BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.2.3.1//EN TZID:America/New_York X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/New_York BEGIN:VEVENT UID:6828@templemicah.org DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240110T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240110T140000 DTSTAMP:20240108T214321Z URL:https://www.templemicah.org/events/lunch-and-learn-4-2024-01-10/ SUMMARY:Lunch and Learn with Dr. Joshua Fishbein DESCRIPTION: \;\nRegister\n\nTemple Micah’s choir director/pianist\, Dr. Joshua Fishbein\, will discuss his award-winning cantata Out of the As hes of Holocaust\, based on his own grandmother’s family’s story of su rvival during World War II\, when they were hidden by a generous Christian family in the mountains of Nazi-occupied Greece. The families coincidenta lly immigrated to Baltimore in the 1950s separately from one another\, reu niting by chance\, and remaining lifelong friends.\n\nThe Washington Post and People Magazine each published articles about this story in 2022. In h is presentation\, Dr. Fishbein will outline the historical background\, tr ue story\, sources for the libretto\, and musical structure of his moving 20-minute composition for solo soprano\, solo alto\, chorus\, violin\, cel lo\, and piano. The \; presentation also features video recordings of each movement from the composition’s 2021 online premiere by the Washing ton Master Chorale.\nAbout the Speaker\nDr. Joshua Fishbein joined the Tem ple Micah staff as Choir Director/Pianist in 2023\, following almost two y ears of serving the congregation as a freelance musician. He brings over 1 5 years of experience directing synagogue\, church\, and educational choir s\, including seven years directing Kol Rinah at Chizuk Amuno Congregation of Baltimore and five years as Music Director at St. George’s Episcopal Church in Glenn Dale\, Maryland. Joshua also works as Director of Music a nd Arts at Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Rockville and Adjunct Fa culty at The Peabody Institute of the Johns Hopkins University\, where he instructs music theory\, musicianship\, and arranging courses.\n\nPrevious ly\, Dr. Fishbein taught at The College of New Jersey\, Towson University\ , UMBC\, and the University of Nevada Las Vegas. His original music has wo n awards from the American Choral Directors Association\, Chorus America\, the Guild of Temple Musicians\, and several other organizations. E.C. Sch irmer Music Company\, Hal Leonard Corporation\, Transcontinental Music Pub lications\, and Yelton Rhodes Music publish his compositions. Originally f rom Baltimore\, Joshua relocated to Rockville\, Maryland\, with his family \, after earning graduate degrees in Music from UCLA and the San Francisco Conservatory of Music.\n\nRegister before 5 p.m. January 8th for in-perso n lunch ($10) or by the next evening for the Zoom link.\n\nFor more inform ation\, please email Lunch and Learn. ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.templemicah.org/wp-content/uploads/2 023/07/Joshua-Fishbein.png CATEGORIES:Adult Education,Featured,Online Event,Wheelchair Accessible LOCATION:Temple Micah\, 2829 Wisconsin Ave NW\, Washington\, DC\, 20007\, U nited States X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=2829 Wisconsin Ave NW\, Was hington\, DC\, 20007\, United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-TITLE=Temple Mic ah:geo:0,0 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York X-LIC-LOCATION:America/New_York BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20231105T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR