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Michael Teoli

Methuen, Massachusetts, United States of America

• Primary Instrument: Voice
• Profession: Composer
• Website: http://www.michaelteoli.com

About Michael Teoli

Born the child of a big band jazz drummer and the grandson of the founder and long-time concertmaster of a philharmonic orchestra, the deep love for a variety of musical styles flowed through the blood of Michael Teoli from birth. The passion behind his rock-infused orchestral compositions displays his wide breadth of skills and his ability to stray from the norm. Paired with his training at the Berklee College of Music, Michael offers a new, fresh dimension to music; this sets him apart from other film scorers and traditional composition artists. A New England native, Michael attended Boston's Berklee College of Music on an achievement-based scholarship where he graduated in 2004 as a voice principal, with a degree in Contemporary Writing and Production. Before his final year at Berklee, he moved to New York City to work on Howard Shore's Music Team for The Lord of the Rings: Return of the King (2003). There he learned first-hand what went into the production of a score for a blockbuster feature film and the importance of a tight music team. Michael scored his first feature length film, After Roberto in 2004, which contained over 82 minutes of original music all composed, orchestrated, and produced by Teoli. Since then, Michael has worked on over 25 films, including composing the score to the feature film, 41 (2007) that won BEST ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK at The Director's Chair Film Festival in Staten Island, NY. Teoli was an assistant to Composer Michael A. Levine at his studio at Hans Zimmer's Remote Control Productions at the start of 2007 where he got to work on such projects as The Simpsons Movie (2007), Bee Movie (2007) and The Naked Brothers Band. He left Remote to compose the music for Tonya & Nancy: The Rock Opera that premiered in Portland, OR in February 2008 and was covered on Fox News, CNN and Good Morning America. The show received two Portland Area Musical Theatre Award nominations for BEST ORIGINAL MUSICAL and BEST SONG (for Three and a Half Minutes). Michael currently resides in Burbank, CA with his fiance and 2 cats.