Carl Michel

After graduating from Berklee College of Music in 1979, guitarist/composer Carl Michel became a co-founder of the Creative Opportunity Orchestra with the innovative vocalist, Tina Marsh. He was one of the directors of the Madison Music Collective and has released several projects under the Play On Records label including “Food Of Love,” ”The Carl Michel Group,” “The Carl Michel Group (+),” “Music In Motian: (The Compositions Of Paul Motian)” and with Alex Coke, “The Emissary.” Carl has received two regional Emmy awards in Music Composition and Arrangement based on his work from a 16-part documentary series about 1930s-2000s pioneering female journalist for the Cleveland Plain Dealer Doris O’Donnell Beaufait titled Doris O’Donnell’s Cleveland.” His music is featured on film soundtracks "The Fourteenth Victim - Eliot Ness & The Torso Murders,” and “Dusk & Shadow - The Mystery Of Beverly Potts.”