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WORLD PREMIERE
performed with organist Karel Paukert as part of the Ars Organi festival
St. Paul's Episcopal Church in Cleveland Heights, OH
Sept. 29, 2019

So Love Was Crowned, but Music Won the Cause (After John Drydon)(2019) by Buck McDaniel

Michael Leibowitz (b. 1981) is a composer and music educator living in Philadelphia, PA. He holds his Bachelors in Composition from Oberlin Conservatory and his Masters in Art and Teaching from the University of the Arts. Michael has studied composition privately with Randolph Coleman and Lewis Nielson at Oberlin Conservatory, Andrea Clearfield and Norman Davis at the University of the Arts, and Howard Frazin at the Longy School of Music.

Michael’s compositions explore the expressive possibilities of sound and the relationship between the composer, performer, and audience. At times subtly beautiful and at others violent and alienating, the audience is both challenged and rewarded by attentive listening. Chance elements in many of his works allow the performer great interpretive freedom and expressive potential. Michael’s works have been performed both across the United States and internationally.

A performer as well, Michael performs on piano, ‘cello and accordion. He teaches general music to urban youth at a K-8 school in Philadelphia, PA.

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