Michael Fiday is a composer and has taught at the College-Conservatory of Music/University of Cincinnati since 2002. His work has been commissioned and performed by a diverse range of performers such as Cincinnati Symphony, Atlanta Symphony, American Composers Orchestra, Percussion Ensemble of The Hague, pianist Marc-Andre Hamelin, and electric guitarist Seth Josel. Fiday was recently awarded commissions from the Fromm Foundation of Harvard University, for a new work for Mantra Percussion, and from the Barlow Foundation, for a new work for the ensemble Hypercube.
In residence in 2018, Michael composed Junkyard Angel for solo piano, commissioned by pianist Brianna Matzke for her Response Project. The work will be premiered in November of 2018.
