Michael Fitzmaurice
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A former visual artist, he earned a degree in painting before becoming involved in music. His musical past has run the gamut from bluegrass band to blues band to ballet orchestra. Mike’s bass playing is unique in the traditional music scene, with the instrument often stepping up as an equal voice in the melodic texture- the “bass fiddle”, as it were. He is also a skilled composer, and has written two full-scale works for Colcannon and symphony orchestra, “The Red Kite” and “Lusanna”. Mikes most recent work "Short Stories" for Solo Bass and String Orchestra had it's premier in April of 2007 with "The Mercury Ensemble" and Mike will be performing it with them again on February 27th of 2010.
As an active freelance musician, Mike performs many different styles of music, and as an orchestral musician, Mike has performed, at one time or another, with all of the professional orchestras along the front range. Mike is currently Associate Principal Bass with the Greeley Philharmonic and has been working them for almost 20 years.
Mike also released his first CD of all original music, "The Continuing Adventures of Hajji Baba" in 2007.
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