Curriculum Vitae
About
Performer and educator Dr. Michael DiBarry (he/him) performs on both violin and viola. Before relocating to Colorado Springs to join the faculty of the University of Colorado Colorado Springs as an Assistant Professor of Strings, he served as the orchestra director and instructor of violin and viola at Glendale Community College in Arizona as well as an instructor of string methods, music history, and music theory. His community teaching includes current work with Rosie’s House Music Academy, and recently he gave masterclasses at the University of the Philippines and St. Scholastica’s College, Manila.
Michael performs with the Arizona Philharmonic in Prescott, Arizona as Principal Second as well as with the Arizona Bach Festival. Michael served as a member of Mariachi Rubor, an all-women’s mariachi in Phoenix. He continues to study the Persian classical music repertoire of the kamancheh with esteemed specialists. Previously, he pioneered microtonal violin pedagogy that bridges the gap between Western and Middle Eastern ear training as his doctoral research, and he received the Joan Frazer Memorial Award for Judaism and the Arts for composing a Yiddish song cycle. Michael received his Doctor of Musical Arts from Arizona State University, a Master of Music from the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, and a Bachelor of Music from McGill University in Montreal, Canada.
Courses Taught
- MUS 1620, 2620, 3620, 4620 Applied Lessons in Violin
- MUS 1621, 2621, 3621, 4621 Applied Lessons in Viola
- MUS 1000 Introduction to Music
- MUS 1005 Fundamentals of Music
- MUS 3150 Introduction to Ethnomusicology