THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS Russian Emigre Realizes Dream: Opening His Own Music School JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE VOLUNTEER , SERVICES By HEIDI PRESS now has its own phone number 559-4046 for all other calls to Jewish Family Service continue to use 559-1500 immao ■ moommmelese I SAID SHOE REPAIR I COME IN FOR QUALITY WORK I I Harvard Row Mall, 11 Mile & Lahser . 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Lemberg, here six months, has already made contact with the Lycee In- ternational in Southfield, who has generously offered space and clerical assis- tance to Lemberg, to start his Classical Music School for Children. Geared for children age 6-14, the music school will require its students to have classes in music theory, music literature, choir and piano as a sec- ond instrument. Private instruction will be avail- able in piano, violin, cello, percussion, flute, clarinet, bassoon, oboe, trumpet, trombone, saxophone and horn. The cost for a 10-week semester is high, but can be justified when one learns of the caliber of teacher 'who will be on staff: Lemberg himself, who played for the Moscow Radio and TV Or- chestra, the Moscow Opera and Baroque Ensemble, and he is a former teacher and graduate of the prestigious Moscow Conservatory. Joining him will be pianist Aleksander Resin, former pianist of the Mos- cow Philharmonia, and Inna Nedoresova, violinist and concertmaster of the Windsor Symphony Or- chestra. Other ,Russian Jewish immigrants here with similar music back- grounds also will be on the staff. Lemberg's wife will teach music history and music theory. Lemberg said notables in Detroit's music community • • • • * * * • • Music School • • • Opens Auditions • • The Classical Music • • School for Children, under -101 CABLE CHANNELS • • the direction of Nikolai • • Lemberg, will have an open • 19: house 2 p.m. Sept. 18 at the • Remote Control TV • • Lycee International, 30800 • MODEL SZ 1927W • Evergreen, Southfield. ONE YEAR FREE SERVICE Lemberg will be joined by • • faculty and their • • students members LOW PRICES in a concert at the • GENERAL ELECTRIC house. At 4 p.m., ELECTRIC • open 220 VOLT scholarship auditions will , SHAVERS • QUARTZ WATCHES NORELCO • APPLIANCES held. Scholarships will be • be 40 o .0FF ,. • PANASONIC AVAILABLE awarded to children who ,Sugg. • REMINGTON • demonstrate potential and list • , • financial need. • • CROSS PENS Students (age 6-14) • should be able to demon- OFF COMPUTERS WALKMAN • strate scale playing and • 40% play one classical piece and STEREO List$11998 • ELECTRIC $4388: one piece of their choice. $50. FM-AM • TYPEWRITERS Audition pieces are limited • to 10 minutes. For information about the • school, call Lemberg, 968- • LINCOLN TOWERS, SUITE 111 SEIKO TIMEX SONY OSCAR BRAUN'S • • 15075 W. Lincoln (10 1/2 Mile) •S. One Block East of Greenfield Mon. thru Sat. 10-4 p.m. •• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Friday, September 2, 1983 • • • • • 3849. The music school is a cultural program of the Lycee International, a fully accredited non-profit col- lege preparatory school. Rachmaninoff and Ros- tropovich "brought to American music something new and they brought what we want to do — the Euro- pean tradition, in culture and music," Lemberg said. Lemberg had occasion re- cently to demonstrate his skill as he performed in the annual Yiddish concert held at Shepherd Park in Oak Park. NIKOLAI LEMBERG offered advice and assis- tance, among them Julius Chajes, composer and con- ductor of the Center Sym- phony Orchestra; Mischa Rachlevsky, violinist and coordinator of many music events locally, and a Rus- sian immigrant himself; and pianist Mischa Kottler. Despite the good start he has with his music school, Lemberg still is in need of instruments, par- ticularly pianos, and what he called "qual- ified" music teachers. (In the national Russian American newspaper, he advertised for teachers and received responses from teachers in other parts of the country.) He said his idea is not original. Similar schools exist in Israel, Australia and in New York. It is the only such music school in Detroit, he said, and it is unique in that it is the only one in the area that "follows the European tradition." Many Russian composers, Shostakovitch, Stravinsky, • Asked why he chose to open a school only for children, Lemberg said "To teach adults — it's too late. When you start children at 5 or 6, he has the right feeling for music. The child begins to improvise." Eventu- ally, students at the Classical Music School- will learn to write their own compositions, Lem- berg said. The winner of two inter- national prizes in flute, Lemberg talked briefly of his Moscow experiences. He said that the Moscow Con- servatory takes a limited number of Jewish students — only two percent of the student body is Jewish. "There, are no Jewish teachers at the Moscow Conservatory." Meanwhile, his parents and a sister are still in Rus- sia after having been re- fused exit visas on numer- ous occasions. This year, Nikolai Lem- berg will celebrate his first Rosh Hashana as a free man — free from the manacles of Soviet oppression, free to choose where and how he wants to live and free to di- rect his own music school. $700,000 Push to Complete Fleischman Fund Drive With the Jewish Home for Aged's capital fund drive for Fleischman Residence and Blumberg Plaza at the $4.8 million mark, volun- teers are working to meet a $5.5 million goal within the next several weeks. Chairman Paul Borman credited the drive's success to the community's under- standing of the need for ex- panded services to the el- derly. He added that there are still some available areas to be designated by major contributors and cited the importance of meeting the drive's goal prior to the opening of the new facilities at Maple- Drake. As part of the final thrust, the Tree of Life Campaign is moving ahead under the di- rection of chairman Dulcie Rosenfeld and associate chairman Reva Stocker. Ac- cording to Mrs. Rosenfeld, over $85,000 has been con- tributed to date by those wishing to memorialize or honor a loved one with a leaf on the bronze-and-oak tree sculpture. Gifts are payable over five years. Those working on the Tree of -Life committee include Jerome Ash, Maxine Canvasser, Do= lores Farber, Leonard Farber, Beth Feldman, Beverly Frank, Lillian Hirsch, Agnes Klein, Rosalie Kcilbert, Belle Kukes, Geri Lester, Dr. Marvin Lester, James Safran, Max Sosin, Cynthia Steinberg, Bar- bara Stone and Phyllis Welling. For information, call Fleischman Residence, 661-2999. Beirut Massacre Israeli troops entered west Beirut last September following the assassination of Lebanese President-elect Bashir Gemayel. Within 48 hours, the world was shocked when hundreds of Palestinian civilians were massacred by Gemayel's Christian Phalangist forces. 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