Yearly Archives: 2012

Books

The Pianos I Have Known

Released this past week: “The Pianos I Have Known: The Autobiography Of Irving Fields”
Collaboratively written between 94 year old Irving Fields and Huffington Post
music columnist Tony Sachs
(http://www.huffingtonpost.com/tony-sachs/) and edited and released by music critic
Aaron Joy through his indie book publishing and music label Roman Midnight Music
(http://www.romanmidnightmusic.org).

The book is currently available only in paperback via Lulu, and on Amazon.

“He’s [Fields] the composer of chart-topping songs performed by the likes of Dean Martin, Louis Armstrong, Sarah Vaughan and Xavier Cugat… one of the original Manhattan “society” cocktail
pianists whose career stretches back to the days of Prohibition… whose sister
Peppy was known as the Sophie Tucker of Miami Beach due to her long running radio
show… the originator of one of the first piano-drum-bass trios, with a later trio
lasting nearly 40 years… the man who first fused Jewish and Latin music with the
classic 1959 album “Bagels & Bongos”… a headliner at Carnegie Hall, top draw on
round-the-world cruises, star of radio and TV, and writer/performer of a hit song on
YouTube… and he’s still playing six nights a week as he approaches his 100th
birthday… This is the life of a Jewish kid from the Lower East Side who hated
practicing piano.” He’s also the inspiration behind the writing of
the book ‘And You Shall Know Us By The Trail Of Our Vinyl’ about Jewish music
history and the first release by the ReBoot Stereophonic jazz reissue label.…
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Choral

Auditions for JPPC

Auditions are coming up for the new season of The Jewish People’s Philharmonic Chorus, the Yiddish chorus
in New York City, conducted by Binyumen Schaechter. No knowledge of Yiddish required.

Auditions for the 2012/2013 season for the
Jewish People’s Philharmonic Chorus / JPPC will be held on the evenings of September 4, 5 and 6, 2012,
from 6:00 to 8:30 PM at The Marseilles, 230 West 103 St, New York City.
Auditions by appointment only.
Email Lisa at information@thejppc.org

If unavailable on any of the 3 eves listed above,
please contact Lisa to schedule another time.

The JPPC performs only in Yiddish. Knowledge of Yiddish is *not* required to sing in the Chorus.
Lyrics are in English transliteration. Word-for-word translations are provided. Ability to read musical notes or sight-sing is beneficial.…
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Clubs, WHERE: USA_NY

Litvakus and Raya Brass Band

Saturday, September 8, 2012
9:30pm until 11:30pm
Joes Pub
425 Lafayette St, New York, New York 10003-7021

Klezmer & Balkan team up and hit the famed stage of the Public Theare’s Joe’s Pub. It’s SATURDAY, it’s NIGHT (motzey shabes), it’s LIVE. What could be better? – YOU attending this event!

Litvakus band led by Dmitri Zisl Slepovitch performs traditional pieces of the Lithuanian and Belarusian Jewish community, as well as Zisl’s original compositions, creating a bridge between the old-time North-Eastern European shtetls and the present-day New York’s folk, klezmer, and theater scene.
“Dmitri Slepovich’s trilling clarinet makes for irresistible dancing music.” -Forward

Raya Brass Band does it on the dance floor, mashing up the music of Eastern Europe with American dance grooves. Featuring odd meters, unusual scales and a fine helping of gorgeous Balkan and Romany (Gypsy) melodies played on reeds, trumpet, accordion, tuba and drums, Raya Brass Band brings the East European get-down wherever it goes.…
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Clubs, WHERE: USA_NY

John Zorn: ABRAXAS: Shanir Ezra Blumenkranz: Debut Concert at the Stone, NYC

Shanir Ezra Blumenkranz: Abraxas: The Book Of Angels Volume 19 [#8302] –
DEBUT CONCERT August 3rd at The Stone, NYC
Venue: The Stone
Address: NW corner of Avenue C and 2nd St. East Village, Manhattan, New
York City Zip 10009
Date: Friday, August 3rd.
Time: 8 PM and 10 PM
Cover: $10

Shanir Ezra Blumenkranz has been a mainstay of the downtown scene for over
a decade now, working with and producing CDs by Daniel Zamir, Cyro
Baptista, Eyal Maoz, Jon Madof, Yoshie Fruchter and more. Here he steps out
on his own to make one of the most tribal and primal installments in the
Book of Angels series. Drawing on his Sephardic roots, Shanir plays gimbri
throughout, giving the music a primeval Moroccan edge. Featuring the
intense guitar pyrotechnics of Eyal Maoz (Edom, 9 Volt with Time Berne,
Hypercolor) and Aram Bajakian (who recently has been tearing it up in Lou
Reed’s new band) and the atavistic drumming of Kenny Grohowski, this is
Ritualistic Jewish Rock for the 21st century from a brilliant young lion
from the East Village via Brooklyn/Israel!…
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Clubs, Klezmer, WHERE: USA_California

Klezmer in Berkeley

Monday, August 20, 2012
6:00pm until 8:00pm in PDT
Saul’s Restaurant and Deli
1475 Shattuck Ave, Berkeley, California 94709

New York based Dmitri Zisl Slepovitch will join Dave Rosenfeld for a special klezmer Monday. Dmitri is not only an accomplished klezmer clarinetist, but also a composer, Yiddish singer, and has earned a PhD studying eastern European Jewish music. Dmitri performs extensively in New York, but tonight is a rare chance to catch him on the West Coast. Preview some of his music here:

www.youtube.com/dmitrislepovitch
http://dmitrislepovitch.com/

FILM

HAVA NAGILA (THE MOVIE)

OPENING NIGHT FILM
OF SAN FRANCISCO JEWISH FILM FESTIVAL!!

