Jewish Music Commission Past Events 1983 - 2010

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Date Title Program Has Photos
08/18/2010 As I hear It - August 2010 by Michael Isaacson No
08/08/2010 Beverly Hills International Music Festival No
08/08/2010 Los Angeles Jewish Symphony Concert Presents "Cinema Judaica" No
05/07/2010 On Wings of Song: the Music & Soul of Felix Mendelssohn

Introduction - Rabbi Edward Feinstein. Lecture - Neal Brostoff - The Life and Music of Felix Mendelssohn and Relationship with Richard Wagner. Staged Reading of scenes from "Mendelssohn! On Wings of Song" by Jacqueline Bassan, with Geoffrey Going, Kristina Reyes, Miller Daurey, Derrel Friedman, Michelle Baron & Anna Berg. Israel Heller, violin.
Selected Mendelssohn Lieder - Laurie Rubin, mezzo-soprano; Neal Brostoff, piano.
Trio in D minor, Op.49 - Mark Kashper, violin; Barry Gold, cello; Neal Brostoff, piano.

Yes
03/14/2010 FACING THE STORM: Seventh Annual Interfaith Symposium & Concert

Symposium - Feinstein, Tanton, Schulweis, Smith, Strimple, Worth;
Concert - Nick Strimple, Director. Music of Songs of Ascent from Goudimel, Novakowsky, Palestrina, Genevan Psalter, Harant, Duffy*, Isaacson*, Traditional Hebrew and Cantillation, Hohvaness, Strimple, Bar-Lev*, Lowenstein, Mogley*, Parry. (First Performance*) Cantor Joseph Gole, tenor; Nele Nikolaeva, violin; Haesung Park, organ; Ayana Haviv, Soprano; Tali Tadmor, piano; Paul Kujawsky, tof; Lauren Buckley; soprano; Cantor Judy Dubin Aranoff, alto; Marc Lowenstein, tenor; Emily May, soprano; Charlene Chi, mezzo-soprano; Cale Olsen, baritone.
LA Zimriyah, BHPC Chancel Choir, LAVIE, Choral Society of So. Cal.

Yes
12/18/2009 Shabbat Hanukkah - Or Ha'Am by Aminadav Aloni

Or Ha'Am (The Light of the Nation) Oratorio by Aminadav Aloni
Valley Beth Shalom Congregational Choir with Soloists: Cantor Phil Baron, Elaine Rosen, Jennifer Rea Hardin, Ariella Vaccarino. Members of the VBS Symphony,Mark Kashper, Concertmaster; Dr. Noreen Green, Director

Yes
11/11/2009 Sam Glaser and Friends

Sam Glaser and ensemble in original songs of love and devotion. #World Premiere - A Song for Peace for Veterans Day 2009

Yes
05/20/2009 In the Spirit of the Moment

Songs by American and Israeli Composers
Featuring: Timur Bekbusonov, Tenor; Steven Vanhauweer, piano; Andrew Nathaniel McIntosh, viola.

Composers:  Marc Lowenstein, Nick Strimple, Walter Arlen, Maria Newman, Gil Shohat, Kurt Weill, Friederich Hollander, Hans Eisler, Aminadav Aloni, Walter Jurmann

Yes
03/15/2009 FORGIVENESS & ATONEMENT: Sixth Annual Interfaith Symposium & Concert

Symposium - Feinstein, Glatstein, Schulweis, Smith, Strimple, Worth;
Concert - Music by Bach, Brahms, Geruta, Leonard, Pepping, Strimple, Vaughan Williams, Zilberts. Cantor Cory Winter, tenor; Tali Tadmor, piano; Linda Brown, organ
LA Zimriyah, BHPC Chancel Choir, Choral Society of So. Cal. USC Thotnton School of Music Brass Ensemble. Student Art Contest

Yes
12/15/2008 Lindsay Deutsch in Concert

Lindsay Deutsch, violin; Tanya Gabrielian, piano. Music by Brahms, Tchaikovsky, Bloch, Gershwin-Courage, Beethoven, de Falla, Sarasate, Williams

