MICHAEL SNELGROVE

Michael Snelgrove (b. 1962) lives in Grand Falls – Windsor, NL. He was born in Botwood, NL in 1962. Michael has been an Associate Composer of the Canadian Music Centre since 2004. He holds a Master’s Degree in Conducting, a Bachelor’s Degree in Theory and Composition and a Bachelor’s in Music Education from Memorial University of Newfoundland. He composed music for Memorial’s Anniversary of Anniversaries. He has composed works for the ISME conference in Edmonton, for the Association for Music in International Schools (AMIS) in Waterloo, Luxembourg and Dusseldorf. He won the Hannaford Street Silver Band’s Making Overtures con in 2008. He was asked to write music for Festival 500 and Soiree ’99. He is in demand writing for many groups in Eastern Canada such as Lady Cove, QVE and Cantus Vocum. He is a regular on CBC Radio. Michael has just retired (2016) from teaching, spending 30 years in rural NL as a music specialist.