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Michael Burkhardt

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Michael Burkhardt

b. 1957

Michael Burkhardt is internationally known for his innovative and inspiring hymn festivals and for his creative work with children. He is in frequent demand as a choral clinician, organ recitalist, and hymn festival leader.

He is currently Director of Worship and the Arts at Holy Cross Lutheran Church, Livonia, Michigan and Artistic Director for hearts, hands, and voices Fine Arts and Worship Program. From 2001 to 2007 he served on the faculty of Carthage College (ELCA) in Kenosha, Wisconsin, as Director of Choral Activities, College Organist, and Artist in Residence. He also served for several years as the Artistic Director of the Detroit Handbell Ensemble. Prior to his appointment at Carthage, he was a Faculty Associate in organ at Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona.

Dr. Burkhardt has performed and led seminars at both national and regional events for the American Guild of Organists, the Hymn Society, the Association of Lutheran Church Musicians, the Presbyterian Association of Musicians, the Fellowship of United Methodists in Music and Worship Arts, and the American Choral Directors Association. Since 2003, he made six performance teaching tours to South Korea and Singapore. In addition, he is composer of two settings of the Eucharistic liturgy, A New Song and Missa St. Andrew, as well as numerous organ improvisations, choral octavos, and handbell compositions.

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  1. Praise the Lord with Drums and Cymbals
    SKU: 20-314*
    Brass Quartet, Timpani, Cymbals, and Organ
    Burkhardt, Michael; Karg-Elert, Sigfrid
  2. At the Cradle
    SKU: 10-997*
    Organ
    Burkhardt, Michael; Corelli, Arcangelo; Grieg, Edvard; Handel, George Frideric; Saint-Saëns, Camille
  3. Noël
    SKU: 10-495*
    Organ
    Candeille, Pierre-Joseph; Lefébure-Wély, Louis; Loret, Clement; Mulet, Henri; Tournemire, Charles; Burkhardt, Michael; Franck, César; Guilmant, Alexandre; Gigout, Eugène
  4. Toccatas for Organ
    SKU: 9136*
    Organ Solo
    Diruta, Girolamo; Murschhauser, Franz Xaver; Pasquini, Bernardo; Renaud, Albert; Rossi, Michelangelo; Bach, Johann Sebastian; Burkhardt, Michael; Buxtehude, Dietrich; Dubois, Théodore; Fletcher, Percy E.; Frescobaldi, Girolamo; Lemmens, Jacques-Nicolas; Martini, Giovanni Battista; Pachelbel, Johann; Reger, Max; Sweelinck, Jan Pieterszoon; Walther, Johann Gottfried; Zipoli, Domenico; Gigout, Eugène
  5. When the Morning Stars Together
    SKU: 60-0006*
    Soprano Solo, Tenor Solo, SATB, Handbells, and Organ with opt. Congregation, Descant, Brass Quintet, Timpani, and Cymbals
    Burkhardt, Michael
  6. The Lord Is a Mighty God
    SKU: 50-6152*
    Two-Part Mixed Voices (Canon) and Keyboard
    Burkhardt, Michael; Mendelssohn, Felix
  7. Loving Shepherd of the Sheep
    SKU: 50-3776*
    SAB or SATB and Organ
    Burkhardt, Michael
  8. Down By the Riverside
    SKU: 1.3656*
    SSA Chorus and Piano, with opt. Descant and Claves
    Burkhardt, Michael
  9. Oh, How Joyfully
    SKU: 50-5309*
    SA, SAB, SATB, or SAATBB and Keyboard
    Weyman, David
  10. Give Thanks, O Christian People
    SKU: 50-5331*
    SATB and Organ, with opt. Congregation, One or Two Trumpets, and Handbells (4 octaves, Treble Bells)
    Burkhardt, Michael
  11. Ringing Throughout the Year
    SKU: 30-730
    Three-Octave Handbells, with opt. Two-Octave Handchimes
    Burkhardt, Michael
  12. God Loved the World
    SKU: 50-3106*
    SATB and Organ, with opt. Congregation
    Burkhardt, Michael
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