Secretary Michael
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Biography
Secretary Michael (the old pen-name of Michael Laschober) is a St. Louis peace activist with a large catalog of choral compositions that have been put into the public domain and are free to download [1]. Among his major works:
- "Secular Hymnal" [2] (SATB and Solo versions, each containing 144 secular hymns),
- "Choral Dialectics" [3] (each dialectic is a rational argument, battled-out chorally in 4 short movements),
- "Little Machines" [4] (a collection of 28 very short mechanical works for unaccompanied mixed chorus),
- "Joe Puma - Wild Choir Music" [5] (a collection of 36 secular shape-note hymns),
- "Candelescence" [6] (a "free peace opera" for singers and piano),
- "Aren't We the Lucky Ones" [7] (this is the background story to the opera "Candelescence" in which a commune of science students grapple with their awareness of determinism).
BIO: A graduate of the UMKC Conservatory of Music, Secretary Michael has been an elementary school teacher (teaching Science and Music in both public and private schools), a private piano teacher, the creator of "Junkyard School" (a popular assortment of afterschool programs), a choir director (Oakland Children's Chorus, St. Louis Peace Choir), a maker of weather charts (Metropolitan Weather Charts), a facilitator of science activities (St. Louis Nature Study Society) [8] and a longtime St. Louis concert piano tuner/technician (Academy Piano Service).
Today Michael is a volunteer leader of Botany Walks for St. Louis teachers [9], a volunteer counselor on Discord's "Determinists Support Group" for those troubled by determinism, and a composer of choral works that celebrate peace and egalitarianism [10].
See also: Secretary Michael's editor page.
List of choral works
- Balance (Choral Dialectic)
- Change (Choral Dialectic)
- Clean Water (Choral Dialectic)
- Jo Puma (Secular Shape-note Hymns)
- Peace Songs for Choir
- Secular Hymnal
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