Shannon Shaker is leading a consortium for "Ashugh Songs" (for Wind Ensemble, Grade 3-4).
Click the link in the previous sentence for more information and/or to join.

The Iowa State University Wind Ensemble (conducted by Michael Golemo) premiered "Nightmare Variations" on October 11th:
They were the first of 20 consoritum members who will premiere it over the course of the next year.

Michael and Egemen Kesikli presented a clinic on microtonal horn playing and makam theory at the 56th International Horn Symposium in Fort Collins, Colorado

Michael has created an updated horn quarter-tone fingering chart: it is free and you can download+print it here:

Michael presented a clinic on horn multiphonics at the Mid-South Horn Workshop in Stillwater, OK

"Ararat" was premiered by BD Winds (conducted by Kaitlin Bove), with Michael playing the opening duduk taksim





Newly Available for Purchase


"Ararat" for Wind Ensemble (Grade 5) is now available for pre-order

"Horn Quartet" is now available for purchase

"Five Mournful Armenian Songs for Horn and Drone" is now available for purchase

"50 Miniatures for Band" is now available for purchase

"Riding the Sunshine" is now available for purchase

"20 Intermediate Two-Page Horn Duets" is now available for purchase

"16 Advanced Two-Page Trumpet Duets" is now available for purchase