Michael Lich
Classical guitarist, banjo-player, arranger and composer, Michael Lich is an eclectic, musician who has performed a wide variety of musical styles including classical, jazz, bluegrass, funk and East Indian. A critic wrote “Lich is a musician’s musician.”
In the Spring of 2000 he released his debut CD entitled Uraka which contains original and traditional works for both guitar and banjo. He has recently released two new CDs, a solo recording entitled Hillbilly's Dream and a duo recording with double bassist/composer Robert Matheson, entitled Ironwood. He will be releasing another duo CD, Orange, with guitarist/composer Joseph Williams, in the Fall of 2007.
Michael's performing career has taken him from Skagway, Alaska to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; Seoul, South Korea to Frankfurt, Germany. He has made radio and television appearances on KUNM-FM, Albuquerque, NM; KXCI-FM, Tucson, AZ; KSJC-FM, Silverton, CO; KOBF-TV, Farmington, NM and "Fala Espiritu Santo"-live television Vitoria, Brazil.
He has taught master classes and workshops at the Escola de Musica do Espiritu Santo and Faculdade de Musica in Vitoria, Brazil; the Concertos Internacionais Banese concert series in Aracaju, Brazil; the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, NV and the Public Academy for the Performing Arts in Albuquerque, NM.
He has studied with such notable artists as Michael Chapdelaine, Thomas Patterson, Christopher Parkening, Paul O'Dette and India's sarod maestro Amjad Ali Khan.
Michael currently teaches guitar at the Academy of Music and Dance and Pima Community College in Tucson, Arizona.