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The Ron Shulamit Conservatory is a music conservatory in
"Music: Palestine and Israel"
''The Shalvi/Hyman Encyclopedia of Jewish Women''. Accessed 23 December 2021.
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The Ron Shulamit Conservatory is a music conservatory in Israel
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.
History
Music education developed in Israel largely due to the pioneering efforts of (1873–1912), an opera singer trained in Berlin andArthur Ruppin
Arthur Ruppin (; 1 March 1876 – 1 January 1943) was a German Zionist and one of the founders of the city of Tel Aviv.Todd Samuel Presner, ’German Jewish Studies in the Digital Age:Remarks on Discipline, Method nand Media,' in William Collin ...
's first wife, who established the first conservatory in Jaffa
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in 1910.
In 1923 the Shulamit Conservatory Orchestra accompanied Mordechai's Golinkin's production of '' La Traviata'', the first opera performed in pre-state Israel.Ram, Hanna (1996). ''The Jewish Community in Jaffa''. (Hebrew). Jerusalem: Carmel Press.
Ron Conservatory was established and directed by the violinist , himself a graduate of the Shulamit Conservatory. Famous musicians who studied at Ron include Daniel Benyamini and Shlomo Mintz. In 1968 the two conservatories were merged under the Ron Shulamit name, directed by Ezrachi. Ezrahi's daughter Ofra Broshi later opened a branch in Jerusalem, and today the Ron Shulamit Conservatory operates a coed branch in Bet Hakerem, and one for Orthodox girls in Har Nof.Smoira-Cohn, Michal"Music: Palestine and Israel"
''The Shalvi/Hyman Encyclopedia of Jewish Women''. Accessed 23 December 2021.
Mission and projects
The conservatory's mission is to make music and all its benefits, available to everyone, regardless of religious/ethnic background, age, gender, socio-economic status, physical, mental or emotional disabilities."Raising the curtain"David Brinn for ''
The Jerusalem Post
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'', 5 February 2010. Free open houses are held on a regular basis in addition to performances in nursing homes, community centers, fundraisers for charitable organizations and explained concerts in schools.
The conservatory's "Jewish Music Renaissance Project" researches, collects, records and performs traditional music pieces from Jewish communities around the globe.
The conservatory provides music therapy
Music therapy, an allied health profession, "is the clinical and evidence-based use of music interventions to accomplish individualized goals within a therapeutic relationship by a credentialed professional who has completed an approved music t ...
to children with disabilities and emotional problems. It employs many immigrant musicians, thereby aiding in their absorption process.
Performing ensembles
The performing ensembles include: *CameRon Student Orchestra – Established in 1995 in an effort to bring people closer to classical music, thischamber orchestra
Chamber music is a form of classical music that is composed for a small group of Musical instrument, instruments—traditionally a group that could fit in a Great chamber, palace chamber or a large room. Most broadly, it includes any art music ...
performs a broad repertoire including pieces written specially for them by Israel Edelson and performed as part of the Jewish Music Renaissance Project. Students in the BA program have a chance to conduct the orchestra during rehearsals and performances, and occasionally play with the Zmora orchestra. The state music commission has praised CameRon for its uniqueness and importance.
*Zmora – the only professional all-female string orchestra in Israel recognized by the Ministry of Culture. Established in 2002, it has 15 musicians. Educational concerts in schools, and benefit concerts for charity organizations, as well as free concerts in nursing homes and areas hurt by acts of terror, are all part of the orchestra's unique contribution to the community, and beyond as Zmora performs in the cultural and geographical periphery.
*AccordiRon – A crowd favorite, this student accordion orchestra, is often invited to perform throughout the country. As part of the Jewish Music Renaissance Project, the AccordiRon repertoire continues to grow, and includes their own CD of Jewish folk music.
References
External links
*Tel Aviv Municipal Archive
(in Hebrew) {{authority control Music schools in Israel