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The Conservatory Chamber Orchestra performed excerpts from George Bizet’s opera “The Pearl Fishers”

Posted on March 13, 2014 by Michael Klinghoffer

The Academy Conservatory’s Chamber Orchestra, with stage direction by Ari Teperberg and conducted by Michael Klinghoffer, presented excerpts from Bizet’s “Pearl Fishers”. “The Pearl Fishers” is the story of two soul mates, Nadir and Zorga when their strong friendship is … Continue reading →

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The Convervatory Orchestra, conducted by Dr. Michael Klinghoffer, on concert tour of Oslo, Norway, cooperates with the orchestra of a local conservatory

Posted on March 12, 2014 by Michael Klinghoffer

The Chamber Orchestra of the Academy Conservatory, conducted by Michael Klinghoffer, travelled to Oslo to meet with the youth orchestra of the prestigious Barratt Due Music School. Three concerts took place in the course of the week: one at the … Continue reading →

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Youth yodeling – Georges Bizet: The Pearl Fishers

Posted on March 12, 2014 by Michael Klinghoffer

From Jerusalem Post – April 26, 2013 (p.22-23) Youth yodeling By BARRY DAVIS Teenagers from the Conservatory Orchestra of the Rubin Academy of Music and Dance learn about friendship, people and music from Georges Bizet’s ‘The Pearl Fishers.’ According to Dr. Michael … Continue reading →

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Friday

Posted on December 7, 2012 by Michael Klinghoffer

Do we really say what we mean? Do we really mean what we say? The music in our speech and our body language carry additional information that is not delivered in the text we speak. Cultural differences might also be … Continue reading →

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Failing

Posted on November 28, 2012 by Michael Klinghoffer

To David Murray Last August at the Bass 2012 convention in Copenhagen, the double bass virtuoso and teacher David Murray successfully preformed the famous double bass piece called Failing by Tom Johnson. In this piece, the bass player is reading … Continue reading →

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The Pearl Fishers

Posted on November 21, 2012 by Michael Klinghoffer

This season, the JCCO together with soloists from JAMD will be performing highlights from George Bizet‘s Opera, The Pearl Fishers. This Opera, written before Carmen, contains some of the most beautiful and touching music that Bizet has written. The story … Continue reading →

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The Quest

Posted on November 14, 2012 by Michael Klinghoffer

I love teaching The History Of Western Music class. This course is a one year survey for students who major in other areas such as jazz or classical Arab music. I somehow feel that I have more freedom, and instead … Continue reading →

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Teachers: An Endangered Species

Posted on November 7, 2012 by Michael Klinghoffer

The last video in the DriveADoubleBass series went on the air. I have received many nice comments and I am very grateful to those people who took the time to tell me what they have learned and say they wish … Continue reading →

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Safe Zone

Posted on October 31, 2012 by Michael Klinghoffer

To Ryoko Baba Music has always been a part of man’s life. In ancient times, even before anyone spoke about the importance of music education, old nations and tribes made music. It was not due to the abundant publication of … Continue reading →

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To Be and To Love

Posted on June 13, 2012 by Michael Klinghoffer

In the last lesson of our class, Teaching is an Art, we did a little exercise in perception: I was showing excerpts from a film and I asked my students to write down every little thing they noticed. I was … Continue reading →

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