Private Half Hour Piano Lessons with Michael (In Home)

Years of Experience: 30 Location Options: In Studio, In Home Travel Radius: 20 Genres: Rock, Blues, Jazz, Classical, Country, Acoustic Age Groups: Children, Young Adult, Adult Instruments Taught: Guitar Lessons,Bass Guitar Lessons,Keyboard and Piano Lessons,Song Writing Lessons,Temporary Import Category Overview: MICHAEL is a musical director, lyricist/composer, and music producer with an extremely varied background. While a very young man, he formed a Medieval ensemble to perform at the premier of ROBIN AND MARIAN, and a Country-Western band for the South African equivalent of the Kentucky Derby. He’s a former musical director for National Lampoon's live shows and television specials, including CLASS OF '86, for which he also wrote several songs. Other television work includes the soundtrack for PBS BIOGRAPHY, LIFESTYLES OF THE RICH AND FAMOUS, CNN TRAVEL SERIES, and the Jane Leeves sitcom THROB. During its original New York run, he conducted LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS. He has appeared in several Broadway and off-Broadway shows as an actor/musician. These include PUMP BOYS AND DINETTES and SONG OF SINGAPORE. During the Toyota Comedy Festival, he was musical director and a contributing writer for FIRESIGN THEATRE. He has performed, arranged, or written music and lyrics for numerous corporate clients, such as Bayer, Nike, Verizon, Kraft, CNN, Chase Manhattan, Scholastic, Hallmark, and many others. Recently, he wrote several songs and was musical director for a TV special featuring the Japanese supergroup AKB-48. He currently runs his own music production service, and continues playing both recording and club dates, performing with artists ranging from Jimmy Dean to Richard Gere to Shawn Colvin to MA$E, for whom he arranged and played keyboards on the platinum-selling I’M NO KILLAH. Formal Education: BA in Music Empire State College MS candidate in Music Ed Hofstra University Private Education: David Labovitz Eric Frandsen Performing Experience: Solo performance - concerts, clubs, etc Bandleader or sideman - all over the world Also Broadway Off Broadway (pit and stage) Experience Teaching: 30 years teaching experience, various instruments and other subjects (songwriting, studio production, counterpoint, etc.) 10 years teaching audio production at Touro College 5 years teaching Music Technology at Center for Media Arts