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Laya Silber Senior Lecturer Music Department Bar-Ilan University Office phone: 03-5317190 |
052-5525179 |
לאה סילבר מורה בכירה המחלקה למוזיקה אוניברסיטת בר-אילן טל' משרד: 03-531-7190 |
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. Laya Silber is senior teacher and choral director at the Bar-Ilan University, where she teaches music theory, ear training, and conducting courses. Her research interests include Yiddish art song, American Yiddish theater music and the music of George Gershwin, choral music performance practice, and choral singing and well-being. EDUCATION Ed. D. Columbia University Teachers College. Title of dissertation: "Yiddish Art Song: a Comparative Study of Three Composers Representing Russia, America and Israel." Advisor: Mordecai Rubin, 1983. M. Mus. New England Conservatory of Music (choral conducting), 1980. B. Mus. Rubin Academy of Music and Dance (theory and conducting), 1978. B. Ed. Michlala- Jerusalem College for Women (Judaic Studies), 1975. PERFORMANCES - SELECTION Performer, co-creator: Musical Revue - "From Gershwin to Second Avenue," 1998-2000 (included in recommended list of Omanut La'am and reviewed in Haaretz, 30.11.98). Guest conductor, Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra and Jerusalem Oratorio Choir, Jerusalem Day Concert (televised live), 1995. Conductor: Bet Guvrin Festival- Jerusalem Oratorio Choir and Tivon Chamber Choir, 1995; "B'chorei Makhelot: Israeli Choral Composers," Tivon Chamber Choir (recorded for Radio Kol Yisrael), 1995; "Liturgica" Festival, Jerusalem Oratorio Choir and Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra, 1994. PUBLICATIONS Forthcoming, expected, 2010. "Yiddish Art Songs by Israeli Composers: A New Stylistic Interpretation." International Journal of Musicology 11. 2005. "Bars Behind Bars: The Impact of a Women's Prison Choir on Social Harmony." Music Education Research 7:2, 251-271. 1998. "The Return of Yiddish Music in Israel." Journal of Jewish Music and Liturgy 20, 11-22. 1990. "A Jewish Dancer in Exile: The Yiddish Art Songs of Joseph Dorfman." Journal of Synagogue Music 20:1, 5-19. 1986-87. "Ami Maayani and the Yiddish Art Song." Musica Judaica 9:1, 47-64. 1985-86. "Ami Maayani and the Yiddish Art Song. Musica Judaica 8:1, 75-86. |
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