The San Francisco Jewish Film Festival (SFJFF), the oldest, biggest and most renowned Jewish film festival in the world, announced that Hava Nagila (The Movie) will be the opening night film of their 2012 festival. The film will premiere July 19 at the Castro Theater with a party after the screening.

In a press conference, festival executive director Lexi Leban described Hava Nagila (The Movie) as “a look at 100 years of Jewish history as seen through the journey of ‘Hava Nagila,’ which actually began as a wordless prayer. It’s really a funny film, but there’s also a lot of depth to it.”
The SFJFF is screening the film in all four of its festival locations:
San Francisco: Castro Theater, July 19
Palo Alto: CineArts, July 29
Berkeley: Roda Theater, August 1
San Rafael: Christopher B.…
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Clubs, WHERE: USA_NY

ISLE OF KLEZBOS in NYC

Monday, July 9
8:30PM
Cornelia Street Cafe
29 Cornelia St, NYC
$10 cover +$10 food/drink minimum.
Full menu & bar available. Culinary & culltural landmark.
212-989-9319
http://corneliastreetcafe.com/

ISLE OF KLEZBOS with alumni special guests:
Debra Kreisberg, clarinet & sax.
Rachelle Garniez, accordion & piano.
Saskia Lane, bass.
Eve Sicular, drums|leader
guest klezbian Rick Faulkner, trombone.

This musical performance is under the rubric of Cornelia Street Cafe’s cutural “JewFest” — band’s live music at 8:30Pm show, following the 6PM screening of Lilly Rivlin’s documentary “Grace Paley: Collected Shorts” (which includes recordings from both Isle of Klezbos and the band’s sibling ensemble, Metropolitan Klezmer, on the feature soundtrack).

Concerts, WHERE: USA_NY

Ayn Sof Arkestra and Bigger Band in Brooklyn

June 27, 2012
8:30pm

Gala Brooklyn Jazz/Klezmer Concert with
The Ayn Sof Arkestra and Bigger Band
Directed by Rabbi Greg Wall and Frank London
Wednesday, June 27th 8:30PM
Ocean Parkway Jewish Center
550 Ocean Parkway • Brooklyn, NY 11218
(between Ditmas Ave. and 18th Ave.)
Light refreshments will be served after the concert.
Cost: $12 if pre-registered; $15 at the door
PROMO code “OPJC-ML” price is $10
To register: www.JewishSinglesGalaxy.com

MORE WAYS TO SAVE
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Concerts, WHERE: USA_MidWest

Lori Cahan-simon Ensemble in Chicago

Sunday, July 8, 2012
1:30pm
Goodman Auditorium • Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center 9603 Woods Drive • Skokie, Illinois

The Chicago YIVO Society presents the 2nd Annual Sarah Lazarus Memorial Concert featuring The Lori Cahan-Simon Ensemble in a program of, “Vessel of Song: The Music of Mikhl Gelbart ”
Lori Cahan-Simon, vocals; Steve Greenman, violin; Walt Mahovlich, accordion

Mikhl Gelbart set to music the works of over a hundred poets and dramatists, including Y.L. Peretz and Avrom Reyzen. His beloved songs have been taught not only in this country, but around the world, and have been recorded or sung by just about every singer of Yiddish song.

ADVANCE RESERVATIONS & PAYMENT REQUIRED!
General Admission $10 • Museum Members FREE but reservations required
Online (preferred) www.ilholocaustmuseum.org — click on “Museum Events” or phone 847.967.4889

Awards

Andy Statman Named NEA National Heritage Fellow

“In 1982 the National Endowment for the Arts established the NEA National Heritage Awards as a way of honoring American folk artists for their contributions to our national cultural mosaic. Modelled after the Japanese “National Living Treasures” concept, the idea began with Bess Lomax Hawes, then director of the Folk Arts Program…. The NEA annually awards one-time-only National Heritage Fellowships for master folk and traditional artists. These fellowships are intended to recognize the recipients’ artistic excellence and support their continuing contributions to our nation’s traditional arts heritage.” This year, Andy Statman, klezmer clarinetist and mandolinist, has been named a fellow along with 8 other Americans in the Folk Arts for his life time of achievement in folk music, including Jewish klezmer music. A full biographical page appears on the NEA website: http://www.arts.gov/honors/heritage/fellows/fellow.php?id=2012_09&type=bio
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Yiddish or Folk

Lorin Sklamberg at CJH

Lorin Sklamberg, famed singer and member of the Klezmatics, will be
performing at the Mordkhe Schaechter Memorial Program, Sunday, June 24 at 2:30 at
the Center for Jewish History, 15 West 16th St. New York, NY 10011. The
main speaker will be Dr. Kalman Weiser who will be speaking on “Max Weinreich
in America.” Gitl Schaechter Viswanath will speak on “Mordkhe Schaechter
as a Father.” This is an all-Yiddish program. Lyrics of the songs will be
available in translation as will an English synopsis of the main lecture.
Suggested donation $5.00. Tickets may be reserved. 212-868-4444
www.smarttix.com

WHERE: Israel, Women

Merkavah Ingathering Holy Sistas Drum Circle

14 Misgav Ladach (upstairs, brown gate) Old City, JAHrusalem 057-314-4821
8:30 pm – AUDELIA ZAGOURY: An acclaimed vocalist from Morocco & Spain, will be singing a medley of styles, some of which we’ll know & can sing/play along.

9: 15 pm – SHOSHANA RIVKA: performs original chizuk songs & leads us in the music JAM & Drum Circle w/ many women helping to share an exciting variety of drumming styles. Ladies are invited to also sing/play your own songs &http://www.jmwc.org/mt/mt.cgi?__mode=view&_type=entry&blog_id=1# do improvisation together, which is a def a beautiful way to celebrate!

