Michael Anthony Bayus was born in Uniontown, Pennsylvania, and became blind shortly after birth. At three years of age, he was given a small organ on which he began creating tunes and improvising chord progressions. Michael began formal lessons at age eight and began playing in church at fourteen. He has played numerous recitals throughout the United States.
Mr. Bayus earned a Bachelor of Music degree from Hope College in Holland, Michigan, and a Master of Music degree from The Catholic University of America, where he served as an assistant to Dr. Robert Grogan at the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington, D.C.
Mr. Bayus has been fortunate to study under Virgil Fox, Gunther Kaunzinger, Marilyn Mason, Marie-Claire Alain, and Jean Langlais.
At the age of eight years, Mr. Bayus was given his first Tape Recorder ostensibly to record, and track his progress as an Organist.
Instead, Michael used his Tape Recorder to create and produce Sound Plays for his own amusement and amazement.
Along the way, while in High School and College, Mr. Bayus participated in verious Workshops and courses in Broadcasting and while in College, produced a Radio Drama about the Lady Jane Grey as a final exam for one of those courses.
Michael first knew about Lady Jane after hearing a BBC produced radio drama about her at age 12, and became passionate about her from age 14.
Mr. Bayus has made the study of Lady Jane Grey’s life his lifes work ever since.