Michael Peter Finnissy (born 17 March 1946) is an English composer, pianist, and pedagogue.
An immensely prolific composer, his music is "notable for its dramatic urgency and expressive immediacy".
To earn money for his classes he took up a job as a répétiteur and freelanced at the London Contemporary Dance School and founded a department there, as well as working with numerous choreographers.
Finnissy's first job as a composition teacher was at Dartington Summer School where he taught along with his colleague Ferneyhough and signed contracts with numerous publishers, including Oxford University Press.
(initially known as the East London Late Starters Orchestra) since its inception, and is composer-in-residence Victorian College of the Arts and to the Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras in Sydney.
[4] Finnissy is a profusely prolific composer, having written over 400 pieces for numerous ensembles, combinations, and instruments.