Michael McCormick, originally from Oneida, New York, serves as the Choral Program Administrator at Princeton University. He graduated from Westminster Choir College with a B.M. in Music Education (summa cum laude) where he was named an Andrew J. Rider Scholar, and received an M.M. in Choral Conducting from Rutgers University where he was awarded a Robert E. Mortensen Fellowship. In addition to his work at Princeton, Michael serves as the Music Director and Organist at St. Mark’s Episcopal Church in Basking Ridge, NJ and Music Director of Ars Musica Chorale in Ridgewood, NJ.
An experienced choral singer, Michael has performed with some of the leading choirs and orchestras in the United States, such as the Westminster Choir, Philadelphia Symphonic Choir, Philadelphia Orchestra, New York Philharmonic, and Orchestra of St. Luke’s. His collaborations also include professional engagements with Spoleto Festival USA, Beloit Chorale, Norfolk Chamber Choir, St. Bartholomew’s Church NYC, and St. Vincent Ferrer Church NYC. His solo engagements include works by Joseph Haydn, Arthur Honegger, Lili Boulanger, and Claude Debussy with the Rutgers University Kirkpatrick Choir and Glee Club, and Riverside Choral Society.