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Michael Fein

Michael Fein earned a Bachelor of Music Education with a Jazz Concentration from Rutgers University where he studied saxophone with Ralph Bowen and clarinet with Anthony Pasquale. He performed with the Rutgers Big Band, Jazz Combos, Wind Ensemble, Clarinet Ensemble, and Salsa Band. Michael also earned a Masters of Jazz Saxophone Performance from Rowan University where he studied with baritone saxophone legend, Denis DiBlasio.

Michael’s resume includes performances with Ralph Peterson, Stanley Cowell, Scott Whitfield, Ralph Bowen, Denis DiBlasio, local original rock groups (Fathead and Barbuda), Arden Theater Company, and lead alto work with the great Ray Charles.

Michael currently teaches music technology electives and the Jazz Lab Band at Haverford High School. The Haverford music program has doubled in size since the hiring of Michael and the creation of digital audio music electives. He also serves as an adjunct jazz saxophone instructor at Swarthmore University.

Michael has published articles and lesson plans with Music Education Technology Magazine and Sound Tree. He has also presented numerous sessions at music and technology conferences including the 2005 National Education Computing Conference in Philadelphia, Music Player Live Ultimate Music Summit in New York, and the 2005 PMEA Conference in Valley Forge.

Michael released his debut CD entitled Four Flights Up in April 2005. The CD features Michael and his jazz sextet performing original tunes and arrangements. The CD has been re-released by Dreambox Media in October 2006 and is now available for purchase through Amazon.com and DreamboxMedia.com and select local record stores.

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Feinstein's Presents Five-Time Grammy Nominee Michael Feinstein and Star Vocalist Linda Eder in "Two for the Road"

Feinstein's Presents  Five-Time Grammy Nominee  Michael Feinstein and Star Vocalist  Linda Eder  in  "Two for the Road"

Source: Miller Wright & Associates

FEINSTEIN'S AT LOEWS REGENCY, the nightclub proclaimed “Best of New York" by New York Magazine and “an invaluable New York institution" by The New York Post will continue its Fall 2011 season with the first New York joint engagement of the club's founder MICHAEL FEINSTEIN and critically acclaimed vocalist LINDA EDER. The two powerhouse performers will share the spotlight in their show “Two For The Road." The evening will feature classics from Harold Arlen, George Gershwin and Sammy Cahn; hits ...

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Recording

Michael Feinberg - With Many Hands (2011)

Michael Feinberg - With Many Hands (2011)

Source: Something Else!

Yesterday, Atlanta, GA bassist Michael Feinberg put out his second album, With Many Hands, a part of a quiet revolution taking place in jazz today. The twenty-somethings like Feinberg and his band who are plying their trade in this hallowed American institution of jazz didn't grow up listening to only Armstrong, Parker and Davis records. Like everyone else of their generation, they filled their ears with heaping helpings of alt rock, hip hop, electronica and ethnic fusion. The best of ...

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Music Industry

Michael Feinstein to Lead Jazz at Lincoln Center Series

Michael Feinstein to Lead Jazz at Lincoln Center Series

Source: Michael Ricci

Jazz at Lincoln Center is bringing classic American popular song into its fold with the appointment of the singer and pianist Michael Feinstein as director of its new popular music series. Mr. Feinstein will create three programs as well as a family event, all focusing on the relationship between jazz and songwriting, for the spring of 2011. The concerts will be in the Allen Room in Frederick P. Rose Hall, at Broadway and 60th Street. The announcement is to be ...

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Michael Feinstein Snarling Sinatra Tribute Boots Santa

Michael Feinstein Snarling Sinatra Tribute Boots Santa

Source: Michael Ricci

Christmas, Michael Feinstein and Frank Sinatra: three different, tenuously connected worlds collided Tuesday evening at Feinsteins at Loews Regency, where Mr. Feinstein brought a drastically revamped version of his annual holiday extravaganza.

What used to be a campy variety show, featuring witty obscure novelties and backup singers wearing Santa hats, became a testosterone-fueled homage, “The Sinatra Holiday Project," whose title is borrowed from Mr. Feinsteins recent tribute album, The Sinatra Project.

As he did in September in the shows introducing ...

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Michael Feinstein's Fresh Take On Classic Sinatra

Michael Feinstein's Fresh Take On Classic Sinatra

Source: Michael Ricci

Ol' Blue eyes did it his way -- and so now has Michael Feinstein. Feinstein takes Ol' Blue Eyes' 1940s hits and gives them 1950s Nelson Riddle-style arrangements.

When he began kicking around ideas recently for a new album, the singer and recording artist who carries a torch for the Great American Songbook initially dismissed a suggestion that he do a Frank Sinatra tribute. There were too many on the market already, he thought, and most simply copied ...

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Michael Feinstein's the Sinatra Project CD in Stores September

Michael Feinstein's the Sinatra Project CD in Stores September

Source: Special Ops Media

Four time Grammy nominee Michael Feinstein returns with The Sinatra Project, his first CD release since 2005's Hopeless Romantics, in stores September 2nd! Feinstein will also be celebrating the 10th Anniversary of his famed club in New York City, Feinsteins's At The Regency, with a week long Sinatra themed celebration during release week. Four time Grammy nominee, singer/pianist Michael Feinstein is poised to release his 24th album, The Sinatra Project, through Concord records September 2, 2008. The new album is ...

“Tenor saxophonist Michael Fein…proves to be one winsome-sounding cat. His set on the Philly-based Dreambox label comes with a lot of heart and some cool compositions, too. Fein, who writes for a septet including vibraphonist Behn Gillece, highlights some warm colors on "Ballad for Ella," and invites listeners to follow the boppish twists of "Sketch Me If You Can." His solo take through Henry Mancini's "Days of Wine and Roses" represents a striking effort…he's consistently musical, and so is his well-schooled band, including trumpeter Chuck Gottesman…and alto saxophonist Stephen Selfridge,”
Primary Instrument

Saxophone

Willing to teach

Advanced only

Credentials/Background

Music Technology-Pro Tools, Logic, Garage Band, etc. Saxophone-beginner to advanced; jazz and classical $60 per hour

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