Abdul Hamid Royal has won The Ovation Award, The Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Award and The SAGE Award as Best Music Direction for his work on The Gospel at Colonus; the NAACP Image Award for Broadway’s Five Guys Named Moe; and the Stage Scene LA Award for Outstanding Musical Direction on Recorded in Hollywood. Broadway, International, AND National: Music Director, Five Guys Named Moe, Twist, Sophisticated Ladies, Ain’t Misbehavin’, Jelly’s Last Jam, The Wiz, Truly Blessed, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, The Sound of Music, Fiddler on the Roof, Betsy Brown, Concerts for the Earth, Colors of Christmas, Smokey Joe’s Café, and The Life. Composer/Arranger, Five Guys Named Moe, Truly Blessed, Body and Soul, Twist, Cole Porter Festival, and Colors of Christmas. Recording Artists: Natalie Cole, Peabo Bryson, Melissa Manchester, Cy Coleman, Al Jarreau, The Pointer Sisters, Liza Minelli, Ashford & Simpson, Martha Wash, Jennifer Holliday, Jeffrey Osborne, Maurice Hines, Melba Moore, Patti Austin, Grover Washington Jr., Masashi Sada, Patti LaBelle, Christina Aguilera, Jason Mraz, Stevie Wonder, David Foster, Doc Powell, The LA Philharmonic, Ty Herndon, Freddie Waites, Brenda Russell, and Phil Collins.