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Michael is a composer, researcher, artistic director, educator, and arts administrator based in Canberra, the national capital of Australia. Michael is a regularly performed and commissioned composer who writes extensively for both professional, amateur, and youth musicians. More info.
Michael is always interested in new musical projects. Contact him at sollis@tpg.com.au.
Latest Blog Post: 12/03/2012 It's a small Galaxy After All - From Estonia to Australia: Southern Sky
Latest News
17/05/12 - Michael's latest work Three Mice Chillin' for oboe trio led by Megan Billing will be premiered on Friday the 25th of May, at Manning Clark House, Canberra (Tasmania Cir, Forrest). Guaranteed to get some laughs!
14/04/12 - "Burning Passion transport musicians and audiences to galaxies far away", so says The Australian in their review of The Griffyn Ensemble's Southern Sky which can be found here. Canberra magazine CityNews also has reviewed the concert which can be found here.
11/03/12 - Michael has recently completed his latest work PJ's Wood House for Guitar Orchestra, which will be premiered by the Canberra Classical Guitar Society later this year - stay tuned!
9/03/12 - Michael will have new work Mirage premiered by piccolist Kiri Sollis and percussionist Michael Askill as part of the 2012 Canberra International Music Festival. More information can be found here.
21/02/12 - The Griffyn Ensemble have registered with the Australian Business Arts Foundation's Cultural Fund to recieve donations for the upcoming Canberra concert series - you can find out more at the AbaF website.
8/09/11 - The Australian Music Centre's Resonate Magazine has just published a blog article of Michael's recent performance from the Australian String Quartet, which can be accessed here, or on Michael's own Island Universes blog.
5/09/11 - Michael's latest work Happy Deathday Mister Robot! will be premiered by exhAust - New York's latest New Music group, with an all-Aussie line up. For more information click here.
10/08/11 - ANU E Press have published Sung Tales from the Papua New Guinea Highlands - Studies in Form, Meaning, and Sociocutural Context edited by Alan Rumsey & Don Niles. The edited collection includes a chapter written by Michael Parallelism in Duna Pikono, and can be accessed here.
27/07/11 - Michael's String Quartet 'so she moaned, and as she uttered her moans' is one of four works selected in the 2011 National Composers Forum, to be performed by The Australian String Quartet and workedshopped with composers Matthew Hindson and James Ledger on August 14.
Ballad of a Highlands Man (The Griffyn Ensemble)