MICHAEL BARRETT
Michael Warren Barrett was born in Washington,
D.C. and began his music studies at the age of 12 with guitar, voice, and music
theory. He continued on to his bachelor degree at Baldwin-Wallace College
conservatory of music, where he was a three time recipient of the the Lee
Goldstein Composition Award.
After his bachelor, he moved to Mannheim, Germany, where he continued with his
composition studies under Sidney Corbett. During his studies, he composed
his acclaimed piano solo, Listen to this Alone. He also enjoyed many
collaborative projects, such as working with composer Friedrich Stockmeier to
compose a new score to the 1920’s Charlie Bowers film, Egged On. This
film with its new score was broadcast on ARTE TV and performed live in
Heidelberg. He has worked on projects as a Composer/Instructor at the
National Theater and Theater Osnabrück. His orchestra piece 'Pull' was
Performed in both Mannheim and Heidelberg in 2015 and received honorable
mentions from the American Composers Orchestra’s Underwood New Music Readings
& Comission competition.
His guitar solo Ocean Still has been published by Verlag Neue Musik and can be
heard on Maximilian Mangold’s solo CD, Strahlen. Licht. He also has a
collection of student guitar ensemble pieces which have been performed multiple
times and have also been published. His recent choir piece, Isiah, was
commissioned and performed the Junger Kammerchor Mannheim.
List of Works:
Isiah
Mixed Choir
7'
Premiered by the Junger Kammerchor
Mannheim, 2018
Im Gewitter der Rosen
Bass Clarinet, Harp, Percussion, and
Soprano solist
6'
-and-
Orpheus
Baritone and Guitar or Harpsichord
4'
both works premiered by Theater
Osnabrück, 2017
Ocean Still
Solo Guitar
8'
Commissioned and recorded by
Maximilian Mangold
Heart
Flute, Viola, and Harp
18'
Premiered by Trio Momentum, 2016
Breathlessness
Clarinet and Organ
6'
Premiered by Nico Friedrich, solo
clarinetist of the Mannheim Opera, 2016
2 Songs of Hermann Hesse
6'
For Soprano or Tenor and Piano, 2015
Pull
Orchestra
15'
Premiered in Heidelberg, Germany and
Mannheim, Germany in February 2015
Soundtrack to Egged On By
Charley Bowers
Mixed Chamber Ensemble (8 Musicians)
20'
Broadcast internationally
by Arte for 2 weeks in December 2014
Student
Guitar Works:
Night Fall Storm
two Guitars, 2020
Winter Night Whispers
two Guitars, 2019
What Hides in the Forest
solo Guitar 2018
To Fell A Tree
three Guitars, 2016
Discography:
Strahlen.
Licht.
By
Solo Guitarist Max Mangold.
Audio/Video:
Everything
linked on my website
Upcoming
Performances:
Suite
for Guitar Orchestra
No dates
announced yet
To be
performed by the Jugend-Gitarrenorchester von
Baden-Württemberg