Saturday 29 November 2003, 8.00pm
Budapest Klezmer Band (Hungary). Coming from the heart of Europe, where klezmer music originated, this ensemble sweeps you off your feet from the first moment with their raw
energy, soaring sounds and gypsy folk rhythms. With exuberant vitality and yet with extreme poignancy they conjure up a time when this music was an integral part of European Jewish life.
Presented by the Jewish Music Institute supported by Warner Music UK, The Spiro Ark, The Swiss Embassy, the Hungarian Cultural Centre and The Jewish Chronicle.
Doors open 7.30, bands on at 8.00
Tickets £17.50 Concessions £14.00 Pass for all 4 concerts £50. Concessions for seniors, students, children, unwaged, groups of 10 or more or if coming to more than 1 concert) .…
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As its Chanukkah gift to the community, the Free Synagogue of Flushing will present a special performance of Handel’s Judas Maccabaeus on Friday, December 19, 8:15 PM.
The Bible-based musical masterwork, which tells the story of Chanukkah, is FREE and open to the public.
It will feature celebrated Cantor Steven Pearlston and the distinguished Free Synagogue choir.
Robert Barrows will play the synagogue s historic pipe organ, which dates back to
1927, the only pipe organ at a synagogue in Queens. Jason Covey and Charles Grauman will be featured on trumpet. The program will be narrated by Rabbi Michael Weisser in the synagogue s magnificent sanctuary.
Handel s oratorio tells the story of Judas Maccabaeus, better known as Judah
Maccabee, a fearless leader acclaimed as one of the greatest warriors in
Jewish history.…
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Washington Jewish Music Festival 2008
May 31 – June 8
Nine days of music, film and dialogue from an amazing variety of artists and musical
styles. Visit www.wjmf.org for a full line-up and tickets.
The Ninth Annual Washington Jewish Music Festival celebrates and explores the wide
spectrum of sounds and traditions that make up Jewish music. Throughout a nine-day
festival, audiences will be able to hear a wide range of styles and influences that
make up the richness of Jewish music. The Festival will feature David Buchbinder’s
Odessa/Havana, an exciting Jewish-Cuban musical fusion; the Afro-Semitic Experience,
showcasing the musical traditions of both Jewish and African diasporas; Beyond The
Pale, presenting new klezmer music, fused with folk and roots; the silent film The
Golem set to live music performed by Davka; the Sisters of Sheynville who swing in
Yiddish; dance music and classical music; musical theater and pop; and much more.…
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Free Synagogue of Flushing will present a special
performance of Felix Mendelssohn’s oratorio Elijah
on Friday, February 27, 8:15 PM.
The concert is FREE and open to the public.
It will feature celebrated cantor
Steven Pearlston and the distinguished Free Synagogue choir. Robert Mobsby will
perform in the role of Elijah and Robert Barrows will play the synagogue s
magnificent historic pipe organ, which dates back to 1927. It is the only pipe
organ at a synagogue in Queens.
Free Synagogue is located at 41-60 Kissena Boulevard (between Sanford and
Main Street), Flushing. Free on-site parking available. Please call
718-961-0030 or visit www.freesynagogue.org for more information.
All archival announcements from 1999 listed below.
–New York, NY–
A Tribute to Cantor Moshe Koussevitsky the Holocaust Survivor.
100 YEARS OF THE LEGACY
A tribute to the Tlomitzka Synagogue of Warsaw
World renowned Cantors Ben Zion Miller, Joseph Malovany, Moshe Schulof, the
Yuval Cantors choir of Israel, and other world famous artists will present
their renditions of the music which Koussevitzky was highly acclaimed.
Music performed by a symphonic orchestra led by: Conductor Dr. Mordechai Sobel of Tel Aviv. Date: Sun. Evening- March 5, 2000. Location: Avery Fisher Hall- Manhattan For more information on how to set aside advance tickets for your organization contact: Jill Smulevitz. JEWISH STARS.(516) 292-0670. JS4Talent@aol.com
Tickets are available for fundraising purposes.
