Michael Edwards (British composer)

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Michael Edwards (born Cheshire, 1968) is a British composer.{{cite news|url=http://www.scotsman.com/news/theatre-review-rendition-monologues-poverty-monologues-1-766200|title=Theatre review: Rendition Monologues/Poverty Monologues|last=McMillian|first=Joyce|date=21 August 2009|work=The Scotsman|access-date=18 July 2012}}

Edwards studied oboe and composition with Adrian Beaumont at the University of Bristol, followed by further study at Stanford University. He worked as a software engineer and then as a lecturer at the Universität Mozarteum Salzburg before becoming a lecturer at the University of Edinburgh.

Edwards has composed a wide range of works for both instrumental and electronic media, which have been performed throughout the UK, Europe and North America.