No
11/21/2008 Test of Faith

Pulpit Drama in one act based on Binding of Isaac
First Prize winner in Jewish Music Commission competition 1987*
Score - Lawrence Goldberg; libretto - Marcia Hain Engle.
Abraham - Jonathan Mack, tenor; God, Narrator - Ron Li-Paz, baritone; Isaac - Jonathan Zur - boy soprano; Lawrence Goldberg, conductor; Michael Isaacson, producer,. Instrumental ensemble

Yes
08/03/2008 Eunice Keem in Private Recital for JMCLA Members

Eunice Keem, violin; Valeria Morgovsky, piano
Music by
Schubert, Ysaye, Szymanowski and Sarasate

Yes
04/23/2008 Viklarbo Chamber Ensemble

Viklarbo Chamber ensemble:Maria Newman, violin; Scott Hoseld, viola; Paula Hochhalter, cello; Amanda Walker, clarinet; Wendy Probe, piano. Music by Milhaud, Martinu, Newman, Brahms and Bennett

No
03/09/2008 Angels: Interfaith Symposium and Concert

Symposium - Feinstein, Glatstein, Schulweis, Smith, Strimple, Worth

Dinner.

Student Art Contest

Concert - Music by Sharlin, Rothblum, Williams, Tchaikovsky, Hassler, Handel, Strimple, Isaacson, Mendelssohn, Fauré.
Performers: Catherine Cooper, soprano; Tara Smith, soprano; Cantor Judy Dubin Aranoff, alto; Cantor Ira Biegelsen, bass; Cale Olson, baritone; Michael Isaacson, narrator; Francis Nobert, organ; Mikhail Morgovsky, piano; Gale Levant, harp; Amy Shulman, harp; LA Zimriyah, BHPC Chancel Choir, LAVIE, Choral Society of So. Cal.

Yes
01/24/2008 Chronicles II

More Teachings from a Jewish Life at the Classical Piano. Rabbi Moshe Cotel - works by Gershwin, Rimsky-Korsakoff, Ellstein and Cotel transcriptions.

Yes
12/16/2007 Seeds of Sun

Award-winning New York based 5-piece band that brings new perspectives on World Jazz through Israeli and South American influences.
Mattan Klein, Bandleader, Flute
Meytal Muallem, Vocals
Yoav Polachek, Piano
Gustavo Amarante, Bass
Dan Aran, Drums

Yes
08/12/2007 Eunice Keem in Private Recital for JMCLA members

Eunice Keem, violin; Valeria Morgovsky, piano; - music by Brahms, Suk, Achron, Kreisler

No
04/25/2007 Viklarbo Chamber Ensemble

New American Jewish Music - Maria Newman, violin; Scott Hosfeld; Wendy Prober, piano; Amanda Walker, clarinet.
Music by David Lefkowitz, Maria Newman, Beethoven, Brahms & Bernstein

No
04/03/2007 The Prophets: Interfaith Symposium and Concert

Symposium - Feinstein, Glatstein, Schulweis, Smith, Strimple, Worth;
Concert - Music by Brahms, Handel, Hilsley, Lewandowski, Mendelssohn, Pik, Rothblum, Rothschild, Schubert, Strimple & Vaughan Williams.
Cantors Ira Biegelsen, Herschel Fox and Joseph Gole, Emily May, soprano; Omar Crook, tenor; Steven Argila, organ; Michael Morgovsky, piano; LA Zimriyah, BHPC Chancel Choir, Choral Society of So. Cal.
Dinner; Student Art Contest

Yes
12/01/2006 Romania, Romania: Yesterday and Today

Yale Strom and Hot Pstromi - Traditional and new klezmer melodies. Yale Strom, violin, vocals; Elizabeth Schwartz, vocals, hand percussion; Peter Stan, accordion