Clubs

Zion80 Debuts July 2 at The Stone

Check out the 15-piece Jewish Afrobeat band as Zion80 kicks off their summer weekly residency on Monday, July 2!

Featuring some of the most exciting musicians in New York City, Zion80 plays the music of Shlomo Carlebach with arrangements inspired by Fela Kuti. The band is directed by Jon Madof of Rashanim (Tzadik Records).

Here’s the important stuff:
Zion80 – New Music Observatory at The Stone
Every Monday night in July, August and September
7:30 PM Open Rehearsal
9:00 PM Performance
Admission: $10 adults, $5 students ages 13-19, 12 and under free
The Stone
Ave. C & 2nd St.
New York, NY 10009

Competitions/Special Events, WHERE: Europe

Third International Jewish Music Competition

October 10-14, 2012 in Amsterdam!

Preparations for the Third International Jewish Music Competition are
in full swing. Mark you calendar and tell your friends to join us in
Amsterdam for the five-day festival, October 10-14, 2012. We’ll start
with a kickoff concert in the monumental Portuguese Synagogue (built
in 1675), followed by the three-day competition in the
elegant Compagnie Theater, with 24 ensembles from around the world.
To close, we’ll host a day of workshops with a Jewish cultural
marketplace, an open podium, and a closing concert with winners from
the competition.
Take a look at our website for all the details.

Visit us:
http://www.ijmf.org/

Friend us:
http://www.facebook.com/pages/International-Jewish-Music-Festival-Amsterdam/164300605365?ref=ts

Watch us:
http://www.youtube.com/IJMFAmsterdam:
:
IJMF Newsletter June 18, 2012:
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Concerts, WHERE: USA_NY, Yiddish or Folk

East meets West: Yidishe Meydlekh at YIVO

THURSDAY 21 JUNE 2012 | 7:00PM
East meets West: Yidishe Meydlekh
Heather Klein, Miryem-Khaye Seigel
CONCERT | Co-sponsored by the Congress for Jewish Culture

California-based singer Heather Klein performs Yiddish songs from her new CD “Shifreles Portret.” She will sing duets with special guest artist Miryem-Khaye Seigel. The program will include both known and lesser-known Yiddish theater songs.

Admission: $10
YIVO Institute for Jewish Research
15 West 16th Street
New York, NY 10011
Box Office: www.smarttix.com | 212.868.4444

Concerts

Kabbalah at DROM

Friends from Marseille, France are coming to NY to rock your socks off!! On June 14th, Kabbalah is bringing their unique groove of Yiddish songs in English, German, and Russian, where rock, jazz, pop, hip hop, gypsy, Slavic and oriental music collide to create an amazing new sounds. Doors: 6:30 PM / Show: 7:00 PM
$10.00
Drom NYC • 85 Avenue A • New York, NY

Then the Ljuba Davis Ladino Ensemble celebrate there Album Release on June 15th. Davis has been a mainstay of the early West Coast Jewish music revival, who is now a passionate musical elder savoring the expressive force of a lifetime of song, celebration, and wisdom. Doors: 7:00 PM / Show: 8:00 PM

And don’t forget, the fourth annual Istanblive summer concert series is right around the corner.After an unprecedented three-year run at Central Park SummerStage, Istanbulive IV triumphantly debuts this year at Lincoln Center Out of Doors on July 28th.…
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Klezmer, WHERE: USA_NY

East Village Klezmer Series

Wednesday, June 13 at 08:00 PM
East Village Klezmer Series
Concert/Dance Party and Open Klezmer Jam
With the world-renowned Strauss/Warschauer Duo
Special Guest Star, Patrick Farrell
Come hear, dance with and jam with the Strauss/Warschauer Duo in a rare NYC concert
appearance!

We’ll be playing selections from our upcoming CD “Once I Had a Fiddle” (to be released
in Europe in late June, and in North America later this summer).

Joining us will be special guest Patrick Farrell (accordion) who is featured on
the new CD.
After the concert set, Deborah with teach and lead Yiddish dancing (no previous
experience necessary), and there will be an open klezmer jam session co-led by Aaron
Alexander and the Duo.

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Festivals

Ashkenaz Festival 2012 in Toronto!

Bigger and Better than ever!! So many special events will take place at the Ashkenaz Festival in Toronto this September, it boggles. One of them is the CD release of the Songs of Arkady Gendler
http://www.ashkenazfestival.com/?portfolio=the-yiddish-songs-of-arkady-gendler

To get more information about the festival and to make plans to attend, see the following website:
http://www.ashkenazfestival.com/2012-ashkenaz-festival

It’s going to be AMAZING!!
“Truly the end-of-summer Blockbuster!!” –The Jewish Music WebCenter

News

Tango and more

From Buenos Aires to the Promised Land in Washington Jewish Week
http://washingtonjewishweek.com/main.asp?Search=1&ArticleID=17360&SectionID=4&SubSectionID=4&S=1

Choral, Concerts

Shirei HaOlam by Kol Rinah, Westchester’s Jewish Community Chorus in Mamaroneck

Kol Rinah, Westchester s Jewish Community Chorus in Mamaroneck

On Sunday June 10th at 7:00 pm, hear Shirei, HaOlam: Songs of the World ,
a lively selection of choral music, sung by Kol Rinah, with Cantor Alan Sokoloff and
Rabbi Seth Sternstein at the Westchester Jewish Center, 175 Rockland Avenue
Mamaroneck. The program includes melodies from the older Spanish-Mediterranean,
Italian and Balkan cultures to the newer Ugandan and Israeli cultures, as well as
songs by Aaron Copeland, Frank Loesser, Leon Sher, George Gershwin, Charles Osborne,
David Burger, Leonard Cohen, Benjie Schiller. GA $22; Students/Seniors/WJC Members,
$17. Ticket info and Discounts: Wendy Segal at (914) 243-9059 or
WWW.KOLRINAHCHORUS.ORG

Cantorial

Cantor Israel Rand on YouTube

Jewish music has been in the concert halls for a while. Many tapes are finding their way to YouTube. Example here is: Mi Sheberach, 12th Annual Cantorial Concert, West Palm Beach, FL 1997, for Cantor, Chorus and Orchestra.

