Tuesday Musical Club will present a concert, A Celebration of Jewish Song: Sacred to Secular at Congregation Rodef Shalom on Tuesday, October 9 at 1 p.m. The program has been put together by Cantor Michele Gray-Schaffer and will feature her, lyric soprano Catherine Bomstein and soprano Margaretha Levinson as soloists. Instrumentalists are Janet Stivanson, piano; […]
Congregation Emanu-El Israel’s Festival of the Jewish Arts will present a klezmer music concert with Cantor Henry Shapiro & the Steel City Klezmorim from 7 to 9 p.m. at 222 North Main St. The concert is free and open to the community. RSVP to the congregation’s office at 724-834-0560. The event is co-sponsored by the […]
East Winds Symphonic Band Cabaret Concert to Benefit Squirrel Hill Food Pantry “Cabaret Spectacular” is the theme of the October 21 benefit concert by the East Winds Symphonic Band at Rodef Shalom Congregation in Shadyside. Admission is free, but attendees are strongly encouraged to bring donations of non-perishable food or cash contributions as they arrive […]
Defiant Requiem: Verdi at Terezín Saturday, February 23 at 7:30 pm Fisher Auditorium 403 S. 11th Street, Indiana, PA Murry Sidlin, creator & conductor Arlene Shrut, piano Colleen Ferguson, violin Richard Kemp, actor Michael Schwartz, actor Annie Gill, soprano Bonnie Cutsforth-Huber, mezzo-soprano Tim Augustin, tenor Joseph Baunoch, bass Indiana University of Pennsylvania Chorale Ryan Beeken, […]
description: The Bible has inspired creative interpretation (midrash) not just by ancient rabbis but by musicians, artists and poets throughout the ages, including modern Jewish classical composers. In this three-part class, participants will listen to and analyze three Biblically based modern compositions: Bloch’s Shelomo Rhapsody, Bernstein’s Jeremiah Symphony and his Chichester Psalms. No musical background […]
description: The Bible has inspired creative interpretation (midrash) not just by ancient rabbis but by musicians, artists and poets throughout the ages, including modern Jewish classical composers. In this three-part class, participants will listen to and analyze three Biblically based modern compositions: Bloch’s Shelomo Rhapsody, Bernstein’s Jeremiah Symphony and his Chichester Psalms. No musical background […]
description: The Bible has inspired creative interpretation (midrash) not just by ancient rabbis but by musicians, artists and poets throughout the ages, including modern Jewish classical composers. In this three-part class, participants will listen to and analyze three Biblically based modern compositions: Bloch’s Shelomo Rhapsody, Bernstein’s Jeremiah Symphony and his Chichester Psalms. No musical background […]
Temple Emanuel of South Hills is hosting an Evening of Chamber Music in honor of Jacob Naveh’s retirement after 50 years of tutoring B’nai Mitzvah students in the South Hills. The concert, sponsored by the Diskin Music Fund and Temple Emanuel, will feature musicians from the Pittsburgh Jewish Music Festival: Nurit Pacht, violin; Aron Zelkowicz, […]