Michael Udow was the 2014-15 Composer-in-Residence with the Colorado Chamber Orchestra. He has composed three operas, film scores, orchestral and wind ensemble works, and numerous chamber music and solo compositions. Michael’s distinctive compositional voice alludes categorization. Quite often, his rhythmically engaging contrapuntal lines with dense timbres weave effortlessly with memorable melodic lines.

His latest 2020 Animated Film to be performed live with orchestra, wind ensemble or 6-percussion with sound playback has received twelve laurel awards to date, including New York’s Sound and Vision International Fim & Technology Festival, Hollywood Verge Film Awards, Picasso, Einstein, Buddha Film Festival (India) and Bengal’s Model N Movie International Shorts. As you explore this website you may listen to Michael’s music samples and view score pages of his musical compositions.

“Michael’s Shattered Mirror Suite has been a real delight for us to put together; the orchestra has dove into it with enthusiasm and interest. Michael’s ears for the sounds of the orchestra are very unique. His pacing and sense of timing are so wonderfully refreshing as well. It’s a well-crafted piece. It certainly reflects Michael’s eclectic artistic personal life, borrowing of course from his Eastern knowledge and Javanese Gamelan sounds (a kind of Alan Hovhannesesque patience, influenced also by the beauty you can hear in the timeless music of Olivier Messiaen). Most importantly, it’s really Mike’s signature. It’s the type of music, in my opinion, that really needs to be heard by others. — Larry Rachleff, Music Director; Rhode Island Philharmonic Orchestra