Concerts, WHERE: USA_NY

1st Non-Annual Festival of Pan-Judeo Music and Pastries

Saturday, June 9, 2012
7:30pm until 10:30pm
Union Hall
702 Union St, Brooklyn, NY 11215
DeLeon + Yiddish Princess
plus Babka and Baklava from Leah Koenig

DeLeon’s Sephardic rock and the power pop of Yiddish Princess will be paired with pastries from those respective traditions by acclaimed food writer Leah Koenig. In a city rich with festivals, this is the one you can’t afford to miss.

Tickets are only $8 so get yours early: http://www.ticketweb.com/t3/sale/SaleEventDetail?dispatch=loadSelectionData&eventId=4552385

Concerts

The “Other Side” of Rabbi Joe Black and Julie Silver

Saturday, June 16, 2012
8:00pm in MDT

Rabbi Joe Black and Julie Silver are both internationally recognized contemporary Jewish songwriters and performers. As solo artists, they have shared their music in hundreds of communities around the world. Julie’s warmth, charisma and creativity can be felt from the moment she walks on stage and captivates us with her powerful vocals and heartfelt message. Joe’s infectious musical style and virtuoso guitar playing teaches while entertaining.

This show will be a rare opportunity for these two good friends to stretch beyond their traditional repertoire and share their “secular” sides. Expect to be touched, tickled and thankful for the breadth and scope of their considerable talents.

For more info: rabbijoeblack.com and juliesilver.com
$18 Advance; $20 Day of Show. $2 discount for Swallow Hill members
Swallow Hill Music Association
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Festivals, WHERE: USA_NewEngland

Yidstock: the festival of new Yiddish music

Yidstock: the festival of new Yiddish music
click here for more info on Yidstock
July 11-15, 2012
at the National Yiddish Book Center

Enjoy a phenomenal week of performances, music-related films, lectures, exhibitions
and other events culminating in two days of concerts featuring top names in klezmer
and Yiddish music: Socalled with Michael Winograd Trio, Hankus Netsky & Hebrew
National Salvage, Frank London’s Klezmer Brass Allstars with Eleanor Reissa, and
Grammy Award-winners the Klezmatics.

Festival Pass: $75/member; $100/general admission
Individual event tickets available
The Yiddish Book Center is located on the campus of Hampshire College in Amherst, MA.
http://www.yiddishbookcenter.org/hours-and-directions

Concerts, WHERE: USA_California

Across the Blue Sea

A concert of Israeli, Armenian, Greek and Turkish songs of the Mediterranean Sea Come to Sing and
Dance with The Yuval Ron Ensemble LIVE

Who: The Yuval Ron Ensemble featuring the powerful voice of
Hagai Batzri and special guests the Gypsy Roma musicians of
Istanbul. The concert will include musicians Norik Manoukian
(woodwind), Virginie Alimian (kanoun), Jamie Papish
(percussion), David Martinelli (percussion), Yuval Ron (Oud and
musical director) and the Gypsy Roma musicians: Master clarinet
virtuoso Ferit Benli and percussionist, Ali Durac (darbuka).

Where: Temple Emanuel 8844 Burton Way, Beverly Hills, CA
90211
When: Thursday July 5th at 8:00 PM
Admission: Advance tickets online are $20 at
http://www.maticenter.com/ and tickets are $30 at the door.

Uncategorized

3rd International Jewish Music Competition in Amsterdam

October 11-14, 2012 in a new location!
The Third International Jewish Music Competition will be held at the
Compagnie theater in the heart of Amsterdam’s old city center and on
the edge of the city’s Jewish Cultural Quarter This competition is for individual musicians, ensembles and bands specializing in performing Jewish music and whose goal is an international career performing this repertoire.
Competition registration: open until July 1
Announcement of selected contestants: August 1
Ticket sales: starts in September
Festival opening concert: Wednesday October 10
Preliminary competition rounds: Thursday October 11 & Friday October
12
Finale: Saturday October 13
Winners’ Concert: Sunday October 14
More information & registration: www.ijmf.org
Location: Compagnietheater, Kloveniersburgwal 50, Amsterdam
IJMF Newsletter May 2012

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Choral, Concerts, WHERE: USA_NY

Nashir! The Rottenberg Chorale in NYC

On Sunday June 3rd at 7:00 pm, Nashir! The Rottenberg Chorale will perform
and exciting and eclectic concert. Featured works include a David Burger setting of
Hatikvah, and Elliot Levine setting of an e.e. cummings poem, and a Yair Rosenblum setting of ‘Unetane Tokef’ in a contemporary style. The program also includes pieces
by Franz Schubert, W. A. Mozart, Salamone Rossi, Max Janowski and Matthew Lazar.

Where: Merkin Concert Hall, 129 West 67th Street, New York, NY 10023
Box office: 212-501-3330
kaufman-center.org/mch/buy-tickets

When: Sunday, June 3, 7:00 pm

Tickets: $24 premium
$21 general admission
$17 seniors and students*
*Tickets available only at box office or by phone. Students must
show ID.

Choral, Concerts, WHERE: USA_NewEngland

Top 10 Jewish Composers Concert in Brookline, MA

May 17 2012: Top 10 Jewish Composers Concert
Thursday, May 17, at 7:30 p.m. at Temple Ohabei Shalom, 1187 Beacon St., Brookline, MA.

