William W. May: Excerpts From Two Operas Composed by Michael Raphael: "Till" and "The Three Mayors"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uP1LMaOWeXA&feature=em-share_video_user 

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I-1_5BYX7K8&feature=em-share_video_user

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Bill May, www.williamwmay.net, tells us Kevin Maynor, Founder and Artistic Director of Trilogy: An Opera Company, requests that the two excerpts above be posted in tribute to Michael Raphael, who passed away on November 30, 2015.  To view the videos, click on the respective URLs.

Bill May writes:

Dear Mr. Zick,

African-American composer, Michael Raphael, passed on November 30, 2015.

Funeral Information for Michael Raphael

Monday

December 7, 2015

11 am

Mt. Zion Baptist Church

900 Middlesex St.

Norfolk, VA 23523

Thank you -- WWM
856-825-1912
973-842-1115
www.williamwmay.net