The concert committee will update you with the complete list of world famous
performers.…
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Today: Thursday, May 21
Trinity Wall Street, NYC – FREE & outdoors!
1:30pm – 2:30pm
Isle of Klezbos (with special guests) plays the historic, beautiful downtown environs of Trinity Wall Street for outdoor festivities, FREE & open to the public: Lower Broadway at Wall Street, NYC.
One fun set of klezmer & more among the trees & gravestones: live music and free lemonade.
http://trinitywallstreet.org or 212-602-0800
All archival announcements from 2000 listed below.
–Holland–
The Dutch duo, Mariejan van Oort and Jacques Verheijen, have just released their new CD “Benkshaft”. Visit their website at www.demaatschap.net for more details.
Load date 12.08.00
–Boston, MA–
“Klezperanto” CD Release. The band will have CD release event Thursday night Nov. 30 (that’s one week after Thanksgiving)at 9 p.m. at Johnny D’s Uptown Restaurant and Music Club* (17 Holland Street, Somerville, MA 617 776-2004)
to celebrate the long-awaited release of the CD, Klezperanto! on the Naxos World label. “With solid klezmer roots, spectacular technical virtuosity, and a wry sense of humor, Ilene Stahl, Evan Harlan, and Boston’s hottest musisicans from the klezmer scene re-groove Yiddish and Mediterranean melodies with zydeco, funk, cumbia, rockabilly, and Romanian surf music.”
Load date 11.27.00
–Trieste, Italy–
Vanja Cvelbar has a band, The Original Klezmer Ensemble, in Trieste, Italy, that has released two CD’s: Klezmatic Tantz and Halleluja.…
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JULY 19: FRANK LONDON’S KLEZMER BRASS ALL-STARS
AT RIVERSIDE PARK SOUTH
More than 40 free events with internationally acclaimed artists will be
presented in July at the 9th annual Summer On the Hudson, one of New York
City’s largest free summer festivals, The six-month series, which opened May
3 and runs through October 11, is an annual summer arts and cultural
festival in Riverside Park South, West 59th St. to West 72nd Street at the
Hudson River, presented by The New York City Department of Parks &
Recreation.
There will be an enormous variety of other events in music, dance and
theater, most running through August, as well as kayaking, yoga, pilates and
kids’ soccer and basketball. performances Food and drink is for sale at the
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Regina Resnik presents Colors of the Diaspora. It’s a DVD collection with 3 distinct programs included, conceived and written by Michael Philip Davis. Ms. Resnik introduces and narrates the three concerts. Each is a distinct classical music art program, with the common thread of Jewish art music or music on Jewish themes.
The DVD will make the perfect Hannukah present for someone who loves both classical music and Jewish music. The DVD can be obtained through Amazon.com VAI DVD 4540, but also can be ordered directly through Video Artists International, 109 Wheeler Ave., Pleasantville, NY 10570. Toll free number is 800-477-7146.
The DVD includes some surprising repertoire and will introduce even aficionados of Jewish music to new selections.The narration is well written and informative. The selections are thoughtful, artistic, and knowledgeable about the breadth of Jewish music.…
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All archival announcements from 2002 listed below.
–Syracuse, NY–
Klezfest photos from Klezfest 2001 and 2002.Next Festival on June 8, 2003.
http://www.sjfed.org/klezfest/gallery.html
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–New York–TOUR with MUSIC–
LOWER EAST SIDE SERENADE
Musical Walking Tour Sings the Stories of the Lower East Side
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 27, 2002, 11 AM
Lower East Side, New York . . . On Sunday, October 27, 2002, from 11:00 AM to 1:00 PM, the Eldridge Street Project will host the Lower East Side Serenade, a musical walking tour of the historic sites and sounds of the Lower East Side. As they meander along the streets, tour-goers will be treated to live performances of Yiddish and English songs which reference turn-of-the-century immigrant life in the neighborhood. World-renowned “minstrelâ€, Jeff Warschauer, will sing his heart out as architectural historian Lucien Sonder points out nineteenth- and early-twentieth-century landmarks in the neighborhood.…
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Event: Free concert! Alicia Svigals’ Klezmer Fiddle Express
With Christina Crowder, accordion, Brian Glassman, bass, and Aaron Alexander, drums, who will get everyone up and dancing!!
