BigSasha
11-25-2009, 04:57 PM
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Dear friends,
After a very successful opening concert and with the generous support of Jewish Federation of Greater Los Angeles and Center Stage Opera we are proud to announce that our second concert of Music Together Concert Series will take place on Sunday, December 6th at 2:00pm in the same venue:
JCC at Milken
22622 Vanowen Street
West Hills, CA 91307
Diverse in genres and styles program will include works by F. Chopin, G. Verdi, A. Ginastera,
G. Puccini, C. Gunoud and others.
Entrance fee is $15.00
The performers are:
Irina Brener, piano
Mikael Oganesyan, piano
Diana Volman, piano
Rita Treger, violin
Sandy Bernstein, cantor / soprano
Anna Liberfort, soprano
Adrien Roberts, soprano
Dylan F. Thomas, tenor
Come together. Hear together. Experience together.
A note about organizer:
Irina Brener is an accomplished pianist. Manhattan School of Music graduate she became a prize winner of a number of International and National Competitions.
Performed solo concerts at major concert venues: Carnegie Hall, Steinway Hall, Yamaha Hall, Suolahti Saal among others.
Currently Ms. Brener is teaching and performing at University of Redlands, CA.
Performers:
Dylan F. Thomas recently directed the semi-staged concert Opera Under the Stars at Orange County's Opera Pacific, which featured opera super-stars Ana Maria Martinez, Chad Shelton, and Quinn Kelsey performing operatic favorites with the Opera Pacific Orchestra under the direction of Maestro John DeMain. Thomas worked as the outreach stage director at Opera Pacific, where he staged the educational outreach show entitled Fun With Opera, which toured Southern California last year. He wrote and directed Opera Soup for Opera Pacific's Opera in the Park presentation in 2008, and also directed The Tinker of Tivoli for their Opera Camp program this past summer. Thomas also directed The Magic Flute for the Pacific Symphony's Family Musical Mornings series in March 2009, and will write and direct their Halloween Spooktacular concert in October.
Mr. Thomas is the founder and Artistic Director of Center Stage Opera in Canoga Park, CA, where he has directed full productions of numerous operas, including Mozart's Le nozze di Figaro, Puccini's Tosca, Verdi's Rigoletto, Donizetti's L'elisir d'amore, Gounod's Romeo et Juliette, Verdi's La traviata, Donizetti's Lucia di Lammermoor, and Rossini's La cambiale di matrimonio. In the 2009-2010 season, Thomas will direct Gounod's Faust, as well as the world premiere of Marie's Orchard, a new opera for which Thomas penned the libretto, by composer Philip Westin.
As a singer and actor, Dylan F. Thomas has performed extensively throughout California as well as internationally in opera, musical theater, and jazz.
Adrien Roberts, Soprano, has her Bachelors degree from Chapman University and her Masters degree from Manhattan School of Music. Ms. Roberts has sung leading opera roles including: Countess in Le Nozze di Figaro, Marie in The Bartered Bride, Adina in L'elisir d'amore, Violetta in La traviata, Pamina in Die Zauberflöte and Giulietta in Verdi's Un Giorno di Regno. Ms. Roberts sang the roles of Frasquita in Carmen and Giovanna in Rigoletto. She performed with the Opera Pacific Chorus in Susannah, in the Opera Buffs 2009 Spring Showcase and recently in the Los Angeles Opera Education short, Tanis in America. Ms. Roberts looks forward to performing Marguerite in Faust in February and in the world premiere of Marie’s Orchard with Center Stage Opera in September 2010. www.adrien-roberts.com.
Rita Treger began playing the violin and piano at the age of six, winning first prize at the state competition in USSR at the age of 10. Her violin professor Mikhail Unterberg, as well as David Oistrakh, were students of famous Pioter Stoliarsky.
Coming to the U.S. in 1977, Rita was appointed as the assistant concertmaster of the C.E.T.A Symphony Orchestra, performing with the Pacific Symphony, Pasadena Symphony, New West Symphony, and the L.A. Opera. She has been a member of the Long Beach Symphony for 30 seasons.
Diana Volman, was born in USSR , holds a master’s degree in piano performance frthe Moldova State Conservatory of Music. She is the winner of the sixth international Tchurlyonis Competition and won first prize in the Rachmaninoff All-State Competition. Her teachers include such eminent pianists as Vitaly Margulis, Dimitri Bashkirov, and Yevgeny Shenderovich. In 1990, Diana immigrated to Los Angeles where she has taken an active role in the cultural life of the Russian community. As an accompanist, she has performed in such venues as the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, the Thousand Oaks Civic Auditorium, and the San Gabriel Auditorium. She is the mother of three children and a successful piano teacher.
Sandy Bernstein is currently a student in the five year Cantorial program at the Academy for Jewish religion in Los Angeles from where she will be ordained Hazzan and will obtain a Masters in Jewish Sacred Music.
Sandy is currently the Music Educator at the Hebrew Academy in Huntington. Sandy served as Cantor and Educator at Congregation Beth Torah in Torrance for more than four years. Sandy has performed as a Cantorial Soloist at various Cantorial concerts throughout Southern California. She has also sung on a variety of musical albums.
