Michael Oike - Intermediate Piano

Michael Oike enjoys a diverse musical life in his hometown of Winnipeg, Manitoba. He maintains piano teaching studios at the Winnipeg and Steinbach branches of the Manitoba Conservatory of Music and Arts; is heard in performances of chamber music and as vocal and instrumental accompanist; conducts piano and pedagogy workshops and master classes, and adjudicates at music festivals in Manitoba and across Canada.

Michael began his piano studies with Alice Nakauchi and Sydney Mclnnis in Winnipeg and later with Boris Lysenko at the Royal Conservatory of Music and University of Toronto where he was awarded the Forsythe Scholarship as the outstanding graduating pianist. Michael has studied the piano solo and chamber repertoire with the noted pedagogue Jeaneane Dowis of New York City at her private studio and as a fellowship student at the Waterloo Festival at Princeton University. Michael has also studied the piano/vocal repertoire with Martin Isepp at the Britten-Pears School in Aideburgh, England and the Banff Centre of FineArts, and with Rudolf Jansen at the Mountainview Festival in Alberta.

Michael is dedicated to the music festival movement and its continuing support for the young music student - he serves as President of the Winnipeg Music Festival and is the Piano Chair for the AMAF Provincial Syllabus Committee.