Paul Revere Middle School graduate Joel Rosenthal conducted the 75-member Paul Revere Symphony Orchestra at the school’s annual spring concert in June. Rosenthal, 14, who plays both violin and viola, directed the musicians in the Finale from Beethoven’s’Fifth Symphony. His conducting debut is featured in a YouTube video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=zmBQ6_d82a0. In addition to being a member of the orchestra, Rosenthal has also played in the chamber and advanced orchestras. He is a member of the String Project L.A., an alternative string group, and plans to attend a day camp this summer to play alternative music on the violin, such as jazz, blues and rock. He will enter Palisades High in September. Rosenthal started playing violin as a second grader at Marquez Elementary and took up viola as a sixth grader at Revere. He also acted in the Theatre Palisades production of ‘Lost in Yonkers’ and appeared in Revere’s production of ‘Little Shop of Horrors’ in May. A member of Boy Scout Troop 23, Rosenthal attended the Boy Scout national leadership camp at Camp Josepho in Rustic Canyon. He teaches at Shar’arei Am religious school and received his second-degree black belt at Gerry Blanck’s Martial Arts Center. His parents, Betsy and David Rosenthal, are 20-year residents of the Palisades. His older brother Adam attends Whittier College and sister Sara is at UC Santa Cruz.
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