for Andrew Lloyd Webber
and Paul Simon, and with the Harlem Opera, Connecticut
Grand Opera Company, OMNI Ensemble, and the jazz group
NYAXE. He received his B.A. and B.M. from Oberlin College
and Conservatory, with further study at the Juilliard
School and with Seymour Bernstein, Peter Susser, and John
Eaton. Michael has taught piano, composition, and theory at
the Brooklyn Conservatory since 1995 and is founder and
organizer of the conservatory's New Music Collective
concert season, now in its 5th season.
