New York, US

Michael Harris Boxer grew up in a conservative Jewish family in Spring Valley, New York, just outside of that booming Judaic metropolis known as Monsey. He taught himself to play the piano at the age of 3, and the guitar, bass and drums would follow several years later after realizing the gift of perfect pitch. He learned the cello and alto sax from some highly supportive and unique music teachers from whom he drew much inspiration throughout and beyond his school years, but it was at Binghamton University where Mike's love for Jewish music grew and a desire to make music his life finally manifested itself. As musical director of Kaskeset Jewish a cappella, Mike was executive producer of the group's first two CD's and rise to notoriety as one of the premiere Jewish a cappella groups in the nation. This helped lead to work as a recording engineer at Open Studios in Vestal, NY, where he had the opportunity to work on a variety of projects. Later, he would become a part of the Binghamton Crosbys and experience not only the thrill of winning the national championship of collegiate a cappella, but the fulfillment of true brotherhood through music. He graduated Binghamton with dual Bachelor's degrees in music and business management, and later added a Master's degree in education.

Today, under the umbrella of his own company, Halfway Coherent Productions, in addition to working as a booking agent, he provides compositions, arrangements, programming, consulting, direction, production, recording and both live and session performance for artists and entities of all walks, specializing in a cappella and Jewish music. At only 25, a list of his live performances numbers in the hundreds and he has contributed to 38 different albums (Erev Chaim is his long-awaited debut as a solo artist), having had the privilege of working with names like the Hamsa Boys, Kol Zimra, BaRock, Ophie Nat, Bsamim and Yossi Green.

Currently, when he's not masquerading as the mild-mannered director of a music publishing company, he performs as a member of Six13, at private functions and in support of other performing artists. These days, a large part of his contributions take place behind the scenes, where he helps bring studio recordings to their full potential and beyond. Mike hopes this is just the beginning of a lifetime of as much involvement with music and the arts as possible.