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Michael Sirotta (World Music) has worked internationally with symphony orchestras, chamber music groups, and with theater and dance companies. He was principal tympanist for the Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra, principal percussionist for the Erick Hawkins Dance Theater, and has performed with African village drummers, with dancers and singers of the Sioux nation and with the Italian folkloric ensemble, I Giullari di Piazza. Currently, he is conductor/composer in residence for the La Mama Theater, for which he created and directed the musical accompaniments at theater festivals throughout Europe (including the 2006 Venice Biennale) and Asia, as well as for the theater's New York seasons. He has received two nominations for "outstanding musical score" from New York's Innovative Theater Awards organization, and received the COAHSI 2000 Achievement in the Arts award for his work with Staten Island's Kids on Stage program. He earned Bachelor's and Master's degrees from Temple University, and is currently a member of the Music faculty at the College of Staten Island, CUNY.