Michelle Ende' was born in Chicago in 1955 to two second generation Americans, whose ancestry is traceable to Romania and Bulgaria. Michelle Ende' began her studies in piano and organ at the age of seven at Hoffman Studios in Chicago. She continued her training in Theater Organ style with the late Al Melgard. Dr. Ende' was trained in Orchestration, Harmony, Theory, and Composition at the Lane Preparatory School in Chicago and continued her studies in classical pipe organ technique at Sherwood Conservatory of Music. Dr. Ende' holds a Doctoral degree from the University of Sarasota in International Economics and Finance, with an MBA in general management. Dr. Ende' has been composing since the age of sixteen, but her greatest body of work has been in the last ten years. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.