Meira Warshauer's "Spirals of Light" To Be Performed At the Jewish Museum of Florida - Pianist Harold Lewin To Lead Trio of Performers Meira Warshauer's "Spirals of Light" for flute, cello and piano will be performed on Monday, March 7th - 7:30 p.m at the Jewish Museum of Florida, 301 Washington Avenue in Miami Beach. This concert will feature music by Southern Jewish composers and will be performed by an ensemble including pianist Harold Lewin, flutist Elissa Lakofsky and cellist Javier Arias. The composer will be at the concert to speak about her music. "Spirals of Light" for flute, cello and piano was written in 1996 on a commission from Columbia College in Columbia, South Carolina, where it was also premiered. This 18-minute work is in three sections - 1. Slow whirl into stillness, which invites the listener into the sacred center, swirling and spiraling into stillness, 2. Inner resonance merges with the mystery of the Infinite and 3. Dancing Light awakens joyous energy flowing into the world. The piece has been recorded for the Kol Meira label. Tickets for this concert are $15, with discounts for Museum members. For more information, call 305-672-5044, ext. 11 or visit them online at http://www.jewishmuseum.com/. Harold Lewin directs the series "Music and More" at New Marlborough in the Berkshires of Massachusetts. He has performed throughout the world and is a recipient of the decoration of the Lion of Finland from the Finnish government for his contribution to the country's music. Meira Warshauer's compositions have been performed and recorded to critical acclaim throughout the United States and in Israel, Europe, and Asia. A graduate of Harvard, New England Conservatory of Music, and the University of South Carolina, Dr. Warshauer studied composition with Mario Davidovsky, Jacob Druckman, William Thomas McKinley, and Gordon Goodwin. She has received numerous awards from ASCAP as well as the America Music Center, Meet the Composer, and the South Carolina Arts Commission. In 2000, she received the first Art and Cultural Achievement Award from the Jewish Historical Society of S. Carolina. Ms. Warshauer is an Associate Music Faculty member at Columbia College, Columbia, South Carolina. Her CDs include the soundtrack to the documentary "Land of Promise: The Jews of South Carolina" and "Spirals of Light", chamber music and poetry (by Ani Tuzman) on themes of enlightenment, on the Kol Meira label and "Revelation" for orchestra, included on the MMC CD "Robert Black Conducts". Her music is published by Oxford University Press, MMB Music, World Music Press and Transcontinental. Her latest Bracha Newsletter is online at http://www.jamesarts.com/releases/feb05/MW_nws_020504.htm. You can find much more about her at http://home.sc.rr.com/meirawarshauer/ For more information about Meira Warshauer, please contact Jeffrey James Arts Consulting at 516-797-9166 or [log in to unmask] Jeffrey James Arts Consulting Tel/Fax: 516-797-9166 Website: http://www.jamesarts.com