Composer & Conductor
MICHAEL
BEREC
ABOUT
Award-winning Canadian conductor, composer, and multi instrumentalist, Michael Berec has devoted his life to creating beautiful music. Michael serves as the Music Director of the York Chamber Ensemble and the Associate Conductor of the Kindred Spirits Orchestra, where he takes pride in building audiences and providing transcendent musical experiences. Whether for the stage or screen, Michael is recognized for his deep understanding of the musical phrase, and sensitivity to pitch and rhythm. He is an in-demand conductor and composer for various media, and is currently conducting and composing the score for the sixth season of the award winning Hallmark series “Good Witch.” Michael has conducted orchestras around the world, and has had the opportunity to be a part of live broadcasts such as live-to-air operas from the Metropolitan Opera in New York City, and the Simón Bolívar Youth Orchestra. Michael has been featured on Canada’s National Classical radio station 96.3 and has had the pleasure to perform and work with great artists such as the late violinist Jacques Israelievitch, pianist André Laplante, Canadian singer-songwriter Ron Sexsmith, the Canadian Tenors, and the Budapest Scoring Orchestra.
Michael has studied with Maestro Jorma Panula (Sibelius Academy), Maestro Markand Thakar (Peobody Institute), Maestro Donato Renzetti (Accademia Musicale Pescarese, Italy) and composer Peter Paul Koprowski (student of Nadia Boulanger). He has conducted orchestras throughout North America and Europe, including such prestigious locations as the Royal Palace in San Lorenzo De El Escorial, Spain. Michael is a member of SOCAN, the Screen Composers Guild of Canada, the Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences and the Toronto Musicians’ Association.
NEWS
Michael Berec Appointed Music Director of the York Chamber Ensemble
08/14/19
Michael Berec has been appointed Music Director of the York Chamber Ensemble.
Good Witch - Season 6
Michael Berec will start writing music to the sixth season of Hallmark Channel's Good Witch this fall 2019.
Unionville Canada Day Celebration 2019
07/01/19
8:00PM
Unionville Bandstand
Kindred Spirits Orchestra, Conductor Michael Berec
Strauss, Radetzki Marsch
Brahms, Hungarian Dance
Shostakovich, Waltz no. 2 (from Jazz Suite No. 2)
A.L. Weber, The Phantom of the Opera (selections)
Cl.-M. Schonberg, Miss Saigon
Cl.-M. Schonberg, Les Miserables (selections)
J. Mercer, Moon River (from “Breakfast at Tiffany’s")
J. Barry, Somewhere in Time
J. de Meij, The Lord of the Rings (excerpts)
J. Williams, Star Wars (excerpts)
The Age of Elegance and Romanticism
05/11/19
7:30PM
Trinity Anglican Church, Aurora
York Chamber Ensemble, conductor Michael Berec
feat. York Festival Chorus
Schubert, Symphony no. 3
Faure, Elegie
Faure, Pavane
Faure, Cantique de Jean Racine
Saint-Saens, Suite pour orchestre
Schubert, Mass in D
The Silk Road
02/24/19
3:00PM
Burlington Performing Arts Centre
Symphony on the Bay, conductor Michael Berec
Holst, Japanese Suite
Gang/Zhan-Hao, Butterfly Lovers concerto, with Angel Wang, violin
Xiamusituonowa, Mayila
Lizhonghan, Spring of Xinjiang
Borodin, In the Steppes of Central Asia
Iranian Composers of Toronto, 5 Tableaux from Khosro and Shirin
Nielsen, Aladdin Suite
Bruckner's Fourth
12/15/18
8:00PM
Flato Markham Theatre
Kindred Spirits Orchestra, host & cover conductor Michael Berec
Schumann, Manfred Overture
Rachmaninoff, Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini
Bruckner, Symphony No. 4
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