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Michael is back with the SFCCO on May 4th, 2024 at 8 pm where he will present is latest composition.
He performed with the SFCCO on March 16th, 2024 for Mark Alburger Memorial Concert.
Follow Michael's In Progess section of his blog for latest updates on his compositions.

Michael performs with:
San Francisco Composers Chamber Orchestra

Saturday May 4th, 2024 at 8 pm
Lakeside Presbyterian Church
1201 Eucalyptus Drive, San Francisco, CA
$25 General, sliding scale available


The multi-instrumentalist & improviser Michael Cooke is a composer of jazz and classical music. This two-time Emmy and Louis Armstrong Jazz Award winner plays a variety of instruments: you can hear him on soprano, alto, and tenor saxophones, flute, soprano and bass clarinets, bassoon and percussion. A cum laude graduate with a music degree from the University of North Texas, he had many different areas of study; jazz, ethnomusicology, music history, theory and of course composition.

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