Praised for its “intricate structure” with “hints of thrashing and angularity” (The Wall Street Journal), Michael Laurello’s compositional work reflects his fascination with temporal dissonance and emotional immediacy. It has been presented at Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, MATA, PASIC, Bang on a Can Summer Festival, Norfolk Chamber Music Festival, Carlsbad Music Festival, Music from Angel Fire, North American Saxophone Alliance, National Conference of the Society of Composers, Inc., and other venues and festivals. His music has been featured by ensembles such as icarus Quartet, Bluecoats, "The President's Own" United States Marine Band, The U.S. Army Band "Pershing's Own," Nashville Symphony, Sō Percussion, HOCKET, Grand Valley State University New Music Ensemble, Yale Percussion Group, and Ensemble Repercussion featuring the Duisburger Philharmoniker and Deutschen Staatsphilharmonie Rheinland-Pfalz.
His recording and mixing work is focused on contemporary classical music and can be heard on labels such as Furious Artisans, Albany, Equilibrium, New Focus, Red Piano Records, and MSR Classics featuring collaborative partners including Vic Firth/Zildjian, icarus Quartet, Quince Ensemble, Hypercube, Unheard-of//Ensemble, Bowling Green Philharmonia, Dan Piccolo, Yevgeny Yontov, Solungga Liu, Cole Burger, and many others. He believes deeply in the capacity of the production approach to accentuate the conceptual framework of a musical composition or interpretation.
Laurello studied composition at Yale School of Music and Tufts University, and music synthesis at Berklee College of Music. His mentors include David Lang, Christopher Theofanidis, Martin Bresnick, and John McDonald. Honors include a residency at Avaloch Farm Music Institute, a commission from the American Composers Forum, a Nashville Symphony Composer Lab Fellowship, selection for the EarShot Berkeley Symphony Readings, and a Baumgardner Fellowship and Commission from the Norfolk Chamber Music Festival. He has attended the highSCORE and Etchings composition festivals, and was a fellow at the Bang on a Can Summer Festival.
Laurello works as a freelance composer and engineer, and as Manager of Recording Services and Technical Engineer for the MidAmerican Center for Contemporary Music at Bowling Green State University.
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