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L.A. Welcomes National Association of Negro Musicians 2024 National Convention

Cora Jackson-Fossett, Religion EditorJuly 3, 2024

The National Association of Negro Musicians will hold their 2024 National Convention at the Sheraton Grand Hotel, 711 S. Hope Street, in downtown Los Angeles. The convention begins Sunday, July 14, and continues through Thursday, July 18. The theme is “Lift Every Voice and Sing.” The NANM Western Region Branches will host the gathering, which is expected to attract hundreds of people. The branches are the Edna Hammett Porter Music Association where Bettye Randall and Rose Kimball serve as co-presidents; and Georgia Laster Association of Musicians where Yolanda Mitchell West is president. Also co-hosting are the Taylor Benjamin Smith Performing

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OASC Plans Virtual Discussion on ‘Omar’ Opera

Sentinel News ServiceNovember 3, 2022

Our Authors Study Club, Inc. of Los Angeles (OASC) and LA Opera Connects (LOC) will present a virtual discussion about the new opera, “Omar,” on Thursday, November 3, at 6:30 p.m.

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Michael Abels playing-it-forward in Hollywood

Lapacazo Sandoval, Contributing WriterDecember 3, 2020

While reading the November issue of Forbes, I discovered a new social media app called LUNCH CLUB. It’s an AI super-connector that makes introductions for 1:1 video meetings to advance your career. During one of the first LunchClub meetings, I met composer Matthew Wang who told me about the Composers Diversity Collective which was co-started by Michael Abels who is best known for his scores for Jordan Peele’s Oscar-winning film “Get Out,” and “Us,” for which, Abels won the World Soundtrack Award, the Jerry Goldsmith Award, a Critics Choice nomination, an Image Award nomination, and multiple critics awards. The hip-hop-influenced score for US was short-listed for the Oscar and was even named “Score of the Decade” by online publication The Wrap.