Eileen Wingard, a retired violinist with the San Diego Symphony, is a freelance writer specializing in coverage of the arts.
Zvi Weiss, former Head of School at the Yavneh Day School in Los Gatos, California, will succeed the retiring Chaim Heller as Head of School at the San Diego Jewish Academy, it was announced by Heidi Gantwerk, SDJA board chair. [Donald H. Harrison]
Weiss named SDJA’s new Head of School Read More »
Donald H. Harrison, Eileen Wingard, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, San Diego County, Science, Medicine, & Education, Shor M. Masori, USAAdam Greenfield is a professional podcast producer and published poet. His 2017 book, Regarding the Monkey, received critical acclaim. Anna Abraham Gasaway, a graduate of Holyoke College, is currently studying poetry in the Master of Fine Arts Program at San Diego State University. Her poetry has been published in the San Diego Reader, Last Exit, Toyon, Mesa Visions and Cityworks. Lucy Lehman, a graduate of Wellesley College, has had her poetry published in the San Diego Poetry Annual. [Eileen Wingard]
Three local poets to recite Dec. 17 at LFJCC Read More »
Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Donald H. Harrison, Eileen Wingard, San Diego CountyCellist Alisa Wallerstein’s dramatic, passionate playing was well-suited to the demands of Ernest Bloch’s grandiloquent Hebraic Rhapsody for cello and orchestra, Schelomo. In his musical attempt to present a portrait of the Biblical monarch, Bloch strives to reflect “the Jewish soul, the complex, glowing, agitated soul, that I feel vibrating throughout the Bible.” [story by Eileen Wingard]
The emotion of Bloch’s ‘Schelomo’ Read More »
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The multi-talented Strom, scholar-in-residence at SDSU’s Judaic Studies Department, has brought concerts combining his klezmer forces with international musicians from mariachi, and classical to jazz, from an Afghanistan drummer and an Israeli oud player, to a flaminco dancer. This time, the free concert on Thursday evening, November 7, 7:00 p.m. in Smith Recital Hall on the SDSU campus, will be celebrating the intersection of Jews and Blues. [Eileen Wingard]
‘Bluish’ concert features Jews and African-Americans Read More »
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Items in today’s column include:
*Many Jewish contributions to Jacobs Masterworks 2019-2020 Season
*A Sukkot Beatles Parody
*Political byes
*On a personal note
*In Memoriam
Our Shtetl San Diego County: October 13, 2019 Read More »
Donald H. Harrison, Eileen Wingard, Mimi Pollack, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, Obituaries & memorials, VideosThe genius of Hershey Felder was again on display in his one-man show, Monsieur Chopin, now extended until October 6 in the Lyceum Space. This time, the actor-pianist not only portrayed Fryderyk Chopin conducting a masterclass in his Parisian salon, but also entertaining questions from his students, the audience, as an intrinsic part of the play. (To read more, please click on headline)
Audience interacts with Felder’s ‘Monsieur Chopin’ Read More »
Eileen Wingard, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, San Diego County, Theatre, Film & BroadcastBy Eileen Wingard CORONADO, California — This past weekend, a new music festival was initiated at the Coronado Library, and concert pianist, Gerald Robbins, brother of longtime Coronado resident, Bonnie Fox, helped launch the concerts by participating in two of them. At 1 p.m. Saturday, September 21, Robbins performed a solo recital on the Coronado
Gerald Robbins masterful at new Coronado music festival Read More »
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By Eileen Wingard LA JOLLA, California — The name, Alhambra Sephardic Music Ensemble, evokes visions of the Moorish citadel, the Alhambra, which still stands in all its radiant glory in Granada, Spain. There, In the 11th century, the Jewish Talmudic scholar, poet and statesman, Samuel Hanagid served for thirty years as minister to the Berber
Alhambra Sephardic Music Ensemble here Sept 15 Read More »
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By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – As Arlene Bernstein became less and less “observant”of halacha in her religious practice, she became more and more deeply involved in Jewish life. Today she is a cantor as well as a rabbi. And for the next year, she is serving as the Acting Senior Rabbi of the
Rabbi/ Cantor Arlene Bernstein’s spiritual journey Read More »
Cantor Sheldon Foster Merel, z"l, Donald H. Harrison, Eileen Wingard, Jewish Religion, Middle East, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, San Diego County, USABy Eileen Wingard SAN DIEGO — The Tifereth Israel Community Orchestra (TICO) concluded its season with an entertaining Pops Concert under the direction of its founder and conductor, David Amos, and featuring soprano Victoria Robertson. The first half of the program began and ended with two unusual selections, Sousa’s The Fairest of the Fair March,
TICO marches out its 2019 concert season Read More »
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By Eileen Wingard LA JOLLA, California — It must have been a challenging task for the La Jolla Music Society to find a successor for Summerfest’s former director, violinist Cho-Liang Lin. Taiwanese-born Lin was not only a brilliant violinist with a successful career as a performer, but he proved himself to be a gifted administrator
La Jolla Music Society sets innovative programs Read More »
Eileen Wingard, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, San Diego CountyBy Eileen Wingard LA JOLLA, California — Books, sheet music, phonograph records and CDs are all part of the Jewish music collection of the Astor Judaica Library at the Lawrence Family JCC. After long years of sorting and cataloguing, Ted Parker and I have completed the task of organizing this wonderful collection, now available to
LJFCC’s extensive music collection available for loan Read More »
Eileen Wingard, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, San Diego CountyBy Eileen Wingard DEL MAR — July 4th was the third time that Yael and Vlady were invited to perform at this year’s San Diego County Fair. I heard their 3:00 p.m. performance that final day of the fair, on the O’Brien Stage, near Gate 5. Yael’s sultry singing voice is beautifully supported by her
Big Boss Bubeleh entertained on Fair’s final day Read More »
Eileen Wingard, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, San Diego CountyBy Eileen Wingard LA JOLLA, California — David Radzynski, concertmaster of the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, gave an engaging recital Tuesday evening, June 17, in the sanctuary of Congregation Beth El, under the auspices of Mainly Mozart and the American Friends of the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra. Collaborating at the piano was the Los Angeles-based pianist, Mark
Radzynski excels in La Jolla violin recital Read More »
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