Start Time: Thursday, August 18 at 7:00pm
End Time: Thursday, August 18 at 10:00pm
Location: Putnam Valley Main Fire House
265 Oscawana Lake Road
Rebecca Kaplan & Pete Rushefsky
Sunday, Feb. 19, 2006 2 PM
Free concert
Newton Free Library
330 Homer St.
Newton Center, MA
(617) 796-1360
Warm up a winter afternoon with a concert of Yiddish folk songs with vocalist Rebecca Kaplan and tsimblist (cimbalom/hammered dulcimer) Pete Rushefsky in a free concert at the Newton Library. Acclaimed Yiddish music artists Kaplan and Rushefsky bring to life rarely heard gems of traditional Yiddish music, as well as original works.
http://newtonfreelibrary.net
The Free Synagogue of Flushing invites you to share an afternoon of music with:
**The Joel Chernet Klezmer Quartet**
-featuring-
**Pete Sokolow**
Sunday January 21, 2007 at 2:00 p.m.
The Free Synagogue of Flushing
41-60 Kissena Boulevard
Flushing (Queens), New York 11355
Tickets: $20 in advance, $25 at the door
Children 12 and under: $10
Discounts available for groups of 10 or more
Call 718-961-0030 for more information and ticket purchase
Free onsite parking
3 blocks away from the #7 Flushing Line subway
Handicapped accessible
www.freesynagogue.org
All archival announcements from 2001 listed below.
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AMJ: L’Association Amis de la Musique Juive
L’Association AMJ: Les Amis de la Musique Juive –Friends of Jewish Music in Geneva, Switzerland sponsors exhibits, concerts, lectures, debates and music workshops. The first CD produced by AMJ has segments that can be listened online. It’s the digital “live” recording from the “Psalm” concert organized on March 11th 2001. To hear a presentation:
http://www.club-association.ch/amj/WCD001-presE.htm
Voices: Continuity and Community
Gala opening concert of the Peretz Centre for Secular Jewish Culture
Saturday, Oct. 6 at 8 p.m., Peretz Centre, 6184 Ash Street (at 45th
Avenue), Vancouver
The Peretz Centre will celebrate the offical opening of its new
facilities with a concert featuring vocalists Claire Klein Osipov,
Grace Chan, Marcus Mosely and Stephen Aberle.…
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The Workmen’s Circle Klezmer Ensemble will be holding a free open house on Tuesday,
October 28, 2008 at 7 PM.
Led by famed klezmer musician Jeff Warschauer
Play wonderful music while making new friends and having a great time!
Free Open house: Tuesday, October 28, from 7-9 PM
Seven paid sessions, Tuesdays at 7 PM: November 4, 11, 18 and 25, December 2, 9
and 16.
* Open to all instrumentalists who play and read music at at least an intermediate
level
* Study with an internationally recognized master instructor
* Learn tunes from the diverse klezmer tradition
* Develop tools for improvisation
Single session class fee: $30. Discount for Workmen’s Circle members and/or those
attending all seven sessions: $180
Sessions will take place at the Workmen’s Circle, 45 East 33 Street, Manhattan (between
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The Workmen’s Circle Klezmer Ensemble will be holding a free open house next
Tuesday, March 20, at 7 PM.
