On February 18, 2018, MusicUNTOLD presented composer Michael Abels the 2017 Composer of the Year Award at the Michelle Obama Library in Long Beach, Ca for the original motion picture soundtrack of “GET OUT”. Attorney Michele Anderson, Black Women Lawyers Association of Los Angeles, was host for the honoring. The ceremony included two interviews…
Composer Michael Abels shared a track he produced for singer/composer Rhiannon Giddens forthcoming opera about a Muslim African enslaved and brought to Charleston in 1807.
SUMMERLAND: Music for Cello and Piano by Composers of African Descent DUO DOLCE: Kristen Ji-Yun, cello and Phoenix Park Kim, piano After months of researching, practicing, rehearsing, and recording, Phoenix Park Kim (piano) and Kristen Ji-Yun (cello) new CD “Summerland” has finally hit the market. This CD features cello and piano music by composers you might…
On February 18, 2018, MusicUNTOLD presented composer Michael Abels the 2017 Composer of the Year Award for the original motion picture soundtrack of “GET OUT”. The ceremony included two interviews of Michael Abels covering the film score, as well as his work as a composer of performance music. Following the interviews, the floor was…
Composer Michael Abels was honored February 18, 2018 as MusicUNTOLD 2017 COMPOSER OF YEAR at City of Long Beach Michelle Obama Library. Michael Abels composed the sound track for movie GET OUT (Oscar for Best Original Screenplay) The event included special gifts to Michael Abels, separate interviews of Michael Abels by MusicUNTOLD president John Malveaux…
by John Malveaux January 11, 2018, I attended the 2018 NAACP Entertainment Symposium titled People, Power & Progress at Museum of Tolerance in Los Angeles as a guest of Long Beach branch president Naomi Rainey. NAACP chairman Leon Russell spoke about the power of image in media. I reflected on the pervasive absence of image…