Michael Pratt studied composition with Pulitzer Prize winning composers Ross Lee Finney
and Leslie Bassett at The University of Michigan. He has taught music in the public schools
for many years in Michigan.
He has sung with The Toledo Choral Society, Toledo Symphony Chorale, Opera!Lenawee,
and The University Musical Society Choral Union of The University of Michigan with
whom he has performed with The Detroit Symphony Orchestra, The San Francisco
Symphony, The Kirov Orchestra, The Russian National Orchestra, The Ann Arbor Symphony,
The Lansing Symphony, The Grand Rapids Symphony, The Toledo Symphony, The Birmingham
Symphony, The Gabrieli Consort, and The Tallis Scholars.
He has played tuba with The Toledo Symphony, Toledo Concert Band, Toledo Opera,
University of Toledo Faculty Brass Quintet, Adrian Chamber Brass, Adrian College Faculty
Brass Quintet, The Croswell Opera House, and The Adrian Symphony Orchestra.
He has performed with many notable conductors, including, Valery Gergiev, Michael Tilson Thomas, Neeme Jarve, Miklhail Pletnev, Rafael Fruhbeck de Burgos, Leonard Slatkin, John Adams, Gennady Rozhdestvensky, Paul McCreesh, Peter Phillips, Catherine Comet, Eric Kunzel, Margaret Hillis, Martin Katz, and John Finley Williamson.
He was a member of the multiple Grammy award winning Best Classical Album of 2006 - Songs of Innocence and Songs of Experience by William Bolcolm - Naxos B000641YZK
Michael Pratt is a composer member of Opera America and a member of ASCAP.
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