Led by famed klezmer musician Jeff Warschauer
Free Open house: Tuesday, March 20 from 7-9 PM
Six paid sessions, Tuesdays at 7 PM: March 27, April 17 and 24; May 1, 8 and
15.
* Open to all players of musicians who play and read music at at least an
intermediate level
* Study with an internationally recognized master instructor
* Learn tunes from the diverse klezmer tradition
* Develop tools for improvisation
* Guest instructors from the cutting edge of the
contemporary klezmer scene
Please note that because of Passover, there will not be sessions on April 1
or 8.
Single session $30. Discount for Workmen’s Circle members and/or attending
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NY Klezmer Series Presents: Dave Levitt Trio, w/Mike Cohen & Christina Crowder
Stephen Wise Free Synagogue in New York, New York
The Dave Levitt Trio
Dec. 2, 2014 at 7:30pm
Stephen Wise Free Synagogue
30 W. 68th St. NY NY 10023
Klezmer Instrumental Workshop w/Dave Levitt 5:30-7pm $25 per class
Concert begins at 7:30pm; $15. Jam sessions follow
Full night pass – $35 (includes class, Tantshoyz & jam sesson)
Dave Levitt – Trombone
Mike Cohen – Clarinet
Christina Crowder – Accordion
Dave Levitt is a fourth generation Klezmer musician and is known as a leading authority on this music as well as its history. Mr. Levitt has performed and lectured at the National Yiddish Book Center, Eldridge St. Museum and Synagogue, Center for Jewish History among many others.…
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The Workmen’s Circle Klezmer Ensemble will be having a free open house on
Tuesday, September 15, 2009, from 7-9 PM
Led by famed klezmer musician Jeff Warschauer
Play wonderful music while making new friends and having a great time!
The free open house will be followed by six paid sessions
Tuesdays from 7-9 PM:
Sept 22 and 29
Oct 6, 13, 20 and 27
* Open to all instrumentalists who play and read music at at least an intermediate
level
* Study with an internationally recognized master instructor
* Learn tunes from the diverse klezmer tradition
* Develop tools for improvisation
Single session class fee: $30. $25 for Workmen’s Circle members.
Sessions will take place at the Workmen’s Circle, 45 East 33 Street, Manhattan (between
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The Workmen’s Circle Klezmer Ensemble will be holding a free open house on
Tuesday, October 23, at 7 PM.
Led by famed klezmer musician Jeff Warschauer
Free Open house: Tuesday, October 23, from 7-9 PM
Six paid sessions, Tuesdays at 7 PM: October 30, November 6, November 13,
November 20, November 27, December 11.
Please note that, due to Khanuke, there will be NO session on December 4.
* Open to all players of musicians who play and read music at at least an
intermediate level
* Study with an internationally recognized master instructor
* Learn tunes from the diverse klezmer tradition
* Develop tools for improvisation
* Guest instructors from the cutting edge of the contemporary klezmer scene
Single session class fee: $30. Discount for Workmen’s Circle members and/or
those attending all six sessions: $150
Sessions will take place at the Workmen’s Circle, 45 East 33 Street,
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Meira Warshauer Look to the Light will be performed on November 12 at Princeton University as part of American Democracy Inspires Jewish Music and Poetry Program
Meira Warshauer’s Look to the Light for SATB and piano, with text by
Rabbi Dan Grossman will be performed by Sharim V’Sharot, central New
Jersey’s select Jewish choir, Elayne Robinson Grossman, Music Director,
as part of their “American Democracy Inspires Jewish Music and Poetry”
program on Sunday, November 12 – 1:00 PM in Frist Hall on the campus of
Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey. Look to the Light portrays
Chanukah themes of light and freedom through the lens of American
experience, with references to George Washington and Billings, Montana.
