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Jun 5, 2024 · Michael Abels THE OPEN HAND. BE THE CHANGE (2015) A vocal work for choir, or soloist with choral accompaniment, and piano. Available for purchase at subitomusic.com.
Michael Abels is an American composer best known for the opera Omar, co-written with Rhiannon Giddens, and his scores for the Jordan Peele films Get Out, Us and Nope. The hip-hop influenced score for Us was short-listed for the Oscars and was even named "Score of the Decade" by TheWrap. Other recent media projects include the films Bad Education, Nightbooks, Fake Famous, and the docu-series ...
Sep 10, 2019 · Equally captivating was the work of modern classical composer Michael Abels, who enlightened the body bidding of a sunken place with uniquely twisted music that truly got under the cultural skin. A box office and Oscar success with all audiences that racially redefined the horror genre, the utter, sinister originality of “Get Out” and its ...
Sep 10, 2019 · September 10, 2019 by mjabels in Uncategorized. Delights & Dances, the Chicago Sinfonietta’s first recording with its new music director, award-winning conductor Mei-Ann Chen, does what this singular ensemble does best: it captivates listeners of all ages and diverse ethnic backgrounds through irresistible music and superb musicianship.
Aug 25, 2023 · A frequent collaborator of Jordan Peele and many other credits (including Allen V. Farrow, Bad Education) composer Michael Abels is no stranger to the screen. In his newest work, Landscape With Invisible Hand, Abels creates an immersive landscape that allows the audience to be transported to this quirky, science-fiction world.
Home page for the opera Omar composed by Rhiannon Giddens & Michael Abels. Lyricist - Rhiannon Giddens. Winner of the 2023 Pulitzer Prize for Music.
Jun 30, 2024 · Abels tribute to Dr. Martin Luther King is deliberately hopeful work, containing passages of contemplative elegy and nonviolent struggle, but emerging to an uplifting, almost naive conclusion. The piece features chanting by members of the orchestra, meant to evoke the image of people marching for a cause. The piece is performed regularly on MLK ...
