born 1980 micah loren berkovitz silver in new salem massachusetts. attended public schools in wendell and orange, ma. studied piano, violin, electric guitar and cornet. began composing using computers in 1994. access to first synthesizer om 1996. composition studies with ron kuivila, anthony braxton and alvin lucier at wesleyan university. theory with jon barlow and jane alden. private composition study with earle brown and lew spratlan, cornet with raphe malik . conducting with angel gil ordonez. . administrator of the earle brown music foundation and associate curator at diapason gallery for sound and intermedia in manhattan.

silver's oeuvre includes performance pieces, chamber music, prose scores, installations, writings, moving and still images. .

other releases

• Electronic Works 2001 - 2004 DVD (2004), Edition of 200, no phones

• Scale (August/139Hz) Installation CD (2002), Edition of 50, no phones

• Houston|Touch Installation DVD (2001), Edition of 30, no phones

• Popular Music for Popular Feelings (2000), Edition of 50, no phones