Eileen Wingard

Eileen Wingard

Eileen Wingard, a retired violinist with the San Diego Symphony, is a freelance writer specializing in coverage of the arts.

After 2 Years, Full Tifereth Israel Community Orchestra Plays Together Again

By Eileen Wingard LA JOLLA, California — What a special treat to hear the entire Tifereth Israel Community Orchestra (TICO) playing together again. Under conductor David Amos, TICO undertook an ambitious All-Beethoven program for their first full-orchestra concert after COVID forced their suspension for some two years. Prior to this concert, they have had two […]

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Eileen Wingard, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, San Diego County

‘Women of Valor’ Portrays Another 6 Outstanding Women

By Eileen Wingard LA JOLLA, California — This year’s rendition of Women of Valor was celebrated with six beautifully conceived scripts, written by Ali Veiterbi, who also directed the production, Sarah Price Keating, Becca Myers, and Todd Salovey, Director of the Lipinsky Jewish Arts Festival (JFest). The performances took place Thursday June 9, at the

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Eileen Wingard, San Diego County, Theatre, Film & Broadcast

Inspiring Music From the ‘Dean of Afro-American Composers’

By Eileen Wingard   LA JOLLA, California — I was thrilled to discover, in my mailbox last week, the long-awaited CD of music by the American composer, William Grant Still, with my sister Zina Schiff as violin soloist and my niece Avlana Eisenberg conducting the Royal Scottish National Orchestra. Zina and Avlana recorded this magnificent

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May 25 Program to Showcase JCC’s Klezmer Treasures

By Eileen Wingard LA JOLLA, California — Klezmer Treasures from the Music Collection of the Astor Judaica Library will be presented Wednesday evening, May 25, 7 p.m. Register here. This third program from the three-part series, Treasures from the Music Collection of the Astor Judaica Library, will once again be hosted by me, Eileen Wingard,

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Eileen Wingard, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, San Diego County

‘Poets of the Past’ Set for May 16

By Eileen Wingard   LA JOLLA, California — Brilliant Israeli poet and song lyricist, Avraham Shlonsky (1900-1973), and German-born Jewish Nobel Prize-winning poet, Nelly Sachs (1891-1970), will have their poetry read this coming Monday evening, May 16, 7 p.m. on Zoom. This program is sponsored by the Lawrence Family JCC Astor Judaica Library, the Senior

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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Eileen Wingard, San Diego County

‘Liturgical Treasures from the Music Collection’ Set for April 20

By Eileen Wingard LA JOLLA, California — The second program of the three-part series, Treasures from the Music Collection of the Astor Judaica Library, “Liturgical Treasures from the Music Collection,” will be aired on Zoom, Wednesday, April 20, 7 p.m. This is the link to register: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZMpdeiqqz4vG9Ol6VM-vbIaHEDF07Bl1JRV I will once again host the event and

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Student Poetry Reflects Wisdom, Deep Feelings, Nurturing Teachers

By Eileen Wingard   LA JOLLA, California — Seventeen middle school and high school students from the San Diego Jewish Academy, the Portland Jewish Academy, and Temple Solel were featured during the Jewish Poets-Jewish Voices Student Showcase on Sunday afternoon, March 27. Their works reflected their wisdom, their deep feelings, and the dedicated teachers who

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March 30 Zoom Program to Feature Lawrence Family JCC Library’s Musical Samples

By Eileen Wingard   LA JOLLA, California — “Treasures from the Music Collection of the Astor Judaica Library,” a three-part Zoom series, will be launched this Wednesday evening, March 30 at 7 p.m. It is a free series under the auspices of the Astor Judaica Library and the Arts and Ideas series of the San

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Eileen Wingard, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, San Diego County

Jewish Poets-Jewish Voices to Feature San Diego Jewish Academy Students

By Eileen Wingard   LA JOLLA, California — Several years after Jewish Poets-Jewish Voices was inaugurated, one of the programs in the series became designated for the work of students, a showcase for student poets in our community. This year, that program will be on Zoom, Sunday, March 27, at 3:30 p.m. Sara Appel-Lennon, co-chair

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Garfield Concert Features Israeli Cellist, Alludes to the War in Ukraine

By Eileen Wingard LA JOLLA, California — After Israeli cellist Amit Peled and his piano collaborator, Hyeyeon Park, entered the stage, the amiable cellist introduced his three-sonata program during the “Arts and Ideas” concert on March 14 at the Garfield Theatre. His concise and informative remarks about each work offered welcome focus for his listeners.

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Eileen Wingard, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, San Diego County

Zoom Program on Violinist Jascha Heifetz is Enlightening, Artistic, Entertaining

By Eileen Wingard LA JOLLA, California — Cesare Civetta, a native New Yorker, conductor of the Beethoven Festival Orchestra, has launched a series of programs on Zoom which are highly enlightening, artistic, and entertaining. The past two Sundays, Civetta presented a wonderful program on violinist Jascha Heifetz, whose name was often invoked as the standard

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Postponed Tifereth Israel Community Orchestra Concert Was Worth the Wait

By Eileen Wingard LA JOLLA, California — The Strings of TICO, the Tifereth Israel Community Orchestra, needed to postpone its concert, originally scheduled for last November, to February, due to the Omicron variant of the coronavirus. The program finally took place in the First Methodist Church in Chula Vista on February 6 and then, in

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Eileen Wingard, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, San Diego County

Program Showcases San Diego Jewish Community’s Poetic Talent

By Eileen Wingard LA JOLLA, California —The poetic talent in the San Diego Jewish Community was once more on display last Monday evening, January 24, when three featured poets and nine others on open mic read their works during the “Jewish Poets-Jewish Voices” program. Sponsored by the Lawrence Family Jewish Community Center’s Astor Judaica Library

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