Author Archives: Michael

Retirement Day

Today is the day. After 44 years as a software engineer, this is my last day as an employee at MakeMusic. I will still be a member of the W3C Music Notation Community Group, but I stepped down as co-chair … Continue reading

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Ten Years at MakeMusic

This week marks my tenth anniversary at MakeMusic. So what have I been doing in the five years since my last look back? Continue reading

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Looking Back at Macbeth

It has been a year since pretty much everything shut down in the USA due to the COVID-19 pandemic. For those of us who are performers, whether professional or amateur, our memories go back to that last performance or last … Continue reading

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Leonard Bernstein at 100 – Mass

Today is Leonard Bernstein‘s 100th birthday. Bernstein is one of my favorite composers so I have really enjoyed the attention to his music during his centennial. In the past year I’ve heard two performances of Candide in San Francisco and … Continue reading

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A Look Back at Musical 2017

2017 has been a busy year for music – both as a performer and audience member. Here are some of my musical highlights from the past year as we head into 2018. Continue reading

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Five Years at MakeMusic

Today marks my fifth anniversary at MakeMusic. So how have things worked out since then? We have made great progress, and there is still much more work ahead of us. Continue reading

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Coming Up – Sousa’s El Capitan

I will be playing the role of Señor Amabile Pozzo in Lyric Theatre’s concert production of El Capitan by John Philip Sousa. Performances will be on Saturday, July 30 at 8:00 pm and Sunday, July 31 at 2:00 pm at Fremont High School’s Shannon Theatre in Sunnyvale. Continue reading

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John Cage’s Renga at San Francisco Symphony

For one night only, there was an amazing all John Cage concert that was absolutely stunning. What really lifted it into genius was to perform Renga together with excerpts from the Lecture on Nothing, a key writing of John Cage’s musical philosophy included in his classic collection Silence. Continue reading

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