JCC Thurnauer School of Music Sets 2011-2012 Concerts, Special Events

The JCC Thurnauer School of Music, New Jersey's leading community music school, named a Major Arts Institution by the New Jersey State Council on the Arts, is pleased to announce its 2011-2012 Season. In the upcoming season, its 28th at the Kaplen JCC on the Palisades (411 East Clinton Avenue), the music school will continue its proud traditions and will establish new ones with its exciting concert series, master classes, and other performances by both aspiring and professional artists.

Events in 2011-2012 include performances by the Thurnauer orchestras and choruses; concerts of the Thurnauer Chamber Music Society; the Sylvia and Jacob Handler Master Classes; the second annual Beverly and Lewis Lauring Guitar Master Class; concerts of the SHIRAH Community Chorus on the Palisades; the 13th annual Sandra O. Gold Founders Day Concert; the Dr. Paul and Aranka Kaplan Honors Recital; the beginning of an exciting new three-year, nine-concert series featuring Beethoven's 32 piano sonatas, performed by faculty member Steven Masi; and the 22nd annual Gift of Music Gala Benefit Concert.

"We are thrilled to begin the 28th season of the JCC Thurnauer School of Music," said founding director Dorothy Kaplan Roffman. "Thanks to our excellent faculty, our dedicated staff and parents, and our generous donors, we are able to continue our proud tradition of providing the highest-quality music education to students of all ages in Bergen County and beyond."
All events are free except the Thurnauer Chamber Music Society ($20 general admission, $16 JCC members) and the SHIRAH Community Chorus on the Palisades ($18 general admission; $15 JCC members).

In addition to the concerts listed, the JCC Thurnauer School of Music hosts many student recitals and group class concerts throughout the year. For more information on all concerts and special events, please call 201.408.1465; e-mail thurnauer@jccotp.org; or visit www.jccotp.org/thurnauer.

JCC THURNAUER SCHOOL OF MUSIC

2011-2012 CONCERTS AND SPECIAL EVENTS

Orchestral Concerts

*featuring the Thurnauer Symphony Orchestra, Philharmonia, and String Camerata

Taub Auditorium, Kaplen JCC on the Palisades

*repertoire to be announced
Winter Concert - Wednesday, February 8, 2012, 7 p.m.

Spring Concert - Wednesday, June 6, 2012, 7 p.m.

Choral Concerts *featuring the Young People's Chorus at Thurnauer

Taub Auditorium

*repertoire to be announced
Winter Concert - Tuesday, January 24, 2012, 7 p.m.

Spring Concert - Tuesday, June 12, 2012, 7 p.m.

Thurnauer Chamber Music Society

Sharon Roffman and Annaliesa Place, violins; Yari Bond, cello; Richard Goldsmith, clarinet;

Jon Kilbonoff, piano

Eric Brown Theater, Kaplen JCC on the Palisades

*Concerts begin at 8 p.m. and are preceded by pre-concert conversations with artists at 7 p.m.
Saturday, December 17, 2011 - The Viennese Tradition: Commemorating the 50th Anniversary

of Fritz Kreisler's Death

Johann Strauss Tales from the Vienna Woods, arr. for violin, clarinet, cello and piano

Schubert Two Impromptus for solo piano from Op. 90

Fritz Kreisler String Quartet in a minor

Brahms Trio for Clarinet, Cello, and Piano, Op. 114

Fritz Kreisler works for violin and piano

Saturday, February 4, 2012 - From the Heartland: Folk Music as an Inspiration

Joaquin Turina Piano Trio in b minor, Op. 76

Bela Bartók Contrasts for violin, clarinet and piano

John Williams "Air and Simple Gifts" for violin, clarinet, cello, and piano

Antonin Dvo?ák Piano Quartet in E-flat Major, Op. 87

JCC Thurnauer School of Music 2011-2012 Season/3

Saturday, February 25, 2012 - East Meets West - A Musical Dialogue:

