Detroit Public Television
takes place 7 p.m.
Wednesday, Jan. 23. For
more information, call
(313) 876-8195.
A Craig Taubman Family
Concert of Jewish music
takes place 3 p.m. Sunday,
Jan. 27, at the Jewish
Community Center in West
Bloomfield. Tickets: $6 JCC
members/$8 non-mem-
bers/$24 JCC member fami-
ly of four or more/$32 non-
member family of four or
more. (248) 432-5577.
THE ART
SCENE
Birmingham's Robert
Kidd Gallery hosts a group
show, including works by
Larry Rivers and Robert
Schefman, through March
2. (248) 642-3909.
Detroit's Pewabic Pottery
presents Found Objects
and Mixed Media, an
exhibit showcasing art
using clay, found materials,
wood, metal, plaster and
other media, through Feb.
23. (313) 822-0954.
WHATNOT
Local author Paul R.
Kavieff discusses and signs
copies of his latest book
detailing the history of
Detroit crime, The Violent
Yeam Prohibition and the
Detroit Mobs, 7:30 p.m.
Thursday, Jan. 24, at Barnes
& Noble in West
Bloomfield. (248) 626-6804.
Rabbi Michael
Moskowitz speaks at a
Food For Thought break-
fast program on the por-
trayal of Jews in film 9-11
a.m. Tuesday, Jan. 29, at
Congregation Beth Ahm in
West Bloomfield.
$16/reservations by Jan.
22. (248) 642-4260.
The Third Annual
Jewish Women in the Arts
Award Ceremony will be
held Sunday, Feb. 3, in the
Janice Charach Epstein
Gallery at the West
Bloomfield JCC. No
charge, but seating is limit-
ed. Reservations:
(248) 661-7641.
YOUNG MUSICIAN SERIES
An award-winning college pianist and a high
school cellist-composer open a new free con-
cert series at Temple Beth El.
David Bassin, a junior at Western
Michigan University, and Yuriy Leonovich, a
senior at Groves High School, will entertain
3 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 20, to launch the tem-
ple's Young Artists Series.
We want this series to highlight young
Jewish musical talent in the metropolitan
Detroit area," says Marilyn Berman, chair-
person of the series coordinated by Beth El's
music and cultural arts committee.
Bassin, who wants to be a classical per-
former as well as professor of music, will play
works by Beethoven, Brahms, Scriabin and
Rochberg. Leonovich, who wants to be a per-
former as well as composer, will present his
own compositions and works by Svendsen,
Wieniawski and Popper.
"My parents tell me I always was attracted
to anything connected to music," says Bassin,
who started playing the piano at age 5 at the
encouragement of his grandmother, Roselyn
Bassin, a piano teacher.
Bassin, who won the Dora Dawson
Memorial Scholarship presented by the
Tuesday Musicale of Pontiac and took fifth
place in the WMU 20th Century Piano
Competition in March 2000, is right-handed
but will be playing a piece for the left hand.
"When I was a freshman, I broke my right
hand in a fall," he explains. "I still wanted to
play the piano, so I researched music for the
left hand and liked those pieces."
Leonovich, who was born in Ukraine,
began cello studies at age 11 and clarinet
studies at 15 at the encouragement of his
Birney Middle School teacher in Southfield.
He has since performed with the Temple
Beth El Klez Kids, the Royal Oak
Community Orchestra and the Southfield
Symphony.
"I've composed about 50 pieces," says
Leonovich. "When I started playing cello, I
didn't know how to read music, but I put in
a lot of hard work. I was very lucky that the
teacher suggested that I try the cello."
Leonovich plans on continuing his music
studies at Wayne State University.
Cantor Steven Dubov, who is on the corn-
mittee planning the Beth El series, says,
"Performing in front of a live audience is a
prerequisite for any young artist in gaining
confidence and poise." I I
— Suzanne Chessler
The first program in the Temple Beth El
Young Artists Series takes place 3 p.m.
Sunday, Jan. 20, at the temple in
Bloomfield Township. Reservations: Call
(248) 851-1100, Ext. 3150.
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