Artist description John Michel enjoys a professional career as an accomplished soloist, teacher, and chamber musician. He regularly gives solo recitals and has appeared as soloist with the Shenandoah Bach Festival, Reno Chamber Orchestra, the Wenatchee Symphony, the Yakima Symphony, Tacoma Youth Symphonies and others. He is co-director of the Icicle Creek Chamber Music Institute and has given numerous masterclasses for the Olympia, Icicle Creek and Tacoma Youth Symphony organizations, the Seattle Cello Society and the Interlochen Arts Camp. He holds degrees from University of Michigan and the New England Conservatory.

Music Style Baroque,Classical, Romantic, Contemporary and Tango!

Musical Influences Bernard Greenhouse, Jeffrey Solow, Stefan Popov, John Lenz, Ned Johnson, Susan Faircloth

Similar Artists Yo-Yo (YoYo) Ma, Greenhouse, Solow, Casals, Piatigorsky, Rostropovich, Harrell, Starker, Isserlis, Fournier, Schiff, Palm, Bylsma, Maisky, Gendron, Rose Works: Beethoven, Bach, Brahms, Dvorak, Hayd

Artist History Mr. Michel and his wife Carrie Rehkopf and another husband and wife pair, Scott Hosfeld and Marcia Kaufmann form the Kairos Quartet. The Kairos Quartet holds an endowed professorship as the resident ensemble of Central Washington University and the Icicle Creek Music Center. The Kairos recorded the "Birthday of the Infanta" CD featuring works of composer Maria Newman on the Raptoria Caam label. Mr. Michel is also the cellist of the CWU "Rainier" Piano Trio which has toured throughout the Northwest.Mr. Michel is the founder and director of the Internet Cello Society (http://cello.org), a cyber-community of cellists, that shares the knowledge and joy of cello playing with enthusiasts from around the globe. Currently the 5000 ICS members represent 77 different countries.

Instruments cello, violoncello, piano, violin, symphony orchestra

Albums Strings at CWU, Baroque'n Cello, Birthday of the Infanta,Beethoven Cello Sonatas, Cello 2001

Press Reviews For the past nine years, Mr. Michel has served as professor at Central Washington University. His students have won numerous competitions, and have advanced to the national finals of the ASTA and MTNA competitions. This past year he received grants to produce a CD which includes his performance of the Dvorak Cello Concerto with the CWU Orchestra under the direction of Dr. Paul-Elliott Cobbs and to create a "String Pedagogy" website which will include videos of exercises and activities for beginning string instruction. Several years ago, the American String Teacher Association, Washington chapter, named him Outstanding College Teacher.

Location Ellensburg, WA - USA

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