Curriculum Vitae
Curriculum Vitae
Michael P. Atkinson
PO Box 20395
Columbus Circle Station
New York, NY 10023-9991
michaelatkinsonmusic@gmail.com
Education
B.M. The Juilliard School, 2000
M.M. The Juilliard School, 2004
Principal Affiliations
The Knights (chamber orchestra)
since 2007: solo horn, arranger
Wind Soloists of New York
hornist since 2007
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Teaching Experience
Horn Studio Class at Yale University (February 8, 2010)
main topic: integrating DAW and MIDI elements into audition preparation
Adjunct Instructor at Grand Valley State University in Allendale, Michigan (2003-2005)
duties included:
•horn studio for majors, minors and education majors
•lead studio classes, organize guest masterclasses
•performing/recruiting/outreach with faculty brass quintet
•two sections of Intro to Music Literature (MUS 100)
•chamber music coachings
•brass methods classes
•private lessons and masterclasses in area schools
Two alumni from my 2004-05 studio went on to study at Roosevelt University (Casey J. McCormack) and Carnegie Mellon University (Melissa A. VanTimmeren)
Private studio in NYC since 2006, present/former students range in age from 13-28
Recordings
I. as performer
The Knights/Sony Classical
"Experience: Live from New York" (w/Jan Vogler)
The Knights/Ancalagon
"Mozart" (w/Scott & Lara St. John)
"Schubert and Friends" (Spring 2011 release)
The Knights/Orange Mountain
The Knights/In a Circle Records DVD
"Beethoven Pastoral" (recorded live in concert on May 31, 2008)
Gary Morgan's PanAmericana (Latin Big Band)
Paragon Ragtime Orchestra/New World Records
"Midnight Frolic: the Broadway Theater Music of Louis A. Hirsch"
My Brightest Diamond/Asthmatic Kitty:
The National/American Mary:
video game soundtracks:
Battlefield: Bad Company (2008, Electronic Arts)
Battlefield: Bad Company 2 (2009, Electronic Arts)
motion picture soundtrack:
Stealth (2005, Columbia Pictures)
Recordings
II. other credits/multiple credits
Sufjan Stevens/Asthmatic Kitty
as conductor and music preparation
Osso & Sufjan Stevens/Asthmatic Kitty
as arranger (tracks 1,2,3,12 and 13)
St. Vincent/Beggar's Banquet
as performer and instrumental score consultant
Highlight Performances
Germany, October 1-8, 2010
•The Knights touring with soloist Jan Vogler: Berlin, Darmstadt, Bonn, Backnang, Dresden
Caramoor Fall Festival in the Venitian Theater (September 26, 2010)
•The Knights with soloist Yo-Yo Ma
Live From Lincoln Center telecast of South Pacific (August 18, 2010)
•Lincoln Center Theater’s Tony award-winning production by Bartlett Sher (with full orchestra) celebrated it’s highly successful run with this telecast
International Contemporary Ensemble (March 4, 2010)
•performance with ICE hornist David Byrd-Marrow; premiere of Atkinson Horn Duets #1-5 along with performances of seldom heard works by Grisey and Xenakis
Dresden Musikfestspiele (May 20, 2009)
•Opening night of the festival featuring The Knights with Dawn Upshaw, which was broadcast internationally on NDR radio and television
Library of Congress (December 5, 2008)
•Performance of Charles Wuorinen's "A Winter's Tale" with composer conducting
West Chester (PA) Chamber Orchestra (September 21, 2008)
•Soloist and conductor, Mozart Concerto in Eb, K 447
Brooklyn Academy of Music Opera House- Next Wave festival (November 1-3, 2007)
•conducted world-premiere performances of Sufjan Stevens’ BQE
•in 2008, BQE became the first musical work to win the Brendan Gill Prize from the Municipal Arts Society of New York City
Music Now Festival (Cincinnati, April 5-7, 2007)
•performed as conductor of Clogs ensemble
•premiere of my quartet transcriptions that would later become “Run Rabbit Run”
•performed as hornist with Sufjan Stevens and Osso
Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center "Essence of Ligeti" (January 13, 2006)
•performed in natural horn quartet in performance of Ligeti Hamburg Concerto with William Purvis as soloist and Reinbert de Leeuw conducting
Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra "Audience of the Future" concert (May 23, 1996, age 18)
•Solo Debut, Mozart Concert Rondo in Eb, K 371
Hornist in Orchestras
I.current
New York Philharmonic (substitute, 2011)
Orchestra of St. Luke's (substitute, 2010-)
Northeastern Pennsylvania Philharmonic (substitute, 2009- )
League of Composers Orchestra (member, 2008- )
Harrisburg Symphony Orchestra (substitute, 2008- )
New England Symphonic Ensemble (2006- )
II. past
Washington DC National Opera (substitute, 2009)
American Ballet Orchestra (substitute, 2008)
Gotham Symphony (substitute, 2007, 2008)
Albany Symphony Orchestra (substitute, 2006)
Vermont Symphony Orchestra (substitute, 2006)
Tokyo Symphony Orchestra (substitute, 2005)
New Jersey Symphony Orchestra (substitute, 2000-01)
Orpheus Chamber Orchestra (substitute, 2001)
Principal Horn, Shanghai Broadcasting Symphony Orchestra (member, 2001-02)
Hornist in Smaller Ensembles
Argento Ensemble (guest artist, 2010-2011)
Columbia Sinfonietta (substitute, 1999-2001; 2008)
Burning River Brass (guest artist, 2005)
America's Dream Chamber Artists (member, 2003- )
Speculum Musicae (substitute, 2000-2003)
Extension Ensemble (guest artist, 2001)
Zephyros Winds (guest artist, 2001)
Ensemble Sospeso (member 1999-2002)
Hornist in Broadway Theater Orchestras
I. full-time
South Pacific, Lincoln Center Theater (3rd horn, 4/2010 until close)
Les Miserables, Broadhurst Theater (1st horn, 1/2007 until close)
II. substitute (* denotes current)
Wicked*, Phantom of the Opera*, The Music Man (2001), Grey Gardens (2006, 2007) Lestat (2007), Young Frankenstein (2008), Radio City Christmas Spectacular (2008), Ragtime (2009), West Side Story (2009-10)
References furnished upon request