Education:
1968 - 1972: University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona
Major: Industrial and Labor Relations
Minor: Music
1979 - 1987: Studied Luthiery with John Calhoun, Jon Andruss, Terry Straker, Chicago/Evanston, IL.
1973 - Private Jazz guitar instruction theory and technique with Joe Romoro, Chicago, IL.
1965 - 1968 - New Trier Township Highschool, Winnetka, IL.
1963 - Private Modern guitar sight-reading instruction with Tony Carmen, Glencoe, IL.
1956 - 1961 Private Classical violin instruction on technique and sight-reading, Glencoe, IL.
1955 - 1963 Private Classical piano instruction on reading music and technique with Bennett Sax, Glencoe, IL.
Working Musician and Teaching Experience:
2007 - Current: Teaching private Guitar, Bass and Piano, Tucson
Current: Teaching Guitar, Songwriting and Rock 'n' Roll History at the
Hermosa Montessori School, Tucson
2010 Performance with the Hermosa Montessori School
2009 Guitarist with The Sweet Willie D. Blues Band
2008 Honorary member of The Earthlingz. See the You Tube video.
1994 Guest Artist on Frank Raven's Album and Video, The Sadness of Winter.
1979 1987 Teaching private Guitar, The Old Town Folklore Center, The Old Town Music Store, Max's Music
1976 Teaching private Guitar - Wally Kings Music Store, Glencoe IL
1973 – 1987, 1989 - 2000: throughout the Chicagoland area.
Venues have included:
Buddy Guy's Legends, Park West, Blues on Halsted, The Kingston Mines, The North Branch Saloon, Elsewhere On Lincoln, The Quiet Knight, Blues Etc. Minstrels, The Mushroom O.B's, and many others. (personal note: either too many to mention, too embarrassing.or I just can't remember)
with The Blue Watusis, with Frank Raven.
with The Bad Boys Blues Band, with Scotty Bradbury & Pete Crawford.
with The Mark Hannon Blues Band.
and many others..... (See personal note above)
1971 - 1972 Played guitar in a band JOU at clubs in Tucson, including Choo's Choo's on 4th Avenue & the Skyline Country Club.
1966 - 1967 Played guitar in a band The Ebb Tides, in Chicago.
Luthiery Experience, etc.
1991 - Present: Private instrument restoration and guitar tech. Currently restoring several guitars including a 1964 Anselmo Solar-Gonzalez classic guitar.
1989: Minstrel Music, Niles, IL.
1988: Robbie's Music, Nanuet, NY and Mahwah, NJ.
1980 - 1987: The Old Town Music Store & Max's Music, Chicago, IL.
Productions - Photography - Books - Speaking Engagements, etc.
2009 - Re-producing the music and sound for Hystopolis Productions The Adding Machine, by Elmer Rice, for a nine week run in Saugatuck, Michigan beginning on July 9th, 2009 through Labor Day.
2006 Soundman on The Golem produced by The Chicago Jewish Theater.
2005 Composed and Produced the music for Flight, produced by Jabberwocky Marionettes for the Chicago Public Library.
2005 Video cameraman for interviews with Vernon Bellecourt for The AIM Website.
2003 Composed and Produced the music and sound for Hystopolis Productions The Adding Machine, by Elmer Rice. Chicago, IL.
2003 Photograph of Mrs. Zero from The Adding Machine, published in the Chicago Tribune, Chicago Sun-Times and the Chicago Reader.
2003 Created Website for The Adding Machine, and produced all published photographs.
2000 Composed and Produced the music and sound for Hystopolis Productions Dracula, The Puppet Play, by Lon Extract. Chicago, IL,
2000 Created Website for Dracula, The Puppet Play, and produced all published photographs.
2000 Authored Bronner’s Rhyming Phrases Dictionary, Edited by Candace Roeser; self-published by New Edge Publishing Company and distributed through Independent Publishers Group, A Division of the Chicago Review Press.
1988 Guest Speaker representing Kurzweil synthesizers at the Coopers & Lybrand 1988 Technology Network Exchange, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ.
1985 Guest Speaker at The Northlight Theater, Evanston, IL for a lecture/discussion about the play West Memphis Mojo, written by Martin Jones, with a focus on the history of the Music Business during the Sun Records/Sam Philips period.
1984 Guest Speaker at the Cernan Space Center at Triton College, IL for a lecture on MIDI (Musical Instrument Digital Interface).
Michael A. Bronner
Musician, Composer,Teacher, Author, Publisher, Luthier, Photographer, Web-Site Designer
Email:newedgepc@yahoo.com
