A graduate of Columbia University where he studied with Niels Østbye, Michael Skelly has pursued an active and varied career in music both as soloist and accompanist, including many duo-piano performances with his mother, Marga Richter. In addition to this recording he has recorded with the New Calliope Singers on Finnadar and CRI and is preparing a new CD with guitarist Winslow Browning as part of the "Guitar Among Others" series. Mr. Skelly was born in New York City and grew up in Huntington, Long Island. He is on the piano faculty at Columbia University.