Michael Pratt is a Professor of the Practice of Music at Princeton University. He has conducted the Princeton University Orchestra and Opera Theater for over four decades and has given symphony and opera performances around the world, performing repertory from five centuries. He is the recipient of the President's Award for Distinguished Teaching at Princeton and is an Honorary Member of the Royal College of Music (HonRCM), London. While he has written extensively about the music he has conducted, The Copyists is his debut novel and is the culmination of numerous lifelong passions.