What is Jewish music? What constitutes a Jewish composer? The answers will be revealed at the Top 10 Jewish Composers concert on Featuring the Zamir Chorale of Boston, Kol Arev and Cantor Randall Schloss. Admission to this event is $20 general admission and $10 for senior citizens; students, faculty and staff of Hebrew College. Order tickets https://secure.hebrewcollege.edu/HebrewCollege/concerttix.htm.

YouTube

Neshama Carlebach Sings Hatikvah with Inclusive Lyrics

Where but YouTube would you be able to hear a new version of a national anthem? The Forward newspaper asked Neshama Carlebach to sing Hatikvah, but not just any recording. The article was suggesting some new lyrics that could potentially be more inclusive to all Israelis of whatever creed, color or religion in a democratic society. This proposed change is not just for Arabs (not Palestinians, but Israeli Arabs), but also may resonate with other minorities now living in Israel including Christians, Bahai, Druze, Buddhists and peoples of other faiths and ethnic groups.

Neshama Carlebach, daughter of the late Shlomo Carlebach, took up the idea and has released a YouTube video with the suggested new and “old”-er texts. Of course the lyrics of this song “Hatikvah” have been changed before, and also those other famous Jewish songs, such as “Jerusalem of Gold.” Each time, these changes have come about due to changes in historic circumstances.…
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Festivals

Yidstock: the festival of new Yiddish music

Yidstock: the festival of new Yiddish music
July 11-15, 2012
at the Yiddish Book Center

Enjoy a phenomenal week of performances, music-related films, lectures, exhibitions
and other events culminating in two days of concerts featuring top names in klezmer
and Yiddish music: Socalled with Michael Winograd Trio, Hankus Netsky & Hebrew
National Salvage, Frank London’s Klezmer Brass Allstars with Eleanor Reissa, and
Grammy Award-winners the Klezmatics.

Festival Pass: $75/member; $100/general admission
Individual event tickets available

Choral, WHERE: USA_NY

A Cappella Choral Blast

The JPPC /
Jewish People’s Philharmonic Chorus with
Conductor Binyumen Schaechter
perform in New York City!
Concert: 6th Street Sundays presents “A Cappella Choral Blast”
When: Sunday, April 29, 2012, 3:00 PM
Where: Sixth Street Community Synagogue,
325 E. Sixth St. (betw. 1st & 2nd Ave.), New York City, 10003
Who: The Jewish People’s Philharmonic Chorus / JPPC
with Conductor Binyumen Schaechter, and two other choruses: Cantigas Women’s Choir, and the NYU Madrigal Singers.

Each chorus has a 30-minute a cappella set.
The JPPC is the 2nd chorus to perform, ending the first half.
Soloist: Temma Schaechter of Di Shekhter-tekhter
Tickets: $15, which includes a free beverage; $10 kids aged 5-12.
Cash only, at the door. There will be an intermission.
https://www.facebook.com/events/298373666842236/

Israeli

Prayer for State of Israel

The Prayer For the State of Israel – IDF Chief Cantor Ltc. Shai Abramson
Accompanied by the S.F.Y. Philharmonic Orchestra & Choir, Conducted by Dr. Mordechai Sobol
Child Soloist: Micha Schachat. Sol Zim, an American cantor, is the composer of the music. ,

Arrangement & Music Production: Ofir Sobol, Engineering & Mix: Zohar Zaltz
Recorded at “Eshel” Studios – Tel Aviv – June 2011

Clubs

Isle of Klezbos at Cornelia Street Cafe

Isle of Klezbos sextet hometown show! 

Cornelia Street Cafe

Sunday, April 22

8:30PM (two sets)

29 Cornelia St, NYC 10014

212-989-9319

$10 music charge + $10 food or drink minimum

http://corneliastreetcafe.com/performances.asp
Full band bios & new high-resolution photos at our NEW website:
http://klezbos.com/

Dinner also available upstairs pre-show.
http://corneliastreetcafe.com/

ISLE OF KLEZBOS
Debra Kreisberg: clarinet & alto sax
Pam Fleming: trumpet & flugelhorn
Melissa Fogarty: vocals
Shoko Nagai: accordion & piano
Saskia Lane: acoustic bass
Eve Sicular: drums | bandleader

WHERE: Europe, Workshops

Winter Edition Weimar –in springtime

April 9 at 9:30am until April 15 at 5:00pm
Ottmar Gerster Musikschule (Music School), Weimar, Germany
Join an incredible, innovative workshop on music improvisation and network with musicians from around the world. Conducted orchestral improv, small group improv, drum circles, Feldenkrais, concerts and more. With Alan Bern, Cesar Lerner, Marcelo Moguilevsky, Michael Schründer and more. For details: www.winteredition.eu

Uncategorized

Klez at the Merc post-Passover!

Hal Aqua and The Lost Tribe return to the Mercury Cafe on Saturday, April 14, 8 pm, playing klezmer music infused with rock, reggae, ska, hip-hop and funk. This post-Passover party includes renowned singer/songwriter Rabbi Joe Black and hot klezmer ensemble The Bloomers, featuring Katie Glassman. For people observing Passover, this will be the first chance in 8 days to have bread, pasta, Mexican food…and beer! (The Merc serves dinner from 5:30-11 pm.) Tickets $10, cash only at the door. 2199 California Street, Denver, 303-294-9281.

Awards

Vira Lozinsky nominated for Independent Music Award

Vira Lozinsky has been nominated for an Independent Music Award 2012 in the World/Traditional category for her new album of Yiddish songs Wunderweg — Wondrous Way. Winners will be determined by a panel of 77 influential artist and industry judges including Tom Waits and Kathleen Brennan, Suzanne Vega, Joshua Redman, Tori Amos, Michael Franti, Bettye LaVette, Del McCoury.
The results will be announced soon, in April 2012.