This program is free and open to the public, however reservations are
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Starting in June, and going through August:
Sun., June 13, 45 min. between 11:30-1:30, TBA
Greater Chicago Jewish Folk Arts Festival
Saint Paul Woods, s. of Dempster at Lehigh, Morton Grove
Thurs., June 17, 6:00-6:45 PM, Children’s Concert
Chicago Children’s Museum, Navy Pier – 700 E. Grand Avenue
Friday, June 18, 1:00-1:45 PM, Children’s Concert, Chicago Children’s Museum
Navy Pier – 700 E. Grand Avenue
Thurs., June 24, 7:30 PM, Concert and Dinner Dance
Zhivago Restaurant, 9925 Gross Point Rd., Skokie, IL (847) 982-1400
$16 PP minimum order, no cover charge, reservations recommended
Some readers may be interested in a new original song for Hannukah that’s available for free online. The link was sent to me by an anonymous person who claims not to be a professional musician. She wrote the song for her kids in American pop style. It’s at purevolume.com. You have to “search” for “artist” name “Hannukah”. The song is called “Come Light The Light” and can be played or downloaded without charge. You be the judge.
Together with Outside the Box, Boston Jewish Music Festival will be presenting the grand finale event, a concert by Shye Ben-Tzur & The Rajasthan Gypsies. This is a unique multi-ethnic, Israeli and Indian ensemble that produces ‘world devotional music.’ Don’t miss what promises to be a remarkable free concert Sunday, July 21, 4 pm at Boston City Hall Plaza.
Galeet Dardashti and Divahn
Sunday, August 7 · 7:00pm – 9:00pm
Location Riverside Park South, NYC
Summer on the Hudson: Amplified Sundays –
7:00 p.m.–9:00 p.m.
FREE
Featuring:
Galeet Dardashti: lead vocals, guitar, back-up percussion
Eleanor Norton: cello, vocals
Elizabeth Pupo-Walker: congas and cajon, vocals
Sejal Kukadia: tabla, vocals
Rebecca Cherry: violin, vocals
Pier I in Riverside Park South between between 65th/72nd Streets
Map of Location: http://maps.google.com/?t=h&daddr=40.7797%2C+-73.9889+%28Pier+I%29
“Funky Music With a Jewish Twist” is what Mama Doni (aka Doni Zasloff) and her Band
will bring to Tikvat Israel on Sunday, December 13 in a free concert open to the
entire community. Winners of the 2008 “Simcha Award” at the International Jewish
Music Festival in Amsterdam, the Band’s repertoire is a wild mix of musical
styles–reggae, folk, classic rock, country, hip hop, klezmer, and theatrical–woven
together with Yiddish terms and Jewish themes. And it’s suitable for everyone, from
“Babies to Bubbies”–hip young kids and their even hipper parents and grandparents.
The Mama Doni Band is performing 13 concerts during December alone, in Los Angeles,
Massachusetts, New York, and New Jersey, but this is the only one in the Greater
Washington area, so don’t miss it!…
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Free downloadable Jewish sheet music for Chanukah with melody line,
Hebrew text, English translation & transliteration for singing with
your family or congregation. Also good for sing-alongs. Great
supplementation for Jewish homeschoolers & Bar/Bat Mitzvah preparation, by Patricia Baumhoff
http://hebrewthroughsong.blogspot.com/
“He’s Jewish? A musical exploration of Johann Strauss Jr.,
Anton Rubinstein, Louis Moreau Gottschalk and other 19th century composers.”
Sunday, December 7, 1:30pm
Stephen Wise Free Synagogue, 30 W. 68th St.
A Concert / Lecture with renowned pianist Joseph Smith.
Come hear eloquent pianist Joseph Smith present an engaging and thought-provoking
program of all Jewish
composers.
For more information, contact us at 212-877-4050 or visit us at:
www.swfs.org
The Synagogue is at 30 West 68th Street between Columbus Avenue and Central Park West.
Free concert at 3:30 pm in Uxbridge, MA, by
Di Bostoner Klezmer.
