Jewish Music Commission Past Events 1983 - 2010
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| Date | Title | Program | Has Photos | |
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| 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. |
Yes | |
| 03/14/2010 | FACING THE STORM: Seventh Annual Interfaith Symposium & Concert |
Symposium - Feinstein, Tanton, Schulweis, Smith, Strimple, Worth; |
Yes | |
| 12/18/2009 | Shabbat Hanukkah - Or Ha'Am by Aminadav Aloni |
Or Ha'Am (The Light of the Nation) Oratorio by Aminadav Aloni |
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 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; |
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 |
Yes | |
| 08/03/2008 | Eunice Keem in Private Recital for JMCLA Members |
Eunice Keem, violin; Valeria Morgovsky, piano |
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. |
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. |
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. |
No | |
| 04/03/2007 | The Prophets: Interfaith Symposium and Concert |
Symposium - Feinstein, Glatstein, Schulweis, Smith, Strimple, Worth; |
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 |
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| 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; |
Yes | |
| 02/12/2006 | In the Beginning: Interfaith Symposium and Concert |
Music, Theology, Art History & Astrophysics of Creation. |
Yes | |
| 11/29/2005 | A Little Jewish Night Music |
Armadillo String Quartet, with Zinovy Goro, clarinet and Alan Steinberger, piano |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 04/28/2004 | The Capitol Ensemble |
Erwin Schulhoff: Quartet No. 1 (1924) |
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 |
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| 09/21/2003 | Koheleth: An Interfaith Program of Music and Dialogue on the Book of Ecclesiastes |
Rev. Dr. Vahe Simonian, BHPC |
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. |
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| 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 |
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| 01/15/2003 | The Capitol Ensemble |
Strassburg - Walt Whitman's Unseen Buds for String quartet and 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. |
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| 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 |
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| 08/27/2001 | Sunday Morning with Robert Strassburg |
Music of Dr. Robert Strassburg- Leaves of Grass - narrator and piano - Marcie Rainey and Lucas Richman |
No | |
| 05/27/2001 | Tikkun Layl Shavuot |
A Night of Study to prepare to receive the Torah from Mount Sinai. |
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| 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 |
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 |
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| 04/02/2000 | Breakfast with Two Cantors* |
Cantors Linda Kates and Alisa Pomerantz-Boro, |
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| 12/05/1999 | A Morning of Sephardic Music* |
Guest Artist, Judy Frankel, renowned performer and creator of Sephardic Music- |
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| 03/07/1999 | An Afternoon Recital* |
Introducing Jennifer Rea, soprano, and Christopher Hardin, piano, in afternoon of Israeli, Aloni and musical show selections |
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| 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: |
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| 04/25/1998 | A Salute to Song In honor of the 50th Anniversary of the State of Israel, co-sponsored by Response |
Combined Choirs: |
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 |
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| 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. |
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| 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. |
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| 03/03/1994 | Modern Musical Masterworks |
Winners of 8th International Competition and World Premieres |
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| 09/18/1993 | Celebration of Jewish Music (Selichot Service) |
World Premiere# B'reishit by Lionel Semiatin*, winner 8th International Competition# |
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| 03/23/1993 | Combined Choral Concert |
Rossi Psalm 146, Brahms Requiem, |
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| 03/21/1993 | Combined Choral Concert |
Rossi Psalm 146, Brahms Requiem, |
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| 01/12/1993 | Composers Reception |
Meet Aharon Harlap, Jerusalem |
No | |
| 10/25/1992 | Ami Aloni, the Man and His Music |
Liturgical settings, Arts Songs, Musicals, of Aloni's music. |
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| 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* |
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| 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 |
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| 03/17/1991 | Celebration of Jewish Music |
Salute to Mozart Year and works by Jewish Austrian Emigr?s to California |
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| 03/03/1991 | Celebration of Jewish Music |
Salute to Mozart Year and works by Jewish Austrian Emigr?s to California |
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| 02/09/1991 | House of the Book |
Two One-act Musical Dramas |
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| 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 |
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| 11/13/1989 | Women in Song |
Concert devoted to music about women |
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| 09/23/1989 | Celebration of Jewish Music (Selichot Service) |
World Premiere: Vayero |
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| 04/19/1989 | A Sabbath of Psalms |
Three Choirs: Sharing Psalms |
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| 03/19/1989 | The Jewish Music Commission Goes Yiddish |
Stars of Yiddish Theater from New York and Los Angeles |
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| 09/03/1988 | Celebration of Jewish Music (Selichot Service) |
TEST OF FAITH by Lawrence Goldberg# World Premiere, Winner 1986 International Competition* |
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| 03/20/1988 | Celebration of Jewish Music VI |
Music of Toch, Bloch, Castelnuovo-Tedesco - Songs of the Shulamite, Three Sephardic Songs |
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| 03/20/1988 | Celebration of Jewish Music VI |
Music of Toch, Bloch, Castelnuovo-Tedesco - Songs of the Shulamite, Three Sephardic Songs |
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| 05/03/1987 | Koheleth |
Pirke Avot - Hillel Omer - Feldman Symphony #4 - Mendelssohn A Jubilant Song - Dello Joio Koheleth - Aloni Valley Beth Shalom Choir, Charles Feldman Singers, Concert Choir of Claremont Colleges |
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| 05/02/1987 | Koheleth |
Pirke Avot - Hillel Omer - Feldman Symphony #4 - Mendelssohn A Jubilant Song - Dello Joio Koheleth - Aloni Valley Beth Shalom Choir, Charles Feldman Singers, Concert Choir of Claremont Colleges |
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| 03/22/1987 | Celebration of Jewish Music V |
Retrospective of Music of William Sharlin |
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| 01/21/1987 | Chag HaChagim |
See Moed |
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| 09/02/1986 | An Afternoon of Music and Art |
Jewish music and art |
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| 04/27/1986 | PASSOVER ? A Musical Celebration |
Psalm 92 - Rossi |
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| 04/26/1986 | Passover: A Musical Celebration |
Psalm 92 - Rossi |
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| 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 |
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| 02/19/1986 | Moed: Festival of Festivals |
AMINADAV ALONI - GILGUL SHEL KADDISH - MEMORY OF A PRAYER # WORLD PREMIERE in memory of Elizabeth Braun |
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| 04/28/1985 | Celebration of Jewish Music III |
Herbert Fromm - Madrigals (80th Birthday) |
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| 03/31/1985 | Celebration of Jewish Music III |
Herbert Fromm - Madrigals (80th Birthday) |
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| 03/25/1984 | Celebration of Jewish Music II |
Psalm 121 - 6 settings (Rossi, Sharlin, Ben-Haim, Klass, Aloni, Carlebach) |
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| 05/13/1983 | A Celebration of Jewish Music I |
Songs by Maurice Goldman - Samuel Brown, Perryne Anker, Rickie Weiner, Joseph Gole, MAURICE GOLDMAN, PIANO |
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