• Sleepy Train, We Love the Animals, Aesop's Fables and A Kid's EyeView of the Environment won the iParenting Media Award for Best Children's Audio. • The compelling song Gorilla Walk from the We Love the Animals cassette was 18 weeks on the Radio Aahs National Children's Top 20. • The NBC special hosted by Michael called A Kid's Eye View of the Environment including all Michael's songs won a regional EMMY AWARD. • The PBS (KCET Los Angeles) special, hosted by Michael using his up-beat and thoughtful songs, won The New York Film Festival Award in the Best Children's Educational category. • Michael speaks to elementary school children about environmental involvement - his Making a World of Difference Tours have taken him around the country sponsored by corporations like the Honeywell Foundation. • Sleepy Train won the Parent's Choice Gold Award. • He has been the In-Flight Children's Entertainment host for Delta & US Air. The song, The Air, was featured on United Airlines as an instrumental from Windham Hill. • The United Nations invited Michael to speak before a children's delegation in the General Assembly with other key-note speakers Richie Havens and Mariel Hemingway. • Michael's songs have been recorded by Marilyn McCoo, John Denver, Shari Lewis and Glenn Yarbrough. • Michael has done voice overs for cartoons, commercials and audio books. He was the voice of ABC's Turbo Teen and Timothy on Dragon's Lair. • Michael’s published musicals include Teensomething (Growin’) and The Magic Stone. • Michael also produces corporate videos, personal biographies and short films. • Also a SCUBA instructor, he makes underwater videos and instructional SCUBA videos. • Michael is an environmental activist. • He is a book narrator for companies like audible.com. • Michael still plays piano and sings at live music club dates. • He is a presenter of workshops on grief, finding innocence and on indigenous cultures. • Michael is a non-fiction writer