Currently living in the pastures of green New Hampshire, Michael Blum is a native of New York, with training in guitar and voice. At Dartmouth College, he has studied music composition under Kui Dong and jazz guitar with David Newsam. While he performs many of his own compositions, his orchestral works have been performed by the Callithumpian Consort and others. Additionally, Michael enjoys playing jazz and is inspired by the styles of Joe Pass and Paul Desmond.
CREATIVE STATEMENT: |ˌēmōˈtivitē| Music expresses with sincerity. The sincerity of the song is what speaks to us and gives us courage to trust the power of its emotional content. Trust in the song is pure potential energy; it has the power of bringing forth limitless trust within the heart of the listener. Then, it is the responsibility of the composer to lead the listener into the flowing stream of melody and rhythm, turning potential energy into motion. For any number of moments, a listener can travel in full engagement with a composer.