About Adam Michlin
Adam Michlin began his career with working for many years as a professional woodwind doubler based in the
San Francisco Bay Area and has performed with a wide array of organizations including the Monterey
Symphony, the California Symphony and the American Musical Theatre, San Jose as well as artists such
as Melissa Manchester, John Pizzarelli, and The Manhattan Transfer. An expert in the pedagogy of Victor Morosco,
Joe Allard, Daniel Bonade, and Vincent J. Abato, his primary instrumental training was as a long student of and teaching assistant to woodwind virtuoso Victor Morosco.
Receiving his Masters of Arts in Music Composition from California State University, Hayward while studying with Jeffrey Miller
in 2005, his work as a composer has been directed towards writing pedagogical music for young players
and ensembles.
His work as a copyist and editor has been published by Phil Woods/Musique DuBois and
Alan Shulman/Kalmus-Music Masters and he is currently responsible for the unpublished music of
Alan Shulman and Paul Creston collaborated for years with Phil Woods on compositions
and arrangements for school string orchestras. His commissions and premieres for string orchestra
music include Richard Sortomme, Brian Balmages, Steven Rosenhaus, Joseph Kreines and Phil Woods.
His viola and string pedagogy studies include work with Craig Mumm, Associate Principal Violist of the
Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Monica Biacchi, Assistant Principal Violist of the Naples Philharmonic.
He has over 20 years of experience as a music educator including an almost decade long position as the
Director of Orchestras at Barron Collier High School where he doubled enrollment and his orchestras
received consistent unanimous superior ratings in the highest music classifications. He is an FOA
Certified Adjudicator and founded FL-ASTA Viola Day in 2007, FL-ASTA BassFest in 2013 and
FL-ASTA Viola Day Tampa in 2014.
For more information:
Victor Morsoco - Morsax Music
The Joe Allard Project
A Tribute to Vincent J. Abato
The Music of Alan Shulman