07/05/2006 Professor Joseph Dorfman Memorial Concert

Memorial Prayer - El Maleh Rachamim - Cantor Hershel Fox; Two selections from Five Images After Chagall - Dorfman; Heather Millette, clarinet; Tilman Kanitz, cello; Svetlana Transky, piano; - Ravel - Ayana Haviv, soprano; Neal Brostoff, piano; Hebrew Melody - Achron; Mark Kashper, violin; Neal Brostoff, piano; From Yiddish Folk Poetry, Opus 79 - Shostakovich; Ayana Haviv, soprano; Alma Mora, mezzo; Mark Saltzman, tenor' Neal Brostoff, piano; Daniel Pollack, piano - Liszt -Consolation Number 3 in D-flat

Yes
06/07/2006 Shostakovich at 100

Joseph Dorfman, concert pianist, Shostakovich scholar Buchman-Mehta School of Music Tel Aviv University;
Hila Plitman, soprano; Alma Mora, mezzo; Mark Salatzman, tenor; David Kasap, accordion; Mark Kashper, violin; Barry Gold, cello; Neal Brostoff,Piano.
A Bouquet of Yiddish Folk Songs; From Yiddish Folk Poetry, Opus 79 - Shostakovich; Trio, in memoriam Dimitri Shostakovich - Dorfman
{Professor Dorman died during intermission - the Shostakovich songs were not performed}

Yes
02/12/2006 In the Beginning: Interfaith Symposium and Concert

Music, Theology, Art History & Astrophysics of Creation.
Symposium: Feinstein, Robins, Schulweis, Simonian, Smith, Glatstein, Hansen, Strimple
Concert conducted by Dr. Nick Strimple; Cantor Joseph Gole, Stephanie Aston, Josh Honig, Ernest Silva LA Zimriyah, BHPC Chancel Choir,LAVIE, Choral Society of So Cal. Student Art contest; Dinner

Yes
11/29/2005 A Little Jewish Night Music

Armadillo String Quartet, with Zinovy Goro, clarinet and Alan Steinberger, piano
LA composers Aloni (Gilgul Shel Kaddish), Isaacson, Strassburg; Hidden Treasures from Prokofiev, Krejn, Fitelberg and Ellstein. WORLD PREMIERE_#ISAACSON - The Shul in My Right Mind for Bb Clarinet and String Quartet

06/05/2005 Aloni Revealed

Aleksandr Berkovich, Phyllis Fleschler, Jennifer Rae Hardin, Chris Hardin: Surprises and Standards from the Legacy of Aminadav Aloni

Yes
02/09/2005 Nearly Fibonacci Ensemble and The Joint Custody Duo

Lev Shurbin, viola, and Jakub J. Omsky, cello
Bach, Beethoven, Boccherini, Chopin, Bartok, Mozart

11/07/2004 Psalms - Second Annual Interfaith Symposium and Concert

3 PM Symposium - Simonian, Schulweis, Smith, Crossley, Zuckerman, Gibson, Isaacson, Lefkowitz, Dubin Aranoff, Geller; Concert - Strimple directing SA Zimriyah & Choral Society of So. Cal., Soloists: Gole, Grant, Kaufman, May; Music by Palestrina, Rossi, Mozart, Bach, Schubert, Sulzer, Novakowsky, Shenker,Dvorak, Kingsley, Hohvaness, Harlap, Aloni, Isaacson, Gibson, Lefkowitz, Strimple, Lewandowski; Dinner - 5:30 PM; Concert 7 PM

No
05/19/2004 Ron Li-Paz, Bass-Baritone in Concert with Bronwen Li-Paz, Alto, Raya Sadigursky and Jack Bielan, Piano

Songs by Vaughan Williams, Beethoven, Handel, Schubert, Copland, Aloni, Finkelstein, Shemer, Schorr, Bielan, Weinkranz, and Rapaport

