For the second year in a row Michael has won an ASCAPlus Award. His composition Open Ended performed on the November 7th at the SFCCO concert at the Chapel of the Chimes in Oakland.
Earlier this year Michael completed a new orchestra composition that adds two Chinese instruments to the orchestra, the sheng and guzheng. Michael has been learning how to play the sheng since the summer of 2008. This piece, A Baby Sleeps, was performed on the June 13th SFCCO concert. Michael premiered his composition, String Theory in February.
