Michael McCormick

Michael McCormick, originally from Oneida, New York, serves as the Choral Specialist at Princeton University. He graduated from Westminster Choir College with a B.M. in Music Education (summa cum laude) where he was named an Andrew J. Rider Scholar, and received an M.M. in Choral Conducting from Rutgers University where he was awarded a Robert E. Mortensen Fellowship. In addition to his work at Princeton, Michael serves as the Music Director and Organist at St. Mark’s Episcopal Church in Basking Ridge, NJ and Music Director of Ars Musica Chorale in Ridgewood, NJ.

An experienced choral singer, Michael has performed with some of the leading choirs and orchestras in the United States, such as the Westminster Choir, Philadelphia Symphonic Choir, Philadelphia Orchestra, New York Philharmonic, and Orchestra of St. Luke’s. His collaborations also include professional engagements with Spoleto Festival USA, Beloit Chorale, Norfolk Chamber Choir, St. Bartholomew’s Church NYC, and St. Vincent Ferrer Church NYC. His solo engagements include works by J.S. Bach, Joseph Haydn, Arthur Honegger, Lili Boulanger, and Claude Debussy with the Rutgers University Kirkpatrick Choir and Glee Club, Riverside Choral Society, and Highland Park Community Chorus.

As a conductor, Michael participated as a conducting fellow for the International Conductor Training Program at University of Cincinnati, Berkshire Choral International in Seattle, WA, and Yale School of Music’s Norfolk Chamber Choir. As a clinician, he has led workshops in high schools across the metropolitan area, as well as leading a program with the San Miguel de Allende (Mexico) Opera Choir. He also serves on the faculty of the SUNY New Paltz Summer High School Choral Institute and Chamber Singers programs. His guest conducting has included groups such as Amor Artis, Somerset Hills Chorus, Downtown Voices, and Lux Choir.

Michael is a board member of the New Jersey American Choral Directors Association, where he coordinates the New Jersey High School Choral Festival.