Michael Elderkin

Bassoon

BIOGRAPHY

Bassoonist and contrabassoons Michael Elderkin is an accomplished player, performing internationally as an orchestral, chamber, and session musician. Performing frequently with the London Symphony Orchestra,the Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, London Contemporary Orchestra and others, Michael is an active freelancer in London, where he resides.

Michael is a frequent session player in London and also works out of his home studio to record remotely, having recorded for Apple TV+, Audio Network, and various other projects - both on bassoon and contrabassoon. He has been featured as a soloist on the video game soundtrack to "Age of Fear 3: The Legend" and can be heard on numerous film/television scores.

Michael attended the Eastman School of Music, studying with John Hunt, and the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, studying with Daniel Jemison.

In addition to performing, Michael is a versatile composer with a style firmly rooted in strong thematic content with lush orchestrations and vivid colors, with a portfolio including music for concert, film, television, and musical theatre.

Recently, he has orchestrated for 'Black Widow' (2020), 'Gemini Man' (2019), 'His Dark Materials' (2019), and 'Mission: Impossible - Fallout' (2018). He has written music for numerous films including Nightrounds and Pacalu.

In April of 2017, he produced a semi-staged workshop of his musical, Mascherato, in partnership with the Barbican Centre. In March 2020, he recorded a full cast album in Abbey Road Studios with a 22-piece orchestra which is now available on all streaming platforms. The recording has been praised as "a score that is of the highest quality" and having "the colour, warmth and escapism of the best of what we love in musicals and the familiar-yet-new resonance of what Ashman and Menken did for the Disney renaissance.”

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Instruments
Bassoon, Composer, Contrabassoon, Copyist, Orchestrator, Remote Recording