Michael (he/they) is a composer, educator, tenor, and multi-instrumentalist.
Michael's work asks how sonic, artistic, and educational mediums can reveal new understandings of
the self, and how the presence of intersectionality in our thinking can be fostered through our
interactions with music. They hold degrees in Music Education, Vocal Performance, and Music
Composition, having studied with Timo Andres, Hannah Lash, and Missy Mazzoli.

Michael is an Artist Ambassador with the New York Civil Liberties Union (NYCLU), a co-producer
for The Choral Commons, and founding member of internationally acclaimed social justice artist's
collective, VOICES 21C. They teach private violin, piano, and voice lessons in New York City, and
work as the primary music theorist for New Bedford Symphony’s K-12 Music Keyword Equity
Database, scheduled for publication in Fall 2023.

Michael's broad-reaching work, distinctly as an educator and multimedia artist, is rooted in
frameworks of abolition and restorative justice. They are currently presenting a soundwalk in
partnership with NYCLU titled "SRG Soundwalk," based in locations where the New York City
police department's Strategic Response Group (SRG) brutalized protestors in 2020-2021. The
soundwalk aims to raise public consciousness not only about police (mis)conduct prevalent in New
York City, but what can be done within the scope of our immediate power to eradicate it. Michael
echoes the sentiment that the arts and humanities can be invaluable tools for affecting states of
consciousness and ignorance as art-makers and listeners, to further win the world we need.