In 1987, the Arnold Schoenberg Institute in Los Angeles commissioned the settings of the remaining twenty-nine poems that Schoenberg had neglected, using his original scoring ( Sprechstimme optional ), by sixteen American composers: Milton Babbitt, Leslie Bassett, Susan Morton Blaustein, Paul Cooper, Miriam Gideon, John Harbison, Donald Harris, Richard Hoffmann, Karl Kohn, William Kraft, Ursula Mamlok, Steve Mosco, Marc Neikrug, Mel Powell, Roger Reynolds, and Leonard Rosenman.

Once in the U. S. he taught primarily at Yale University where he had such notable students as Lukas Foss, Graham George, Norman Dello Joio, Mel Powell, Harold Shapero, Hans Otte, Ruth Schonthal, and Oscar-winning film director George Roy Hill.

* Mel Powell

* 1990: Mel D. Powell, Duplicates: A Concerto

*" Every Dog Has His Day " by Mel Powell ( Doctor Who Annual 1981 )-2nd incarnation

Subsequently, Blau was instrumental in hiring a number of professionals like Mel Powell ( dean of the School of Music ), Paul Brach ( dean of the School of Art ), Alexander Mackendrick ( dean of the School of Film / Video ), sociologist Maurice Stein ( dean of Critical Studies ), and Richard Farson ( dean of the School of Design ; now incorporated in the Art school ) as well other influential program heads and teachers such as Allan Kaprow, Bella Lewitzky, Michael Asher, Jules Engel, John Baldessari, Judy Chicago, James Hurtak, Ravi Shankar, Max Kozloff, Miriam Shapiro and Douglas Huebler, most of whom largely came from a counterculture and avant-garde side of the art world.

First to radio producer and announcer Carlton Alsop from 1940 to 1946, and then to jazz pianist and composer Mel Powell from 1946 until his death in 1998.

Per her last wishes she was interred next to her husband, Mel Powell, in the Masonic Cemetery in her native Jamesport.

Mel Powell ( born Melvin Epstein ) ( February 12, 1923 – April 24, 1998 ) was an American jazz pianist, composer of classical music, and music educator.

Mel Powell was born Melvin D. Epstein on February 12, 1923 in The Bronx, New York City to Russian Jewish parents, Milton Epstein and Mildred Mark Epstein ,.

Newly-named, the teenage Mel Powell became a pianist and arranger for Benny Goodman in 1941.

Near wars end Mel Powell was stationed in Paris, France where he played with Django Reinhardt then returned for a brief stint in Benny Goodman's band again after being discharged from the military.

Mel Powell had a major health crisis in the late 1940s when he developed Muscular dystrophy.

Mel Powell had not completely turned his back on jazz music however.

In 1987 Mel Powell joined other music greats for a jazz festival on the cruise ship SS Norway playing alongside Benny Carter, Howard Alden, Milt Hinton, and Louie Bellson and others.

One performance has been documented on the CD release The Return of Mel Powell ( Chiaroscuro Records ).

In 1990 Mel Powell received his highest career achievement, the Pulitzer Prize in Music for his work Duplicates: A Concerto for Two Pianos and Orchestra.

Besides the Pulitzer, other awards and honors for Mel Powell include the Creative Arts Medal from Brandeis University, a Guggenheim Fellowship, an honorary life membership in the Arnold Schoenberg Institute, a commission from the Koussevitzky Music Foundation for the Library of Congress, and a National Institute of Arts and Letters grant.

Melvin " Mel " Powell died at his home in Sherman Oaks, California on April 24, 1998, after a battle with liver cancer.

* G. Schirmer: Mel Powell Composer profile and work list

* Art of the States: Mel Powell Immobiles ( 1967 )

* Solfege, ear training, rhythm, dictation, and music theory: a comprehensive course / Marta Árkossy Ghezzo ; preface by Mel Powell.

* Mel Powell: Remembered by his students

* Mel Powell NPR obituary

She made numerous guest appearances on television shows, singing on The Frank Sinatra Show, The Andy Williams Show, The Pat Boone Chevy Showroom, and alongside other greats Nat King Cole, Dean Martin, Mel Tormé, and many others.