Celebrating Debussy's 150th

Debussy Sonata for Cello and Piano

Toru Takemitsu Rocking Mirror Daybreak for two violins

Chan Ka Nin Among Friends for clarinet, cello and piano

Debussy Sonata for Violin and Piano

Messiaen four movements from from Quartet for the End of Time

Sylvia and Jacob Handler Master Classes

*supported in part by the Sylvia and Jacob Handler Master Class Chair

Eric Brown Theater
Sunday, January 22, 2012, 2 p.m. Boris Berman, piano

*piano department chair, Yale School of Music

Thursday, February 12, 2012, 4 p.m. Bonnie Hampton, cello

*faculty member, The Julliard School

Monday, March 12, 2012, 4 p.m. Sheryl Staples, violin

*Principal Associate Concertmaster,

New York Philharmonic

Beverly and Lewis Lauring Guitar Master Class

*supported in part by the Beverly and Lewis Lauring Guitar Master Class Fund

Eric Brown Theater
Monday, April 2, 2012, 4 p.m. Jason Vieaux

*guitar department head, Cleveland Institute of Music

*faculty member, The Curtis Institute of Music

Steven Masi Performs Beethoven's 32 Piano Sonatas

*Piano faculty member Steven Masi performs the complete Beethoven piano sonatas in a nine-part concert series from 2011 to 2014. Three concerts per season will be presented, in collaboration with Forte Piano of Paramus and the Puffin Foundation.

Sunday, October 30, 2011, 3 p.m. Eric Brown Theater

Saturday, January 7, 2012, 7:30 p.m. Forte Piano, 385 Route 17 South, Paramus, NJ

Saturday, April 22, 2012, 3 p.m. Puffin Foundation, 20 Puffin Way, Teaneck, NJ

SHIRAH Community Chorus on the Palisades

*supported in par, by founders Bernie and Ruth Weinflash and their SHIRAH Fund in Tribute to Matthew Lazar, the Ethel and Irving Pulitzer Fund for the SHIRAH Choir, and the Rhoda Toonkel Fund for the SHIRAH Choir

Matthew Lazar, founding director and conductor

Taub Auditorium
Sunday, December 11, 2011, 3 p.m. *annual Chanukah concert

Sunday, June 10, 2012, time t.b.a. *special 18th anniversary concert

JCC Thurnauer School of Music 2011-2012 Season/4

Dr. Paul and Aranka Kaplan Honors Recital

*supported in part by the Dr. Paul and Aranka Kaplan Honors Recital Fund

Eric Brown Theater
Sunday, March 25, 2012, 4 p.m.
Faculty Spring Recital

*date, time, artists, and repertoire to be announced

Sandra O. Gold Founders Day Concert

*an annual sellout event featuring our incomparable student ensembles; supported in part by the Sandra O. Gold Music School Founders Fund, established by Russ and Angelica Berrie

Taub Auditorium
Thursday, June 14, 2012, 7 p.m.

22nd Annual Gift of Music Gala Benefit Concert

*Our annual spectacular evening of celebration featuring world-class artists performing with our students. More information will be announced at a later date.
For more information on all concerts and special events at the JCC Thurnauer School of Music, please call 201.408.1465; e-mail thurnauer@jccotp.org; or visit www.jccotp.org/thurnauer.

About the JCC Thurnauer School of Music

The JCC Thurnauer School of Music, New Jersey's leading community music school, has been designated a Major Arts Institution by the New Jersey State Council on the Arts. Open to everyone with a desire to learn music, it offers a comprehensive program of private lessons for students of all ages on every instrument and voice, plus musicianship classes and orchestral, choral, jazz, and chamber ensembles. Concert and master class artists have included Glenn Dicterow, Pinchas Zukerman, Wynton Marsalis, Joshua Bell, Yefim Bronfman, Paquito D'Rivera, Mark O'Connor, and Alan Gilbert and musicians from the New York Philharmonic. Recipient of a special award for "excellence and high standards" from the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, the Thurnauer School of Music is a member of the National Guild for Community Arts Education. It is an integral part of the Kaplen JCC on the Palisades, a non-profit organization serving more than 20,000 people annually from Bergen County and beyond. For more information contact the Thurnauer School of Music at 201.408.1465 or thurnauer@jccotp.org, or visit the School's Web site at www.jccotp.org.

 

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