Thursday Night, March 2, 7:30-9:30pm
Friday, March 3, 9:30am – 4pm
A laid back day for participants to enjoy extra dance workshops and the screening of Operation Candlelight by Robin Garbose.
The Storches, 3209 Fallstaff Rd. Building in the rear.
Welcome bags, refreshments, coffee and socializing available 9am – 5pm* – Please stop here at your leisure!
9:30am – Gentle Yoga with Lifeforce Yoga’s Amy Weintraub, www.yogafordepression.com
10:30am – Bagels and Coffee
11am – Jazz Dance with Maayan Haller, Ramat Bet Shemesh, Israel
12pm – Ballet with Lisie Michel, Boston, MA
1pm – Screening of Operation Candlelight
3pm – Acro-Yoga Dance class with Lisie Michel, Boston, MA
*1-4pm: Sound check and block through for performers / set up for artwork and vendors takes place at Bnos, 6300 Park Heights Ave
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Shabbos Evening, March 3
An inspiring Shabbos involving creative expression, harmonious zmirot, and Torah & the arts discussion and learning.
The Storches, 3209 Fallstaff Rd. Baltimore 21215 Rear Bldg.
5:43pm: Baltimore candle lighting. Please light at host home or Storch rear bldg. (Please drop off instruments to be used for musical havdallah before Shabbos)
6:15pm – Women’s Musical Kabbalat Shabbat, led by Rebbetzin Dahlia Topolosky of Congregation Beth Jacob, Rockville, MD 3209 Fallstaff Rd – Main home, please use front door.
7pm – Musical Mystical Kiddush, rear building
7:30-9pm – Dinner for Participating Artists & Friends • Rebbetzin Chavi Epstein, Chabad of South Carolina “Serving Hashem with Pleasure and Delight” • Rebbetzin Dahlia Topolosky, “The Power of Niggun” • Divrei Torah by Tzohar student and Director Amy Guterson
KEYNOTE ADDRESS: Robin Garbose, Kol Neshama Performing Arts Conservatory: Vision for Our Future
9:15-11:15pm – Community Oneg for the Arts Oneg with a cappella and mime performance, participatory acting games, followed by harmonious zmirot
Shomrim Escort “pick ups” available 9pm, Shomrim Escorts home 11:15pm
9:30pm Mime Performance: Stella Filler, the Kosher Mime. “The Three Mitzvot of Jewish Women”
9:45pm Selection of Acting Workshops led by Leslie Gold Ruder, Robin Garbose and Amy Guterson
Special Program: Interactive Playback Theater “Using Our Talents for Holiness,” led by Amy Guterson, director of Tzohar Seminary for Chassidus & the Arts
Zmirot: Led by students of Tzohar Seminary for Chassidus & the Arts along with Rebbetzin Dahlia Topolosky
Shabbos Day, March 4
8:45am – Shabbos Davening at Ohr Simcha, 3209 Fallstaff Rd, rear bldg., Rabbi Ari Storch 8:30am – Shabbos Davening at Tiferes Yisroel (musical davening), 6201 Park Heights Ave, Rabbi Goldberger
Lunch arranged at participating Baltimore homes for registered participants
Afternoon Program and Seudas Shlishis. The Storches, 3209 Fallstaff Rd. Bldg in the rear
4pm – Inner Rhythms of Torah, shiur on the sources of music in the Torah. Rebbetzin Dahlia Topolosky
5pm – Teaching Torah Through the Arts. Faculty and director Amy Guterson, Tzohar Seminary for Chassidus in the Arts
6pm – Shalosh Seudos and Inspiration Words from musician and mother Rivki Silver, and arts educators Chaya Bracha Rubin and Robin Garbose
Musical Havdallah, 6:45pm Bring your instrument! Led by Rebbetzin Dahlia Topolosky and students from Tzohar Seminary for Chassidus and the Arts
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Motzei Shabbos, March 4
Bnos Yisroel of Baltimore, 6300 Park Heights Ave
7:45pm – Bldg opens for last minute set up 8:30pm – Doors open. Boutique for Art Prints, Women-only Music & DVDs, Books & More
9:00pm: Shir La Maalot! Uplifting Evening of Original Music and Dance with more than 25 artists! Ends approximately 12am
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Sunday, March 5
Yom Iyyun for the Creative & Performing Arts
Bnos Yisroel of Baltimore, 6300 Park Heights Ave
8:00am – Doors open for additional set up and rehearsal 9:30am – Registration & Coffee
SESSION I: 9:45am*-10:35am
BALLET MASTER CLASS (begins 9:30am) with LISIE MICHEL of Boston, MA. Prior dance experience recommended. Will involve barre; pointe shoes optional.
SCREENWRITING with ROBIN GARBOSE, screenwriter for women-only Hollywood feature films A Light for Greytowers, The Heart that Sings, & Operation Candlelight.
VOCAL PEDAGOGY with ELENA TAL, Baltimore’s beloved voice instructor. Learn tips for teaching voice!
GENERATING INCOME IN THE ARTS with DEBORAH GALLANT, Entrepreneur Business Consultant.
MASK MAKING (for Purim!) with CHANA SINGER, Visual Artist and Artistic Director of Camp Tizmoret Shoshana.
SESSION II: 10:40am-11:30am
MUSIC COMPOSITION with RIVKI SILVER, principal orchestra musician & composer. Learn tools, methods and approaches to composing music!
DIRECTING with ROBIN GARBOSE, former TV producer & director of 60 minutes. Learn the basics of directing for TV and film.
