Michael is an Australian born trumpet player currently based in Freiburg, Germany.

He grew up on a rural property on the banks of the Murray River, where he began learning trumpet at age 10. Michael began his Bachelor of Music at the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts. He then went on to study at the Queensland Conservatorium, the Australian National Academy of Music, the Karlsruhe Hochschule für Musik, with teachers such as Tristram Williams, David Elton, and Prof. Reinhold Friedrich. He is currently completing his Masters of Music with Prof. Wim Van Hasselt at the Freiburg Hochschule für Musik in Germany. 

Michael has performed with the Melbourne, Sydney, and West Australian Symphony Orchestras, Opera Australia, Australian Ballet as well as more recently as Praktikant with the Göttinger Symphony Orchester as well as touring with Saarländische Rundfunk, Mahler Chamber Orchestra and the Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen.

In his time off, Michael enjoys rock climbing and canyoning.