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=184802042471&index=1#/group.php?gid=182967418813
Dear friends,
After a very successful opening concert and with the generous support of Jewish Federation of Greater Los Angeles and Center Stage Opera we are proud to announce that our second concert of Music Together Concert Series will take place on Sunday, December 6th at 2:00pm in the same venue:
JCC at Milken
22622 Vanowen Street
West Hills, CA 91307
Diverse in genres and styles program will include works by F. Chopin, G. Verdi, A. Ginastera,
G. Puccini, C. Gunoud and others.
Entrance fee is $15.00
The performers are:
Irina Brener, piano
Mikael Oganesyan, piano
Diana Volman, piano
Rita Treger, violin
Sandy Bernstein, cantor / soprano
Anna Liberfort, soprano
Adrien Roberts, soprano
Dylan F. Thomas, tenor
Come together. Hear together. Experience together.
A note about organizer:
Irina Brener is an accomplished pianist. Manhattan School of Music graduate she became a prize winner of a number of International and National Competitions.
Performed solo concerts at major concert venues: Carnegie Hall, Steinway Hall, Yamaha Hall, Suolahti Saal among others.
Currently Ms. Brener is teaching and performing at University of Redlands, CA.
Performers:
Dylan F. Thomas recently directed the semi-staged concert Opera Under the Stars at Orange County's Opera Pacific, which featured opera super-stars Ana Maria Martinez, Chad Shelton, and Quinn Kelsey performing operatic favorites with the Opera Pacific Orchestra under the direction of Maestro John DeMain. Thomas worked as the outreach stage director at Opera Pacific, where he staged the educational outreach show entitled Fun With Opera, which toured Southern California last year. He wrote and directed Opera Soup for Opera Pacific's Opera in the Park presentation in 2008, and also directed The Tinker of Tivoli for their Opera Camp program this past summer. Thomas also directed The Magic Flute for the Pacific Symphony's Family Musical Mornings series in March 2009, and will write and direct their Halloween Spooktacular concert in October.
Mr. Thomas is the founder and Artistic Director of Center Stage Opera in Canoga Park, CA, where he has directed full productions of numerous operas, including Mozart's Le nozze di Figaro, Puccini's Tosca, Verdi's Rigoletto, Donizetti's L'elisir d'amore, Gounod's Romeo et Juliette, Verdi's La traviata, Donizetti's Lucia di Lammermoor, and Rossini's La cambiale di matrimonio. In the 2009-2010 season, Thomas will direct Gounod's Faust, as well as the world premiere of Marie's Orchard, a new opera for which Thomas penned the libretto, by composer Philip Westin.
As a singer and actor, Dylan F. Thomas has performed extensively throughout California as well as internationally in opera, musical theater, and jazz.
Adrien Roberts, Soprano, has her Bachelors degree from Chapman University and her Masters degree from Manhattan School of Music. Ms. Roberts has sung leading opera roles including: Countess in Le Nozze di Figaro, Marie in The Bartered Bride, Adina in L'elisir d'amore, Violetta in La traviata, Pamina in Die Zauberflöte and Giulietta in Verdi's Un Giorno di Regno. Ms. Roberts sang the roles of Frasquita in Carmen and Giovanna in Rigoletto. She performed with the Opera Pacific Chorus in Susannah, in the Opera Buffs 2009 Spring Showcase and recently in the Los Angeles Opera Education short, Tanis in America. Ms. Roberts looks forward to performing Marguerite in Faust in February and in the world premiere of Marie’s Orchard with Center Stage Opera in September 2010. www.adrien-roberts.com.
Rita Treger began playing the violin and piano at the age of six, winning first prize at the state competition in USSR at the age of 10. Her violin professor Mikhail Unterberg, as well as David Oistrakh, were students of famous Pioter Stoliarsky.
Coming to the U.S. in 1977, Rita was appointed as the assistant concertmaster of the C.E.T.A Symphony Orchestra, performing with the Pacific Symphony, Pasadena Symphony, New West Symphony, and the L.A. Opera. She has been a member of the Long Beach Symphony for 30 seasons.
Diana Volman, was born in USSR , holds a master’s degree in piano performance frthe Moldova State Conservatory of Music. She is the winner of the sixth international Tchurlyonis Competition and won first prize in the Rachmaninoff All-State Competition. Her teachers include such eminent pianists as Vitaly Margulis, Dimitri Bashkirov, and Yevgeny Shenderovich. In 1990, Diana immigrated to Los Angeles where she has taken an active role in the cultural life of the Russian community. As an accompanist, she has performed in such venues as the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, the Thousand Oaks Civic Auditorium, and the San Gabriel Auditorium. She is the mother of three children and a successful piano teacher.
Sandy Bernstein is currently a student in the five year Cantorial program at the Academy for Jewish religion in Los Angeles from where she will be ordained Hazzan and will obtain a Masters in Jewish Sacred Music.
Sandy is currently the Music Educator at the Hebrew Academy in Huntington. Sandy served as Cantor and Educator at Congregation Beth Torah in Torrance for more than four years. Sandy has performed as a Cantorial Soloist at various Cantorial concerts throughout Southern California. She has also sung on a variety of musical albums.