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Countertenor vocalist, also plays the cornett. Michael Collver studied at the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis in Switzerland specializing in early vocal techniques and cornetto. Mr. Collver is a founding member of Project Ars Nova (P.A.N.), with which he has concertized extensively in Europe and the U.S, and has released several CD's under the New Albion and Telarc International labels. His professional performances have also included solo work with Ensemble Sequentia of Cologne, the Empire Brass Quintet, Tafelmusik, Boston Baroque and the Boston Camerata. Many of these concerts have been augmented by recordings with, Telarc International, Erato, Deutsche EMI, and Harmonia Mundi. In America he has performed as an oratorio soloist with the Los Angeles Philharmonic, the Roger Wagner Choral and the major orchestras in San Antonio, Vancouver, Montreal, Quebec, and the San Francisco Bay Area. Mr. Collver is on the faculty at the Longy School of Music in Cambridge, MA, and has taught cornetto and early vocal techniques at summer courses in Europe and the U.S.
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