Uncategorized

Michal Tal & Yoni Farhi – Through Foreign Ears

Israel Conservatory, Tel Aviv
Saturday, April 21, 2012
9:00pm

Debussy – Sounds from Wondrous Worlds
Piano Recital Series in Celebration of Debussy’s 150th Anniversary
Concert No. 3:
Through Foreign Ears – Spain, the Far East, Childhood and Jazz

Pianists: Michal Tal & Yoni Farhi

Chabrier: Habanera
Debussy: La soirée dans Grenade (from Estampes)
Ravel: Alborada del gracioso (from Miroirs)
Debussy: Pagodes (from Estampes)
Ravel: Ma mère l’oye, for piano four hands
Debussy: Children’s Corner
Debussy: Le petit nègre
Satie: Le Piccadilly; La Diva de l’empire
Satie: Trois morceaux en forme de poire, for piano four hands
Milhaud: La création du monde (version for piano four hands)

85-115 NIS
Young persons up to 21 years old: Free admission
Young persons 22-34 years old: 35-55 NIS

Reservations: 03-5466228 …
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Concerts

Ayn Sof Arkestra and Bigger Band, Special Passover Edition

Tuesday, April 10 2012
8:30pm
Sixth Street Community Synagogue, 325 East Sixth Street, NYC

Ayn Sof Arkestra is the hottest new Big Band in New York! The strange Jewish love child of Charles Mingus and Sun Ra, Ayn Sof is the Big Band that personifies Radical Jewish Culture. The Band was founded by Grammy Award winning Trumpeter and Composer Frank London and NYC’s Jazz Rabbi, Greg Wall.

The Band features some of the most dynamic members of the NY Jazz scene, including Pam Fleming, Art Baron, Eyal Maoz, Frank and Greg, Rob Henke, Mike Cohen, Paul Shapiro, and Jessica Lurie. The repertoire is all original tunes or arrangements from the collective pens of the Arkestra, and reflects the diversity of todays NYC Jazz scene.…
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Concerts, WHERE: USA_NY

Golem and Conspiracy of Beards @ Glasslands

Golem and Conspiracy of Beards @ Glasslands
One of the world’s most beloved klezmer-rock band, Golem, teams up with San Francisco’s Conspiracy of Beards, a 30-member bearded male choir singing the works of Leonard Cohen. It doesn’t get more punk rock than that!
Tickets $10
Note: this is an early show and everyone will turn into a pumpkin at 11:30pm sharp, so get there on time!

Saturday, April 28 at 8:30pm
Location: Glasslands Gallery
289 Kent Ave., Brooklyn, NY 11211

Concerts, Klezmer, WHERE: USA_NY

Arcady Goldenstein & Benjy Fox-Rosen in Concert at Sixth Street Synagogue

Wednesday, Apr 4 at 08:00 PM
East Village Klezmer Series
Arcady Goldenstein & Benjy Fox-Rosen in concert!

Arcady will be accompanied by Deborah Strauss: violin, Jeff Warschauer: guitar,
Benjy Fox-Rosen: bass, and Tyshawn Sorey: drums.
Plus! The NYC premier of Benjy Fox-Rosen’s new Gebirtig song cycle.

4:30-6:00PM Yiddish Class taught by Dmitri Slepovitch $25
6 – 7:30PM Klezmer Workshop led by Aaron Alexander and various esteemed guests $25
8 – 9:15PM Benjy Fox-Rosen and Arcady Goldensteyn $15 (includes a drink)
9:30 – 11PM Klezmer Jam Session, led by Aaron Alexander and guests
Full evening pass $35 (includes Workshop or Yiddish Class, Concert, Jam Session
& one drink!)
For more information:
http://sixthstreetsynagogue.org/special-events/eastvillageklezmer/

Scholarships

USDAN CENTER TO ESTABLISH THE 2012 ISAAC STERN STRING SCHOLARSHIP

USDAN CENTER RECEIVES GRANT FROM THE
LINDA AND ISAAC STERN CHARITABLE FOUNDATION
TO ESTABLISH
THE 2012 ISAAC STERN STRING SCHOLARSHIP

A scholarship in the name of Isaac Stern, the violinist, educator,
humanitarian, and savior of Carnegie Hall, will soon be presented to a
violin student at Usdan Center for the Creative and Performing Arts
(www.usdan.com). The scholarship has been funded by a generous grant from
the Linda and Isaac Stern Charitable Foundation. Usdan¹s faculty will hold
auditions this spring in order to identify the winning student.

www.usdan.com

Holiday

Seder Songs 2 CD set by URJ

URJ has a special 2 CD set for Passover. You can learn the tunes… some songs for very young children are included, so there’s something for everyone, including modern and ‘traditional’ songs. Seder Songs features 22 fantastic tunes for the Passover seder. The collection includes some of the most tried-and-true traditional melodies from both Ashkenazi and Sephardi traditions, as well as the newest contemporary settings from artists like Peter and Ellen Allard, Noah Budin, Max Chaiken, Eric Komar, Steven Sher and Peri Smilow. The collection includes a variety of songs tailored to children as well as offerings for adults of all ages. A variety of singers and voices break up the album for more enjoyable listening and learning.

Seder Songs includes an innovative approach for its use in a contemporary home or modern seder setting.…
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Classical or Jewish art music, Concerts, WHERE: USA_NY, Yiddish or Folk

Evening of Yiddish Song: The Sidor Belarsky Songbook

The Congress for Jewish Culture and the New Yiddish Rep present
“An Evening of Yiddish Song–
The Sidor Belarsky Songbook”
Date: Sunday, April 1
Time: 5pm
Location: Temple Beth Emeth, 83 Marlborough Rd., Ditmas Park, Brooklyn. (B
or Q train to Church Ave.)

