Michael G. Sinshack
E-MAIL: sinshack@musicnotes.com

Résumé

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Education:

Professional Experience:

· Composition and Performance:

University of Wisconsin (1995 - Present)

• Recently recorded through the UW School of Music.  
• Commissions include: Wisconsin Alliance for Composers, Inc., First Listen, Flutes Quatre, and the Waukesha Area Symphonic Band  
• Winner of the second annual Concerto Concert Composition Competition at UW-Madison in 1999
• Winner of the fifth annual Concerto Concert Composition Competition at UW-Madison in 2002  
• Three movement symphony Concerto for Orchestra placed second in the Quinto Maganini Composition Competition, a national contest sponsored by The Norwalk Symphony in Norwalk, Connecticut  
• Primary instructors of composition have been Lawrence Sisk, John Downey, Jon Welstead, Steven Dembski and Joel Naumann  
• Composition master-class experiences with composers Roberto Sierra, Chen Yi, Thea Musgrave, and Robert Kyr  
• Percussion manager and percussionist for the UWM Band's Australia/Hawaii tour (summer 1996)

Metropolitan Youth Symphony Orchestra; 1993-1994 (Lewis University)

• Assistant Conductor and librarian.  
• First symphony premiered at Rialto Square Theatre, Joliet, Illinois.  
• Provided piano accompaniment for recital soloists.

Philip Lynch Theatre; 1992-94

• Percussionist  
• Conductor for the 1994 season  
• Composer of incidental music for a production William Shakespeare's Comedy of Errors

 Teaching:

• Teaching assistantship: Music 110, Introduction to Music Technology, teaching music notation software, and basic MIDI and music technology (UW-Madison)
• Project assistantship: Caretaker and supervisor of the Wisconsin Center for Music Technology (UW-Madison)  
• Percussion coach/assistant for the University Youth Wind Ensembles (UW-Mil)  
• Provide private lessons in composition; private tutoring in theory (UW-Mil)  
• Provided private/class instruction in theory and music appreciation (LU) |
• Adjunct instructor of percussion methods upon completion of degree at (LU)

Other:

• Current member of ASCAP, the Society for Composers, Inc., American Composers Forum, and the Editor for Wisconsin Alliance for Composers, Inc.
• Former percussionist with: the UWM Wind Ensemble, Symphonic Band, and Symphony Orchestra; the Northwest Chicago Symphony Orchestra; the Wright College Jazz Band; and the Lewis University Symphony Orchestra and Jazz Band.  
• Miscellaneous freelance work as a percussionist in and around the Chicago and Milwaukee areas.