04/28/2004 The Capitol Ensemble

Erwin Schulhoff: Quartet No. 1 (1924)
Mozart: String Quintet No. 2 in C Major, K 515 (1787)
Phillip Levy, Julie Gigante, violins; Simon Oswell, Samuel Formicola, violas; David Low, cello

Yes
03/25/2004 Jerusalem Lyric Trio

Amalia Ishak, soprano; Wendy Eisler-Kashy, flute; Allan Sternfeld, piano. Internationally acclaimed Israeli virtuosi. WORLD PREMIERE Acharit HaYamim for soprano and Piano by Moshe Denburg. Others works by Warshauer. Ben-Haim, Alexndeer, Smorganski, Harlap, Alotin, Avni and Weisenberg

09/21/2003 Koheleth: An Interfaith Program of Music and Dialogue on the Book of Ecclesiastes

Rev. Dr. Vahe Simonian, BHPC
Rabbi Edward Feinstein, VBS
Kelly O'Connor, soprano
Mallory Walker, Tenor
La Vie, LA Zimriyah Chorale, BHPC Chancel Choir, Young Musicians Foundation Orchestra
Conducted by Nick Strimple
Works by Dello Joio, Eben and Aloni

No
04/30/2003 A Jewish Life at the Classical Piano with Moshe Cotel

Conceived and written by Moshe Cotel, concert pianist, soon to be ordained Conservative Rabbi, he performs a concert of piano virtuosity woven with teachings of Jewish thought and philosopy.

03/30/2003 An Interfaith Concert for Peace

Yuval Ron Ensemble, featuring Najwa Gibran - The Mystical Music of the Middle East, celebrating the Sacred Music of Judaism, Sufism, and the Armenian Church, with song, music, and dance

01/15/2003 The Capitol Ensemble

Strassburg - Walt Whitman's Unseen Buds for String quartet and Narrator
Richman - Variations for Cello and Clarinet
Schulhoff - String Quartet 1
Robert Elfman Fantasy for String Quartet
World Premiere: Mozart Clarinet Quartet
Phillip Levy, Julie Gigante, violins; Simon Oswell, viola; David Low cell; Joshua Ranz clarinet; Ianthe Low, Narrator

Yes
12/22/2002 The Rothschilds: a Musical Legend

Bernie Dean brings the one-man show of this Broadway Hit to VBS

Yes
07/09/2002 An Evening with Yale Strom

Filmmaker, musician, writer, photographer and composer recounts and plays his story in discovering the music of our people in the lands of Eastern Europe.

02/10/2002 Music on a Sunday Morning

Cantor Ron Li-Paz, Bronwen Li-Paz and Jack Bielan in a delightful mix of folk, swing, show tunes, Israeli and Cantorial music

08/27/2001 Sunday Morning with Robert Strassburg

Music of Dr. Robert Strassburg- Leaves of Grass - narrator and piano - Marcie Rainey and Lucas Richman
Voice of the Psalmist - Paul Cohen, cello.Lucas Richman piano
Tercentennial Suite - Dr. Richard Braun, viola, Wendy Prober, piano

No
05/27/2001 Tikkun Layl Shavuot

A Night of Study to prepare to receive the Torah from Mount Sinai.
Ruth - an Oratorio by Aminadav Aloni
directed by Dr. Noreen Green, the Valley Beth Shalom Congregational Choir, Guest Artists and members of the Los Angeles Jewish Symphony

04/25/2001 From Darkness to Light (co-sponsored by The Los Angeles Museum of the Holocaust)

A choral concert featuring la vie, directed by Nick Strimple
Cain and Abel - Harlap (see 1991)
WORLD PREMIERE# CHESTNUT BRANCHES IN THE COURT BY DAVID CUTLER; FIRST PRIZE FOR CHORAL WORK, 2000 AMERICAN JEWISH MUSIC FESTIVAL*
Two Folksongs - Ullman; Psalm 133 - Strimple; Hallel - Aloni

Yes
12/10/2000 A Morning West Side Recital

Jennifer Rae, soprano, and Chris Hardin, keyboards, in a program of show tunes, Israeli songs and music of Ami Aloni

04/02/2000 Breakfast with Two Cantors*

Cantors Linda Kates and Alisa Pomerantz-Boro,
David Kates, Piano
In an eclectic program of Jewish song.

