| Michael Kinney |
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| born August 26, 1969 St. Paul, Minnesota |
| Born in St. Paul, Minnesota in August of 1969, Michael Kinney began
studying the piano at an early age. As a recipient of The Vittorio
Giannini Award for Composition, he received a Bachelor of Music in
Composition from The North Carolina School of Arts (NCSA) in 1994. |
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1998 he received his Masters of Music in Composition from Brooklyn
College where he held a fellowship at The Center For Computer Music as
well as teaching courses in music composition, theory, eartraining,
keyboard skills, and music appreciation from 1996 through 2000. Kinney
worked for The Martha Graham School of Contemporary Dance as a musical
accompanist from 1995 through 1999. He was on the faculty of the Alvin
Ailey School from 1997 through 2001 where he was a musical accompanist
as well as teacher of a special music course for people training in
dance performance. |
| In 2001 Kinney moved to France to study computer
music at The Centre de Création Musicale Iannis Xenakis (CCMIX) where
he continues to work as assistant musical during the summer sessions.
Kinney currently resides in Paris and is on the faculty of the
Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique et de Danse de Paris where
he creates music for dance and teaches a course in accompagnement de
danse. |
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