Michael Polo

Michael Polo

During his time at University of Florida, Michael was President of the Fine Arts College Council (four years), where he oversaw thirty organizations in the areas of music, art, film, literature, and dance; successfully securing more than $500,000 for student programs. His legacy and program of sustainability has since secured more than $1.5M in student projects. Nearly 80% of the budgets were geared towards providing the students of the University of Florida with featured international artists. This experience in his tenure inspired Michael to open Partners for the Arts Abroad | LLC. Additionally, Michael was awarded a Certificate of Recognition for Advocacy in the Arts, Florida Higher Education Arts Network, 2015. This supported his nomination and eventual award of the 2016 Calvin A. Vanderwerf Graduate Student Teaching Award, the highest honor given to a teaching assistant at the University of Florida. In 2015, Michael established Partners for the Arts Abroad | LLC which provides professional and educational opportunities for young performing artists around the world. This includes cities such as; Vienna, London, New York City, Hollywood, São Paulo, Weyer , Sofia. Since 2015, Michael has provided more than 1,000 participants (ages 12 – 72). He has produced more than 200 shows and has successfully paid artists and institutions in excess of $3M. Michael holds a Ph. D. of Music Composition and a Master of Science in Management from the University of Florida, Master of Music in Composition from George Mason University, and a Bachelor of Music in Composition from Rowan University.


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