Anthony (Mordechai Tzvi) Russell, an African-American classical singer of
opera and lieder, has embarked on a project of personal anecdote,
engagement and expression through Yiddish art song with his performance of
selections from *The Sidor Belarsky Songbook*.

“Being an operatic bass (as Sidor Belarsky was) an African-American by
birth and a Jew by choice, the recital repertoire of Sidor Belarsky
provides a unique potential for me as an artist to actively embody the
aspirations, desires and struggles of one diaspora culture enriched with
the colors and experiences of another.”

Learn more about this performer at his website:
https://sites.google.com/site/anthonyrussellbass…
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Klezmer, WHERE: USA_NY

Sy Kushner Jewish Music Ensemble

Wednesday, March 21, 2012 at the Sixth Street Community Synagogue in NYC
events from 6:00pm until 11:00pm
Wednesday, Mar 21 at 08:00 PM – The Sy Kushner Jewish Music Ensemble East Village Klezmer Series
.6 – 7:30PM Klezmer Workshop led by special guest, Bassist Brian Glassman!! $25
8 – 9:15PM The Sy Kushner Jewish Music Ensemble $15 (includes a drink)
9:30 – 11PM Klezmer Jam Session, led by Aaron Alexander and guests

Full evening pass $35 (includes Workshop or Yiddish Class, Concert, Jam Session & one drink!)

The Sy Kushner Jewish Music Ensemble
featuring Sy Kushner (accordion), Aaron Kushner (alto sax), Jeremy Brown (violin,) and Marty Confurius (bass) and special guest Ken Maltz on clarinet

Classical or Jewish art music, Concerts, WHERE: USA_South

Judith Shatin

Judith Shatin’s Chai Variations on Eliahu HaNavi
will be performed
by pianist Mary Kathleen Ernst
on 4/29/12 at 3:00 p.m. at the Roberts Music Center
4200 54th Ave S, Saint Petersburg, FL 33711
on the Eckerd College Recital Series
and
on 5/06/12 at 3:00 p.m. at the Crocker Art Museum
216 O Street
Sacramento, CA 95814
916.808.7000
in conjunction with the Judy Chicago Exhibition in Sacramento, CA.

Mary Kathleen Ernst website: www.marykathleenernst.com
My website: www.judithshatin.com

Program notes:

Chai Variations on Eliahu HaNavi was inspired by the folk song
Eliahu HaNavi (Elijah the Prophet), often sung during the closing
service of the Jewish Sabbath. The letters of Chai, which means
life or living in Hebrew, symbolically stand for the number 18;
hence, 18 variations. I decided to give the performer a choice
regarding the ordering of the variations as a reflection of my
sense of performance as a collaboration between performer and
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Concerts, WHERE: USA_California

Veretski Pass and Choral Music in CA

San Francisco: Sat, Mar 17, 8 PM
St. Mark’s Lutheran Church, 1111 O’Farrell St.
Click here to buy online at brownpapertickets.com

Oakland: Sun, Mar 18, 4 PM
Temple Sinai, 2808 Summit St.
Click here to buy online at brownpapertickets.com

The concerts showcase a variety of new and standard Klezmer music,
and a wealth of choral music by Jewish composers, including richly
scored six-part Shir Hama’alot by 17th century Italian composer
Salamone Rossi, beloved works by Darius Milhaud and Felix
Mendelssohn, a lush piece by 19th century composer David Nowakowsky called
Hashkivenu #2, Sylke Zimpel’s arrangement of the familiar
folk tune Tumbalalaika, and compelling psalm settings by contemporary
composers George Rochberg, Malcolm Singer, and Karen Tarlow.

For this program local composer Tina Harrington and
Composer-Not-in-Residence Matt Van Brink each created new works that
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Concerts, WHERE: USA_MidWest

Dudu Fisher in Minneapolis

Orchestra Hall, Minneapolis, One Night Only — Israel’s Foremost Singer and Broadway Star Dudu Fisher in a special celebration!
When: Monday, March 12, 2012 @ 7:30 p.m.
Where: Orchestra Hall, 1111 Nicollet Mall, Minneapolis, MN

To watch the short promotional video click: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xPFJOk4tv1g

To order tickets call 612.371.5656 or visit http://www.ilansharon.com/fisher for more information.
For groups of 10 or more, use coupon code GROUP to receive 50% off

Concerts, Klezmer, WHERE: Europe

Michael Winograd Klezmer trio en Concert Exceptionnel

Thursday, March 15, 2012
8:30pm until 10:30pm

L’UEJF Art et Culture t’invite en exclusivité au premier Concert à Paris du Michael Winograd Trio tout droit venu de NYC pour Toi!

Musique Klezmer d’exception, ambiance de folie et prix cassé pour ce Concert mémorable!

Le Michael Winograd trio (Michael Winograd – Clarinette ; Patrick Farrell – Accordéon ; Benjy Fox-Rosen – Contrebasse) réunit trois des meilleurs musiciens Klezmer de la scène New Yorkaise. Mêlant des mélodies traditionnelles puissantes à de nouvelles compositions, de somptueux arrangements de musique de chambre à des improvisations à couper le souffle, ce nouveau trio montant est en passe de redéfinir le son de la musique Klezmer contemporaine.
A écouter d’urgence!

Réservation au : 01 43 31 93 60 ou en nous envoyant un mail facebook avec tes nom, prénom et nombre de places.…
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Yiddish or Folk

Yiddish Break at UPenn

Friday, March 23, 2012 at 5:00pm until Sunday, March 25, 2012 at 1:00pm
קומט און פֿאַרברענגט אױף אונדזער הײַיאָריקער ייִדיש־ברײק אין אין דער אוניװערסיטעט פֿון פּענסילװאַניע!

Come recharge your Yiddish battery with our sixth annual Yiddish Break at UPenn March 23-25th.

