Biography:

Mike Sperone is a composer and percussionist. He is a founding member of the New Music Unit and Absolute Percussion. He has performend with the New Jersey Percussion Ensemble, Mad Coyote, and the High Mountain Symphony. Michael has participated in the premiers of works by Ron Mazurek, Josh Lopes, and Nina Goede. As a composer he has had his works premiered by Absolute Percussion, the New Music Unit, and Joe Bergen.

Michael studied classical percussion with Ray DesRoches, Peter Jarvis, and Tom Kolor. His composition studies have been with John Link, Jeffrey Kresky, Kevin Norton – and most recently with Huang Ruo, and Du Yun at SUNY Purchase where he earned a masters degree. He recently was in residence at BetterFarm's betterArt and at Rhymes With Opera's summer workshop where he composed and premiered new works. His music has been premiered by NJPE, Purchase New Music, Joe Bergen, and Justin Wolf. Michael's music is published by Calabrese Brothers Music, LLC.