Final Auditions and First Rehearsal for the 2010-2011 LA Youth Orchestra season
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This concert is sponsored by the Herman P. and Sophia Taubman Foundation as part of their
Endowed Symposia in Jewish Studies at UCSB
Featuring music by Russell Steinberg and text by Daniel Pearl performed by LA Philharmonic violinist Mitchell Newman and composer/pianist Russell Steinberg.
STORIES FROM MY FAVORITE PLANET
One of the Daniel Pearl World Music Days
STORIES FROM MY FAVORITE PLANET:
A MUSICAL TRIBUTE TO JOURNALIST DANIEL PEARL
Music by Russell Steinberg • Text by Daniel Pearl
Violin, Mitchell Newman • Readers, Mitchell Newman and Russell Steinberg
Piano, Russell Steinberg
The work intertwines readings from five of Danny's articles published in At Home in the World: Collected Writings from the Wall Street Journal, into a musical tapestry that portrays Danny's compassion as well as his sense of the ridiculous. There are stories about Al Qaeda cornering the gem trade in Tanzania as well as a stolen UCLA Stradivarius violin whose new owner refuses to relinquish it because it lets her "play in tune." Articles are combined with a visual slideshow and alternate with musical reflections for the violin and piano duo.
STORIES FROM MY FAVORITE PLANET
One of the Daniel Pearl World Music Days
STORIES FROM MY FAVORITE PLANET:
A MUSICAL TRIBUTE TO JOURNALIST DANIEL PEARL
Music by Russell Steinberg • Text by Daniel Pearl
Violin, Mitchell Newman • Readers, Mitchell Newman and Russell Steinberg
Piano, Russell Steinberg
The work intertwines readings from five of Danny's articles published in At Home in the World: Collected Writings from the Wall Street Journal, into a musical tapestry that portrays Danny's compassion as well as his sense of the ridiculous. There are stories about Al Qaeda cornering the gem trade in Tanzania as well as a stolen UCLA Stradivarius violin whose new owner refuses to relinquish it because it lets her "play in tune." Articles are combined with a visual slideshow and alternate with musical reflections for the violin and piano duo.
World Peace Concert featuring the American Victory Orchestra and the Los Angeles Youth Orchestra.
The Los Angeles Youth Orchestra premieres the orchestral version of two movements from Russell Steinberg's Daniel Pearl Foundation commission Stories From My Favorite Planet. The two movements will be Daniel Pearl's tale of two friends in Kosovo titled Tears of Kosovo and his hilarious story of a stolen Stradivarius violin whose new founder refuses to give it up because it lets her "play in tune"—set as the Missing Violin Tango.
Los Angeles Youth Orchestra conducted by Russell Steinberg
MCHS Chamber Ensemble conducted by Russell Steinberg
MCHS Jazz Ensemble conducted by Ken Lasaine
Kol Echad Choir conducted by Kelly Shepard
MCHS Chamber Ensemble conducted by Russell Steinberg
MCHS Jazz Ensemble conducted by Ken Lasaine
Kol Echad Choir conducted by Kelly Shepard