With diverse influences ranging from Miles Davis, Tom Waits, Glenn Gould, and Brad Mehldau to Aphex Twin, Squarepusher, Radiohead, and Steve Reich, Michael Wall has established a reputation as one of the most innovative and impactful voices in the world of music and dance.
An in-demand composer, Michael writes approximately 200 new commissions a year for leading international dance organizations, music licensing, and collaborative projects including the Grammy-nominated album "Spirit Song" by Kenny Barron. Michael also organized, performed, recorded, mixed, and mastered the recording "Music for Changing Parts" by Phillip Glass with the Salt Lake Electronic Ensemble, which was released on Glass's record label Orange Mountain Music. In dance, Michael has collaborated with Flockworks, Pilobolus, Shen Wei, Charles Anderson, The Jose Limon Company, Jesse Zarrit, David Dorfman, Jennifer Nugent, Bebe Miller and many more.
Michael has been distributing music since 1999, and has amassed a library of 72 albums with 567 tracks of music. He is currently developing online educational resources to teach composing for dance, accompanying dance classes, and teaching music for dance to dance educators. This is an industry first and will be available through his website www.soundformovement.com