Michael Laurello
Michael Laurello (b. 1981) is a composer and recording/mixing engineer based in Northwest Ohio.
His compositions reflect his fascination with temporal dissonance and emotional immediacy, and have been presented at Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, MATA, PASIC, Bang on a Can Summer Festival, Norfolk Chamber Music Festival, Carlsbad Music Festival, Music from Angel Fire, NASA, National Conference of the Society of Composers, Inc., and other venues and festivals. He has collaborated with ensembles and soloists such as icarus Quartet, Nashville Symphony, Sō Percussion, arx duo, HOCKET, Grand Valley State University New Music Ensemble, and Yale Percussion Group.
His engineering work focuses on contemporary classical music, and can be heard on labels such as New Focus Recordings, Red Piano Records, and MSR Classics featuring collaborative partners including Vic Firth/Zildjian, icarus Quartet, Elainie Lillios, David Bixler, Cole Burger, Nick Zoulek, and many others. He believes deeply in the capacity of the production approach to enhance the conceptual framework of a musical composition or interpretation.
Laurello studied composition at Yale School of Music and Tufts University. He holds a bachelor’s in music synthesis (electronic production and design) from Berklee College of Music. His mentors include David Lang, Christopher Theofanidis, Martin Bresnick, and John McDonald. Honors include a residency at Avaloch Farm Music Institute, a commission from the American Composers Forum, a fellowship with the Nashville Symphony Composer Lab, selection for the EarShot Berkeley Symphony Readings, and a Baumgardner Fellowship and Commission from the Norfolk Chamber Music Festival. He attended the highSCORE and Etchings composition festivals, and was a composition fellow at the 2015 Bang on a Can Summer Festival.
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