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Michael D. Blostein is a well-respected tubist, educator, and composer in the Capital District / Albany area. His compositions have been performed in many area venues, including local schools, various colleges, community performances, and solo artists. He is an active educator in the Averill Park School District, maintains a private low brass studio, and is an active tuba and bass trombone player.


Mr. Blostein has been working actively as a professional musician through composition, arranging, education, performance, and working as a copyist since 1996. With degrees in music education and composition, experience in a multitude of styles and genres, and a reputation for high quality work and results, he has worked with musicians from all walks of life and at all levels.


Mr. Blostein has a wide range of experiences. He has taught and/or performed in Arizona, Vermont, Massachusetts, and throughout New York State. His education includes a Bachelor's degree in Music Education from the Crane School of Music at SUNY Potsdam, where he studied tuba with Peter Popeil and composition with David Heinick, Andrew Simpson, and Arthur Frackenpohl; and a Master's degree in Composition from the University of Arizona, where he studied composition with Dan Asia, counterpoint with Pamela Decker, tuba with Hank Feldman and Cherry Beauregard, and conducting with Gregg Hanson. He has been included as a contributing writer in the All-Music Guide, as well as inthe All-Music Guide to Classical Music, both of which are available  at your favorite bookseller. He has also been listed in the Who's Who in America.


Currently, he is an active performer on Bass Trombone with the Georgie Wonders Orchestra, on Tuba with the Dominant Five Brass Quintet, and has an active private studio. Private students have performed at All-State and All-Eastern Festivals, and have pursued college degrees in Tuba performance and education, in addition to success at such events as local NYSSMA competitions.

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