Hila Plitmann
Ola Gjeilo
THREE
Andrew Cyr
Ricardo Romaneiro
Ryan Francis
Leo Leite
Mike Atkinson
Thomas Boulton
Jack Chou
Sean Connors
Rachel Drehmann
Jonathan Greenberg
Nate Hepler
Tom Hutchinson
Danielle Kuhlmann
Britton Matthews
Katie Miller
Rajesh Prasad
Luke Rinderknecht
Annie Stevens
Jason Sugata
Alana Vegter
| Mike Atkinson
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Hornist Mike Atkinson is currently active in New York as a performer, arranger and instructor. As a performer: The Knights Chamber Orchestra, Gotham Orchestra, Manhattan Sinfonietta, Fireworks Ensemble, Sylvan Winds, Wind Soloists of New York, Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, Speculum Musicae, Burning River Brass, Shanghai Broadcasting Orchestra, Tokyo Symphony Orchestra, Orpheus, Orchestra of St. Luke's Pittsburgh Symphony, numerous Broadway musicals, Clogs, My Brightest Diamond, St. Vincent, Sufjan Stevens. In 2007, Mike conducted the world premiere of Sufjan's "BQE" for orchestra, band and film at the Brooklyn Academy of Music.
Mike's arrangements have been performed in settings varying from chamber music festivals to Fashion Week NYC at Bryant Park. Last spring, Brooklyn-based string quartet OSSO premiered a set of Mike's arrangements adapted from Sufjan's "Enjoy Your Rabbit" album at n Cincinnati's Music Now! festival. Since then, OSSO has played these works extensively in NYC, and, in February 2008, was featured on WNYC's "Spinning on Air." Currently, Mike is collaborating as performer/arranger with St. Vincent's leader Annie Clark in preparation for their next album. |