Check out http://www.gis.net/~vovka0/Jewish%20Music%20Around%20Boston.htm
Blackstone River and Canal Heritage State Park, Uxbridge, MA, about an hour west of Boston
Directions: http://www.mass.gov/dem/parks/blst.htm
Free Open House Tuesday, January 10, 2006 from 7-9 PM
Followed by a 6-week session – Tuesdays – January 17, 24, 31,
and February 4, 14, 21
Hands-On Workshop
– Study with an internationally recognized master instructor
– Learn tunes from the diverse klezmer tradition
– Work in ensembles with other instrumentalists
– Develop tools for improvisation
– Guest instructors from the cutting edge of the contemporary klezmer scene
– Open to players of any instrument who play and read music at least an
intermediate level.
The open house and all sessions will take place at the Workmen’s Circle, 45
East 33rd Street (between Park and Madison), Manhattan.
Members $140; per session $25
Non-members $170; per session $30
For more information contact:
Karina Weinstein
Workmen’s Circle
45 E.
New York City. Tuesday, June 8 at The Jewish Museum, for Museum Mile Festival, Metropolitan Klezmer will perform. This year is the JM’s centennial, with a special presentation from the mayor’s office to begin the festival at The Jewish Museum. 92nd St @ Fifth Avenue, 5:45pm til 9pm… all museums free! Fifth Ave becomes a pedestrian mall for the evening. In case of inclement weather, the band moves into the auditorium. Info: 212.423.3200
VOICE OF THE TURTLE 27th ANNUAL HANUKKAH CONCERT
El Mez de Hanukkah,The Month of Hanukkah!
WHEN:
Sunday Afternoon. NOVEMBER 21 at 3 PM
WHERE:
TEMPLE SHALOM, NEWTON
175 Temple Street, West Newton, Massachusetts
Directions: (http://templeshalom.org/directions.html)
TICKETS:
$18.00 in advance by phone or email reservations
$25.00 at the door on day of concert
Pulitzer Prize-winning Composer Steve Reich Talks about his Jewish Music
(with music examples from the composer’s collection) — a unique interview
by fellow Pulitzer Prize-winner David Lang.
On Sunday, November 8th at 3 PM
at the Center for Jewish History
15th West 16th Street, NYC
The Jewish Music Forum presents a unique interview
with Pulitzer Prize-Winning Composer Steve Reich about his Jewish Music, with
music examples from the composers own collection. Mr. Reich will be
interview by fellow Pulitzer Prize-winning composer, David Lang.
The Jewish Music Forum is free to the public. Reservations for the Steve
Reich Talk will be taken on a first-come first-served basis. Call
212-874-4513.
Scholar’s Shabbat:
A Cultural Journey Through Jewish India
with Rahel Musleah
Tikvat Israel Congregation
2200 Baltimore Road
Rockville, MD 20851
December 4-5, 2009
Please note deadline for reservations
Friday, Dec. 4
6 p.m. Kabbalat Shabbat
Dinner (reservations required)
8 p.m. Lecture: “Jewish Calcutta Through Music and Memory”
(free, open to the community)
Saturday, Dec. 5 (Parshat Vayishlach)
9:30 a.m. Shacharit: Rahel will be chanting Torah and Haftorah in the
Sephardic
style and will discuss differences in the liturgy.
Lecture: “A Taste of Shabbat, Calcutta Style”
12:15 p.m. Dessert kiddush and Q&A with Rahel, followed immediately by
mincha
6 p.m. Ma’ariv and havdalah
6:30 p.m. A Taste of India: Vegetarian Dairy Indian Repast (reservations
required)
8 p.m. Melave Malka: “Masala: A Bazaar of Spice, Song and Story”
(free, open to the community)
Shabbat Dinner: $18 adults/$8 students
A Taste of India: $10 adults/$5 students (Adults registered for both meals,
$25)
RSVP: AdultEd@tikvatisrael.org or call the synagogue office at 301-762-7338
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This site includes organizational information, articles on Jewish music, a listing of recordings and related web sites. The cantor’s assembly now has an online store for selling Jewish musical resources including liturgical, choral, educational and Yiddish music scores and recordings. See the catalog.
http://www.cantors.org/sys-tmpl/door/
Berkeley, Calif: University of California Press, 1999.
