Michael Ching, Date of Birth

Michael Ching

American conductor

Date of Birth: 29-Sep-1958

Profession: composer, conductor

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Libra

Michael Ching (born September 29, 1958) is an American composer, conductor, and music administrator.
A prolific and eclectic composer, he is best known nationally as the composer of innovative operas, including his a cappella adaptation of Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream (2011).
His other major operas include Buoso's Ghost (1996), Corps of Discovery (2003), Slaying the Dragon (2012), Speed Dating Tonight! (2013), and Alice Ryley (2015).
He has written the librettos of many of his own operas, and has done so for all of his operas composed after 2012. He is on the board of directors of the National Opera Association.