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Michael Raphael Composer Michael Raphael, a native of
Norfolk, Virginia, is a graduate of the Cincinnati College Conservatory of Music of
Cincinnati University where he received the bachelor of music degree in musical
composition. He has written music for voice, piano, flute, trumpet and strings and various
other instruments. Some of his works include an opera "Nat Turner" based on the
life of the Virginian, American fugitive slave; a ballet "The Unicorn",
"Elegy for Strings for Martin Luther King Jr." a moving tribute to the civil
rights leader; a musical "Children of the Night" about the life of runaway-throw
away children living on the streets; and "Serenade for Strings".
Raphael also had the premier of seven new arrangements of Spirituals dedicated to Kevin Maynor and written for bass, chorus and orchestra in February 2000 with the Topeka Symphony Orchestra. He has had works performed at Lincoln Center and all over the country and Europe and the Virgin Islands. He also works as an artist, musician and author. Michael Raphael on Guild Music
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