Sunday, February 15th, 2004 at 3:00 pm
The LAJS Chamber Players join several talented young musicians from the Los Angeles area in a tasty sampler of Jewish music from around the world. Works performed include music by Bloch, Prokofiev, Gershwin, Richman and Adler.

Brilliant young violinist Lindsay Deutsch returns by popular demand.

Temple Israel of Hollywood
7300 Hollywood Blvd.
Call 310-478-6332 for more information

March 14, 2004 7:00 P.M.

Valley Beth Shalom

15739 Ventura Blvd. Encino, CA

“ Kolot Hanasheem ” –

Voices of Women

As part of the celebration of National Women's History Month in March 2004, the Los Angeles Jewish Symphony will join with other California orchestras in a statewide salute to female composers and conductors. This effort has been initiated by The Women's Philharmonic in partnership with the Association of California Symphony Orchestras.    In support of this effort, LAJS' renowned conductor and founder, Dr. Noreen Green (one of California's few female conductors), will conduct a concert of Jewish music featuring the works of five contemporary female composers.    The concert is part of the Symphony's 10 th anniversary celebration.

The concert's repertoire will feature the works of six contemporary female Jewish composers-

Michelle Green Willner, Maria Newman, Meira Warshauer.

Andrea Clearfield, Sheli Nan, and Sharon Farber.

This concert is sponsored by the City of Los Angeles Cultural Affairs Department and USC Casden Institute for the Study of the Jewish Role in American Life.

Featured Performers:

Laraine Newman, narrator

Hila Plitmann, soprano

Diana Tash, mezzo-soprano

Valley Beth Shalom Congregational Choir

April 29th, 2004
Dr. Noreen Green, Artistic Director of the Los Angeles Jewish Symphony
travels to Israel to conduct the Jerusalem Symphony in Herzeliah

To purchase tickets call 09-972-9999 in Israel.

June 7, 2004
The 1st Annual LAJS Golf Tournament and Concert

takes place at the

Woodland Hills Country Club

21150 Dumetz Road

Woodland Hills, CA

Play golf at the famous Woodland Hills Country Club, then relax at a formal reception and enjoy a concert  by the Los Angeles Jewish Symphony, under the direction of

Dr. Noreen Green.  This fund raising event will provide a great way to end our

Tenth Anniversary Season.

July 11th, 2004

John Anson Ford Theatre
The Los Angeles Jewish Symphony performs a concert of Yiddish and Sephardic music as part of the John Anson Ford Summer Concert Series. The first part of the concert will feature the U.S. premiere of contemporary composer/conductor David Stern's Clarinet Concerto, featuring virtuoso clarinetist, Leo Chelyapov, the new Klezmer sensation from Russia, and contemporary composer.  The concert will include the West Coast Premiere of  Paul Schoenfield's "Klezmer Rondos" for solo flute and tenor. This work will feature flutist David Shostac and renowned Cantor Alberto Mizrahi, known as the "Jewish Pavarotti". Schoenfield's "Klezmer Rondos" was written using Eastern European modes and incorporates Hassidic-style songs, marches, and dances, and other Jewish folk songs. After intermission, the repertoire will include vocal selections in both Yiddish and Ladino sung by Cantor Mizrahi accompanied by the Los Angeles Jewish Symphony.

Featured Performers:

Alberto Mizrahi, tenor

Leo Chelyapov, clarinet

David Shostac, flute