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Svoboda, Michael S. (b. 1985, Chicago, Illinois). American composer of mostly orchestral music.
Mr. Svoboda is self-taught as a composer. He studied violin privately with Julieta Mihai in Macomb, Illinois in 2007–08. He earned his BS in geography at Western Illinois University in Macomb in 2009 and has had post-graduate studies in a related field at Northern Illinois University in DeKalb since 2010.
CONTACT INFORMATION
E-mail address: mikesvoboda@hotmail.com
Website: http://www.emergingcomposerslibrary.com/michaelsvoboda.htm
SELECT LIST OF WORKS
ORCHESTRAL: Spring Prelude, orchestra (9 winds, B-flat trumpet, timpani, strings), 2005; Overture to 'The Tell-Tale Heart' (after Edgar Allan Poe), orchestra (10 winds, French horn, 2 trombones, tuba, harp, timpani, strings), 2008; Dance of the Birds, orchestra (9 winds, B-flat trumpet, 2 trombones, tuba, harp, timpani, triangle, handbells, strings), 2006; Valse Lament, string orchestra, 2009 (version of chamber work); Symphonic Sketch for Orchestra (vocalise), female chorus, orchestra (10 winds, 2 French horns, B-flat trumpet, 2 trombones, tuba, harp, timpani, glockenspiel, cymbals, strings), 2009–10; Legend, orchestra (9 winds, 2 French horns, B-flat trumpet, 2 trombones, tuba, harp, timpani, glockenspiel, tubular bells, tambourine, cymbals, strings), 2010; The Flight of the Mosquito, orchestra (piccolo, 2 flutes, 2 bassoons, French horn, tuba, timpani, cymbals, strings), 2010
CHAMBER MUSIC: Elegy No. 1, flute, harp, violin, viola, cello, double bass, 2008; Serenade, bassoon, harp, violin, viola, cello, double bass, 2008–09; Valse Lament, violin, viola, cello, double bass, 2009 (also version for string orchestra)
PIANO: Thoughts, 2006
(Last updated on August 30, 2010)
