Partial
list of artists with whom guitarist Jordan Charnofsky has
been honored to perform, work, or
collaborate...
Mark Adler,
arranger/composer; Shira Adler, cantor/vocalist; Steve
Allen, vocalist/pianist (with the Los Angeles Jewish
Symphony); Genie Benson & The Keshet Chaim Dance
Ensemble; John Bilezikjian, oud; The Brandeis-Bardin
Chamber Ensemble; Bobby Bruce, violin; Dr. Frank Campo,
composer; Eric Charnofsky, pianist/composer/music director
(Faculty at The Cleveland Institute of Music, Case Western
Reserve University); Kim Charnofsky,
pianist/composer/vocalist; Leo Chelyapov, clarinet;
Vladimir Chernov & John Osborn, vocalists (Figaro
& Count Almaviva - Marriage of Figaro, with the Los
Angeles Opera); Patricia Cloud, flutist;
Christophe Durrant, conductor (with the Los Angeles
Opera); Billy Davis, guitarist/vocalist/composer; Greg
Dennon, engineer; David Ellis, guitar; Maestro
Gabriele Ferro, conductor/musical director (with the
Los Angeles Opera Orchestra); Flor de Serena; Cantors
Herschel and Judy Fox, vocalists; Judy Frankel,
vocals/guitar; Cantor Chayim Frenkel, musical
director/vocalist, Kehillat Israel; Jason Gamer,
trumpet/music director/conductor (from the Wild Ginger
Philharmonic); Sam Glaser, piano/vocals/music director;
Martin Glicklich, flutist; Heather Gold, vocalist; Zinovy
Goro, clarinetist/arranger (with The Los Angeles Jewish
Symphony); Gary Gould, saxophone & clarinet; Dr. Noreen
Green, conductor/musical director (The Los Angeles Jewish
Symphony); Susan Greenberg, flutist (from the Los Angeles
Chamber Orchestra); Christopher Guardino,
composer/producer/pianist; Joel Hamilton, bass; Dr. Julia
Heinen, clarinetist (with the American Wind Symphony,
served as principal clarinet with the LaCrosse, Dubuque,
Valdosta and Rochester Symphony Orchestras); Kirk Hunter,
violinist/composer/vocalist (of the Kirk Hunter Studios
Sample Libraries); Ingrid Hutman (from the Los Angeles
Philharmonic); Robert “Jake” Jacobs,
drummer/percussionist; Mark Kashper, violin (with the Los
Angeles Jewish Symphony, also from the Los Angeles
Philharmonic); Cantor David Katz, vocalist; Souhail Kaspar,
percussionist; Cantor Evan Kent, vocalist/music director,
Temple Isaiah; Jerome Kessler, conductor/cellist (Topanga
Symphony); Dr. Daniel Kessner, composer/musical
director/flutist; Camille King, vocalist; Larry Klein,
drummer; Hollywood Klezmer Band; Vic Koler, bassist; Robert
Korda, violin (formerly of the Los Angeles Philharmonic);
Cantor Nathan Lam, vocalist/music director, Stephen S. Wise
Temple; Victor Lawrence, cello; Natalie Leggett, violin;
Richard Lesser, clarinet (principal clarinet emeritus of
the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, 1968-2002. Since 1968,
head of the Clarinet Department of the Rubin Academy of
Music at Tel Aviv University); Phillip Levy, violinist
(formerly of the Stanford String Quartet, Academy of St.
Martin-in-the-Fields and English Chamber Orchestras); The
Los Angeles Guitar Quartet (John Dearman, William
Kanengiser, Scott Tennant, Andrew York); David Low,
cellist; Maestro Leone Magiera, conductor/musical
director (with the Los Angeles Opera Orchestra); Mládí
Chamber Orchestra (Brett Banducci, viola, Lisa Dondlinger,
violin, Timothy Loo, cello, Alyssa Park, violin); René
Mandel, violinist (former Principal Second Violin of the
Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra); David Martinelli,
percussionist; David Mergen, cellist; Jessica Kate Meyer,
violin/vocals; Miamon Miller, violin; Scott Morris, guitar;
Michael J. Moore, composer/vocalist/pianist/guitarist
(composer of the Johnny Mathis hit song, "Yellow Roses On
Her Gown"); Maestro Kent Nagano, conductor/musical director
(with the Los Angeles Opera Orchestra); Mitchell Newman,
violinist (from the Los Angeles Philharmonic); Simon
Oswell, viola; Vanessa Paloma, vocalist/performance artist
(with Flor de Serena and Synergy); Maestro Jung Ho Pak,
conductor/music director (formerly with the University of
Southern California Symphony Orchestra, now with the New
Haven Symphony Orchestra and the San Diego Chamber
Orchestra); Jamie Papish, percussionist; Luciano Pavarotti
(with the Los Angeles Opera Orchestra); Steven Perkins,
drummer/percussionist (from Porno for Pyros, Jane’s
Addiction); Elizabeth Pitcairn, violin (formerly with the
University of Southern California Symphony Orchestra);
Svetlana Portnyansky, vocalist; Cantor Steve Puzarne,
vocals/guitar; Cantor Samuel Radwine, vocalist/musical
director, Temple Ner Tamid; Joshua Ranz, clarinet (from the
Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra); Lucas Richman,
composer/music director/conductor/pianist (from the
Knoxville Symphony Orchestra, Pittsburgh Symphony
Orchestra, Pacific Symphony Orchestra); Bobby Rodriguez,
trumpet; Kathleen Roland, vocalist; Cantor Mark Saltzman,
vocalist/music director, Congregation Kol Ami;
Erwin Schrott, vocalist (Don Giovanni, (with the Los
Angeles Opera); Gretel Shanley, flute (formerly of the
Rochester Philharmonic, National Symphony, Maui Symphony);
Bonia Shur, composer/musical director (Hebrew Union
College, Jewish Institute of Religion); James F. Smith,
guitar; Tanja Solnik, vocalist; Larry Steen,
bassist/composer/arranger; Jeffrey Stern,
drummer/percussionist; Robin Sturgeon,
composer/bassist/guitarist/vocalist; The Sun Guitar Quartet
(Keith Calmes, Darien Mann, Jeff Miley, Rick Stollman);
Craig Taubman, vocals/guitar; Bryn Terfel, vocalist
(Falstaff, with the Los Angeles Opera Orchestra); Svetlana
Transky, pianist; Ariella Vaccarino, vocalist; William
Vendice, conductor/music director (with the Los Angeles
Opera); Fred Vogler, engineer; Chris Wabich,
drummer/percussionist; Lisa Wanamaker, vocalist; Evan
Wilson, viola (from the Los Angeles Philharmonic); Shirley
Yamamoto, flute.