Other NHLers hailing from Flin Flon include Ken Baird, Ken Baumgartner, Matt Davidson, Kim Davis, Dean Evason, Al Hamilton, Ted Hampson ( who was the second player to ever receive the Bill Masterton Memorial Trophy ), Gerry Hart, Ron Hutchinson, George Konik, Ray Maluta, Dunc McCallum, Eric Nesterenko, Mel Pearson, Reid Simpson, David Struch and Ernie Wakely.

** James Conlon ( conductor ); Anthony Dean Griffey, Patti LuPone & Audra McDonald ; Fred Vogler ( producer ); Donnie Ray Albert, John Easterlin, Steven Humes, Mel Ulrich & Robert Wörle ; Los Angeles Opera Orchestra ; Los Angeles Opera Chorus for Kurt Weill: Rise And Fall Of The City Of Mahagonny

** James Conlon ( conductor ); Anthony Dean Griffey, Patti LuPone & Audra McDonald ; Fred Vogler ( producer ); Donnie Ray Albert, John Easterlin, Steven Humes, Mel Ulrich & Robert Wörle ; Los Angeles Opera Orchestra ; Los Angeles Opera Chorus for Kurt Weill: Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny

Michael Douglas took on the role of Nick Curran after Peter Weller, Tom Berenger, Richard Dean Anderson, Don Johnson, Wesley Snipes, Denzel Washington, Will Smith, Harrison Ford, Eric Roberts, Kevin Costner, Mel Gibson, Robert De Niro, Sean Penn, Liam Neeson, Anthony Edwards, John Heard, Tom Hanks, Tom Cruise, Charlie Sheen, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Ray Liotta, Sylvester Stallone, Jack Nicholson, Bruce Willis, Al Pacino, Martin Sheen, Nicolas Cage, Dennis Quaid, Richard Gere, Jeff Bridges and John Travolta all turned down the role.

Born in Los Angeles, California, Mel Patton or Pell Mell, as he was nicknamed in the late 1940s, made his mark in track and field while a student at the University of Southern California, where he was coached by the famous Dean Cromwell.

His catalogue includes more than 120 songs sung by some of the world's most famous and talented performers such as Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Etta James, Glenn Miller, Barbra Streisand, Christina Aguilera, Mel Tormé, Nat King Cole, and many more.

Most weeks, Douglas would be joined by a co-host, including Liberace, Cesar Romero, Jackie Gleason, Joan Fontaine, Anne Baxter, Jimmy Dean, Richard Thomas, Florence Henderson, Brooke Shields, Shelley Berman, Richard Pryor, Dyan Cannon, Suzanne Somers, Jerry Lewis, Don Rickles, Minnie Pearl, Shirley Bassey, Bobby Darin, Tony Randall, Kaye Ballard, Totie Fields, David Brenner, Ted Knight, Bernadette Peters, Kate Jackson, Harry Chapin, Rod McKuen, Cicely Tyson, Karen Valentine, Johnny Mathis, Joel Grey, Carol Channing, Anne Murray, Anthony Newley, Marvin Hamlisch, Patty Duke, Cher, Mel Tillis, Steve Lawrence, Martha Raye, Tony Bennett, Mel Torme, Frankie Avalon, Charlton Heston, Gordon MacRae, Richard Harris, Red Buttons, Billy Crystal, David Steinberg, Hugh O ' Brian, Burt Reynolds, William Shatner, Sly Stone, John Lennon & Yoko Ono.

There was a different co-host every week on the show during its entire run, including Shirley Bassey, James Brown, Cesar Romero, Jackie Gleason, Barbra Streisand, Joan Fontaine, Anne Baxter, Jimmy Dean, Richard Thomas, Florence Henderson, Brooke Shields, Shelley Berman, Richard Pryor, Dyan Cannon, The 5th Dimension, Suzanne Somers, Jerry Lewis, Don Rickles, Mike Connors, Minnie Pearl, Shirley Bassey, Bobby Darin, Tony Randall, Kaye Ballard, Totie Fields, David Brenner, Ted Knight, Bernadette Peters, Kate Jackson, Harry Chapin, Rod McKuen, Dick Gregory, Joe E. Brown, Forrest Tucker, Pat Carroll, Vivian Vance, Anita Bryant, Louie Nye, Pat O ' Brien, Linda Darnell, Les Paul and Mary Ford, Pat Harrington, Jr., George Jessel, Dody Goodman, Billy DeWolfe, Hildegarde, The Smothers Brothers Cicely Tyson, Karen Valentine, Johnny Mathis, Joel Grey, Carol Channing, Anne Murray, Anthony Newley, Marvin Hamlisch, Patty Duke, Cher, Mel Tillis, Steve Lawrence, Martha Raye, Tony Bennett, Mel Torme, Frankie Avalon, Charlton Heston, Gordon MacRae, Richard Harris, Red Buttons, Billy Crystal, David Steinberg, Hugh O ' Brian, Burt Reynolds, William Shatner, John Lennon & Yoko Ono.

