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…Arts & Entertainment ON THE COVER Leonard Slatkin will make his official debut as DSO music director in concerts to be performed Dec. 11-14. Welcome In A Major Key DSO is tuned up and ready for its All-American music director Leonard Slatkin. Diana Lieberman Special I to the Jewish News n this era of terrible news, particu- larly in the state of Michigan, the Detroit Symphony Orchestra has some very good news to report: After three ye...…
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…1 00014)%40 44.4 Arts & Entertainment ON THE COVER A Major Key from page C5 On The Podium Hear the Detroit Symphony Orchestra and Maestro Leonard Slatkin Thursday-Sunday, Dec. 11- 14, at Orchestra Hall in the Max M. Fisher Music Center, 3711 Woodward Ave., in Detroit. In his first official concerts as music director, Slatkin will conduct the DSO in the Overture to La Forza del Destino, by Giuseppe Verdi, and the choral blockbuster Carmi...…
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…On Campus Growing Oakland Hillel at Oakland University is increasing its reach through programming. Jake Sharfman Special to the Jewish News Rochester A s Mitchell Wagner makes his weekly commute to Oakland University, he smiles with pride. The OU program director for Hillel of Metro Detroit, Wagner has worked over the past three years to build Jewish life at Oakland, acting as an adviser, a mentor and a friend. The three years have see...…
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