CD available!
This is the live CD of my Master Degree Recital recorded at von der Mehden Recital Hall, University of Connecticut at Storrs. Email me for more information - songs also available for dowload in the performance section.
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NEWS/UPCOMING EVENTS/PERFORMANCES
- Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat - Coleytown Middle School, Westport, CT 11/29 - 12/1.
- Wilton High School Senior Show - Music Director Feb'08 - more details to come.
- New score for online cartoon trailer of "Unleashed" Online at www.unleashed.tv, or view the trailer here on the website.
MICHAEL ANDREW COONEY, of Fairfield, CT, received his Master of Music degree (M.Mus) and Bachelor of Music degree (B.Mus) in piano performance from the University of Connecticut, as a student of Neal Larrabee. He also studied jazz piano and theory with Ellen Rowe and Dave Santoro. Mr. Cooney has performed as soloist with the University of Connecticut Wind Ensemble, Eastern Connecticut Symphony, Harkness Summer Music Festival and the Meriden Symphony Orchestra. He has participated in master classes with artists such as Steven Osborne, Harold Danko, Dr. Billy Taylor, Awadagin Pratt, and Philip Setzer of the Emerson String Quartet.
In addition to performing, Mr. Cooney studied composition with Avo Somer. His piano solo “Ballade, Op. 2” was premiered in 1999 by Aaron Sinicrope. The Faculty Arts Trio of the University of Connecticut premiered his piano trio entitled “Velvet Trio, Op. 5” which was written after a visit to Prague, Czech Republic, in February of 2000. He was awarded a full scholarship to attend the Dartington International Summer School to study composition with Kurt Schwertsik of the Vienna Conservatory. During his residence at the school, he composed a work for cello and piano, “Op. 6” which was premiered by members of the Viennese 20th century Ensemble.
He has been the musical director for several productions, to recently include: West Side Story, Oliver, Bat Boy the Musical, Bye Bye Birdie, Lucky Stiff, La Cage aux Folles, Oklahoma!, and The Fantasticks. He is the Music Director at Saint Francis of Assisi Parish in Weston, CT., and teaches piano and theory privately for his company Cooney Studio.
Mr. Cooney proudly served as an infantryman in the 1/102nd CT Army National Guard, 29th Infantry Division for 8 years and was honorably discharged in 2001. He earned the Army Achievement, and Army Commendation medals, as well as Soldier of the Year in 1998.
Michael is happily married to his wife, Colleen and has since taken on the greatest role of his life as Father to his son Patrick. He will play the rolw again as they are expecting #2 in February! He has found the best things in life being a family guy.
MICHAEL ANDREW COONEY
pianist/composer
Fairfield, CT 06824 / michaelcooney@mac.com
| Joseph and the Amazing... | Webber | Dir. B. Frimmer | Coleytown Middle School, Westport, CT 2007 |
| Guys and Dolls | Loesser | Dir. G. Casagrande | Curtain Call, Stamford, CT 2007 |
| Peter Pan | Charlap & Styne | Dir. M. Grace | Curtain Call, Stamford, CT 2007 |
| The Mystery of Edwin Drood | Holmes | Dir. S. Anderson | Wilton High School, Wilton, CT 2006 |
| Showtune | Herman | Dir. T. Caporizzo | The Conn. Playmakers, Greenwich, CT 2006 |
| The Wiz | Brown/Smalls | Dir. E. Toner | Curtain Call, Stamford, CT 2006 |
West Side Story |
Laurents/Bernstein/Sondheim |
Dir. S. Anderson |
Wilton High School, Wilton, CT 2006 |
Bat Boy, The Musical |
Farley/Fleming/O'Keefe |
Dir. A. Bloom |
Wilton High School, Wilton, CT 2006 |
Oliver! |
Bart |
Dir. B. Frimmer |
Curtain Call, Stamford, CT, 2005 |
The Klemperer's New Clothes |
Squire/Weiss |
Dir. B. Bianco |
Curtain Call, Stamford, CT, 2005 |
Bye, Bye, Birdie |
Adams/Strouse |
Dir. L. Sherwood |
Curtain Call, Stamford, CT, 2005 |
Lucky Stiff |
Flaherty/Ahrens |
Dir. A. Blume |
Wilton High School, Wilton, CT 2005 |
La Cage aux Follés |
Herman/Fierstein |
Dir. C. Claps |
Curtain Call, Stamford, CT, 2004 |
Oklahoma! |
Rodgers/Hammerstein |
Dir. K. Breeden |
Curtain Call, Stamford, CT, 2004 |
The Fantasticks |
Jones/Schmidt |
Dir. A. Pia |
Curtain Call, Stamford, CT, 2004 |
A Little Night Music |
Wheeler/Sondheim |
Dir. T. Guitard |
The Conn. Playmakers, Greenwich, CT 2003 |
Anything Goes |
Guys and Dolls |
South Pacific |
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Carosel |
Les Miserables |
Tommy! |
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George M. |
Sound of Music |
West Side Story |
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Op. 6, No. 1 for piano |
Viennese 20 th Century Ensemble, Dartington, England, 2000 |
Trio, Op. 5 "Velvet Trio" |
UConn Faculty Arts Trio, von der Mehden Recital Hall, Storrs, CT, 2000 |
Ballade, Op. 2, for piano |
Aaron Sinecrope, von der Mehden Recital Hall, Storrs, CT, 1999 |
Brahms |
Klaver Op. 116 |
Recital |
von der Mehden Recital Hall
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Hindemith |
KonzertMüsik |
Concerto |
Univ. of Connecticut Wind Ensemble
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Rachmaninoff
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2 nd Suite for Two Pianos |
Two Piano Recital |
von der Mehden Recital Hall |
Ravel
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Chansons Madécasses |
Chamber |
von der Mehden Recital Hall |
Ellington
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New World A-Comin' |
Concerto |
Meriden Symphony Orchestra
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Tyzik |
Various Works |
Soloist |
Harkness Summer Music Festival,
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Bartók |
Contrasts
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Recital |
von der Mehden Recital Hall |
Shostakovich |
Trio No. 2 Op. 67 |
Chamber |
von der Mehden Recital Hall
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Beethoven |
Trio Op. 11 |
Chamber |
von der Mehden Recital Hall
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Pi Kappa Lambda, National Music Honor Society, Zeta Phi Chapter
University of Connecticut, Master of Music - Piano Performance 2002
Dartington International Summer School - Composition 2000
University of Connecticut, Bachelor of Music - Piano Performance 1999