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Hofstra Symphony Performs Meira Warshauer’s Like Streams in the Desert
For Immediate Release
Contact: Jeffrey James Arts Consulting
516-586-3433 or jamesarts@att.net
Composer Meira Warshauer’s Like Streams In the Desert will be performed by the Hofstra Symphony Orchestra, Dr. David Ramael, Music Director, on Saturday, May 8 – 8:00 PM at John Cranford Adams Playhouse on the South Campus of Hofstra University in Hempstead, NY.
The composer writes, “Like Streams in the Desert was commissioned in honor of the 50th anniversary of the state of Israel. It is inspired by Psalm 126, whose theme is the return of exiles to Zion. This psalm, sung at festive meals on Sabbath and holidays, has sustained generations of Jews in exile. Communities throughout the Diaspora (dispersion) have created their own melodies for this text, and many of these communities have now fulfilled the dream of returning to the land. In this composition, I have selected three melodies with contrasting interpretations of the experience of exile and return.” Complete notes at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=18OqrQV8z1U&feature=related.
Other works on the program are Charles Ives’ The Unanswered Question, Edward MacDowell’s Concerto No. 2 in d minor for piano and orchestra with soloist George Hemcher, winner of the 2009 Hofstra Symphony Orchestra Concerto Competition, and Howard Hanson’s Symphony No. 2 "Romantic."
Tickets are $10 general admission, $8 senior citizen (over 65) or non-Hofstra student with ID. For information, call 516-463-6644 or visit http://www.hofstra.edu/home/index.html.
Dr. Ramael is Director of Orchestral Activities at Hofstra University. At Hofstra, he conducts the Hofstra Symphony Orchestra, the Hofstra String Orchestra, the annual opera production, and teaches orchestral conducting at the graduate level. In his tenure at Hofstra, he has led the HSO to high artistic levels, expanding the ensemble's repertoire and doubling the number of concert appearances. Visit him at http://www.hofstra.edu/Faculty/fac_profiles.cfm?id=1220.
Meira Warshauer has received many important awards and is the Nancy A. Smith Distinguished Visitor in Residence at Coastal Carolina University. Ms. Warshauer has devoted much of her creative output to Jewish themes and their universal message. Albany Records has released her acclaimed Streams in the Desert disk of Torah-based choral/orchestral works. Her work also reflects a love and concern for the earth. A profile of her Symphony No.1: Living, Breathing Earth was featured on the nationally broadcast PRI radio show Living on Earth in Spring, 2007, during the symphony’s premiere season. Tekeeyah (a call), her concerto for shofar/trombone and orchestra, received its premiere performances in Fall, 2009, and consortium performances will continue in 2011 and 2012. Read her latest Bracha newsletter at http://www.jamesarts.com/releases/jan10/MW_nws_011310.pdf.
Warshauer's music is published by Oxford University Press, Hildegard, Lauren Keiser Music, World Music Press and Kol Meira Publications. Her website is at http://www.meirawarshauer.com.
Press inquiries about Meira Warshauer and her music can be directed to Jeffrey James Arts Consulting at 516-586-3433 or jamesarts@att.net.
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Contact: Jeffrey James Arts Consulting
516-586-3433 or jamesarts@att.net
Composer Meira Warshauer’s Like Streams In the Desert will be performed by the Hofstra Symphony Orchestra, Dr. David Ramael, Music Director, on Saturday, May 8 – 8:00 PM at John Cranford Adams Playhouse on the South Campus of Hofstra University in Hempstead, NY.
The composer writes, “Like Streams in the Desert was commissioned in honor of the 50th anniversary of the state of Israel. It is inspired by Psalm 126, whose theme is the return of exiles to Zion. This psalm, sung at festive meals on Sabbath and holidays, has sustained generations of Jews in exile. Communities throughout the Diaspora (dispersion) have created their own melodies for this text, and many of these communities have now fulfilled the dream of returning to the land. In this composition, I have selected three melodies with contrasting interpretations of the experience of exile and return.” Complete notes at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=18OqrQV8z1U&feature=related.
Other works on the program are Charles Ives’ The Unanswered Question, Edward MacDowell’s Concerto No. 2 in d minor for piano and orchestra with soloist George Hemcher, winner of the 2009 Hofstra Symphony Orchestra Concerto Competition, and Howard Hanson’s Symphony No. 2 "Romantic."
Tickets are $10 general admission, $8 senior citizen (over 65) or non-Hofstra student with ID. For information, call 516-463-6644 or visit http://www.hofstra.edu/home/index.html.
Dr. Ramael is Director of Orchestral Activities at Hofstra University. At Hofstra, he conducts the Hofstra Symphony Orchestra, the Hofstra String Orchestra, the annual opera production, and teaches orchestral conducting at the graduate level. In his tenure at Hofstra, he has led the HSO to high artistic levels, expanding the ensemble's repertoire and doubling the number of concert appearances. Visit him at http://www.hofstra.edu/Faculty/fac_profiles.cfm?id=1220.
Meira Warshauer has received many important awards and is the Nancy A. Smith Distinguished Visitor in Residence at Coastal Carolina University. Ms. Warshauer has devoted much of her creative output to Jewish themes and their universal message. Albany Records has released her acclaimed Streams in the Desert disk of Torah-based choral/orchestral works. Her work also reflects a love and concern for the earth. A profile of her Symphony No.1: Living, Breathing Earth was featured on the nationally broadcast PRI radio show Living on Earth in Spring, 2007, during the symphony’s premiere season. Tekeeyah (a call), her concerto for shofar/trombone and orchestra, received its premiere performances in Fall, 2009, and consortium performances will continue in 2011 and 2012. Read her latest Bracha newsletter at http://www.jamesarts.com/releases/jan10/MW_nws_011310.pdf.
Warshauer's music is published by Oxford University Press, Hildegard, Lauren Keiser Music, World Music Press and Kol Meira Publications. Her website is at http://www.meirawarshauer.com.
Press inquiries about Meira Warshauer and her music can be directed to Jeffrey James Arts Consulting at 516-586-3433 or jamesarts@att.net.
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