Michael Vinten - Music Coach

Michael’s professional activities span conducting, teaching, composing and arranging. His performing repertoire and experience is very broad, covering orchestral, choral, operatic, Music Theatre and numerous collaborations with Maori performers.

After studying Music History and Composition at Victoria University, Wellington, Michael completed a Masters Degree in Orchestral Conducting at Cincinnati University's College - Conservatory of Music, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA.

Michael was the Wellington Chorus Master and Associate Conductor for New Zealand Opera from 1991 until 2018. In 2019 he was the Chorus Master for the company across the country having also previously assumed the role with the Christchurch Chorus. He has conducted opera performances for the company, including their four national tours for which he produced reduced orchestrations.

He has also conducted operas for Wellington City Opera, Hamilton Operatic Society, Hawke’s Bay Opera, Wanganui Opera, Massey University's Conservatorium of Music, the New Zealand School of Music, Boutique Opera, and Days Bay Opera. In 2020 he is working with Wellington Light Opera on performances of three Gilbert and Sullivan operettas.