Prepare for the High Holidays with this collection of 29 stories,
musings and anecdotes on the Art of Beginning…Again.
http://craignco.com/flash/jewels10/
Art Basel to Host Launch of Tel Aviv EDM Label
12/06/2012, Thursday
Miami Beach, FL
Art Basel, 151 NE 41st Street
Show: 6:00 pm
F r e e Admission.
As Israel and Gaza (hopefully) conclude their most recent conflict, a new music project seeks to unite the region on the dancefloor. They believe music is the best weapon against rockets and air strikes.
From the premier international modern and contemporary art show, Art Basel, a new music and art label will be born. The label, VEGA, will be based in Jaffa, Tel Aviv, Israel. The musical focus will be on EDM and will be as ethnically and spiritually diverse as Jaffa itself, one of the most consistently peaceful places for Jews, Christians, and Muslims to live and create together.…
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You are cordially invited to four free New York-area
performances of a new Yiddish musical comedy, “Purim
in Khelm”, presented by the National Yiddish Theatre –
Folksbiene and sponsored by the City University of New
York.
“Purim in Khelm” features a professional cast,
klezmorim, and original Yiddish songs, and is
presented in Yiddish with English and Russian
supertitles.
PURIM IN KHELM
by Motl Didner and Miryem-Khaye Seigel
An original Yiddish musical comedy
Presented with English and Russian supertitles
Featuring: Ashley Adler, Leizer Burko, Itzy Firestone,
Richard Kass, Susanne Nancy Kobb, David Mandelbaum,
Stuart Marshall, Freydale Zynstein-Oz, Harry Peerce
and Miryem-Khaye Seigel
With Art Bailey, Deborah Strauss and Jeff Warschauer
FOUR FREE PERFORMANCES sponsored by the City
University of New York
1) Tuesday, February 27 – Hunter College, Kaye
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The opear, Korczak’s Orphans will be presented by the Opera Company of Brooklyn
Saturday, May 3, 7pm at Stephen Wise Free Synagogue.
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http://www.operabrooklyn.com/performances.htm
This Yom Hashoah, Stephen Wise Free Synagogue hosts the Opera Company of Brooklyn’s premiere of Korczak’s
Orphans. This opera, by composer Adam Silverman and librettist Susan Gubernat, is a
moving, impassioned story based on the life of Janusz Korczak (1878-1942). Directed
by SWFS member Judy Weinstein and member Will Conard performs. Tickets are $25 and can be
purchesed at the door, by calling 212-567-3283 or at http://www.operabrooklyn.com.
Free to Stephen Wise Free Synagogue (SWFS) Members.
Stephen Wise Free Synagogue(30 West 68th Street, Manhattan; subway: 1 to 66th Street or B/C to 72nd Street).…
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Lundi 25 juillet 2011 à 12h30
GOYLEM ! sera en concert pour “Musique et Vie” à l’Eglise Luthérienne (Place du
Bourg-de-Four, angle rue Verdaine et rue de la Fontaine, Genève, Suisse).
Musique klezmer avec Michel Borzykowski (saxophones), Bianca Favez (violon) et Patrice Mugny (accordéon).
Entrée libre. Collecte en faveur de l’enseignement de l’art dans les écoles au
Kosovo, afin de faciliter la compréhension
et l’épanouissement des enfants, d’après une idées de Yehudi Menuhin et Werner
Schmitt.