12/05/1999 A Morning of Sephardic Music*

Guest Artist, Judy Frankel, renowned performer and creator of Sephardic Music-

03/07/1999 An Afternoon Recital*

Introducing Jennifer Rea, soprano, and Christopher Hardin, piano, in afternoon of Israeli, Aloni and musical show selections

08/23/1998 Sunday Morning Recital*

Alan Chapman, Professor of Music at Occidental College and renowned music commentator presents WORLD PREMIERES# of the four winning compositions # from the 1998 International competition:
Hulyet by Gilbert Trout#* with Karen Benjamin, soprano and Trudi Behar, piano; Lullaby for an Ancient Grandfather by Martin Kutnowski*#, Trudi Behar, piano; As the Leaves Turn to the Sun by Sandra Shanin Lazarow*# with Karen Benjamin, soprano and Trudi Behar, piano, and David and Batsheva/Fantasia for Violin and Piano by Yefim Adler*#, David Shindaryev, violin, Trudi Behar, Piano

04/25/1998 A Salute to Song In honor of the 50th Anniversary of the State of Israel, co-sponsored by Response

Combined Choirs:
Gay Men's Chorus of Los Angeles, Jon Bailey Conductor, William Trusten, accompanist
Valley Beth Shalom Choir, Dr. Noreen Green, conductor

No
07/30/1997 Shirim BaLaila: A Songful Evening*(Recital)

Yiddish by Lazar Weiner; Rickie Gole;Tov Lhodot (Psalm 92) by I. Katz, arr. C. Heller; Cantor Joseph D. Gole, tenor, Cantor Ira Biegelseisen, bass; Of eternal Love by Brahms; Laurie Rubin, soprano
Liebeslieder Waltzes) by Brahms; Laurie Rubin, Rickie Weiner Gole, Joseph D. Gole, Ira Biegeleisen; Neal Brostoff and Wendy Prober, duo pianists

02/02/1997 Shehecheyanu

A recital of music created in the first class of Jewish Music Composition offered by the Jewish Music Commission at the University of Judaism, Dr. Michael Isaacson, director. Participants were Steve Rothstein, David Kates, Cantor Alan Weiner, Micha Lieberman, Sandy Shanin Lazarow, Jonathan Feldman and Chris Hardin.

No
11/17/1996 Sunday Morning Recital*

Cantors Herschel and Judy Fox, Aminadav Aloni, and Yale Strom, Klezmer violinist extraordinaire, producer and director of the filmCarpati.
Yiddish folksongs and art songs, and the Klezmer violin.

09/07/1996 Celebration of Jewish Music ((Selichot Service)

World Premiere# Songs of Ascent for piano quartet and voices, by Aminadav Aloni#, commissioned by Barbara and Richard Braun in memory of their parents.
Performed by Jonathan Braun, MD, violin, Richard Braun, MD, viola, David Braun, MD cello, Aminadav Aloni, piano and the Valley Beth Shalom Choir

03/03/1994 Modern Musical Masterworks

Winners of 8th International Competition and World Premieres
Galizianer Violin & piano by Jakub Ciring#*; Shadows of Jerusalem soprano, cello,clarinet and piano, by Meyer Kupferman*#; Sealed Room (Cheder Atum) for percussion and ensemble and tape by Amnon Wolman*#; Voice from the Annex (Anne Frank) by Jose Antonio Bowen*#; The Arc for voice and piano by Stephen Weinstock#*
Lucas Richman, conductor

09/18/1993 Celebration of Jewish Music (Selichot Service)

World Premiere# B'reishit by Lionel Semiatin*, winner 8th International Competition#

