Michael Kaulkin composer

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. He is on the Musicianship and Composition faculty of the San Francisco Conservatory’s Pre-College Division.

Selected Chamber Works

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String Quartet No. 1

String Quartet No. 1

“City Walks” (12’30”)

Finalist for The American Prize for Chamber Music in 2015

Zwei Hülshoff Lieder

Zwei Hülshoff Lieder

for soprano, clarinet, viola and piano

Two songs from 19th-Century German poet Annette von Droste Hülshoff.

American Standard

American Standard

for Clarinet and Piano

“…a valuable addition to the contemporary repertoire.”

Selected Choral Works

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Tumbalalayka

Tumbalalayka

SATB unaccompanied (c. 2’30”)
sung in Yiddish