February 9th, 2013, Glendale Ca After Phil Rubinstein, there was a choral interlude by the LA Schiller Institute chorus performing 3 songs, Dona Nobis Pacem, Battle Cry of Freedom by George Root, and Ave Verum Corpus by Mozart. Leni Rubinstein's keynote was on the crucial role Joan of Arc played in bringing about the defeat of the English, transforming France into the first nation-state, and most importantly, the means by which the United States was brought into existence as the first republic in human history.