Page 10 THE VILLADOM TIMES II • January 16, 2013 Ridgewood Temple Israel and JCC of Ridgewood will begin its second annual series of “Winter Music” on Jan. 19. Cellist Jennifer Green and pianist Kai Pangune Kim will play a classical chamber music program featuring works by Ernst Bloch, J.S. Bach, Sergei Rachmaninoff, and Alexander Glasunov. The evening will begin at 7:30 with a brief Havdalah service. An hour-long concert and a reception for the artists will follow. Admission is free and all are welcome. However, contributions to the Temple Israel music program are gratefully received. As the winner of the Artists International Competition, Green performed in her New York debut recital at Carnegie’s Weill Recital Hall. An avid soloist and chamber musician, Green has appeared in numerous concert series in the New York metropolitan area. In addition, she was selected to perform at such prestigious festivals as the Ravinia, Aspen, and Blossom music festivals, and was a featured artist on radio performances of WQXR in New York and WGUC in Cincinnati. Green earned her BA and MM degrees from the Manhattan School of Music as a scholarship student, where she was the winner of the concerto competition and received the Pablo Casals Prize for outstanding musical accomplishment and promise. She continued her studies at the Cincinnati Conservatory, where she earned an Artist’s Diploma as a student of Yehuda Hanani. Her teachers also include Marion Feldman, Peter Wiley, and Gerald Beal. Since 1993, Green has been a faculty member of the Manhattan School of Music Preparatory Division. She also maintains a private teaching studio. She resides in Ridgewood her two children and her husband. Green performs on an Alessandro Gagliano cello made in 1724. Kim has distinguished herself as a soloist, cham- Winter Music series to be held at temple Jennifer Green (Photo courtesy of Henry Grossman.) ber musician, and educator. At age six, she played the Beethoven Sonata Op. 49 at the Seoul National University in Korea. Six years later, she performed Mozart Piano Concerto KV.488 with the Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra in Sweden. As a gifted student, she studied at the Gothenburg Conservatory under Elisif Luden-Bergfelt. She received her bachelor’s and master’s degrees in music in piano performance from the Manhattan School of Music, studying with Artur Balsam. She continued her studies with Seymour Lipkin, and later Robert Pace, while working towards a doctorate in education at the Teachers College, Columbia University. Kim won the Bergen Youth Competition, the Manhattan School of Music Concerto Competition, and the First YM-YWHA Competition of Northern New Jersey. Her solo engagement included the Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra, Sweden, Wayne Symphony Orchestra, Manhattan Symphony Orchestra, and Seoul Symphony Orchestra of New York in Merkin Hall. She has performed solo recitals in Korea, Sweden, and in the United States. Since 2007, she has held annual solo recitals at the Annenberg Presidential Conference Center, Texas A&M University. In 2001, she founded the Cayenne Piano Trio. Kim teaches at Kai’s Piano Studio in Glen Rock. She has served on the faculty of Drew University and Bergen Community College. She has presented master classes and coached chamber music at LaGuardia High School in New York, Drew University Summer Music Camp and Institute, Summer Institute of Music at the University of West Florida, and Hartwick College Music Festival and Institute. Temple Israel and JCC is located at 475 Grove Street in Ridgewood. Call (201) 444-9320 or e-mail office@synagogue.org.