From: New York City, NY

I started teaching music in…1992

I started teaching at the Conservatory in… 1995

My inspiration: At the moment, Dai Fujikura and Per Nørgård… always Bach and Beethoven, loads of Indian, Korean, and Japanese music, Cecil Taylor, Ockeghem and Monteverdi.

Education: Oberlin College and Conservatory – BA and BM (piano)
New York University – PhD in composition (in progress)

I play and teach: Piano, Composition, Theory, History, Chamber Music, Accompanying

My other artistic/musical endeavors: Brooklyn New Music Collective

Personal Teaching Statement: I was brought up with Suzuki and Taubman technique and incorporate both into my teaching, though I do not follow Suzuki strictly. I strive to be open-minded and kind, and to bring other areas to bear on music, while encouraging students to explore different types of music and music theory, composition and improvisation.

Biography: Michael Rose’s compositions have been performed by eighth blackbird, the JACK Quartet, Richmond County Orchestra, Momenta String Quartet, Yarn/Wire, ICE, Brooklyn Art Song Society, Manchester Opera Projects and American Opera Projects, among many others in India, Japan and across Europe and the U.S. He has written for theater and film, composed several works for Korean and Japanese instruments, and done arranging work for Angelique Kidjo.

Awards include a Fulbright to India and residencies at Djerassi, Centrum, VCCA and Yaddo. After graduating from Oberlin, Michael studied with Seymour Bernstein, Peter Susser, and John Eaton, and is currently working towards his PhD at NYU’s school of Arts & Sciences. He has taught in India and Serbia, led several master classes as both pianist and composer, and is on faculty at Brooklyn Conservatory and Bronx Community College/CUNY.

As a pianist, Michael has performed at many of New York’s major halls, with opera companies and chamber groups, for Broadway auditions and open mic nights, with jazz groups and for NYU’s clarinet and double-reed studios.

Since 2003 he has run the Brooklyn New Music Collective concert series, presenting work almost entirely by living composers. Past performers include David del Tredici, So Percussion, and Isabel Leonard, and dozens of works have been premiered on the series.