“What a privilege to bring to the screen this amazing world premiere performance for the Lexington Philharmonic.” – MICHAEL BREEDING
BACKGROUND: A highlight of the 2024 season, LexPhil presented the world premiere of Composer-in-Residence Shawn E. Okpebholo’s Two Black Churches, a LexPhil co-commissioned arrangement for full orchestra featuring acclaimed baritone Will Liverman. This poignant work, originally scored for piano and baritone and commissioned by Will Liverman, reflects on the racist attacks on the 16th Street Baptist Church bombing in Birmingham, Alabama in 1963, and the Mother Emanuel AME Church shooting in Charleston, South Carolina in 2015.
“Michael Breeding films are certainly of high broadcast quality, but there is much more than quality sight and sound in his work. Mr. Breeding’s unique background as a musical, historic interpreter, designer and photographer lends depth of perception that translates to capturing the soul and spirit of his film projects. The result is an enduring, memorable work of art notable for both truth to the story and pleasure to the viewer.” – DR. VIRGINIA CARTER
“I have known and worked closely with Michael Breeding for the past eight years. We first connected when I arrived at the University of Kentucky in October 2015 to serve as Associate Vice President for Philanthropy. My responsibility was to create and execute a historic campaign with a $2.1 billion goal that will be achieved in the next several weeks. One of the most important facets of a successful campaign is a sound communications plan. Backed by a long list of impressive references, we retained Michael Breeding Media to handle an instrumental plan for communicating our Kentucky Can campaign messaging and stories. We could not have been more pleased with the fantastic work he delivered.” – BRENT PIEPER, VICE PRESIDENT FOR ADVANCEMENT, UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE.
Originally filmed to simply document a performance, this one-camera film project of “Thy Will Be Done” by Angela Rice was transformed into a KET broadcast with visuals and interviews. In the process audio patches were made from the album recorded in New York City.