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Spotlight: Featured Artist Emily Bear

Shining a spotlight on Grammy and Emmy Award-winning pianist Emily Bear, the featured artist of our upcoming concert at The Soraya.

Spotlight: Composer Inon Zur

by Reid Carter

Israeli film and video game composer Inon Zur, a longtime friend of the LAJS and Maestra Green, is the focus of our upcoming concert at the Soraya.

In the Media

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Honoring the Turkish-Jewish Maftirim heritage

July 8, 2022

Article by Senem B. Cevik, The Times of Israel

Concert by Yunus Emre Institute at the American Jewish University of Los Angeles

June 13, 2022

Article by NTV

YEE held 'Askina' concert at the American Jewish University of Los Angeles

June 12, 2022

Article by Dildar Baykan Atalay & Behlül Cetinkaya, Anadolu Agency

What’s Happening

The Music of Inon Zur featuring Emily Bear

Sunday, November 20, 2022
@ 7:00PM

Stories from the Violins of Hope at Mt. Saint Mary’s

Wednesday, November 2

A Patchwork of Cultures – 2022

Sunday, February 27, 2022
@ 3:00PM

Violins of Hope

Sunday, December 12, 2021
@ 7:00PM

Women’s Voices, Women’s Souls

Sunday, October 17, 2021
@ 7:30PM

A World of Jewish Music

Sunday, August 22, 2021
@ 2:00PM

Shake My Faith

Saturday, March 27, 2021
@ 7:00PM

Stories from the Violins of Hope – Virtual

Sunday, January 31, 2021
@ 2:00PM

Be the Light: Music and Stories of Hanukkah

Friday, December 11, 2020

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Los Angeles Jewish Symphony performs “Gül Pembe” arranged by Asher Shasho Levy at AJU's Gindi Auditorium, on June 12th, 2022 during the concert “Askina.” This concert was presented by the Yunus Emre Institute.

“Gül Pembe (Por La Puerta)” is one of the most popular songs in Ladino (Judeo-Spanish) that originates in Turkey, a cultural home for Sephardic Jewry for centuries. Although sung in Ladino, “Gül Pembe” has a verse in Turkish where the lover cries out the beauty of the beloved. The linguistic fusion in this Sephardic Romanza represents the cultural exchange between Jews and Muslims in the Ottoman Empire.

Featured soloists:
Chloe Pourmorady, Vocalist, Violinist
Asher Shasho Levy, Oud
Alfredo Schiftan, Guitar
Jim Grippo, Kanun
MB Gordy III, Ethnic Percussion

Conducted by Dr. Noreen Green

More information about this concert: https://lajs.org/askina/

The Los Angeles Jewish Symphony performs “Dance of Abraham” composed by Nabil Azzam and orchestrated by Kareem Roustom at AJU's Gindi Auditorium, on June 12th, 2022. This concert was presented by the Yunus Emre Institute.

Azzam's original "Dance of Abraham" is based on a traditional Ladino (Hebrew/Spanish) tune, "Avram Avinu (Kuando el Rey Nimrod)," to which he added two distinct melodies from the Arabic tradition. This combination of music, enhanced by the ethnic instruments and driving rhythm, creates a piece that heightens our senses.

Featured soloists:
Omar Faruk Tekbilek, Ney
Asher Sasho Levy, Oud
Jim Grippo, Kanun
MB Gordy III, Ethnic Percussion

Conducted by Dr. Noreen Green

More information about this concert: https://lajs.org/askina/

Yerushalayim Shel Zahav
Music and Lyrics by Naomi Shemer, English Lyrics by Sam Glaser,
From The Songs We Sing

Live at the Alex Credits

The Los Angeles Jewish Symphony, Conducted by Dr. Noreen Green, Artistic Director

The Sam Glaser Band

Sam Glaser: Vocals, Piano, Arrangements
Cassio Duarte: Percussion
Ramiro Fauve: Acoustic Guitar, Background Vocals
Mat Gurman: Electric and Acoustic Guitar, Background Vocals
Dave Hooper: Drums
Michael Lington: Sax
Larry Steen: Electric and Acoustic Bass
Lee Thornburg: Trumpet

Chris Hardin: Additional Keyboards

Musical excerpt from the Los Angeles Jewish Symphony’s performance of “Baal Shem: Three Pictures of Hassidic Life” composed by Ernest Bloch at CSUN’s Soraya, on December 12th, 2021.

