What’s New…
OAKE Ruth Boshkoff Composition Prize
Redbirds, for children’s choir and piano, was commissioned by OAKE as part of this 2020 prize. It will premiere at the next OAKE national conference.
Quadre Composition Competition
By Hook or By Crook (2020) won First Prize in the Quadre horn quartet’s international competition. The premiere is set for this spring.
Active as a composer and teacher in the San Francisco Bay Area, Michael Kaulkin’s choral, chamber and orchestral music has been performed around the world. An avid adopter and adapter of the Kodály Method in teaching Musicianship, he has served on the faculties of summer Kodály programs at Holy Names University and Portland State University. He is on the Musicianship and Composition faculty of the San Francisco Conservatory’s Pre-College Division.
Selected Chamber Works
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City Walks
for string quartet
Finalist for The American Prize for Chamber Music in 2015
Zwei Hülshoff Lieder
for soprano, clarinet, viola and piano
Two songs from 19th-Century German poet Annette von Droste Hülshoff.
American Standard
for Clarinet and Piano
“…a valuable addition to the contemporary repertoire.”
Selected Choral Works
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Tumbalalayka
SATB unaccompanied (c. 2’30”)
sung in Yiddish
Cycle of Friends
for soprano solo, chorus and chamber orchestra (25′)
The Noble Art of Music
for mixed choir a cappella