03/23/1993 Combined Choral Concert

Rossi Psalm 146, Brahms Requiem,
Aloni - S'fatai Tiftach,
Valley Shalom Choir, Aminadav Aloni, Conductor
Choral Society of Southern California, Nick Strimple, Conductor

03/21/1993 Combined Choral Concert

Rossi Psalm 146, Brahms Requiem,
Aloni - S'fatai Tiftach,
Valley Shalom Choir, Aminadav Aloni, Conductor
Choral Society of Southern California, Nick Strimple, Conductor

01/12/1993 Composers Reception

Meet Aharon Harlap, Jerusalem
Lanny Meyers, winners of Jewish Music Commission Awards#

No
10/25/1992 Ami Aloni, the Man and His Music

Liturgical settings, Arts Songs, Musicals, of Aloni's music.
Jon Bailey, conductor
Gail Dubinbaum (Falk translation), Meir Finkelstein, Nathan Lam, Marni Nixon
USY and Kadima Musical Theater ensemble, Winnie Hiller, Director
Valley Beth Shalom Choir, Kol Echad, Choral Society of Southern California
Including #World Premiere - Adonai S'fatai Tiftach and Magen Avot, #American Premiere - Havu Laadonai

08/08/1992 Tisha B'Av Program

Eicha by Meira Warshauer, by Brandeis-Bardin Ensemble

No
08/30/1991 Celebration of Jewish Music (Selichot Service)

WORLD PREMIERE# CAIN AND ABEL, by Aharon Harlap, Winner 7th International Competition*
Choral Society of So. California, soloists,, Nick Strimple, conducting

04/02/1991 A Concert of Passover and Freedom

180 Voices of the Gay Men's Chorus of Los Angeles and the Valley Beth Shalom Choir, John Bailey Conducting
Estonian/Russian music
Song of Reconciliation - Nelson
Poem by Rabbi Schulweis
Hallel - Aloni

03/17/1991 Celebration of Jewish Music

Salute to Mozart Year and works by Jewish Austrian Emigr?s to California
Toch, Schoenberg, Karl Kohn, Zeisl, Korngold; also, Mozart, Bernstein, Brahms
Choral Society of Southern California, Nick Strimple, conductor
Valley Beth Shalom Choir, Aminadav Aloni Conductor

03/03/1991 Celebration of Jewish Music

Salute to Mozart Year and works by Jewish Austrian Emigr?s to California
Toch, Schoenberg, Karl Kohn, Zeisl, Korngold; also, Mozart, Bernstein, Brahms
Choral Society of Southern California, Nick Strimple, conductor
Valley Beth Shalom Choir, Aminadav Aloni Conductor

02/09/1991 House of the Book

Two One-act Musical Dramas
Vayero (see 9/23/89)
Chazak Ve-Ematz by Thomas Benjamin and Sarah Schlesinger; Book of Judges V - Auschwitz 1944 - #WORLD PREMIERE WINNER SIXTH INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION*
Lucal Richman Conductor, soloists, chamber orchestra

12/02/1990 Channukah Recital

Music of Gershwin and Mendelssohn Brandeis-Bardin String Quartet

No
08/12/1990 Concert Under the Stars

World Premiere# Hineini, by Lionel Semiatin Winner Sixth International
Competition* for voice and chamber orchestra; Out Came This Calf by Ari Snyder* winner Sixth International competition#; Visions of Jeremiah by Page Williams* winner Sixth International competition

11/13/1989 Women in Song

Concert devoted to music about women
World Premiere ?My Son, Samuel for voice, cello and piano by Sandra Shanin* Winner in Fifth International Competition#
Three Songs of Women on Biblical Texts for soprano, oboe, Bassoon or Cello, and Piano by Abraham Cohen# World Premiere#, winner in Fifth International Competition*;
Songs in Yiddish, Hebrew, Ladino and English - Perryne Anker, Nathan Lam, Aviva Rosenbloom, Kol Echad Chorale, Alan Weiner, conducting,
Valley Beth Shalom Choir

