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From KQED. Welcome back to Forum.

I'm Alexis Madrigal.

Michael Morgan, conductor of the Oakland Symphony Orchestra, died last week at 63.

Morgan was known as a virtuosic conductor and a passionate advocate for making classical music accessible to an Oakland community he was deeply invested in.

He embraced a melding of musical genres,

even bringing in comedian W. Camau Bell, an activist Dolores Huerta, to curate playlist for his

orchestra to perform. There's a quote, being a classical musician, being a conductor, being black,

being gay, all of these things put you on the outside, he said in 2013.

So you get accustomed to constructing your own world because there are not a lot of clear

past to follow and not a lot of people that are just like you.

Today, we remember Michael Morgan with some of the musicians and performance who worked with.

First, let's talk with comedian Kamau Bell.

Kamal, welcome to the show.

Thanks for having me.

Good to be here today.

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