Michael Cain was born on April 2,1966 and is a pianist and composer.
10 Facts About Michael Cain
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Michael Cain received a Bachelor's degree in jazz piano in 1988, and a Master's degree in fine arts in 1990.
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Michael Cain moved to New York in 1990 and began performing with many members of M-Base, a Brooklyn-based collective of musicians, initially with Greg Osby and later with Robin Eubanks and Lonnie Plaxico among others.
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Later that year Michael Cain started playing with Jack DeJohnette and joined his group Special Edition.
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In 1991, Michael Cain began playing with the Anthony Cox quartet which featured Dewey Redman on saxophone and Billy Higgins on drums.
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From 1995 to 1997, Michael Cain was an assistant professor in the Jazz and Contemporary Media Department at the Eastman School of Music in Rochester, New York State.
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In 1997, Michael Cain joined the faculty at the New England Conservatory of Music in Boston where he directed several ensembles, taught classes on rhythm analysis, and taught private piano.
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From 1999 to the present, Michael Cain has been the director of the "Digital Playground", a music education and recording program at the Hoboken Charter School in Hoboken, New Jersey.
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Michael Cain was musical director for the Jose Limon Dance Company's New York premiere of Crossroads, a collaboration between composer James Newton and choreographer Donald McKayle.
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In 2008, Michael Cain joined the Faculty of Music at Brandon University in Brandon, Manitoba, Canada, where he leads several ensembles, and teaches jazz curriculum and piano.