Michael Morgan

Michael Morgan or Mike Morgan may refer to:

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Michael Morgan (conductor)

Michael Morgan (born September 1957 in Washington, D.C.) is an American conductor. He is currently music director of the Oakland East Bay Symphony and the Sacramento Philharmonic Orchestra, and artistic director of Festival Opera in Walnut Creek, California.

Biography

Michael Morgan born and raised in Washington, D.C., where he attended public schools. He attended McKinley Tech High School in Washington D.C. and was affiliated with the D.C. Youth Orchestra Program but began conducting at the age of 12. While a student at Oberlin College Conservatory of Music, he spent a summer at the Oberlin College Conservatory at Tanglewood. There he was a student of Gunther Schuller and Seiji Ozawa, and it was at that time that he first worked with Leonard Bernstein.

Michael Morgan (rower)

Michael Dennis Morgan OAM (born 19 December 1946) is an Australian former national champion and Olympic medal winning rower. He was an Olympic level national coach and a highly successful schoolboy coach over his twenty-five coaching career.

Rowing career

Morgan attended Newington College (1957-1965) where he took up rowing. His senior rowing was done at the Sydney Rowing Club from 1964.

He won state championships in Sydney boats and titles for New South Wales. He rowed in the New South Wales King's Cup VIII for six consecutive years at the Australian Rowing Championships from 1968 to 1973, winning the national title in 1968 and 1972.

He represented Australia at successive Olympics - winning silver at 1968 Mexico City 1968 in the men's VIII and then competing at Munich 1972

Coaching career

Morgan was appointed the first professional head coach of the Sydney Rowing Club and went on to set a record for the most national championships as a coach in a single year.

He coached New South Wales representative youth and King's Cup crews throughout the 1970s and 80s and went to a third Olympics as coach of the Australian VIII for the Montreal 1976.