2009-10 SEASON OF THE KOFFLER CHAMBER ORCHESTRA FINALE
 An Italian Music Holiday
Sunday, May 2, 2010 | 3:30 PM
$20 | $15 Seniors | $8 Students
Conrad Centre for the Performing Arts, 36 King Street West, Kitchener (MAP/DIRECTIONS)
Spring is in the air and the Koffler Chamber Orchestra is off to Italy via the elegant new home of the Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony. Bellisimo! With the famous Souvenir de Florence by Tchaikovsky and the even more famous Four Seasons by Vivaldi, as the Orchestra’s music director Jacques Israelievitch doubles as both Conductor and Violin Soloist.
Presented with the generous support of Manfred and Penny Conrad.
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PAST CONCERTS
Mendelssohn and More
Sunday, November 22 | Pre-concert Talk 2:30 PM
Performance 3:30 PM
Temple Emanu-El, 120 Old Colony Road (MAP/DIRECTIONS)
$20 | $15 Seniors | $8 Students
 Under the direction of Jacques Israelievitch, the Koffler Chamber Orchestra season debuts with a celebration of the 200th anniversary of the birth of Felix Mendelssohn. This gifted composer was a fervent supporter of Bach who in turn championed Vivaldi, and the rest is music history! The music of the three composers will be performed by three of the most talented, young violinists in Ontario, sisters Chantal, Nicole and Rachelle Li (pictured).
Join a pre-concert talk at 2:30 PM with Professor Kalman Weiser, Moses, Abraham, and Felix Mendelssohn: proud Jews, ambivalent Christians.
Many view Moses Mendelssohn as the first "modern" Jew, a man who through his own example illustrated the possibility of harmonizing Jewish and European identities. For others, he is the accursed father of Jewish assimilationism in Europe , as evidenced by the conversion to Christianity of his own son Abraham and of his grandson, the musical prodigy Felix. This talk considers attitudes toward religion among three generations of this famous family as a key to understanding the reconceptualization of Judaism and Jewish identity that fundamentally changed Jewish life in the modern era.
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KOFFLER CHAMBER ORCHESTRA 2009-10 SEASON FINALE
 From Sweden to Italy with
Stops in Jerusalem and Prague
Sunday, February 28, 2010 | 7 PM | $20 | $15 Seniors | $8 Students
Shaar Shalom Synagogue, 2 Simonston Boulevard, Thornhill (MAP/DIRECTIONS)
It’s an eclectic musical journey around the world featuring music by Dag Wiren, Nino Rota and Josef Suk. The Koffler Chamber Orchestra will be joined by Shaar Shalom’s very own cantor Ben Silverberg, who will perform two cantorial gems.
Presented with the support of the Brotherhood of Shaar Shalom Synagogue.
Support for the Koffler Chamber Orchestra is generously provided by Leslie Dan and Family.
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| Location: | Conrad Centre for the Performing Arts, 36 King Street West, Kitchener |
| Fees: | $20 | $15 Seniors | $8 Students |