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"''Joe Puma - Wild Choir Music''" (secular shape-note hymns) [http://www.machinistsunion.org/jo_puma.html], | "''Joe Puma - Wild Choir Music''" (secular shape-note hymns) [http://www.machinistsunion.org/jo_puma.html], | ||
"''Twimfina''" (a large musical for singers and piano) [http://www.machinistsunion.org/twimfina.html], | "''Twimfina''" (a large musical for singers and piano) [http://www.machinistsunion.org/twimfina.html], | ||
"''Aren't We the Lucky Ones''" (a story about a commune of science students | "''Aren't We the Lucky Ones''" (a story about a commune of science students [http://www.machinistsunion.org/arent_we_lucky.html] on which the "Twimfina" musical is based) . | ||
BIO: A graduate of the UMKC Conservatory of Music, Secretary Michael has been an elementary school teacher (teaching Science and Music in both public and private schools), a private piano teacher, and the founder of "Junkyard School" (in which he created and lead youth classes such as: Zappo Electricity Club [adventures in electricity], Totally Lost Hiking Club [botanical hikes], Termites [woodworking class], Junkpickers [taking apart old appliances], Flying Figbars [paper airplane making]). He also served as choir director (for the City of Oakland California), a maker of weather charts (Metropolitan Weather Charts), and a longtime St. Louis concert piano tuner/technician (Academy Piano Service). | BIO: A graduate of the UMKC Conservatory of Music, Secretary Michael has been an elementary school teacher (teaching Science and Music in both public and private schools), a private piano teacher, and the founder of "Junkyard School" (in which he created and lead youth classes such as: Zappo Electricity Club [adventures in electricity], Totally Lost Hiking Club [botanical hikes], Termites [woodworking class], Junkpickers [taking apart old appliances], Flying Figbars [paper airplane making]). He also served as choir director (for the City of Oakland California), a maker of weather charts (Metropolitan Weather Charts), and a longtime St. Louis concert piano tuner/technician (Academy Piano Service). | ||
Today Secretary Michael leads the St. Louis Peace Choir [http://www.machinistsunion.org/peace_choir.html] and continues his work creating choral songs of peace and egalitarianism. | Today Secretary Michael leads the St. Louis Peace Choir [http://www.machinistsunion.org/peace_choir.html] and continues his work creating choral songs of peace and egalitarianism. | ||
Revision as of 03:32, 12 August 2017
Secretary Michael is a St. Louis peace activist with a large catalog of compositions [1]. Among his major works: "Secular Hymnal" (SATB and Solo Editions, each containing 144 secular hymns) [2], "Choral Dialectics" (a series of rational arguments, battled-out chorally) [3], "Joe Puma - Wild Choir Music" (secular shape-note hymns) [4], "Twimfina" (a large musical for singers and piano) [5], "Aren't We the Lucky Ones" (a story about a commune of science students [6] on which the "Twimfina" musical is based) .
BIO: A graduate of the UMKC Conservatory of Music, Secretary Michael has been an elementary school teacher (teaching Science and Music in both public and private schools), a private piano teacher, and the founder of "Junkyard School" (in which he created and lead youth classes such as: Zappo Electricity Club [adventures in electricity], Totally Lost Hiking Club [botanical hikes], Termites [woodworking class], Junkpickers [taking apart old appliances], Flying Figbars [paper airplane making]). He also served as choir director (for the City of Oakland California), a maker of weather charts (Metropolitan Weather Charts), and a longtime St. Louis concert piano tuner/technician (Academy Piano Service).
Today Secretary Michael leads the St. Louis Peace Choir [7] and continues his work creating choral songs of peace and egalitarianism.