"Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Michael Abels, best known for his scores for films by director Jordan Peele, will visit campus March 6-7 for two days of public events and concerts. The visit is part of the College of Arts and Sciences' Arts Unplugged series, in partnership with the Department of Music and the Barbara & Richard T. Silver Wind Symphony. Abels won the 2023 Pulitzer Prize for the opera "Omar," co-composed with Grammy-winning artist Rhiannon Giddens, and he earned Emmy and Grammy nominations for his scores for the Peele films "Get Out," "Us" and "Nope." His many concert works include the choral song cycle "At War With Ourselves" for the Kronos Quartet, and the Grammy-nominated "Isolation Variation" for violinist Hilary Hahn."
""Michael Abels is one of today's most prolific and versatile composers," said James Spinazzola , the Barbara & Richard T. Silver '50, MD '53 Associate Professor and director of winds in the Department of Music (A&S). "He seamlessly blends a wide spectrum of musics - from Western art music to jazz, hip-hop and bluegrass - into something unmistakably his own. I'm thrilled to premiere my new arrangements of his music and to introduce both him and his unique compositional voice to our students and the Cornell community.""
Michael Abels will visit campus March 6–7 for public events and concerts presented by the College of Arts and Sciences' Arts Unplugged series, the Department of Music, and the Barbara & Richard T. Silver Wind Symphony. Abels won the 2023 Pulitzer Prize for the opera "Omar," co-composed with Rhiannon Giddens, and earned Emmy and Grammy nominations for his scores for Jordan Peele's films Get Out, Us and Nope. His concert works include the choral song cycle "At War With Ourselves" for the Kronos Quartet and the Grammy-nominated "Isolation Variation" for Hilary Hahn. James Spinazzola will premiere new arrangements of Abels's music and introduce Abels to students and the Cornell community. Events include a panel on how music shapes storytelling and a screening of Us at Cornell Cinema with free admission and popcorn.
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