Dr. Michael Pratt holds music degrees from The University of Toledo, The University of Michigan, and Boston University. He studied composition with Pulitzer Prize winning composers Ross Lee Finney and Leslie Bassett and tuba with Abe Torchinski, Harvey Phillips, and Arnold Jacobs. 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 worked with the following notable conductors: Valery Gergiev, Paul McCreesh, Michael Tilson Thomas, Peter Phillips, Neeme Jarve, Catherine Comet, Mikhail Pletnev, Eric Kunzel, Rafael Fruhbeck de Borgos, Margaret Hillis, Leonard Slatkin, Martin Katz, John Adams, John Finley Williamson, and Gennady Rozhdestvensky.
Michael Pratt is a composer member of Opera America and a member of ASCAP.
Compositions by Michael Pratt include:
Opera
- Madame Puccini (commissioned by the Adrian Symphony Orchestra)
Opera In-the-works (synopsis / libretto)
- Butterfly’s Sorrow
- Doctor Mudd
- Mary Dyer
- Pyotr Il’yich
Orchestra
- Dancing on the Wall (commissioned by the Adrian Symphony Orchestra)
- Ess Curve (Master’s Thesis from The University of Michigan)
- Maple City (orchestration commissioned by the Adrian Symphony Orchestra)
- Revels (commissioned by the Adrian Symphony Orchestra)
- Time Lines (commissioned by the Adrian Symphony Orchestra)
Orchestra and Chorus
- The Mystic Trumpeter (SATB, trumpet, String Orchestra) (commissioned by the Birmingham Musicale)
- The Mystic Trumpeter (SSAA, trumpet, String Orchestra) (commissioned by the Birmingham Musicale)
- The Mystic Trumpeter (TTBB, trumpet, String Orchestra) (commissioned by the Birmingham Musicale)
- Requiem Mass (SATB, full orchestra)
Chorus a Capella
- An American Cantata (SATB with Narrator)
- Why Did the Maid Weep?
- Three Little Birds in a Row
Chorus and Piano
- I Sing Because (SA, Piano)
- The Mystic Trumpeter (SATB, Trumpet, Piano) (commissioned by the Birmingham Musicale)
- The Mystic Trumpeter (SSAA, Trumpet, Piano) (commissioned by the Birmingham Musicale)
- The Mystic Trumpeter (TTBB, Trumpet, Piano) (commissioned by the Birmingham Musicale)
- A New Beginning (SATB, Piano) (commissioned by Onsted High School)
- Poigancies (SATB, Piano) (commissioned by Siena Heights University)
Chorus and Organ
- Arise, Shine! For the Light has Come (SATB, organ)
- Come to the Temple (SATB, organ)
- The Mystic Trumpeter (SATB, Trumpet, Organ) (commissioned by the Birmingham Musicale)
- The Mystic Trumpeter (SSAA, Trumpet, Organ) (commissioned by the Birmingham Musicale)
- The Mystic Trumpeter (TTBB, Trumpet, Organ) (commissioned by the Birmingham Musicale)
Chorus and Percussion Ensemble
- Missa Brevis (SATB, Percussion Ensemble) (written for the University of Toledo Madrigal Singers)
Band and Chorus
- A New Beginning (SATB, Band) (commissioned by Onsted High School)
Band
- 10 x 10: Indeterminate Chance Piece (written for the Onsted High School Band)
- African Lullaby (written for the Onsted Jr. High School Band)
- Alma Mater
- Coat of Arms (march) (written for the Maumee High School Band)
- Dance Suite (written for the Onsted Jr. High School Band)
- Expressions of a Human Psyche (commissioned by Sand Creek High School)
- Finale to The Firebird – Igor Stravinsky (arr. for marching band)
- Heroes Three (march) (commissioned by Morenci Jr. High School)
- LCBDA Salute (march) (commissioned by Lenawee Co. Band Dir. Assn.)
- Maple City (march) (commissioned by the Adrian City Band)
- March for a Precipitous Occasion (commissioned by Lumen Christi High School)
- Moments for Band (written for the Onsted High School Band)
- Phantasm (commissioned by St. Clair Shores High School)
- Pride of Lenawee (march) (commissioned by Lenawee Co. Band Dir. Assn.)
- Sonatine for Band (commissioned by Morenci High School)
- StarRise: Images of a Night Sky (commissioned by Sand Creek High School)
- The Sun Also Shines Darkly
- The Treasure of Orpheus – Antoine Francisque (arr. for band)
- Wind Sculptures (commissioned by Sand Creek High School)
Solo
- Interpretive Studies on a Tone Row (Tuba)
- Sonata for Tuba
- Songs of Lightness and Dark (Flute, Piano) (commissioned by David Katz & Diane Kern)
- Sticking to the Flam (Snare Drum)
- Theme & Variations for Tuba and Piano
- Twilight Falls (Voice, Piano)
- Variations on “Christ Lag en Todesbanden” (Piano)
- Variations on Twelve Notes (Flute)
Ensemble
- 3/4 for Two (Snare Drum Duet)
- Bolt from the Blue (percussion ensemble)
- Celebration Fanfare (Brass, Percussion) (commissioned by the Adrian Symphony Orchestra)
- Chorale and Allegro (Brass Choir)
- Concert Rondo (Trombone Septet) (written for the Onsted High School trombone section)
- Crescendo: Nonet for Winds, Guitar & Percussion
- Dirge and Street Dance (percussion ensemble)
- Duet for Soprano Winds (Flute, Clarinet)
- Duodecimal Variations (Tuba Quintet)
- Fanfare from Also Sprach Zarathustra – Richard Strauss (arr. for Brass Sextet)
- Fugue XVI from The Well Tempered Clavier – J. S. Bach (arr. for Brass Sextet)
- Hopak – Modest Moussorgsky (arr. for Brass Sextet)
- If Thou Be Near – J. S. Bach (arr. for Brass Sextet)
- Maze (Brass Sextet) (written for the Adrian Chamber Brass)
- Not All a Dream (Baritone [Singer], Flute, Oboe, Clarinet, Trumpet, Horn, Trombone, Violin, Cello, Piano, Percussion)
- Quintillation (Woodwind Quintet)
- Processional (Brass Quintet) (written for my daughter Christina’s wedding)
- Recessional (Brass Quintet) (written for my daughter Christina’s wedding)
- Rudimentally Speaking (Snare Drum Duet)
- Sconcean Reactions (Brass Sextet) (written for the Adrian Chamber Brass)
- Sinfonia for Brass Quintet (written for the Adrian Chamber Brass)
- Sinfonia for Brass Sextet (written for the Adrian Chamber Brass)
- Sonic Expressions (Brass Quintet)
- Suite for Bell Choir
- Suite for Brass Trio (written for the University of Toledo Faculty Brass Trio)
- T(Eb) for Two (Eb Alto Horn Duet)
- Tanz (Violin, Percussion) (commissioned by Prof. John Gay – Adrian College)
- Three Lovely Birds from Paradise – Maurice Ravel (arr. for Brass Quintet)
- Triad (Percussion Trio)
- Triangle (Flute, Oboe, Clarinet)
- “Un bel di” from Madama Butterfly – Giacomo Puccini (arr. for Brass Sextet)
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