09/23/1989 Celebration of Jewish Music (Selichot Service)

World Premiere: Vayero
Winner of Fifth International Competition* by Thomas Benjamin, composer, and Sarah Schlesinger, lyricist. Inquisition in Portugal 1497. Lucas Richman, directing vocal soloists and instrumentalists

04/19/1989 A Sabbath of Psalms

Three Choirs: Sharing Psalms
Valley Beth Shalom Congregational Choir, Aminadav Aloni, conductor
Pomona College Glee Club, Jon Bailey, conducting
Kirk Choir, Pasadena Presbyterian Church, Steve Pilkington, conductor

03/19/1989 The Jewish Music Commission Goes Yiddish

Stars of Yiddish Theater from New York and Los Angeles
Zalman Mlotek, Joanne Borts, Bruce Adler, Hale Porter, Perryne Anker, Herschel Fox

09/03/1988 Celebration of Jewish Music (Selichot Service)

TEST OF FAITH by Lawrence Goldberg# World Premiere, Winner 1986 International Competition*
Abraham -Gerald Stern, tenor;
Narrator/God - David Myrvold, baritone; Isaac ?Michael Rubin, boy alto; Conductor - Michael Isaacson

03/20/1988 Celebration of Jewish Music VI

Music of Toch, Bloch, Castelnuovo-Tedesco - Songs of the Shulamite, Three Sephardic Songs
Aviva Rosenbloom, Mark Saltzman, Flute, Harp, String quartet
Bloch - Concerto Grosso #1
VBS String Orchestra, Aminadav Aloni, Conductor
Toch - Cantata of the Bitter Herbs
Allen Robert Gross, conductor, VBS Choir and Orchestra
Rickie Weiner Gole, Joseph Gole, Aviva Rosenbloom, Mark Saltzman, Mervyn Kalman

03/20/1988 Celebration of Jewish Music VI

Music of Toch, Bloch, Castelnuovo-Tedesco - Songs of the Shulamite, Three Sephardic Songs
Aviva Rosenbloom, Mark Saltzman, Flute, Harp, String quartet
Bloch - Concerto Grosso #1
VBS String Orchestra, Aminadav Aloni, Conductor
Toch - Cantata of the Bitter Herbs
Allen Robert Gross, conductor, VBS Choir and Orchestra
Rickie Weiner Gole, Joseph Gole, Aviva Rosenbloom, Mark Saltzman, Mervyn Kalman

05/03/1987 Koheleth

Pirke Avot - Hillel Omer - Feldman
Tova Morcos, Piano, Jonathan Grant, baritone, Charles Feldman, conductor

Symphony #4 - Mendelssohn

A Jubilant Song - Dello Joio

Koheleth - Aloni

Valley Beth Shalom Choir, Charles Feldman Singers, Concert Choir of Claremont Colleges
Claremont Chamber Orchestra
Jane O'Donnell, mezzo; James Schmitt, tenor
Michael Deane Lamkin, Conductor

05/02/1987 Koheleth

Pirke Avot - Hillel Omer - Feldman
Tova Morcos, Piano, Jonathan Grant, baritone, Charles Feldman, conductor

Symphony #4 - Mendelssohn

A Jubilant Song - Dello Joio

Koheleth - Aloni

Valley Beth Shalom Choir, Charles Feldman Singers, Concert Choir of Claremont Colleges
Claremont Chamber Orchestra
Jane O'Donnell, mezzo; James Schmitt, tenor
Michael Deane Lamkin, Conductor

03/22/1987 Celebration of Jewish Music V

Retrospective of Music of William Sharlin
WORLD PREMIERE A TEST OF FAITH by LAWRENCE GOLDBERG# - winner of International Competition*
DANCES OF LOVE (WORLD PREMIERE#) by Aminadav Aloni

