Michael Kemp has twice trained choral conductors from throughout Jamaica, and his choirs have regularly toured internationally to Salzburg, Vienna, and Krakow. Michael is equally at home working with adults and youth, and his expertise encompasses both choral and orchestral conducting.
In his 40-year career, he has conducted well over 300 masterworks of the standard choral and orchestral repertoire. He is a published composer with the Augsburg and Choristers Guild publishing houses. Two Philadelphia premieres conducted by Michael include Karl Jenkins' "Gloria" and Vaughan Williams' "Sancta Civitas".
A clip of Brahms' Tragic Overture, conducted by Michael:
MUSIC WORKS CONDUCTED BY MICHAEL |
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| Composer | Composition |
| Ashmore, Lawrence | The Four Seasons for Clarinet and Orchestra |
| Bach, Johann Sebastian | B Minor Mass |
| Brandenburg Concerto No. 4 | |
| Cantata 79 | |
| Cantata 95 | |
| Christmas Oratorio | |
| Concerto for Two Violins in D Minor | |
| Jesu Meine Freude | |
| Magnificat | |
| Passion According to St. John | |
| Barber, Samuel | Adagio for Strings |
| Concerto for Violin and Orchestra | |
| Bartok, Bela | Romanian Folk Dances |
| Beethoven, Ludwig van | Mass in C |
| Overture to "Creatures of Prometheus" | |
| Overture to "King Stephen" | |
| Piano Concerto No. 4 in G Major | |
| Piano Concerto No. 5 in Eb Major, "Emperor" | |
| Symphony No. 1 in C Major | |
| Symphony No. 2 in D Major | |
| Symphony No. 3 in Eb Major, "Eroica" | |
| Symphony No. 5 in C Minor | |
| Symphony No. 6 in F Major | |
| Symphony No. 7 in A Major | |
| Symphony No. 8 in F Major | |
| Bernstein, Leonard | Chichester Psalms |
| Bizet, Georges | L'Arlesienne Suite No. 1 |
| L'Arlesienne Suite No. 2 | |
| Carmen, Entrance of the Toreadors | |
| Brahms, Johannes | Abend Lieder |
| Academic Festival Overture | |
| Alto Rhapsody | |
| Fest Und Gedenk Sprache | |
| German Requiem | |
| Hungarian Dance No. 5 | |
| Liebeslieder Waltzer | |
| Nänie | |
| Neue Liebeslieder | |
| Serenade No. 1 in D Major | |
| Serenade No. 2, Op. 16 | |
| Symphony No. 1 in C Minor | |
| Symphony No. 4 in E Minor | |
| Tragische Ouverture | |
| Variations on a Theme by Haydn | |
| Violin Concerto in D Major | |
| Britten, Benjamin | Rejoice in the Lamb |
| Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra | |
| Buxtehude, Dietrich | Command Thine Angel That He Come |
| In Dulci Jubilo | |
| Chaminade, Cecile | Concertino for Flute and Orchestra |
| Chausson, Ernest | Poem for Violin and Orchestra |
| Cherubini, Luigi | Requiem |
| Copland, Aaron | Billy the Kid |
| Canticle of Freedom | |
| El Salon Mexico | |
| Fanfare for the Common Man | |
| Quiet City | |
| Lincoln Portrait | |
| Suite from Appalachian Spring | |
| Symphony No. 1 for Organ and Orchestra | |
| The Tender Land (excerpts) | |
| Cowell, Henry | Slow Jig |
| Diamond, David | Music for Shakespeare's Romeo & Juliet |
| Debussy, Claude | Nocturnes |
| Trois Chanson | |
| Delius, Frederick | The Walk to the Paradise Garden |
| Two Aquarelles | |
| Dello Joio, Norman | Jubilant Song |
