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LAJS Collaborators Win Big at the Grammys

LAJS Collaborators Win Big at the Grammys

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Congratulations to our friends and frequent LAJS collaborators on their wins and nominations at the Grammy Awards last Sunday!Best Musical Theatre Album Composer and pianist Emily Bear made history when she took home the Grammy for Best Musical Theater Album for The...

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Holocaust Instruments Played in Emotional Performance

December 16, 2021

Article by Bethany Brown, Crescenta Valley Weekly

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“Violins of Hope” Concert Comes to L.A. After Long Pandemic Delay

December 20, 2021

Article by Brian Fishbach, Jewish Journal

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Holocaust Instruments to be Played in ‘Violins of Hope’ Concert

December 2, 2021

Article by Bethany Brown, Crescenta Valley Weekly

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What’s Happening

Aşkina

Sunday, June 12, 2022
@6:30PM

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A Patchwork of Cultures – 2022

Sunday, February 27, 2022
@ 3:00PM

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Violins of Hope

Sunday, December 12, 2021
@ 7:00PM

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Women’s Voices, Women’s Souls

Sunday, October 17, 2021
@ 7:30PM

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A World of Jewish Music

Sunday, August 22, 2021
@ 2:00PM

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Shake My Faith

Saturday, March 27, 2021
@ 7:00PM

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Stories from the Violins of Hope

Sunday, January 31, 2021
@ 2:00PM

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Be the Light: Music and Stories of Hanukkah

Friday, December 11, 2020

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Friendship & Harmony

Saturday, August 19, 2019
@ 8:00PM

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25th Anniversary Gala

Sunday, April 7, 2019

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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/
Los Angeles Jewish Symphony performs “Baal Shem: Three Pictures of Hassidic Life” by Ernest Bloch
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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
The Los Angeles Jewish Symphony performs Images of Joy by David Nowakowsky
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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.
The Los Angeles Jewish Symphony performs "A Girl Called Limonad" composed by Tsippi Fleischer
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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/!
Los Angeles Jewish Symphony performs “Remembrances” by John Williams ft Lindsay Deutsch
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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.
Klezmer Rondos Movements 1-2
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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.
LAJS performs Movement IV of In the Day When I Cried Out by Lucas Richman
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The Los Angeles Jewish Symphony, conducted by Noreen Green, performs excerpts from "Fiddler on the Roof" as an encore at the concert "Violins of Hope." Featuring special behind the scenes footage and pictures from throughout the lead-up to the concert.
Violins of Hope Encore: Fiddler on the Roof
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The violins from the Holocaust were on their way to Los Angeles when their journey was interrupted by the COVID-19 crisis. The historic instrument's triumphant return this December is a further testament to resilience, and music’s power to transcend. Violinist Lindsay Deutsch plays one of the finest rescued violins of the Holocaust with the Los Angeles Jewish Symphony conducted by Noreen Green for a performance of Schindler’s List Suite by John Williams, Ernest Bloch’s Baal Shem Suite, and Suite for Klezmer Band and Orchestra by Sid Robinovitch.
Violins of Hope - December 12, 2021
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Co-presented by TIOH Arts & Culture, Los Angeles Jewish Symphony, Dr. Noreen Green, Artistic Director, and the Lowell Milken Center for Music of American Jewish Experience at the UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music A celebration of Jewish women’s voices, the centerpiece of this concert are excerpts from Women of Valor, an award-winning cantata by composer Andrea Clearfield, performed by members of the Los Angeles Jewish Symphony under the direction of Dr. Noreen Green and featuring Grammy award-winning soprano Hila Plitmann and mezzo-soprano Iris Malkin. Inspired by a midrash, Women of Valor highlights the stories of women of the Bible through the contemporary lens of several women writers, including Ellen Frankel and Sandy Shanin. The event also includes Maria Newman’s Shirat Hayam (Song of the Sea) and excerpts from Sharon Farber’s Only A Book. Completing the evening is a discussion with the artists moderated by the inaugural dean of the UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music, Eileen Strempel.
"Women's Voices, Women's Souls" at Temple Israel of Hollywood
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Soloist Spotlight!Chloe Pourmorady is an award-winning artist known for the versatility of her creative expression. A recent winner of both the Global Music Awards and Independent Music Awards for debut album, Begin Majesty, she creates music that is innovative and imaginative; music that is influenced by tradition, yet modern. She sings in more than ten languages; plays violin, kamancheh and guitar; and writes music in many different styles: instrumental, liturgical, folk, modal and more.Ms. Pourmorady studied music and pedagogy in the US and abroad, blending global influences into her work. She currently works as a music educator, is an active musician and composer and is involved in spiritual leadership as well. Inspired by art, prayer, truth and life, she hopes to leave her listeners feeling elevated through songs of hope, prayers of love and words of truth.Click the link below to purchase tickets to "Ashkina!"www.eventbrite.com/e/askina-ashkinah-sakinah-shalom-tickets-322671738857 ... See MoreSee Less

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