Micheal Barnes: Educator and Performer
Winner of the American Prize in Instrumental Music, Micheal Barnes is currently pursuing a Master’s degree in Music Theory at the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music (CCM). He has previously performed with the National Youth Orchestra of the United States of America, the Fort Smith Symphony, and the Symphony of Northwest Arkansas. His performances have taken him to Russia, the United Kingdom, Japan, and across the United States. He placed in the Naftzger Young Artist Competition, the Coeur d’Alene Symphony National Young Artist Competition, the Great Plains International Marimba Competition, the Hellam Young Artist Competition, and the U.S. Army National Collegiate Solo Competition. He was the winner of the 2015 Oklahoma Day of Percussion Collegiate Solo Snare Drum Competition and the 2016 ENKOR International Music Competition.
Micheal has been featured with the Oklahoma State University Wind Ensemble, the University of Oklahoma Symphony Orchestra, the Delta Symphony, the CCM Chamber Choir, and the Cameron University Percussion Ensemble. He has also performed with the critically-acclaimed h2 Saxophone Quartet. He was selected as a participant for the Leigh Howard Stevens Bach Masterclass at PASIC 2014 as well as a member of the 2015 PASIC All-Star Percussion Ensemble. In 2018, Micheal founded the Freeform percussion quartet, a chamber group based out of Cincinnati, OH. He has given premieres of chamber and solo pieces by Robert Paterson, Bradley Kirkendall, Ben Yee-Paulson, Hayden Powell, Joseph Harkins, and others.
As an educator, Micheal has taught at numerous schools across Oklahoma, including MacArthur Middle School and Purcell High School, and has previously maintained private studios in Lawton, Oklahoma, Norman, OK, and Cincinnati, OH. He now teaches at Miss Shannon’s Music Studio in Batesville, Indiana, where he gives lessons in drum set, piano, percussion, and steel drums. In addition to arranging for marching bands, Micheal composed Distance for Solo Marimba and Crotales, published by Tapspace Publications, and is a contributor to the Percussive Arts Society’s free, digital magazine, Rhythm! Scene. In 2015, he was awarded a teaching fellowship to work with the National Youth Orchestra and Choir of Belize, and in 2016 the Mary Grey Thompson Award for outstanding contributions to the University of Oklahoma College of Fine Arts. Currently, Micheal is a music theory teaching assistant at CCM, where he teaches undergraduate courses in music theory and aural skills.
Micheal received his Master of Music in Percussion Performance from the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music and his Bachelor of Music from the University of Oklahoma. His primary teachers include Jim Culley, Rusty Burge, Lance Drege, Andrew Richardson, and Stuart Langsam. He is a member of the Percussive Arts Society and Society for Music Theory. He also serves as a member of the PAS University Committee and is a Vic Firth Artist and Marimba One Artist.
For inquiries about private lessons, writing music for marching band, and performances please see the Contact Page.
Micheal has been featured with the Oklahoma State University Wind Ensemble, the University of Oklahoma Symphony Orchestra, the Delta Symphony, the CCM Chamber Choir, and the Cameron University Percussion Ensemble. He has also performed with the critically-acclaimed h2 Saxophone Quartet. He was selected as a participant for the Leigh Howard Stevens Bach Masterclass at PASIC 2014 as well as a member of the 2015 PASIC All-Star Percussion Ensemble. In 2018, Micheal founded the Freeform percussion quartet, a chamber group based out of Cincinnati, OH. He has given premieres of chamber and solo pieces by Robert Paterson, Bradley Kirkendall, Ben Yee-Paulson, Hayden Powell, Joseph Harkins, and others.
As an educator, Micheal has taught at numerous schools across Oklahoma, including MacArthur Middle School and Purcell High School, and has previously maintained private studios in Lawton, Oklahoma, Norman, OK, and Cincinnati, OH. He now teaches at Miss Shannon’s Music Studio in Batesville, Indiana, where he gives lessons in drum set, piano, percussion, and steel drums. In addition to arranging for marching bands, Micheal composed Distance for Solo Marimba and Crotales, published by Tapspace Publications, and is a contributor to the Percussive Arts Society’s free, digital magazine, Rhythm! Scene. In 2015, he was awarded a teaching fellowship to work with the National Youth Orchestra and Choir of Belize, and in 2016 the Mary Grey Thompson Award for outstanding contributions to the University of Oklahoma College of Fine Arts. Currently, Micheal is a music theory teaching assistant at CCM, where he teaches undergraduate courses in music theory and aural skills.
Micheal received his Master of Music in Percussion Performance from the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music and his Bachelor of Music from the University of Oklahoma. His primary teachers include Jim Culley, Rusty Burge, Lance Drege, Andrew Richardson, and Stuart Langsam. He is a member of the Percussive Arts Society and Society for Music Theory. He also serves as a member of the PAS University Committee and is a Vic Firth Artist and Marimba One Artist.
For inquiries about private lessons, writing music for marching band, and performances please see the Contact Page.
