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Meira in the Concert Hall –

Upcoming Performances

The Los Angeles Jewish Symphony will perform Meira Warshauer's Shabbat with King David Sunday, March 14, 7 p.m. at Valley Beth Shalom Synagogue, Encino, CA. The concert, titled "Kolot Hanasheem (Voices of Women)" features works by American Jewish women as part of National Women's History Month and the Women's Philharmonic's "Celebrating Women in Music Festival." For more information, call 310-478-9311 or visit www.lajewishsymphony.com.

The Jerusalem Lyric Trio is touring the U.S. in March, and will present Yishakeyni (Sweeter than Wine) at Temple Israel, Natick, Massachusetts, Sunday, March 21, at Temple Valley Beth Shalom, Encino, California (presented by the Los Angeles Jewish Music Commission), Thursday, March 25, at Temple Isaiah, Lafayette, California , Sunday March 28, and at Congregation Emanu-El, San Francisco, Monday, March 29. Yishakeyni was commissioned by Columbia College and premiered by the Jerusalem Lyric Trio in Columbia, S.C., September, 2003.

Flutist Paula Robison will perform the premiere of Bati l'Gani (I came into My Garden) Thursday, March 25, at the Columbia Museum of Art, Columbia, S.C., (803-799-2810) as part of the Charles Wadsworth Chamber Music Series. The program will also be presented in Beaufort,

S. C., Sunday, March 28, at the Beaufort Performing Arts Center, 843-521-4145. Ms. Warshauer wrote Bati l'Gani for Ms. Robison who recorded it on the CD Places of the Spirit, released in November, 2003. The CD is available from Pucker Gallery in Boston at 617-267-9473 or www.puckergallery.com.

Cellist Robert Jesselson will be performing In Memoriam September 11 on April 20 at Sookmyung University in Korea, and on May 5 at National Sun Yat-sen University, Taiwan.

Friends of Klezmer, Warshauer's Jewish music group, will perform for a Purim celebration at Beth Shalom Synagogue, Columbia, S.C. Sunday, March 7, 5 p.m. For information, call Rabbi Epstein at 803-467-3456. Friends of Klezmer will also perform for a teacher appreciation program at Tree of Life Synagogue, Columbia, S.C., May 16.

Meira will present The Song of the Soul as part of "Women and Creativity: a Day of Exploration and Celebration" at the South Carolina State Museum, Columbia, S.C., on Sunday, March 21. Her workshop "provides a safe process for exploring your voice...to express your feelings and connect to your deepest self." For information call 803-898-4952 or e-mail the Museum at higginsn@musuem.state.sc.us.

Composer Residency

Southeastern Center for Intercultural Studies and the Music Department at Presbyterian College, Clinton, SC, presented "An Evening with Meira Warshauer", as part of a symposium on "Jews in the South," Thursday, March 4.

The program included performances of Warshauer compositions by the music faculty: Bracha, Caesarea, and In Memoriam September 11 (for bass clarinet and soprano clarinet).

Ms. Warshauer showed excerpts from the video documentary Land of Promise: The Jews of South Carolina, performed parts of the soundtrack and discussed how it was created.

The presentation also include recorded examples of performances of her major orchestra compositions, with audience participation accompanying the recording of Beyond the Horizon, and a question and answer session about Warshauer's life as a Jewish composer in South Carolina.

Publications

We are pleased to announce the publication of three Warshauer compositions by Oxford University Press in January, 2004: Bracha (Blessing) for violin and piano, Aecha (Lamentations) for piano trio, and Shabbat with King David for string orchestra.

Still on CD

Still available on CD - Meira's soundtrack music to Land of Promise: The Jews of South Carolina and Spirals of Light, chamber music and poetry (Ani Tuzman) on themes of enlightenment, on Kol Meira label and available online from http://www.horizonrecords.net.

In the Press

Selected press comments about the music of Meira Warshauer:

"(Shacharit) vibrates with color and excitement and summons up enormous power on both the emotional and decibel levels. Ms. Warshauer’s style is eclectic in the very best sense of the word; she chooses swiftly and certainly among all the techniques currently available to composers, and she has a flair for instrumentation."

The Post and Courier, Charleston - Robert Jones, formerly of The New York Times

"Wonderfully unified and using a modern musical idiom that compels listener involvement, As the Waters Cover the Sea is a tribute to music’s ability to renew and transform older models. Warshauer’s style is mature, comprehensive and dynamic, and she received a well-deserved ovation."

The Post and Courier, Charleston

On the Web

For more information about Meira Warshauer, including a complete catalog of her works, visit her website at http://home.sc.rr.com/meirawarshauer/.

On the Phone

For any other information about the music of Meira Warshauer, please contact Jeffrey James Arts Consulting at 516-797-9166 or jamesarts@worldnet.att.net.