Featured soloists:
Lindsay Deutsch, violin

Conducted by Dr. Noreen Green

More information about this concert:https://lajs.org/violins-of-hope/

David Lefkowitz compiled and edited several tunes from Nowakowsky's organ preludes for this arrangement of Images of Joy performed at the University Synagogue on June 9, 1996.

Conducted by Dr. Noreen Green

A Girl From Limonad is one of Fleischer’s earliest compositions. Written in 1977, it reflects her dedicated search for an individual musical language, and is based on an Arabic poem of the same name by Lebanese poet Shawai Abi-Shaqra.
This piece was performed at the LAJS "A Feast for the Senses East Meets West" concert at The Ford Theatre on July 15, 2007.

Musical excerpt from the Los Angeles Jewish Symphony’s performance of “Remembrances” from John Williams's "Schindler's List" featuring Lindsay Deutsch at the Soraya on Sunday, December 12, 2021.
Featured soloists:
Lindsay Deutsch, violin

More information about this concert at https://lajs.org/violins-of-hope-2/!

Performance of “Klezmer Rondos” by Paul Schoenfeld at the Ford Amphitheater, Los Angeles, July 11, 2004. Featured soloists: David Shostac, flutist, Alberto Mizrahi, tenor soloist, Dr. Noreen Green, conductor.

Performance of Movement IV of Lucas Richman’s In the Day When I Cried Out, at AJU’s Gindi Auditorium, Los Angeles, April 10th, 2016 with the BYTHAX Singers and AJU Choir. Featured soloists include; Dr. Diane White-Clayton, Soprano; Jessica-Elisabeth, Mezzo Soprano; Keith Allen, Tenor; Keith Nevels, Baritone; Noreen Green, Conductor.

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Please enjoy this performance of Max Bruch's Kol Nidrei from ourViolins of Hope concert at The Soraya in 2021, featuring LAJS Principal Cellist Barry Gold, under the direction of Maestra Noreen Green.Translated from the Aramaic meaning "All Vows," Kol Nidrei is the opening prayer of the evening service prior to Yom Kippur (Day of Atonement). This ancient prayer found a special place in the hearts of the Jewish people and has been maintained for centuries as an especially solemn and moving introduction to the evening service of Yom Kippur. The traditional Ashkenazic melody can be dated back to the 15th century. The Bruch's Kol Nidrei is styled as an Adagio on Two Hebrew Melodies for Cello and Orchestra with Harp. In Bruch's setting of the melody, the cello imitates the rhapsodic voice of the cantor who chants the liturgy in the synagogue. the second subject of the piece is quoted from the middle section of Isaac Nathan's arrangement of O Weep for Those that Wept on Babel's Stream, a lyric that was penned by Lord Byron in his collection Hebrew Melodies (which also includes the famous poem She Walks in Beauty).www.youtube.com/watch?v=gviSMw7cO0o ... See MoreSee Less

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Celebrate the High Holy Days with JLTV and enjoy the music of the LAJS High Holy Day Singers (Rachel Reich Freed, Audrey Yoder, Phyllis Fleschler, Jeremy Eichberg, William Grundler, and Yoav Paskowitz) under the direction of Maestra Green. This wonderful group will be featured in this year's High Holy Day broadcast on JLTV, sponsored by the Jewish Life Foundation and Rabbi Mark Blazer!Click the link below to watch one of our contributions to the programing, our performance of "K'dusha" featuring Cantor Chayim Frenkel and Bob Remstein! youtu.be/6espp49CICs ... See MoreSee Less

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Maestra Green's son, Aaron, blows the shofar ushering in the new year!This Rosh Hashannah, keep an eye out for the LAJS who will be featured in this years JLTV High Holy Days programing!www.youtube.com/watch?v=grwIeOphkrcwww.jltv.tv/schedule ... See MoreSee Less

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