Michael Abels

Primarily a composer of large forms, Abels has applied his skillful compositional approach to over 20 orchestral works. His much-admired piece Global Warming—written around the time of the collapse of the Berlin Wall and the end of the Cold War—was commissioned for and premiered by the Phoenix Youth Symphony in 1991.

Always a thoughtful communicator, Abels cleverly reinvents classical styles while adapting popular idioms.

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