REMEMBERING PEARL WITH MUSICAL TRIBUTE.Byline: Evan Henerson Staff Writer Thursday will be a day of music, a day of remembrance and a day of musical remembrance. On Daniel Pearl
Daniel Pearl (October 10, 1963 – February 1, 2002) was an American journalist who was kidnapped and murdered in Karachi, Pakistan. Music Day, musicians and bands around the world are encouraged to dedicate performances to Pearl. Pearl, the Pearl, The, one of four Middle English alliterative poems, all contained in a manuscript of c.1400, composed in the West Midland dialect, almost certainly by the same anonymous author, who flourished c.1370–1390. Wall Street Journal reporter who was kidnapped and murdered in Pakistan, was a violinist and a mandolin mandolin (măn'dəlĭn`, măn`dəlĭn'), musical instrument of the lute family, with a half-pear-shaped body, a fretted neck, and a variable number of strings, plucked with the fingers or with a plectrum. player. Thursday would have been his 39th birthday. The event is sponsored by the Daniel Pearl Foundation. Local events are listed below. For more information, visit www.danielpearl.org or call (310) 317-1966. -- Vocal music by Birmingham High School Birmingham High School is a public coeducational high school in the neighborhood/district of Lake Balboa in the San Fernando Valley section of the city of Los Angeles, California. The school is a part of District One of the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD). students and Israeli singer Tova Litvin, who has composed a music tribute, ``Dear Daniel,'' 9 a.m., Birmingham High School, Performing Arts Auditorium, 17000 Haynes St., Van Nuys. -- Musical evening featuring a jazz ensemble and readings from ``At Home in the World,'' a collection of stories Pearl wrote for the Wall Street Journal, at the band shell in Covina Park, 301 N. Fourth Ave. at the corner of Badillo Street in Covina from 7:30 to 9 p.m. -- The Kadima String Quartet string quartet Ensemble consisting of two violins, viola, and cello, or a work written for such an ensemble. Since c. 1775 such works have been perhaps the predominant genre of chamber music. and friends will dedicate three concerts throughout the day. Selections include the quartets from the Terezin Collection, written in the Terezin concentration camps. The quartet will perform at 10:30 a.m. at Porter Middle School, 15960 Kingsbury St., Granada Hills; at 5 p.m. for the families of Kadima Academy at Los Angeles Valley College LAVC redirects here. For the software library, see libavcodec. The university is adjacent to Grant High School. Often called "Valley College" or simply "Valley" by those who frequent the campus, it opened its doors to the public on September 12, 1949, at which time the campus was , Bungalow 78, 5800 Fulton Ave., Valley Glen; and at 7:30 p.m. for the community at the Performing Arts Theater, Pierce College, 6201 Winnetka Ave., Woodland Hills. -- ``Songs From the Kitchen,'' with selections in Yiddish and English from Adrienne Cooper and Klezmatics members Frank London and Lorin Sklamberg, will celebrate the Jewish marriage of music and food, 8 p.m. at the University of Judaism, Gindi Auditorium, 15600 Mulholland Drive, Bel-Air. Tickets $18. Call (310) 440-1547. |
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