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Home News and events About me Biography, background, press, and tidbits both musical and nonmusical My musicals Five shows I've written, including one that ran Off-Broadway in 2006 and one currently in development The Chagall Suite A commissioned 8-movement piano piece inspired by Marc Chagall's artworks, and a tribute to Chagall and Elvis Listen Hear my music on this site and buy my recordings Musical direction See my ideas regarding musical direction, see my resume, or let me coach you for auditions and give you accompaniment tracks to practice with Transcription services Send me a recording to create sheet music from, or have me transpose or arrange a song or instrumental work Travelogues Read accounts of my long-term trips and my experience on the Fosse tour Mailing list Subscribe to receive news and travelogues | NewsIn addition to the below, I will be playing for services for the
Jewish new year 5786. Melanie Long's An American Voice now streamingStarring Melanie Long, soprano | Seth Weinstein, piano
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| When | Wednesday, July 23, 7 p.m. |
| Where | Hungarian House 213 East 82nd Street, New York City (Directions via Google Maps) |
| Tickets | General admission $38, via OvationTix |
| More | LOONY site |
An ebullient and moving mix of charismatic, clever, controlling, and comforting female characters and female lyricists, poets, composers, and arrangers. The concert will feature a 1970s American feminist favorite (in Yiddish, of course) and hits from the Barry Sisters, Adrienne Cooper, Molly Picon, and Sophie Tucker!
Supertitles and a program with translations are provided; no knowledge of Yiddish is necessary.
| When | Sunday, September 14, 1 p.m. |
| Where | Merkin Concert Hall 129 West 67th Street, New York City (Directions via Google Maps) |
| Tickets | $54
reserved seating $40 per ticket for groups of 10: Reserve at (212) 501-3330 |
| More | Yiddish Philharmonic
Chorus
site Kaufman Music Center site |
An eight-movement piano suite inspired by Marc Chagall's paintings, drawings, and stained-glass windows. The performance, the first of the Sunrise Theater's 2025–2026 Classical Concert Series, will include a slideshow of Chagall's artworks that highlight the sections' various themes. The event is produced by the Arts Council of Moore County.
| When | Monday, October 6, 7:30 p.m. |
| Where | Sunrise Theater 250 Northwest Broad Street, Southern Pines, N.C. (Directions via Google Maps) |
| Tickets |
$35 (four-concert subscription $115, or $96 for Arts Council members) Tickets available by phone at (910) 692-2787 and at the Arts Council's offices (Campbell House, 482 East Connecticut Ave., Southern Pines) |
| More |
The Chagall Suite Arts Council of Moore County site Vivian Jacobson's site |
My endeavor to walk the perimeters of 26 islands, one for each letter of the alphabet.
Ikaria (Abecedarian Walk
#24, April 2025)
Réunion (Abecedarian
Walk #23, October-November 2024)
Fasta Åland (Abecedarian
Walk #22, June 2024)
Yell (Abecedarian Walk
#21, April-May 2024)
Niue
& Dogojima (Abecedarian Walks #19 and #20, February-March 2024)
Quinchao (Abecedarian
Walk #18, December 2023-January 2024)
Usedom (Abecedarian Walk #17,
November 2023)
Jeju & Xiamen (Abecedarian
Walks #15 & #16, August 2023)
Eysturoy (Abecedarian Walk #14, June
2023)
Kangaroo Island & Singapore
(Abecedarian Walks #12 & #13, February-March 2023)
Vieques (Abecedarian Walk
#11, November 2022)
Hiiumaa (Abecedarian Walk #10, June-July 2022)
Isle of Wight
(Abecedarian Walk #9, May 2022)
Bonaire (Abecedarian Walk
#8, February 2022)
Tenerife (Abecedarian Walk #7, January 2022)
Curaçao (Abecedarian Walk #6, November 2021)
Malta & Gozo (Abecedarian Walks #4 and #5, August 2021)
Oahu (Abecedarian Walk #3, May 2021)
Zanzibar
(Abecedarian Walk #2, February-March 2021)
Aruba
(Abecedarian Walk #1, December 2020 to January 2021)
Diners of New Jersey
Walk
(October 2020)
NYC-Boston
Walk (August-September 2020)
The Train to That Thing in the Desert (by train, mostly, from the 2022 Scrabble Players Championship in Baltimore to Burning Man in the Nevada desert)
