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A Model Ghetto
2010 | Revised 2019 — boychoir/mezzo-soprano/tenor/clarinet/violin/cello and piano. Libretto by David Mason (b.1954). From the Vedem oratorio, commissioned by Mina Miller, Founder and Artistic Director and made possibly by a generous grant from the William O and K Carole Ellison Foundation. The work tells the story of the boys of Terezin and their secret magazine Vedem,…
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Vedem
2010 | Revised 2019 — boychoir/mezzo-soprano/tenor/clarinet/violin/cello and piano. Libretto by David Mason (b.1954). From the Vedem oratorio, commissioned by Mina Miller, Founder and Artistic Director and made possibly by a generous grant from the William O and K Carole Ellison Foundation. The work tells the story of the boys of Terezin and their secret magazine Vedem,…
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Vedem: A Holocaust Oratorio
2010 | Revised 2019 — boychoir/mezzo-soprano/tenor/clarinet/violin/cello and piano. The photo above is of the 4 survivors of the Boys of Terezin, Home #1, who wrote for the magazine, and who attended the Premiere in 2010. Pictured from left to right are Emil Kopel, Leo Lowy, Sidney Taussig and George Brady. Their story, and that of the…
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Vedem excerpts, Music of Remembrance, 1.26.26
All videos below are from Music of Remembrance’s Art From Ashes concert 1.26.26 at Benaroya Recital Hall in Seattle, WA. Featuring the Northwest Boychoir with Jacob Winkler, Music Director; soprano Vanessa Isiguen; tenor Martin Bakari; clarinetist Laura DeLuca; violinist Mikhail Shmidt; cellist Eric Han and pianist Christina Valdés. Thanks to videographer Andrew Mayatskiy for the…
