Michael Garrett

Michael Garrett may refer to:

Michael Garrett (astronomer)

Professor Michael (Mike) Garrett (born 1964) was the General Director of ASTRON, part of the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research, and is now the Director of Jodrell Bank Centre for Astrophysics.

Personal life

He was born in Kilwinning, North Ayrshire, Scotland, and brought up in nearby Saltcoats, on the west coast.

Education

He went to St. Mary's (1969–1976) and St. Andrew's RC schools (1976–1982). He graduated with first-class honours at the University of Glasgow (1982–1986). He studied for his PhD at Jodrell Bank Observatory, University of Manchester (1986–1990), supervised Dr. Dennis Walsh.

Career

He started work at the Joint Institute for VLBI in Europe (JIVE) in 1996, working on support for the European VLBI Network. He became the director of JIVE in 2003, and over the course of his four year tenure the number of employees at the institute doubled from 20 to 40. On 1 February 2007 he became the General Director of ASTRON, part of the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research. He was one of 14 winners of the 2013 IBM Faculty Award. In 2016 he became the inaugural Sir Bernard Lovell Chair of Astrophysics and the Director of Jodrell Bank Centre for Astrophysics.

Michael Garrett (composer)

Michael Garrett (born 1944) is a British composer, born in Leicestershire. He has been composing and performing for more than fifty years. His many works extend across a wide range of styles.

Career

He has written many symphonic, chamber and instrumental works as well as vocal music and has written extensively for the piano. During the 1960s his early compositions incorporated experiments with serial techniques; and in the years since then he has composed a wealth of music in a more melodic vein. He began studying the piano and composing in 1956 and studied at The Guildhall School of Music and Drama, London where he won a scholarship to study with Edmund Rubbra (1961–1964). He also studied piano with Frank Merrick who was himself a pupil of Theodor Leschetizky. He composed music for two Ken Russell films Women in Love and Savage Messiah. He worked as composer and pianist in the theatre, gave piano recitals of jazz and experimental music, and also composed a jingle for the Scottish Gas Board.