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His Concerto for Pedal Steel Guitar and Orchestra is believed to be the first concerto ever written for the pedal steel guitar. It was premiered on April 16th, 2005, in a performance by the Nashville Chamber Orchestra with Gary Morse (of Dierks Bentley and Dwight Yoakam's bands) as soloist, and Paul Gambill as conductor. Levine also composed Divination By Mirrors for musical saw and strings. It was premiered in New York City's Merkin Hall in 1998 by the New York Virtuosi with Dale Stuckenbruck as the saw soloist. The piece makes extensive use of quarter tones and golden mean sections. The term concerto (plural is concerti or concertos) usually refers to a musical work in which one solo instrument is accompanied by an orchestra. ... Pedal steel guitar with two 10-string necks The pedal steel guitar is a type of electric guitar that uses a metal slide to stop the strings, rather than fingers on strings as with a conventional guitar. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... A Dobro style resonator guitar Steel guitar, strictly speaking, refers to a method of playing using a metal slide (or steel) on a guitar played horizontally, with the strings uppermost. ... Dierks Bentley (born November 20, 1975 in Phoenix, Arizona) is a country music singer. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ...

Levine has written several opera and musical theater pieces including Orpheus Electronica (2000), widely believed to be the first "rave opera".

Trained as a violinist, Levine began his career as a studio musician in New York, but later became a composer. He is known as the composer for the television dramas Cold Case and Close to Home, both produced by Jerry Bruckheimer. In 2007, he scored the feature, Adrift in Manhattan. He also produces, with Michael Wolff, the music for the Naked Brothers Band. Early in his career Levine wrote music for advertising including "Gimme a Break", the Kit Kat jingle. In a 2003 study of earworms (tunes that get stuck in people's heads) Univ. of Cincinnati researcher James Kellaris named "Gimme a Break" as one of the top ten worst offenders. For the A&E TV show, see Cold Case Files. ... Close to Home may refer to: Close to Home (TV series), an American television show Close to Home (comic strip), a syndicated comic strip Close to Home (soap opera), a New Zealand television show Close to Home (film), a 2001 movie Close to Home (film) - 2005, a 2005 Isreali movie... Jerome Leon Bruckheimer (born September 21, 1945) is a film and television producer in the genre of action, drama, and science fiction. ... A KitKat is a confection manufactured by Nestl . ... Earworm, a loan translation of the German Ohrwurm, is a term for a song stuck in ones head. ...

Levine continues to play violin on his and others' recordings. He also plays tenor violin and the ciola (pronounced chee OH la) an strument the size of a viola but which sounds in the same range as a cello.

External links

• Official website
• Michael A. Levine at the Internet Movie Database