A glimpse of the future? Winner of the RSOs Young Artist Competition will play with the symphony at their final concert of the season Friday night May 15, 2008
Friday night s audience will get to hear the piece that earned Schlitz her spot with the RSO Suite Hebraique, by Ernest Bloch. The violist performed the first movement of the piece which she said is the most difficult for the competition. (Racine Journal Times, WI)
Friends come together for concert Apr 11, 2008
"Nigun" by Ernest Bloch has a strong Jewish flavor and the word translates to mean "improvisation," Shufro said, who added that the piece tended to bring out his own Jewish background. "A lot of times this piece is featured for violin, but it has beautiful melodies and is a very moving work for the cello," he said. (Sioux City Journal, IO)
Leon Kirchner: A star rises in the twilight Oct 29, 2006
Influenced by Paul Hindemith in the early years, and by Ernest Bloch, with whom he studied at Berkeley, he went on to teach at USC, Mills College and then Harvard for 28 years. "It was more than any one technical thing he taught," recalls Morton Subotnick, the Los Angeles-born pioneer of electronic music who studied with him at USC and Mills. (Los Angeles Times)
Kirchner: 'I'm not writing for myself' Jul 31, 2006
He studied at Los Angeles City College, UCLA and Berkeley, and was especially influenced by Arnold Schoenberg, who was then living in Los Angeles, and Ernest Bloch in San Francisco. Bloch was a magnificent actor, and a magnificent musician, said Kirchner, who relishes the opportunity to tell a story. (San Diego Union-Tribune)
Commemorating our independence Jun 30, 2006
What: The concert, sponsored by Mo s Restaurants, kicks off the 16th annual Ernest Bloch Festival. The Newport Symphony Orchestra will perform, led by Henry Mollicone. (Corvallis Gazette Times, OR)
The day the music moved -- Conservatory bids farewell to Ortega Street Apr 28, 2006
The composer Ernest Bloch was the director from 1925-30. The company moved to its Sunset location, a former infant shelter, in November 1956. (San Francisco Chronicle)
