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Michael Mori, bass
Who are you?
Michael Mori, though since Michael Murray is also in my section and
has been around for longer, they call me Mike or just ‘Hey Kid’.
Member since...
September, 2005.
I grew up in...
the library, the bandroom, and on the stage, though I perhaps started
growing... you can still have growth spurts after 24, right?
If I couldn’t sing, I would...
tinker with the idea of becoming an engineer/inventor and then merely
engineer becoming a tinkerer
I sing because...
Of the things that I enjoy at the same level of indulgence as singing,
singing is the one that is best for my health and also considered a profession.
I would describe my personal style as...
muse and cat, scholar and woodsman.
Can you talk in other languages?
Maybe, schwiitzr schoggi isch sau guet!
Michael’s Official Bio
Michael Mori completed his Bachelor of Music in Opera at the University of British Columbia and will be finishing his Masters of Performance there this May. Michael also performed for two years with the University Singers as well as toured Eastern Canada, the Czech Republic, and Germany with the UBC Opera Ensemble. Some of his roles in the past few years include Papageno in The Magic Flute, Guglielmo in Cosi fan tutte, Schaunard in La Boheme, and most recently Sir Joseph Porter in The H.M.S. Pinafore. In 2004, Michael won the Strauss Competition for a scholarship for summer study in Austria and subsequently studied in Vienna and Salzburg with Francisco Araiza and Rudolph Knoll. Choral Music has been a part of his life since he joined a traditional Anglican boys choir at the age of eight and was able to tour England singing in cathedrals such as Winchester Cathedral, Westminister Abbey, and St. Paul's. One of his favorite recent credits was in performing the part of the Sprecher in Heiner Goebbels' Befreiung with Vancouver New Music. He is currently in his second season with the Vancouver Opera Chorus and his first season with Musica Intima, the highly acclaimed Vancouver based vocal ensemble.