Michael Vitale

Name:	Michael Vitale
Location:	Farmingville United States 11738
Contact:	Gmail: m.vitale88@gmail.com Send Michael Vitale a message

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Michael is a product of Long Island, New York. Ever since he was in 4th grade, he showed an interest in the saxophone, since his mother said she loved the sound of it. Michael attends George Mason University in Fairfax Virginia. He is now a Senior in Music Education and has achieved his Jazz Minor. He has played in the George Mason Jazz Ensemble since his freshman year and has held the lead tenor and lead alto chairs. He has also performed in the Symphonic Band, Wind Symphony, Symphony Orchestra, Jazz Combo, Modern Music Ensemble, Saxophone Quartet and the “Green Machine” pep band. Michael has studied under Mitch Kamen, Jim Carroll, Dale Underwood, Timothy Roberts, and Rick Parrell. In his spare time, he performs in a Dave Matthews Tribute Band: Crowded Streets, which has been very fortunate to travel various states on the Eastern Seaboard, as north as Albany NY and as South as Greenville NC.

Michael also has a strong background in classical saxophone, and has been very fortunate to have performed in the American Festival's Pops Orchestra, under the direction of Maestro Anthony Maiello. Such orchestra repertory consists of Pictures at an Exhibition: Il Castello Vecchio, Rhapsody in Blue, Five to Go (Saxophone Quintet Feature), and other various pieces

Additional Specialisms:

Orchestral Playing, Session Work, Solo Performance, Rock / Pop, Contemporary Music, Jazz, Improvisation