Michael Roberts

PERCUSSION

Michael Roberts moved to the west coast to join the Oregon Symphony in 2013. He has also performed with the National Symphony, San Diego Symphony, Boston Symphony, Boston Pops, Detroit Symphony, Kansas City Symphony, Portland (Maine) Symphony, New World Symphony, and Hyogo PAC Orchestra.

Michael’s other notable engagements have included fellowships with the Verbier Festival Orchestra, Spoleto Music Festival, Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival, National Orchestral Institute, Music Academy of the West, and the Tanglewood Music Center, where the Boston Globe hailed him as a “fearlessly accomplished performer.”

A native of Fairfax County, Virginia, Michael began his musical studies on piano at the age of 8, and percussion at age 10. He later moved to Boston, where he earned a B.M. from the New England Conservatory, and his M.M. from Boston University. His principal teachers were William Hudgins and Timothy Genis.

Wen not playing percussion, Michael enjoys publishing and promoting the piano & chamber works of his grandfather, composer Arnold Mysior. Since the summer of 2016, Michael and his wife Maureen have settled in their SE Portland home with their Himalayan cat rescue, Hiro.