HaZamir, the International Jewish Youth Choir, will perform “Pitchu Li, commissioned by HaZamir, and given its premiere by them at Lincoln Center in March.  The performance is part of Zamir Choral Foundation’s annual North American Jewish Choral Festival, a gathering of about 500 singers, conductors and lovers of Jewish choral music. At the festival this year, I will be the recipient of Zamir Choral Foundation’s “Hallel V’Zimrah” award, together with composer colleagues Benjie Ellen Schiller and Steve Cohen.