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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)

Recent 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

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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.

Rabbi Elizabeth Bolton

Rabbi Geela Ravzel Raphael

Shimon Sandbank

Sandy Shanin

B.Z. Shenker