Michael Marcus's RARB Bio

Mike is a former principal arranger for and co-founder of Columbia University's coed a cappella phenomenon Nonsequitur. His arrangement of Dido's Here with Me won the 2004 Contemporary A Cappella Publishing award for Best Collegiate Arrangement. Mike was also featured in the 2009 documentary Sounds Good To Me about the making of college a cappella. He has listed to innumerable a cappella albums over the years and will gladly offer his opinions to anyone who will listen. It was this tendency that ultimately led him to become a RARB reviewer.

Mike's musical tastes include just about anything with chords and a melody, though he counts fellow pianists Ben Folds, Bruce Hornsby, Alicia Keys and Regina Spektor among his favorites. He particularly enjoys anything that uses the voice in new and interesting ways, a cappella or otherwise. He also continues to harbor a love of all things Broadway left over from his musical theater days, especially Stephen Sondheim.

In his other life, Mike holds a Master's degree in information systems and works as an IT consultant with TriTek Solutions in New York City. He lives in New Haven with his wife Inna and dog Zoe.