Featuring the unique music of Valarie Morris
Questions? 505 995-0505
Featuring the unique music of Valarie Morris
Questions? 505 995-0505
Sarah Viviana Lombrozo, Artist
Voices of Shekhinah: Four Illuminations highlights three important women in Jewish history and one contemporary teen representing the current generation. With the Shekhinah, the feminine aspect of the Divine, the work pays tribute to countless eclectic Jewish women across the ages. The 45-minute composition reflects the modes, harmonies, styles, and instrumental sounds of each era.
Performance
When: Sunday, September 1, 2024 at 4:00 p.m.
Where: Congregation Beit Tikva
2230 Old Pecos Trail, Santa Fe, NM 87505
The Performers
Experience our ensemble of four vocalists with piano, clarinet, and shofar. Enjoy each vocalist's solo as they tell their stories and their quartets sharing inspiring facts about women's history. Look for full orchestral performances to follow due to the longer lead time required to program orchestral works.
Contacts For Sponsorship and For More Information
valarie@sandscapepublications.com 505 995-0505 (landline) alicia@aliciasolomon.com 505 695-6462 (texts)
First Chair $1,000 Your name in the program + 2 tickets
Conductor $2,500 Your name in the program + extra tickets
Angel $5,000 Name in program, extra tickets, stage recognition
With our labor of love, we appreciate any and all sponsors with gifts from $5 to $5,000! Please make all contributions to Congregation Beit Tikva. All contributions are tax-deductible. Cash donations at the door. Suggested donations $30 and $20 for seniors and students.
Thank You!
Lina Ramos as Sarah
Lina Ramos, a native New Mexican, is an opera singer, performer, arts educator, director, and conductor. Ms. Ramos performs all genres of music and recently performed Doña Rosa with Opera Southwest in Il Postino, Saraghina in Musical Theatre Southwest’s concert version of the musical Nine, and for Beit Tikva and other groups. She teaches at Sessions Music Academy in Albuquerque.
Jennifer Perez as Beruriah
Jennifer Perez, a member of the New Mexico Performing Arts Society, has performed with Santa Fe Desert Chorale, New Mexico Philharmonic, Oregon Bach Festival Chorus, Dallas Choral Festival, and Boulder Bach Festival. Her passion is for oratorio, vocal chamber music, and choral works.
Haley Tarrant as Lila
Currently singing with The Young Voices of the Santa Fe Opera, Haley Tarrant was selected in 2022 to perform with Honor Choir USA in Honolulu as a high school sophomore. She has also performed with New Mexico Music Educator’s All-State Choirs and their Honor Choirs.
Director Alicia Solomon as Gracia
As a director, Alicia Solomon and her production company Opera Alta brought performances of opera and musical theater to audiences across northern New Mexico for 10 years. As a performer, Ms. Solomon has appeared repeatedly with the Santa Fe Opera, Santa Fe Symphony, Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival, and Santa Fe Desert Chorale. She maintains a private studio in Santa Fe.
Natasha Stojanovska. Macedonian pianist and composer Natasha Stojanovska has performed solo and chamber music in France, Portugal, Macedonia, Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Romania, South Korea, Haiti, and the U.S. During her eclectic career, she has worked with Metropolitan Opera Star Renee Fleming and jazz vocalist Patricia Barber. As The Stojanovska Sisters, a piano duo, she and her sister Marina have performed for 25 years in the U.S. and Europe. Currently on staff at UNM in Albuquerque, Ms. Stojanovska continues to maintain her stellar performance career.
Composer and Librettist Valarie Morris
Valarie Morris, daughter and granddaughter of Holocaust survivors, began playing accordion at age 5 and later played other instruments. After finding out she was Jewish at 16, she began exploring Jewishness. Voices of Shekhinah: Four Illuminations, commissioned by San Diego’s Tifereth Israel Synagogue, was one result.
Composing music for 30+ years after contemporary music studies at Mills College, Ms. Morris has over 370 titles from solos to orchestral works. Her compositions have been performed in the U.S. and internationally, and many festivals have selected her music. She’s excited about new productions of Voices of Shekhinah: Four Illuminations featuring local talents who share uplifting stories of powerful Jewish women and girls to promote understanding and good will for all.