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Works 2000–2010

• Piano Concertino (2001)
1. Allegro 8:18”
2. Andante con Mosso 6:16”
3. Presto Scherzando 4:54”
• Quintet for Piano, Violin, Cello, Flute & Clarinet
1. Habanera 7:06”
2. Gitana 8:03
• Sestina Mutations, for Piano (2002)
1. Sestina Mutations 7:56”
2. Dream of Peace 8:51”
3. Toccata 6:56”
• Disturbing the Silence (2005), in 6 movements For String Quintet
1. Disturbing the Silence 2:56”
2. Schrodinger’ Cat 1:32”
3. Succubus 2:46”
4. Nesting Dolls 2:21”
5. Lady of Arosa 3:43”
6. Disturbing the Silence/Reprise 5:07”
• Margaret’s Oriental Fragments, for Soprano & Wind Quintet (2004)
1. Love’s Secret 3:23”
2. Spring & Fall 3:26”
3. I Spoke To Thee 3:38”
• Baion De Bayo for Woodwind Quintet 4:00”; Commissioned by the Quintet of the Americas 2008

Early Works (1970–1999)

• Incidental Music for "A Midsummer’s Night Dream" (1970) NCSA Prodution, Directed by: Barry Boys
• "The Cave": Ballet Score for Orchestra (1970)
• "To A Stranger" Song for Soprano, Tenor and String Quartet
• "Eye of the Ice" Ballet score: Flutes, Harp, Piano, Percussion and Strings Commissioned by Richard Kuch for the NC Dance Theater
• "The People" Commissioned by the Boston Ballet, for Orchestra
• 7 Days in December for Woodwind Trio (1983)
• Meditation for 4 cellos (1975)
• 4 Songs to Poems of Dylan Thomas (1973)
• "Notturno" piano solo (1974)
• "You’ll never See Another Butterfly" Ballet Score Commissioned by Sophie Maslow (1972)
• Incidental Music to "Anthony and Cleopatra " commissioned by New York Shakespeare Theatre (1973)
• "A Time of Crickets " Ballet score for Pauline Koner (supported by National Endowment Grant) (1976)
• Elegy for String Ensemble (1976)

Michael Colina is a multiple GRAMMY® winning composer and producer based in New York. Colina’s compositional voice is the result of a unique confluence of styles, embracing classical, jazz and Latin influences.

Colina’s youth was spent traveling between the US and Cuba, exposing the young musician to the sounds of Latin music as well as soul and gospel from America’s south. He also immersed himself in classical music, studying composition at the North Carlonia School for Arts with Vittorio Giannini, Louis Mennini and Robert Ward. He continued studies at the Chigiana in Siena, Italy and was the first recipient of the Vittorio Giannini Memorial Scholarship Award.

A world apart from his classical training, Colina has made a name for himself as producer and engineer on recordings for legendary musicians, including Bob James, David Sanborn, Michael Becker, Marcus Miller, Bill Evans and Michael Franks; he has also worked alongside George Benson, Earl Klugh, James Taylor, Linda Ronstadt and Bonnie Raitt. Over the past three decades, Colina has written music for television, film, theatre, dance and live performances on concert stages throughout the United States, Europe and Japan. As a jazz musician, composer, producer and engineer, he has won three Gold Records, three GRAMMYS® in the field of Contemporary Jazz, and won an Ace Award for Best Film Score.

During a 1999 trip to Cuba with his father, Colina’s love for the rhythms of his Cuban childhood reawakened, and the echoes of these early experiences are evident in his most recent works, such as Mambosa, intimately integrating his Cuban roots with the classical tradition. “It’s a very personal blend of music,” Colina explains, “I write what I want to hear.”

• http://michaelcolina.com/
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Colina
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2-65RX5X2Og
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=frFD70x_YvI&feature=related