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Michael Carl Green is a Lecturer at Westminster Conservatory of Music, Rider University, teaching piano, jazz improvisation, music theory, arranging, composition, and trumpet. His career spans decades in performance, composition, and music education across jazz and classical genres.
Education
- Michigan State University: Music composition studies with Dr. James Niblock and trumpet studies with Byron Autry
- Private trumpet instruction with Vincent Penzarella (New York Philharmonic)
- UCLA Extension: Scoring Music for Film with E. Lawrence Manson
Research and Creative Focus
Mr. Green specializes in jazz composition, orchestration, and cross-genre performance practices. His creative output bridges commercial film scoring, Broadway adaptation, and contemporary classical chamber works. He has developed innovative approaches to jazz pedagogy through outreach programs and conservatory instruction, with emphasis on improvisation techniques and ensemble collaboration.
Performance and Composition Highlights
- Orchestrated Ahrens & Flaherty's Broadway show Lucky Stiff
- Co-composed score for PBS documentary Fat: What No One Is Telling You
- Princeton Brass Band composer-in-residence (2008-present) with 12 premieres including Keewahdin Connection (premiered by Metropolitan Opera oboist Elaine Douvas) and Elegy: Before Their Time
- Performed as house pianist in Princeton hotel atrium for over ten years
Teaching and Outreach
He directs Westminster Conservatory's Summer Jazz Program, conducts Pennsylvania Jazz Society outreach clinics with Jerry Rife's Rhythm Kings, and performs with the Jubilant Brass Quintet for Philadelphia Chamber Music Society's Children's Concert Series. Mr. Green actively adjudicates regional jazz band competitions and maintains performance schedules across orchestras, pit ensembles, and chamber groups.
