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Michael Cortes

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About Me

I recently and happily graduated from The University of North Texas with a BM in Composition. My teachers and influences include Joseph Klein, Cindy McTee, David Bithell, Dennis Fisher, Nicholas Williams, James Worlton, as well as my co-composers! Over this summer I will work on a grade 2 band piece for the Ticheli contest and a Fanfare for brass and percussion for the Dallas Wind Symphony contest. Speaking of fanfares, The UNT Symphonic Band has recorded my Band/organ fanfare and hopefully they will premiere the work in the fall. I am happy to report that I will be attending The University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music in the fall pursuing my MM in composition.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 11/30/2005
Influences: Serge Prokofiev, Igor Stravinsky, Vincent Persichetti, John Williams, Paul Hindemith, Kevin Puts, Wataru Hokoyama, James Newton Howard, Antonin Dvorak, John Adams, DeAnna Law, Cathy Teltschik, Elaine Heinze, Albert Lo, Ron Wilkins, Joseph Klein, Cindy McTee, David Bithell, Dennis Fisher, James Worlton, Donald Little, Elizabeth McNutt, and my co-composers.
Sounds Like: Message me and tell me who you think I remind you of!
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

The next year ahead...

This upcoming year will be my last year left in my undergraduate studies. I am quite excited about this, but on the other hand, know that I will be very busy trying to put together two recitals and fi...
Posted by Michael Cortes on Tue, 15 May 2007 01:57:00 PST