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| Yehuda Hyman's musical about King David will premiere at Theater J |
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Award winning Center artist Yehuda Hyman's musical David in Shadow and Light will premiere at Theater J in their upcoming 2007-8 season. Center commissioned playwright Hyman and composer Daniel Hoffman have been working on this project for several years. This production is the biggest undertaking in Theater J's history, according to their artistic director Ari Roth, who just announced the line-up which also includes David Mamet's Speed-the-Plow. For more information see the Playbill article:
http://www.playbill.com/news/article/109190.html
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| Artists and friends shared a laughter and tears at John Rauch's memeorial concert |
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Many came to the beautiful moving concert the Yuval Ron Ensemble produced (with text by Center playwright Yehuda Hyman) in memory of the Center's co-founder and former president John H. Rauch who passed away in April 2006. Participating artists volunteered their time and art to perform, sing, play and tell stories that were inspired by John or about him. Here are a few pictures taken by Jorge Vismara |
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Actress/playwright Stacie Chaiken
The Yuval Ron Ensemble
Pianist Sha-Rone Kushnir
Composer/Guitarist Russel Steinberg
Composer/Singer Sam Glaser
Composer Nabil Azzam
From Left: Center president Rabbi Lynn Brody, actress Bryna Weiss, Center Director of Strategic Planning Ravit Markus and actress Stacie Chaiken
Center co-founder/Ex. Vice President Ruth Rauch (middle) with composer/filmmaker Yale Strom and singer Elizabeth Schwartz.
From left: Lynn Brody, Ravit Markus, playwright/actor Yehuda Hyman, Yuval Ron, Ruth Rauch and visual artist Rose-Lynn Fisher
From left: Ruth Rauch, Elizabeth Schwartz, director/actor Stephen Macht and Lynn Brody
Click here to view all pictures.
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| Center Ensemble in Israel, Ensemble Meitar, wins the Israeli Culture Minister award for musicians |
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The prestigious Daniel Binyamini Award to a chamber ensemble was awarded to Meitar for "recognition of its mission to play Israeli and Jewish music, a mission that Daniel Binyamini (Z"L) would have probably appreciated deeply," as the judges panel wrote. The award, at the sum of $5,500 will be given to the Ensemble by Israeli Culture Minister Raleb Majadla in a special ceremony on June 7th.
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| Center artists Yuval Ron and Ari Sandel win an Oscar |
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Center affiliated artists Yuval Ron and Ari Sandel won an Oscar for Best Live Action Short FIlm for the film West Bank Story, directed by Sandel, and scored by Ron. This musical, which was made as Sandel's final thesis film at the USC Film School, was created to revive hope for peace between Israelis and Palestinians.
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| Center musical Institute ISAM awarded continuous support from an anonymus Foundation |
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An anonymus foundation has approved an annual grant of £10,000 for three consecutive years to the Center's ISAM (International Summer Academy of Music). ISAM takes place every August in Michelstadt, Germany. The Center founded the program in 2005 and it has attracted major young talented composers and pianists from around the world ever since. For more details please check our Ongoing Programs in the Projects section.
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