Michael J. Glasgow is a native of Detroit, and his family still lives in Michigan. An honors graduate from the College of Charleston (SC), Michael holds B.A. degrees in music theory/composition and journalism. He holds a summa cum laude Master of Church Music degree from Concordia University Wisconsin as the program's first double-emphasis student, in both choral and handbell music.

Michael has composed four musical plays (two of which premiered in Charleston's Sottile Theatre), as well as numerous original sacred choral, orchestral, and handbell compositions. His setting of the Latin Requiem text was premiered at North Raleigh United Methodist Church on April 8, 2001 with full orchestra and choir. He has served as NRUMC’s full-time Minister of Music since April 1998.

An active member of the American Choral Directors Association (ACDA), the American Guild of English Handbell Ringers (AGEHR), the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP), and the Fellowship of United Methodists in Music and the Worship Arts (FUMMWA), Michael participates in many extracurricular and educational pursuits, including serving as the editor
for the AGEHR Area III newsletter,
The Bell-O-Gram.

In his admittedly limited spare time, Michael enjoys weightlifting, yoga, and gourmet cooking, and serves as the Bass Section Leader for the North Carolina Master Chorale (Raleigh, NC) and the Chorus Conductor for the Tar River Philharmonic (Rocky Mount, NC).