Biography

Michael Becker is a versatile pianist whose repertoire spans not only solo and collaborative piano literature, but jazz standards and musical theatre as well. Michael is a very active accompanist and an experienced pedagogue. As a solo pianist, accompanist, vocal coach, music director and educator, he is affiliated with numerous schools, universities, churches, choirs, and musical theatres all throughout New England. Michael is on the piano faculty of the All Newton Music School. He is the accompanist for the Arlington-Belmont Chorale of the Philharmonic Society of Arlington, and he is a staff pianist at the Boston Conservatory at Berklee. 

Michael has performed and toured throughout the United States and Europe. He has worked as a pianist for the Boston Symphony Orchestra, Boston Pops, Boston University, New England Conservatory, North End Music and Performing Arts Center, Riverside Theatre Works, Suffolk University, and Wellesley College. Michael has performed and adjudicated at numerous auditions, festivals and competitions, including the American Choral Directors Association (ACDA), Bay State Piano Competition, Massachusetts Instrumental and Choral Conductors Association (MICCA), Massachusetts Music Educators Association (MMEA), National Association of Teachers of Singing (NATS), and the National Convention of Piano Pedagogy. Michael has served as an education faculty member of the Handel and Haydn Society Youth Choruses, accompanying the Chorus of Sopranos and Altos, as well as the Chamber Choir.  He has worked as a faculty member and music director at Riverside Theatre Works, and he has been a pianist for “Urban Voices: A Choral Music Initiative,” an educational outreach program of the Metropolitan Opera Guild of New York.  

Michael is a graduate of the New England Conservatory of Music, where he earned a Master of Music degree in Collaborative Piano.  He also holds a Bachelor of Arts and a Master of Music in Piano Performance from Towson University, with additional studies at the Eastman School of Music and the Longy School of Music Piano Pedagogy Institute.