| Dorff, Daniel | Blast Off! |
| Goldilocks and the Three Bears | |
| Dukas, Paul | The Sorcerer's Apprentice |
| Durufle, Maurice | Requiem Mass |
| Dvorak, Antonin | Carnival Overture |
| Legends | |
| Serenade for Strings | |
| Serenade for Winds in D Minor | |
| Slavonic Dance No. 1 | |
| Slavonic Dance No. 3 | |
| Stabat Mater | |
| Symphony No. 7 in D Minor | |
| Symphony No. 8 in G Major | |
| Elgar, Edward | Introduction and Allegro, Op. 47 |
| Serenade for Strings | |
| Enigma Variations | |
| Faure, Gabriel | Masque et Bergamasque |
| Pavane | |
| Requiem Mass | |
| Finzi, Gerald | In Terra Pax |
| Gershwin, George | Rhapsody in Blue |
| Gilbert & Sullivan | Selections from: |
| "The Gondoliers", "H.M.S. Pinafore", | |
| "The Mikado", and "The Pirates of Penzance" | |
| Gliere, Reinhold | "Russian Sailor's Dance" (from The Red Poppy) |
| Gould, Morton | American Salute |
| Gounod, Charles-Francois | Ballet Music from Faust |
| Petite Symphonie for Winds | |
| Symphony No. 1 | |
| Greig, Edvard | Peer Gynt Suite No. 1 |
| Handel, George Frederick | Concerto Grosso, Op. 6, No. 1 |
| Messiah | |
| Organ Concerto, No. 10, Op. 7, No. 7 | |
| Water Music | |
| Hanson, Howard | Cherubic Hymn |
| Haydn, Franz Joseph | Creation |
| Harmoniemesse | |
| Heilig Messe | |
| Missa Brevis St. Joannis de Deo | |
| The Seasons (excerpts) | |
| Symphony No. 97 | |
| Symphony No. 103 | |
| Holst, Gustav | The Planets, "Mars" |
| St. Paul's Suite | |
| Honegger, Arthur | Christmas Cantata (Une cantate de Noël) |
| King David | |
| Ives, Charles | Variations on "America" |
| Jacob, Gordon | Old Wine in New Bottles |
| Jenkins, Karl | Gloria (Philadelphia Premiere, May 14, 2011) |
| Jongen, Joseph | Symphonie Concertante |
| Kapilow, Robert | Green Eggs and Ham |
| Kodaly, Zoltan | Te Deum |
| Liadov, Anatol | The Music Box |
| Martin, Joseph | Come to the Music |
| Mascagni, Pietro | Cavalleria Rusticana, Easter Hymn |
| Massenet, Jules | Thaïs, Meditation |
| Mendelssohn, Felix | Elijah |
| "The Hebrides" Overture | |
| Overture to "The Fair Melusine" | |
| String Symphony No.1 in C Major | |
| String Symphony No.5 in Bb Major | |
| String Symphony No. 6 in Eb Major | |
| Symphony No. 2 in Bb Major, "Hymn of Praise" | |
| Symphony No. 3 in A Minor, "Scottish" | |
| Symphony No. 4 in A Major, "Italian" | |
| Symphony No. 5 in D Major, "Reformation" | |
| Menotti, Gian-Carlo | Amahl and the Night Visitors |
| Montsalvatge, Xavier | Canciones Negras |
| Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus | Divertimento in C Major, K. 157 |
| Eine Kleine Nachtmusik | |
| Exsultate Jubilate | |
| Overture from The Impressario | |
| The Magic Flute (excerpts) | |
| Marriage of Figaro (excerpts) | |
| Missa Brevis, Organ Solo Mass | |
| Overture from Cosi fan Tutte | |
| Piano Concerto No. 15 in Bb Major | |
| Requiem | |
| Solemnes Vesperae | |
| Symphony No. 39 in Eb Major | |
| Symphony No. 40 in G Minor | |
| Symphony No. 41 in C Major, "Jupiter" | |
| Violin Concerto No. 5, K. 219 | |
| Mussorgsky, Modest | Night on Bald Mountain |
| Nelson, Ronald | Christmas Story |
