Micah Burgess is a versatile guitarist whose credits include Cirque Du Soleil's "Banana Shpeel", the off-Broadway production of "Tomorrow Morning" at the York Theater, concert performances of "Jawbreaker The Musical" at NYC's Canal Room, "Bromance The Dudesical" at Caroline's Comedy Club, "Separate: Battle Songs of Youth" at Ars Nova, "Woulda, Coulda, Shoulda" at the York Theater, "Relativity" at Theater Row, "Love, NY" at New World Stages (NY) and Curtain Call (CT), The American Songwriter Series at Lincoln Center, The NYC Public Theater's Composer Exposure and the "After the Storm" benefit series for Hurricane Katrina at Joe's Pub. Musicals include "Trails", winner of the 2010 New York Musical Theater Festival Award for Best Music, the 2009 Summer Play Festival performance of "Departure Lounge" at NYC's Public Theater, the 2009 New York Musical Theater Festival run of "Plagued the Musical", on-screen guitarist on a currently untitled TV pilot and “Inside Al Gore’s Brain” for National Public Radio.
Micah has shared the stage with Broadway writing duo Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty, Stephanie D'Abruzzo, Tracie Thoms, Shoshana Bean, Brian Lynch, Fabian, Bobby Rydell, Danny and the Juniors, and Laverne and Shirley's Eddie Mekka among others.
As a composer, Micah has written music for stage and film including the Off-Broadway production of “The Hat Left Behind” as well as a documentary entitled "I Am Bombay", a featured selection at the 2006 Indo American Arts Council Film Festival in New York City and the 2007 Stuttgart Film Festival Germany. In 2008, Micah released his first CD as a bandleader, "We Do Know You".
As an instructor, Micah has over ten years of experience including adjunct positions at New York University, The New School, Duquesne University and the Queens Conservatory. He is a co-founder and guitar instructor at Art House Astoria, a nonprofit conservatory for music and art in Queens, NY.
Micah is also a recipient of the Eubie and Marion Blake Award for jazz performance and holds a Masters Degree in Jazz Performance from New York University and a Bachelors Degree in Guitar Performance from Duquesne University.