Michael Driscoll began directing Saengerfest Men’s Chorus in October of 2001. In addition to working with the men of Saengerfest, he is also Director of Choirs at Brookline High School where he oversees a choral program of four choirs. Michael is currently Associate Conductor of The Masterworks Chorale under the direction of Steven Karidoyanes. For four years he was Allen Lannom’s assistant with the Masterworks Chorale. He has directed the choirs at the Emerson College and the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth.

Michael received his Masters degree in Choral Conducting at the New England Conservatory where he studied with Simon Carrington, a former founding member and co-director of the King’s Singers. He began conducting as an undergraduate at Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI), directing Simple Harmonic Motion, a 14-member male a cappella group, for three years. He was Assistant Director of the WPI Men’s Glee Club for three years and directed the WPI Concert Choir for two years.

Michael graduated from WPI in 1997 with a BS in Electrical Engineering and a Minor in Music. He completed his Masters degree in Electrical Engineering at WPI in 1999 and worked as a software development engineer for two years prior to beginning graduate studies in Choral Conducting at New England Conservatory in the Fall of 2001.