Michael Boyman

Anger Management is a study in aggression and heartbreak; rejecting Tennyson's maxim 'Tis better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all.' My goal was to combine the narrative of romant...

Composer and violist Michael Boyman is always searching for the perfect balance of form and expression. His music often tells a story; whether from literature; visual art or personal experience; and h...

Concertino is about relationships and how they change over time. My first goal in writing the piece was to create two distinct characters; in this case; the Oboe and English Horn. The Oboe begins with...

Tightrope Walker is my first piece for full orchestra. Given the large forces available to me; I wanted to write something exciting; colorful and visceral. I remembered back to when I was a kid going...