News!!!
Women of Valor was submitted for the 2018 GRAMMYs in the following categories:
Best Contemporary Classical Composition
Best Classical Solo Vocal Album
Producer of the Year (Classical)
Reviews:
"...ingenious and invigorating composition...a maturing masterpiece... Ms. Clearfield has presented powerful and modern insights into the women of the Old Testament."
-Stan Schmidt, Producer/Host of Going Beyond Words, KVNO Classical
"A haunting and beautiful oratorio...superb."
-Dennis E. Ferraraon, Five Star Amazon Review
"Andrea Clearfield has constructed a major work....The soloists are excellent. Soprano Hila Plitmann and mezzo Rinat Shahan have voices that ideally complement each other....Green's direction is faultless....The recording is of the very highest standard."
-Colin Clarke, Fanfare Magazine
Credit
Producer/Engineer: Frederick Vogler
Assistant Engineer: Sergey Parfenov
Recording Producer: Marcia Dickstein
Editor: Mark Gilfry
Mastering: Frederick Vogler
Cover Art & Woman of Valor logo: Louise Clearfield
Calligraphy Art: Drew
Design: 2310 Design
Recorded at SOKA University, Mission Viejo, California, April 4, 2016
Music Published by

Special thanks to
There are so many people to thank, most importantly, there would be no music without the words. We pay tribute to each writer and translator whose inspirational text gave a contemporary voice to these Women of Valor.
Click here to view full credit information for writers and translators.

andrea clearfield,
composer

hila plitmann,
SOPRANO

tovah feldshuh,
narrator

rinat shaham,
mezzo-soprano

We are extremely grateful to
Honorary Co-Producer ($10,000 and up)
Anonymous
Dr. Ian Drew
Your woman of valor ($2,500)
America-Israel Cultural Foundation, Inc.
Dr. Bernard Franklin
Jean and Jerry Friedman
Noralee Gold
Moses and Susan Libitzky
Edwin Prober
Guy and Jeanine Saperstein
musician lover first chair ($1,000)
Anonymous
and our additional Sponsors
Anonymous
Cantor Perryne Anker
Michael and Evelyne Antin
Anita Burgoyne
Louise and Harris R. Clearfield
John Cygan and Cathy Merriman-Cygan
Judith E. Dolmatch
Lydia Friedlich
Sandra Kapin
Marion H. Klein
Carolyn L.
Shirley Lashinsky
Barbara Lazaroff
Dr. and Dr. Allan Levine
Julie Madorsky
Dr. Whitney Postman
Laura J. and Gary Rothman
Martha Siegel
Bruce Shragg
Monica Slone