I am a composer and teacher in Oakland, California. I studied composition with Conrad Susa at the San Francisco Conservatory and previously with János Vajda at the Franz Liszt Academy in Budapest, Hungary. My complete bio is here: http://www.MichaelKaulkin.com/bio

 

Short a cappella  Choral Works: (please follow the links for details and audio excerpts)

 

Roll the Tide (2011) (an excerpt fromWaiting...)

Are Friends Delight or Pain (1996) (an excerpt from Cycle of Friends)

Ducks in the Garden (1991, rev. 2012) 

Surge! Age Surge! (2012) - Commissioned by the Kodály Center at Holy Names University

 

 

 

 

Longer Choral Works

 

WAITING... (2012) for SATB chorus, string quartet and piano

CYCLE OF FRIENDS (1996) for soprano, chorus and chamber orchestra  

MOST THIS AMAZING (1999) for childrens and SATB choruses, two pianos and percussion  

 

I teach at the San Francisco Conservatory, the Crowden School in Berkeley and, starting this Fall, at the San Francisco School of the Arts (SOTA).  I have previously served on the Kodály Summer Institute faculty at Holy Names University, and also offer private lessons in sight reading, theory and composition.