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Michael Certalic Michael Certalic is the Director of the award winning orchestra program of the Bozeman Public Schools where he directs four high school orchestras, a middle school Honor Orchestra, and an innovative chamber music program. Michael holds a Masters in Music Education and studied as a teenager at Osnabruck Conservatory in Germany. As a performer Michael has extensive experience as a soloist, studio musician, chamber musician, section leader, Concertmaster, and in recital. His principal teachers have been Creech and Patti Reynolds, and Johan Jonsson. In addition to being a member of the String Orchestra of the Rockies, he is a co-founder of the Bridger String Quartet and the Bridger String Conservatory where he teaches 15 violin and viola students. He continues to be a coach and teacher at summer chamber music camps. He lives in Bozeman, Montana with his wife Kimberly and their son Noah.