| Pachelbel, Johann | Canon and Gigue |
| Page, Robert | Suite in Blue |
| Tin Pan Alley Suite | |
| Parker, Alice | Songstream |
| Pfautsch, Lloyd | Day For Dancing |
| Pinkham, Daniel | Christmas Cantata |
| Poulenc, Francis | Gloria |
| Organ Concerto | |
| Prokofiev, Sergei | Peter and the Wolf |
| Symphony No. 1 in D Major | |
| Puccini, Giacomo | Madama Butterfly, Humming Chorus |
| Turandot, Final Chorus | |
| Rachmaninov, Sergei | Symphony No. 2 in E Minor, "The Rock" |
| Vocalise | |
| Ravel, Maurice | Mother Goose Suite |
| Pavanne pour une infante defunte | |
| Reineke, Stephen | Casey at the Bat |
| Respighi, Ottorino | The Birds |
| Ancient Airs and Dances, Suite No. 1 | |
| Ancient Airs and Dances, Suite No. 2 | |
| Ancient Airs and Dances, Suite No. 3 | |
| Rossini, Gioachino | Overture to L'inganno felice |
| Overture to The Barber of Seville | |
| Overture to Cinderella (La Cenerentola) | |
| Overture to The Italian Girl in Algiers (L'italiana in Algeri) | |
| Rutter, John | Gloria |
| Requiem | |
| Saint-Saens, Camille | Concerto for Violin No. 3 in B Minor |
| Danse Macabre | |
| Organ Symphony No. 3 in C Minor | |
| Schubert, Francois | The Bee |
| Schubert, Franz | Mass in G |
| Mass No. 6 in Eb Major | |
| Symphony No. 3 | |
| Schuman, William | New England Triptych, Chester |
| Schutz, Heinrich | Seven Last Words of Christ on the Cross |
| Serly, Tibor | Transylvanian Rhapsody |
| Shchedrin, Rodon | Carmen Suite (after Bizet) |
| Shostakovich, Dmitri | Festive Overture |
| Sibelius, Jean | Finlandia |
| Pelleas and Melisande, Op. 46 | |
| Stamitz, Carl | Concerto for Clarinet and Bassoon |
| Still, William Grant | Afro-American Symphony |
| Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilyich | Eugene Onegin, Entr’acte Act II, Scene I, Waltz |
| The Nutcracker Suite | |
| Orchestral Suite No. 4 in G, "Mozartiana" | |
| Telemann, Georg Philipp | Viola Concerto in G Major |
| Thompson, Randall | Frostiana (orchestral version) |
| Peaceable Kingdom | |
| Testament of Freedom | |
| Thomson, Virgil | The Plow That Broke the Plains |
| Tirro, Frank | American Jazz Mass |
| Verdi, Giuseppe | Aida, Triumphal March |
| La Traviata, Act 1, Prelude | |
| Requiem | |
| Te Deum | |
| Vieuxtemps, Henri | Violin Concerto No. 5 in A Minor |
| Vivaldi, Antonio | Concerto for Two Cellos in G Minor |
| Concerto for Two Violins, Cello and Strings in D Minor | |
| Concerto for Two Trumpets in C Major, R.V. 537 | |
| Flute Concerto in D Major, "The Goldfinch" | |
| Gloria | |
| Harp Concerto in C Major | |
| Wagner, Richard | Lohengrin, Introduction to Act III |
| Meistersinger, Act III, Introduction | |
| Siegfried Idyll | |
| Tannhauser, Fest March | |
| Walton, William | Henry V (excerpts) |
| Warlock, Peter | Capriol Suite |
| Weber, Carl Maria von | Der Freischutz |
| Williams, John | Star Wars, orchestral suite |
| Williams, Ralph Vaughan | Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis |
| English Folksong Suite | |
| In Windsor Woods | |
| Sancta Civitas (Philadelphia Premiere) | |
| Serenade to Music | |
| Song of Thanksgiving | |