• Michael's cassette, We Love the Animals , recently won the iParenting Media Award for best children's audio. And in 2004, Sleepy Train , Aesop's Fables and A Kid's EyeView of the Environment also won the iParenting Media Award .
• 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(LA) 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.
• His cassette Sleepy Train won the Parent's Choice Gold Award .
• He has been the In-Flight Children's Entertainment host for Delta & US Air while airlines all over the world feature his music.
• 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 and commercials. He was the voice of ABC's Turbo Teen and Timothy on Dragon's Lair.

The LA TIMES calls him "The Pied Piper of the Environment"

ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY says "If music could save the world (this music) could...they're THAT strong" ---rating...A

PUBLISHERS WEEKLY says "(Michael) is a good choice for young environmentalists".

VIDEO LIBRARIAN gives BeCool; Play it Safe, a video written, scored and hosted by Michael, 4 stars out of 4 and is "highly recommended" and voted Editor's Choice.

Michael has...

... written 6 musicals - all of them garnering critical local acclaim in his home town of Ashland, Oregon. Among them: The Magic Stone ; Growin' ; and The Boy Who Talked to Whales .

...created the Kid's EyeView travel show which is soon to be streaming on-line, children from around the world talk about their environment, their lifestyles, and how they see their part in global sustainability.

... composed music for several short films and books on tape including the popular audio book narrated by Ed Asner and Ellen Burstyn, " Conversations with God ".