Michael Sheetz

VOCAL COACH
SESSION II: Italian REPERTOIRE

A FACULTY MEMBER AT HUNTER COLLEGE, MUSIC DIRECTOR OF ST. IGNATIUS OF LOYOLA ON PARK AVE AND ASSISTANT MUSIC DIRECTOR OF MUSICA SACRA

Conductor, pianist, and educator Michael Sheetz is an active and versatile professional in the field of vocal arts performance and education in New York City. Michael is a faculty member at Hunter College of the City University of New York, where he conducts the 100+ voiced College Choir and select Chamber Singers Ensemble. For eight seasons he has served as Assistant Music Director of Musica Sacra, New York City’s longest continuously performing professional chorus, where he regularly works with world class singers and instrumentalists in performances, recordings, and in educational outreach workshops. Michael performs regularly as a music director, conductor and art song recitalist for the acclaimed Concerts at St. Ignatius music series on Park Avenue.

 Michael has prepared choruses for the New York Philharmonic, New York City Ballet, and Orchestra of St. Luke’s, and has served on the vocal arts faculty of the Juilliard School and Vassar College. He has performed as conductor and keyboardist at many of New York’s prestigious concert venues, including Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, and the Cathedral of St. John the Divine. As an opera conductor, Michael has directed performances for New York Opera Society and New York Lyric Opera. He has collaborated with many renowned international conductors and musicians, including Alan Gilbert, Jane Glover, Sir Roger Norrington, Philippe Entremont, Bernard Labadie, Pablo Heras-Casado, Meredith Monk, Judith Lang Zaimont and others. As a pianist, he has performed live broadcasts on WQXR and Vermont Public Radio, and his playing has been featured on the AMR and MSR Classics record labels.

Michael is a proud alumnus of CLA Italy, having joined the team as a pianist in its 2009 inaugural year, and served as its music coordinator and coach for numerous years thereafter. He is a graduate of Vassar College and Manhattan School of Music.