Michael Mauldin

Distinctive Tonal Music Inspired by Magical Places
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Michael Mauldin

My music is tonal and accessible, yet distinctive and memorable. It often portrays the power and magic of the rugged beauty and ancient cultures of my adopted state of New Mexico.

I've composed over 90 works, for students and professionals, from chamber music, orchestral and choral music, to pieces for harp, organ, guitar and piano.

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Romanticism--Old and New

Article 16.02.2023

Romanticism--Old and New Lecture Recital Michael Mauldin, January 2001 The romanticism (with a little "r") of the Romantic period of music history (1830-1900) is the flowering of an ongoing thread that binds the musical periods--and all of ...

At Chaco

Article 12.12.2021

AT CHACO Near the time Of my departure From New Mexico Just forty years ago My best friend Michael Decided it was also time For me to visit Chaco Canyon, That sacred place at which He’d celebrated the spirit Of the Anasazi, the light, ...

Breathless, by Robert Seufert, 2020

Article 06.03.2021

BREATHLESS There are many ways to tell the truth, And many truths to tell. Two thousand years ago, Artists felt the heel of religion Thrust firmly on their necks. But a century or two ago They learned to breathe again. ...