01/21/1987 Chag HaChagim

See Moed
Narrator - Rabbi Daniel Polish

09/02/1986 An Afternoon of Music and Art

Jewish music and art

04/27/1986 PASSOVER ? A Musical Celebration

Psalm 92 - Rossi
Psalm 93 - Schalit
Halleluyah - Jon Bailey
Folk Songs
Psalms 131 & 133 (Chichester) - Bernstein
King David - Honegger
Pomona College Choir and Wind Ensemble, Jon Bailey, conductor
Valley Beth Shalom Choir, Aminadav Aloni, conductor
Temple Beth Israel, Lyn Krinsky, conductor
Atid Hebrew Academy, Ralph Goren, conductor

04/26/1986 Passover: A Musical Celebration

Psalm 92 - Rossi
Psalm 93 - Schalit
Halleluyah - Jon Bailey
Folk Songs
Psalms 131 & 133 (Chichester) - Bernstein
King David - Honegger
Pomona College Choir and Wind Ensemble, Jon Bailey, conductor
Valley Beth Shalom Choir, Aminadav Aloni, conductor
Temple Beth Israel, Lyn Krinsky, conductor
Atid Hebrew Academy, Ralph Goren, conductor

03/23/1986 Celebration of Music IV

Music of Robert Strassburg (70th Birthday); Timothy Landauer - cello; Aviva Rosenbloom, Johana Harris-Hegge, Richard McComb, Music by Meir Finkelstein
World Premiere: Sound Thee Two Tumpeets by JOSEPH WEISS* - winner of International Competition

02/19/1986 Moed: Festival of Festivals

AMINADAV ALONI - GILGUL SHEL KADDISH - MEMORY OF A PRAYER # WORLD PREMIERE in memory of Elizabeth Braun
For Piano Quartet, commissioned by Barbara and Richard Braun
Moed - Festival of Festivals - Text - Rabbi Harold M. Schulweis; music Aminadav Aloni
Narrator - Rabbi Harold M. Schulweis
Soloists Cantors Perryne Anker and Judy Fox
Valley Beth Shalom Choir, Aminadav Aloni, Conductor

04/28/1985 Celebration of Jewish Music III

Herbert Fromm - Madrigals (80th Birthday)
World Premiere: Tower of Babel, by Joseph Kantor,Winner of International Competition*
Hallel - Aloni
LA-Tel Aviv-LA selections by Shire, Fox, Isaacson, Aloni performed by Kol Echad Chorale, VBS Choir
Nathan Lam

03/31/1985 Celebration of Jewish Music III

Herbert Fromm - Madrigals (80th Birthday)
World Premiere: Tower of Babel, by Joseph Kantor,Winner of International Competition*
Hallel - Aloni
LA-Tel Aviv-LA selections by Shire, Fox, Isaacson, Aloni performed by Kol Echad Chorale, VBS Choir
Nathan Lam

03/25/1984 Celebration of Jewish Music II

Psalm 121 - 6 settings (Rossi, Sharlin, Ben-Haim, Klass, Aloni, Carlebach)
Kol Echad Chorale, Alan Weiner, Director
Yiddish Art Songs (Weiner, Ravel) Bachlund, Rosenbloom
Aloni - Song of Songs ( 6
poems translated by Marcia Falk)
#WORLD PREMIERE - O for your kiss#; At Night# Aminadav Aloni, music, Rabbi Harold Schulweis poems
Music of Max Helfman, David Helfman Conductor

05/13/1983 A Celebration of Jewish Music I

Songs by Maurice Goldman - Samuel Brown, Perryne Anker, Rickie Weiner, Joseph Gole, MAURICE GOLDMAN, PIANO
MIRRORS by Aminadav Aloni - Perryne Anker, Aviva Rosenbloom, Farid Dardashti. AMINADAV ALONI, PIANO #WORLD PREMIERE To M. A letter begun in transit (Poem by Marcia Falk)#
Isaacson - Kedushah, Nishmat Chayim
Aloni - Or Ha-Am

No