Game of Death () is a 1978 Hong Kong martial arts action crime thriller film co-written ( under the pseudonym Jan Spears with Raymond Chow ) and directed by Robert Clouse and starring Bruce Lee, Kim Tai-jong, Yuen Biao, Gig Young, Dean Jagger, Colleen Camp, Robert Wall, Hugh O ' Brian, Dan Inosanto, Mel Novak, Sammo Hung, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Han-Jae Ji and Casanova Wong.

His filmography includes television shows such as Law & Order: Criminal Intent and My Name is Earl, as well as films such as Down in the Valley, alongside Edward Norton, The Butcher, alongside Eric Roberts, Maverick, alongside Mel Gibson, and When Every Day Was the Fourth of July alongside Dean Jones.

In fall 2010 Mel Horwitch, former program director at the MIT Sloan School of Management, has been appointed CEU Business School's new Dean.

Olsen and Johnson led a large cast of entertainers: the comedy team of Barto and Mann ( Dewey Barto and George Mann ); Charles Whithers ; celebrity impersonators, the Radio Rogues ; Hal Sherman ; Walter Nilsson ; singing group The Charioteers ; identical-twin dancers Bettymae and Beverly Crane ; stage magician Theo Hardeen ( better known as Houdini's younger brother ); the Hawaiian music of Ray Kinney and the Aloha Maids ; Bergh and Moore ; J. C. Olsen ; Reed, Dean and Reed ( Bonnie Reed, Syd Dean, and Mel Reed ); Roberta and Ray ; The Starlings ; Dorothy Thomas ; Shirley Wayne ; Cyrel Roodney and June Winters ; Billy Adams ; and Whitey's Steppers ( also known as Whitey's Lindy Hoppers ).

Other baseball hall of fame and interesting players depicted on Goudey gum cards from 1933 to 1941 include: Ty Cobb, Jimmie Foxx, Bill Dickey, Carl Hubbell, Lefty Grove, Dizzy Dean, Mickey Cochrane, Charlie Gehringer, Tony Lazzeri, Mel Ott, Joe Dimaggio, Hank Greenberg, " Ducky " Joe Medwick and Moe Berg.

Other influential early interpreters of the Great American Songbook include Fred Astaire, Mildred Bailey, Tony Bennett, June Christy, Rosemary Clooney, Nat " King " Cole, Perry Como, Barbara Cook, Chris Connor, Bing Crosby, Vic Damone, Bobby Darin, Sammy Davis, Jr., Doris Day, Blossom Dearie, Billy Eckstine, Alice Faye, Helen Forrest, The Four Freshmen, Judy Garland, Eydie Gorme, Johnny Hartman, Dick Haymes, Billie Holiday, Lena Horne, Joni James, Jack Jones, Al Jolson, Cleo Laine, Frankie Laine, Steve Lawrence, Peggy Lee, Julie London, Dean Martin, Tony Martin, Johnny Mathis, Carmen McRae, Mabel Mercer, Helen Merrill, Anita O ' Day, Patti Page, Dinah Shore, Bobby Short, Nina Simone, Frank Sinatra, Keely Smith, Kay Starr, Jo Stafford, Barbra Streisand ( particularly in her earlier work ), Maxine Sullivan, Mel Tormé, Sarah Vaughan, Dinah Washington, Ethel Waters, Margaret Whiting, Andy Williams, Joe Williams and Nancy Wilson.

He went back to Los Angeles to arrange for the King Sisters, Mel Tormé, Dean Martin, and Carol Burnett.

She also recorded a second song for the B-side, " More Than Words Can Say "; a new version of a track featured on fellow SAW artists, Mel and Kim's album, FLM and was also a future recording for Hazell Dean.