September 20, 2018 CHANGE OF DATE
Flavio Chamis, Conductor, Composer, Educator
The Jewish Music of Leonard Bernstein
Mr. Chamis is a former conducting assistant and personal friend of Leonard Bernstein. Throughout his entire composing career, Leonard Bernstein steadily produced a number of Jewish inspired works. Judaism always permeated his life and work, and he even wrote music for the Shabbat service. At the same time, his connection with Israel started before the foundation of the State, as the first concert he conducted with the Israel Philharmonic happened in 1947, when the orchestra was still called “Palestine Philharmonic Orchestra.” From that time on, he conducted the orchestra yearly until his death in 1990.
October 8, 2018
Mark Kosower, Principal Cello, The Cleveland Orchestra
Dvořák and Herbert: The American Experience
Discover how the two composers had a profound impact on America (and the cello) as did America on them.
November 12, 2018
Theron Brown, jazz pianist, classical pianist, actor, professor
The Art of Improvising: What a Wonderful World
In our everyday lives, we try to stick to a very strict schedule. We plan our days from start to finish hoping that we can get ahead in our lives. Although, some can relate to having little bumps in the road and have to take a slight detour in the plots. Today we will not only talk and share ideas about improvising in music, but how it relates to people and life general. As we talk and give live musical examples, we hope to come away from this session with a unique, and imaginative perspective about jazz and the art of improvising as a human trait.