JAZZ MASTER CLASS with MAAYAN HALLER, dance instructor & choreographer in Ramat Bet Shemesh, Modiin & Jerusalem, Israel.
BAND MEMBERS SPEAK with AYELET HASHACHAR, women’s band together over 20 years speak about making it work.
MEDICAL CLOWNING with LORI SAMLIN MILLER, medical clown.
SESSION III: 11:35am-12:25pm
SPONSORED BY Rivkin, Wiener & Livingston LLC, Attorneys at Law
BEL CANTO VOCAL TECHNIQUE with BRACHA ADREZIN, Vienna trained vocal instructor
MIME with STELLA FILLER, The Kosher Mime.
PLAYBACK THEATER with Amy Guterson, Tzohar Director.
LEGAL ISSUES FOR ARTISTS with JAMIE EISENBERG KATZ, addressing intellectual property, copyright issues and more.
NIGGUN WORKSHOP SEMINAR with Rebbetzin CHAVI EPSTEIN, co-director of Chabad South Carolina.
TIPS & TRICKS EN POINTE with LISIE MICHEL of Boston, MA.
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1:30pm – JUNIOR ATARA
Gifted artists age 10-17
Chana Gottheil: representative of Camp Tizmoret Shoshana, violin • Tehilla Chava Storch, vocal performance • Abby Harris, original music • Selected members of the Shira Girls Choir, ensemble vocal performance • Nechama Eventsur: representative of Tal Voice Studio, vocal performance • Selected members of the Baltimore Bows, ensemble chamber music performance • Tamar Zonenberg, dance • Rivky Saxon, original songwriter • Commemoration of 7 year old talented performing artist Ruchama Malka (Malkie) Hirth, a’h
SESSION IV: 2:15pm-3:05pm
VOCAL TECHNIQUE with SHARI ROSEN of Baltimore, MD.
ACTING MASTER CLASS with Robin Garbose of Kol Neshama Performing Arts Conservatory, Los Angeles.
WRITING WORKSHOP with MICHELLE GERR, journalist. Communicate your message effectively for press releases, essays or any form of writing.
2:15 – 3:15pm: ISRAEL LIVE!
Performances live-stream from Ramat Bet Shemesh Israel Voices of Hope with host Annie Orenstein of Spotlight on Women
3:15-5:30pm: Performance Matinee
Dedicated to the Memory of Toiba bas Zalman Dovid (Toby Eagle), a’h
Matinee Concert featuring opera, musical theater, ensemble and women’s orchestra performances
Master of Ceremonies: Mrs. Leslie Gold Ruder (Passaic, NJ)
Miriam Leah Gamliel (Montreal, QC) “Good Morning Baltimore” by Mark Shaiman “One Perfect Moment” by Lin Manuel Miranda
Polina Imas, director of the Kinor Music Center (Chicago, IL) “Under the Willow Tree” aria from Vanessa by Samuel Barber “Erev Shel Shoshanim” Music by Yosef Hadar “Shalom Aleichem” Music by Israel Goldfarb
Tzohar Seminary Vocal Ensemble (Pittsburgh, PA) Traditional Jewish Music
Deborah Zonenberg (Baltimore, MD) “You Raise Me Up” by Josh Grobin
Ayelet HaShachar, women’s band (Baltimore, MD) Original Material
Intermission Please enjoy the visual art exhibit & boutique with prints, original music, films and more!
A word from our sponsor: Security and More
Robin Garbose, director of Kol Neshama Performing Arts Conservatory (Los Angeles, CA) Where have we gone? Where are we Going?
Leah Gottfried Soon by You Pilot Episode
Hannah Stern “Stars” by Jennie Redding
Esther Leah Marchette Original Material
Elena Tal “You’ll Never Walk Alone” by Richard Rogers & Oscar Hammerstein “Vanilla Ice Cream” by Jerry Bock & Sheldon Harnick
The Baltimore Women’s Orchestra Clarinet Concerto, K. 622 (1791) W. A. Mozart (1756-1791) II. Adagio I. Allegro Symphony No. 6, Le Matin (1761) F. J. Haydn (1732-1809) I. Adagio- Allegro
Members of the Baltimore Women’s Orchestra
Dr. Mark L. Singer, Music Director, Rivki Silver, Clarinet Soloist
Celeste Blasé, Shoshana Kelmar, Malka Eidensohn, Esther Newman, Amian Kelemer, Chana Wecker, Devorah Rivka Gelfand, Chana Feldman, Tzippy Wecker, Zalka Angster, Marcia Gross, Chani Gottheil, Barbra Bowen, Sally Grobani, Tara Johnson, Aleeza Oshry, Lynda Aldana
Learn more about the Baltimore Women’s Orchestra members and performance material
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6:00pm – Visual Artists Talk
Meet, greet and learn about the work of
Chana Singer • Giliah Litwack • Debbie Glazer • Bryna Lazarus • Selected students from Tzohar Seminary for Chassidus and the Arts
7:00pm – Frumkite and Filmmaking
Sponsored by MZL 40 Foundation, Myrna Zisman
The work and first hand experiences of successful female Torah observant filmmakers
Panel discussion and Q&A with Robin Garbose, 35-year veteran of TV and film, director of multiple feature films and short series for Torah observant women and girls Leah Gottfried, creator of new web series “Soon by You” and director of numerous music videos for musicians such as Shaindel Antelis and others Ronit Polin Tarshish, religious female playwright and filmmaker known for “Ink” and “Diamonds in the Dust” among others Moderated by Miriam Leah Gamliel
TBA: Screening of Operation Candlelight Directed by Robin Garbose Produced by Leah Gottfried