Register at http://yugntruf.org/programs/yiddish-break/?lang=en
University of Pennsylvania
3600 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104

Concerts, Klezmer, WHERE: USA_NY

Old World/New World Klezmer with Hot Pastromi

Sunday, March 18, 2012
3:00pm until 5:00pm

As part of our 125th Anniversary celebrations, Yale Strom and his band Hot Pstromi will put a new spin on traditional klezmer music, updating Lower East Side sounds that were all the rage when the 1887 Eldridge Street Synagogue first opened.

$20 adults; $15 students and seniors
Co-sponsored by The Workmen’s Circle – In Memory of George Schein
Museum at Eldridge Street
12 Eldridge Street, New York, NY 10002

Concerts

2 Choruses in Boston

Sunday, March 11, 2012 at 3:00 PM
Two of Boston’s finest choruses
presenting 400 years of the most beautiful music
from the Christian and Jewish traditions.
The Zamir Chorale of Boston
The Trinity Choirs
together in concert
120 voices
in historic Trinity Church, Copley Square,
one of the America’s architectural Jewels
with cantors Scott Sokol and Elias Rosemberg
To Order Tix: http://www.trinityinspires.org/concerts-events/music-for-all/zamir-concert/

Uncategorized

Sy Kushner Jewish Music Ensemble at The Sixth Street Synagogue

The Sixth Street Synagogue East Village Klezmer Series
Wed. March 21, 2012
8:00 pm
The Sy Kushner Jewish Music Ensemble
featuring
Sy Kushner, Accordion
Aaron Kushner, Alto Sax
Jeremy Brown, Violin
Marty Confurius, Bass
with Special Guest, Ken Maltz, Clarinet

Sixth Street Synagogue
325 East Sixth Street
New York, N.Y.
(212) 478-3665
For more info on the Klezmer Series, click
HERE

For more info on Sy Kushner, click
HERE

Uncategorized

The Leo Kraft 90th Birthday Concert at the Center for Jewish History

On Sunday, March 11th at 3 PM the Society will present The Leo Kraft 90th
Birthday Concert at the Center for Jewish History. This performance will
feature some of New York’s finest chamber music players, including flutist
Patricia Spencer, clarinetists Charles Neidich and Ayako Oshima, violinist
Renne Jolles, violist Mark Halloway, and cellist Marcy Rosen, as well pianist
Morey Ritt, who will premiere Testimonium, a new work Kraft has written
for her.

Among other works on the program are New Songs from Old, a fantasy for
solo clarinet based on traditional Jewish motifs and Seven Hebrew Songs to
poems by medieval Hebrew poets, sung by the American baritone Thomas
Meglioranza, with David Jolley, horn and Konstantza Chernov, piano. Hailed by The
Boston Globe for his “vocal distinction and expressive warmth,” Meglioranza
is one of this country’s most sought-after and unique young singers.…
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Concerts

Girls in Trouble at JCC in Manhattan

Thu, Mar 15, 2012
8pm
Brooklyn poet and multi-instrumentalist Alicia Jo Rabins’ “hauntingly lovely melodies” explore dark stories of biblical women and the hidden places where their complicated lives overlap with her own. In this one-time-only event, the JCC curates live performance of real bat mitzvah speeches, performed in musical conversation with Girls in Trouble’s songs. Hosted by stand-up comic JUDY GOLD With: New York Times best-selling author of Unorthodox, DEBORAH FELDMAN Glittery downtown performance artist GLENN MARLA 16-year-old actress SAM MOZES This performance event is presented in conjunction with The Laurie M. Tisch Gallery exhibit, Bat Mitzvah Comes of Age, and will be followed by a gallery wine reception.

tickets: $15/$20
334 amsterdam ave at 76th st, new york, ny 10023 | 646.505.4444
For ticket info: http://www.jccmanhattan.org/

Festivals

YIDDISHKEIT KLEZMER ENSEMBLE at The Flurry Festival

Feb. 17-19
Saratoga Hilton and City Center
534 Broadway
Saratoga Springs, NY

www.flurryfestival.org

The Yiddishkeit Klezmer Ensemble will be:
– performing a concert at the historic folk venue Caffè Lena on Saturday night
(7:45pm-8:30pm)
– presenting an instrumental Klezmer workshop on Sunday early afternoon (noon-12:50pm)
– accompanying a Klezmer dance workshop led by Joe Kurland on Sunday afternoon
(2:15pm-3:30pm)

The Yiddishkeit Klezmer Trio is:
David Tasgal – fiddle, clarinet, cello
Anna Sobel – percussion (poyk, dumbek, tabla), vocals, fiddle
Brian Bender – keyboard, vocals, trombone, melodica
* with special guest Joe Kurland (dance leader)

www.yiddishkeitklezmer.com

Concerts, WHERE: USA_NY

“TWO VOICES, ONE VISION” CONCERT AT JAZZ AT LINCOLN CENTER

“TWO VOICES, ONE VISION” CONCERT AT JAZZ AT LINCOLN CENTER ON MARCH 15 BLENDS CULTURAL SENSIBILITIES
Thursday March 15 at 7:30pm
at Jazz at Lincoln Center’s Rose Theater, NYC

Two of Israel’s most popular singers — Noa (Achinoam Nini), and Mira Awad,– blend Jewish and Arab musical sensibilities as a gesture of tolerance and understanding in an interesting cross-cultural musical collaboration on Thursday March 15 at 7:30pm at Jazz at Lincoln Center’s Rose Theater. “Two Voices, One Vision,” A Concert of Coexistence, mirrors on stage the work on the ground of The Abraham Fund Initiatives in Israel. The New York and Jerusalem-based domestic advocacy group develops programs, public policies and societal models that promote the cause of a shared society between Israel’s Jewish and Arab citizens.…
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