The Stones in Concert, presented by the Brotherhood of Temple Emanuel, will benefit the Rabbi Earl S. Stone Scholarship Fund, Saturday, April 18, 7:30 p.m. at Temple Emanuel.
Featuring the late Rabbi Stone’s son, pianist Dr. Jeremy Stone, and grandson, pianist Seth Stone, concertgoers will hear a non-cantorial performance by Cantor Regina Heit.
Jeremy Stone will present an interactive piano performance, “Music and Moods,” in which the audience will be asked after each piece to select the emotion(s) that each person feels the music conveys.
The performance includes music by a variety of composers, including Scarlatti, Beethoven, Chopin, Liszt and Gottschalk, and will also feature “Rhapsody in Blue” by George Gershwin.
Seth Stone will play a classical selections and then be joined by his father, Jeremy, for additional pieces.
Temple Emanuel’s Cantor Heit will perform a selection of Broadway favorites, including songs from “Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat.”
Jeremy E. Stone, PhD, began formal piano study at the age of five. By age 19, he had performed as a piano soloist with symphony orchestras, including the Denver Symphony Orchestra under the direction of Vladimir Golschmann.
Dr. Stone attended Yale University, where he combined his music studies with a pre-med and psychology curriculum.
After graduation, he made his way to New York City, where he was soon working as a solo club entertainer and also as an accompanist and music director both on and off Broadway.
He was conductor and keyboardist in shows, including “Godspell,” “Pippin,” “Aspects of Love,” and “Phantom of the Opera.”
He was the music director and conductor of the original Broadway production of “Grease” during the 1970’s, conducting over 1,000 performances.
He wrote the orchestrations for the original Broadway production of “Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat,” starring David Cassidy.
He worked as composer, arranger, and music director for vocalists, including the singer Jane Olivor, who, to this day, continues to perform Dr. Stone’s song, “Carousel of Love.” He also composed, arranged or produced music for radio and television commercials and TV sitcoms.
In 1992, Stone left the world of commercial music to devote himself to full-time study and enrolled in the doctoral program in clinical psychology at New York University.
He trained as a psychology extern, intern, and postdoctoral fellow at the Westchester Division, New York Presbyterian Hospital (affiliated with Weill Cornell Medical College).
In 2000, he joined the Weill Cornell faculty as an assistant professor of psychology.
He specializes in the treatment of adolescents and adults with severe emotional and behavioral problems and serves as director of the adolescent DBT Program for self-injuring teenagers.
In 2005, Stone returned to classical piano and began presenting “Music and Moods” performances.
He created this format to combine his love of performing with his academic interest in the ways in which music affects the psyche. He has received enthusiastic responses to his “Music and Moods” programs in nonpsychiatric as well as psychiatric settings.
Seth Stone attended Briarcliff High School and is a recent graduate of Ithaca College, where he earned a bachelor of music degree in piano with a minor in psychology. He is working as an accompanist to singers, performing as a cocktail pianist and substitute teaching at his own high school. He plans to move to New York City to pursue a career as a Broadway pit musician.
Cantor Regina Heit received her cantorial investiture and certification from HUC-JIR’s School of Sacred Music in 1981. She was a vocal-performance major at the University of Hawaii.
Cantor Heit has given concerts throughout the US and has received awards for proficiency in her field.
She has studied voice with Lorraine Nubar and Doris Jung Popper. She currently studies with Susan Dora-Owens.
The late Rabbi Earl Stone served as senior rabbi at Temple Emanuel, 1956-1981, taking the reigns of the congregation when it made its historic move from Pearl Street to its current, Grape Street congregation. During his tenure, his wife Judy and Jeremy and his brother, Teddy, were familiar faces in the congregation.
Jeremy sang in the Temple choir for several years during high school and attended Shwayder Camp from 1957 to the mid-60’s, when he was old enough to attend Missouri Valley Federation of Temple Youth institutes (MoVFTy-tutes) as a delegate of the William S. Friedman Club.
He was active in the Friedman Club throughout high school and served as its president during his senior year.
He organized the Friedman Club Players, a group that traveled to area nursing homes to entertain the patients.
His earliest experiences as a music conductor were as a songleader at Shwayder Camp MoVFTY, and NFTY functions.
Information: (303) 388-4013 ext. 304.
