Michael Mohammed, Assistant Director

Michael Mohammed is an opera and theatre artist whose interests lie at the intersection of expression and identity. He has co-created multiple projects for Amplified Opera, a Toronto based company that places equity-seeking artists at the center of public discourse. In the summer of 2021, he curated a program of parlour music by composers of the global majority from the turn of the last century for Lyric Theatre of San José. Recent directing credits include A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder (Lamplighters Music Theatre) and The Merry Widow (Pocket Opera).

He received his doctorate from the Music and Music Education Program at Teachers College, Columbia University. His work focuses on the representation of persons with historically excluded identities in theatrical and operatic performance. "Dr. Mojo" is the Director of the Musical Theatre Ensemble at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music. He is also on the voice faculty of San José State University, the College of Marin, the San Francisco Community Music Center, and the American Conservatory Theater. As Community Engagement Ambassador for Opera Parallèle, he develops resources for sustainable social change through opera.  He is on the working teams of the Black Opera Research Network and the Research Riff.