Upcoming Jewish Music in the Los Angeles area

[Max Stern 310-524-6152 <lms...>]

For those in the Los Angeles area:

Here is an outline of the coming season for Friends of Jewish Music
and Kol Echad Chorale.  As each date approches, I will post additional
information about that concert.

Friends of Jewish Music concert series:
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    Debbie Friedman: In Concert!

    Her power is enormous.  Her warmth is infectious.  Her teaching is
    inspiring.  Her music is sung in schools, summer camps, in youth
    groups, and in synagogues throughout the world.  Perhaps more than
    any single individual in North America, Debbie Friedman through her
    music has taught the words, the content, and the love of Judaism.
    She is the voice of generations.  Bring your family to this
    unforgettable concert!

    Saturday, January 22, 1994, 7:30     Sunday, January 23, 1994, 3:00
    Temple Beth Sholom                   Valley Beth Shalom
    Santa Ana, Calif.                    Encino, Calif.

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    Los Tanyaderos: Sephardic Vistas

    This dramatic multimedia concert combines vocal and instrumental
    music with large-screen projections and lively narrative on
    Sephardic culture.  Mezzo-soproano Bonita Nahoum Jaros performs
    Ladino cantigas and romances (songs and ballads) including pieces
    from her own family repertoire.  The other Tanyaderos ("players)
    are highly specialized instrumentalists.  John Bilezikijan is a
    virtuoso of the oud (Middle Eastern lute), Frances Feldon is a
    specialist on historic woodwinds, and Reza Torchizy is a master
    tonbak (drum) player.  Together they bring a typical Middle Eastern
    flavor to our Sephardic evening.

    Sunday, April 10, 1994, 7:30           Sunday, April 17, 1994, 7:30
    Irvine Barclay Theatre                 Gindi Auditorium
    Irvine, Calif.                         Los Angeles, Calif.

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    Scenes of Love and Marriage                              featuring:
                                              Aviva Rosenbloom, soprano
                                                  Chayim Frenkel, tenor
                                               Don Alan Croll, baritone
               Kol Echad Chorale and Orchestra conducted by Alan Weiner

    Glimpses of Jewish romantic life through the generations,
    illustrated musically and poetically.  Poet and author Marcia Falk
    has created the narration for our love-letters from the Bible, the
    shtetl, the Sephardic world, and modern America, sung in Hebrew,
    Yiddish, Ladino, and English.  Alan Weiner conducts the Kol Echad
    Chorale and Orchestra, with three exceptional cantors starring in
    the solo roles.

    Sunday, May 22, 1994, 7:30              Tuesday, May 24, 1994, 8:00
    Temple Beth David                       Gindi Auditorium
    Westminster, Calif.                     Los Angeles, Calif.

Other appearances by Kol Echad Chorale:
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    Special concert dedicated to the memory of the late son and brother
    of Cantors Uri and Chayim Frenkel, on the occasion of the first
    yahrzeit; featuring a new cantata by Cantor Meir Finkelstein,
    commissioned by the Frenkel family.

    Sunday, November 21, 7:00
    [PROBABLY at] Paul Revere Junior High School
    West Los Angeles, Calif.

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    Participation in Shabbat evening services.

    Friday, April 15, 1994 (time TBA)
    Congregation Kehillath Israel
    Pacific Palisades, Calif.

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    Participation in graduation exercises.

    Sunday, May 8, 1994 (time TBA)
    University of Judaism
    Los Angeles, Calif.

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