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Name: Michael Holmes
Michael Holmes's career has encompassed a wide spectrum of musical pursuits, including the fields of historical performance, symphonic conducting, composing/arranging, and scholarly research. He serves as music director of the Orchestra of the 17th Century in Washington D.C., artistic director of the Washington Cornett and Sackbutt Ensemble (one of the USA's premiere period brass ensembles), and director of the University of Maryland Collegium Musicum. He has also performed on an array of period instruments with ensembles such as Stylus Luxurians, the Washington Bach Consort, Opera Lafayette, and Piffaro. Michael has performed extensively as a conductor in Europe, leading symphonic, opera, and historical performances in Poland, Czech Republic, Finland, Romania, and Bulgaria. His conducting teachers have included Jorma Panula, Neeme Järvi, Otakar Trhlík, František Vajnar, and Georg Tintner. As a Fulbright Scholar, he undertook extensive research on Nordic music in Finland, specializing in the music of Sibelius, and sang on two tours with the premiere Finnish male voice choir Ylioppilaskunnan Laulajat (including one at New York's Lincoln Center), and was present during their recording of the Sibelius complete works for male voice choir on the Finlandia label. In December 2007, Holmes traveled to China to sing with a small group of professional American singers to take part in the premiere of Ye Xiaogang's "Song of Peace," an oratorio written for the 70th anniversary of the Nanjing holocaust in 1937. Currently, he serves as the music director at the Unitarian Universalist Church of Silver Spring, MD.

Contact: musicdirector@uucss.org
Hometown: Washington, D.C.
Country: United States
Occupation: Conductor, Composer, Musicologist
Website: http://www.myspace.com/mikkokotilainen
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Michael Holmes conducts Sibelius 7th Symphony (Part 1)
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Jean Sibelius - Symphony No. 7, Op. 105 Varna Philharmonic, Bulgaria Michael Hol...
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Michael Holmes conducts Voříšek (Part 2)
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Jan Václav Voříšek (1791-1825) - Symphony in D Hradec Kralove Philharmonic ...
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Michael Holmes conducts Revueltas "Sensemayá"
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Silvestre Revueltas - Sensemayá University of Kansas Symphony Orchestra Michael ...
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Michael Holmes conducts Mahler
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Gustav Mahler - Symphony No. 1 "Titan" University of Michigan Symphony Orchestr...
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Michael Holmes conducts The Magic Flute (Act II - Finale)
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Mozart - The Magic Flute (Act II, Finale) Silesian State Opera (Czech Republic)...
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Orchestra of the 17th Century: Monteverdi - Cantate Domino
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Claudio Monteverdi (1567-1643) - Cantate Domino Setting of Psalm 96:1,2 and Psalm...
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Washington Cornett and Sackbutt Ensemble: Gabrieli - Canzon duodecimi toni
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Giovanni Gabrieli (1554/7-1612) - Canzon in eco duodecimi toni Washington Cornett...
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Orchestra of the 17th Century: Schütz - Psalm 150
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Heinrich Schütz (1585-1672) - "Alleluia! Lobet den Herrn" SWV 38 (Psalm 150; Psalm...
1 year ago 8,405 views msholmes
University of Maryland Collegium Musicum: Richafort
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Jean Richafort (1480-c.1547) - De mon triste desplaisir University of Maryland Co...
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"Origin" by Michael Holmes
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"Origin" Music by Michael Holmes Nuendo realization by Greg Ondo About this v...
1 year ago 218 views msholmes
Orchestra of the 17th Century: Buxtehude - Ad cor
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Dieterich Buxtehude (c.1637-1707) - Membra Jesu Nostri: "Ad cor" Orchestra of the...
1 year ago 2,868 views msholmes
Washington Cornett and Sackbutt Ensemble: Gabrieli - Sanctus
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Giovanni Gabrieli (1554/7-1612) - Sanctus from Mass (Sacrae symphoniae, 1615) Wa...
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"Essay for Brass and Timpani" by Michael Holmes
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Michael Holmes - Essay for Brass and Timpani (1991) (Short excerpt) James Madison...
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Orchestra of the 17th Century: Charpentier - Te Deum (Pt. I)
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Marc Antoine Charpentier (1643-1704) -excerpt from live performance of "Te Deum" ...
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Brooks: Symphony No. 1 (1st Mvt) [Excerpt 1]
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Kris Brooks: Symphony No. 1 - 1st Movement (Nostalgic Reflections in the style of ...
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Orchestra of the 17th Century: Gabrieli - Canzon noni toni a 12
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Giovanni Gabrieli - Canzon noni toni a 12 (Excerpt) Orchestra of the 17th Century...
11 months ago 3,698 views msholmes
Washington Cornett and Sackbutt Ensemble: Schütz - Attendite, popule meus
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Heinrich Schütz - Attendite, popule meus (SWV 270; Symphoniae Sacrae I, 1629) Was...
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Washington Cornett and Sackbutt Ensemble: Marenzio - Jubilate Deo
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Luca Marenzio (1553?-1599) - Jubilate Deo Washington Cornett and Sackbutt Ensembl...
11 months ago 1,635 views msholmes
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