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Michael Robert Patch is very excited to be working with Oakland-East Bay Gay Men's Chorus as Artistic Director and Conductor.  He is from Kansas City, where he attended UMKC Conservatory of Music.  While at the Conservatory he completed a degree in K-12 music education with intensive study in conducting, composition and vocal performance. Michael has been involved in church music from an early age; he started as a singer in his family's musical ministry group, and is currently working as Music Minister at Lafayette Christian Church.   Mr. Patch has worked with Dr. Eph Ehly, Gustavo Halley, William Everett and Charles Bruffy. Michael has also had an extensive performance career, working and singing with choirs of all shapes and sizes, including the Grammy Award winning Kansas City Chorale.  Mr. Patch has sung in performances throughout the United States and Europe, in such venues as St. Stephen’s Basilica in Budapest and Carnegie Hall in New York City. Michael would like to take a moment to thank his friends and family for their continuous support and his husband, Michael Seely, for his unconditional love and respect.  It is these people to whom Michael owes his music.