Informations: www.musique-vie.ch/Homepage francais.htm
Midi files of music. Catagories listed as: Religious, Folk, Dance, Klezmer, and Modern. Lots of good electronic music.
http://members.aol.com/israelmidi/
Led by Matthew Lazar, Founding Director and Conductor, and Beth Robin, Pianist/Accompanist, the chorus performs sacred and secular music in Hebrew, English, Yiddish and Ladino. SHIRAH was formed in January, 1995 as a regional chorus specializing in the performance of the full spectrum of Jewish music. Its roster includes a multigenerational blend of amateur and professiional singers from the northern New Jersey/New York metropolitan area. SHIRAH performs regularly at the JCC on the Palisades and has been featured in many concerts in the United States and Israel, including Avery Fisher Hall, the New Jersey and Bergen Performing Arts Centers in Newark and Englewood and the Colden Center, featuring the World Premiere of “The Scroll” by Dov Selzer with the Queens Symphony. SHIRAH also performs annually at the North American Jewish Choral Festival and was featured in the Opening Ceremonies of the JCC Maccabi Games in East Rutherford at the Continental Airlines Arena.…
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Nov. 4-9, 2008 – Houston, TX : Yuval Ron Ensemble – City wide
Residency
Nov. 16, 2008 – San Pedro, CA: Yuval Ron on the Music of the Golden
Age of Spain
Dec. 6, 2008 – Arcadia, CA: The Yuval Ron Ensemble in Concert “Light
in the Darkness”
Dec 7, 2008 – Alhambra, CA: Muslim, Jewish and Christian harmony in
Spain
details….
The Castro Valley Chamber Orchestra presents the World Premiere of
EISENHOWER FAREWELL ADDRESS
for orchestra and orator by Jack Curtis Dubowsky, conducted by Josh
Cohen, orated by Scott Budman.
VENUE: Castro Valley Center for the Arts, 19501
Redwood Road, Castro Valley, CA 94546. (Cross Street is Heyer Avenue.)
TICKETS: Suggested Donation: Adults $ 10.00.
Students over 13 & Seniors $ 5.00. Children 12 and under are free
BOX OFFICE: Tickets are available at the door, or at the
Castro Valley Center for the Arts Box Office, open Thursdays and
Fridays from 3:00 – 5:00 PM and one hour before the start of every
CVUSD or CVAF production. Castro Valley Center for the Arts telephone
510-889-8961. Or call the Castro Valley Adult School Office
510-886-1000.
Indianapolis will host the Fifth Jewish Choral Festival at various venues throughout the city this February. Cantor Don Gurney of Wilshire Boulevard Temple in Los Angeles.will explore the theme “Music of Israel.” The complete schedule of events is posted on the festival website http://www.indychoralfest.org/index.html
June 20-27
D. Dan & Betty Kahn Building on the Eugene & Marcia Applebaum Jewish Community Campus in West Bloomfield.
http://www.jccdet.org/musicfest/
Tickets on sale May 10, 2004
Highlighting the musical heritage of the Jewish people through a variety of programs that educate and entertain our community, while encouraging affiliation with the Jewish Community Center.
For more information or to volunteer, contact Katie Marcus at
kmarcus@jccdet.org
The Seventh WASHINGTON JEWISH MUSIC FESTIVAL is coming soon, on May 16 -24, 2006. Events are being held in various locations, so look at the calendar for times, places and prices. See the Calendar for more information:
Jazz composer and Bösendorfer piano artist Matt Savage and his Trio will celebrate his 16th birthday at Stephen Wise Free Synagogue, 30 W. 68th Street, NYC, on Saturday, May 10, 2008, at 8 pm with an electrifying performance of award winning original compositions and jazz standards. The concert is free of charge and open to the community. Suggested donations ($20 / $10 students) will benefit Kulanu, or “All of Us,” the innovative weekly course offered by Stephen Wise Free Synagogue, open to all Jewish children who have Autistic Spectrum Disorder.
Amanda Miryem-Khaye Seigel will be singing with Beyle Schaechter-Gottesman
in Long Island City on Wednesday, July 17, and with
Dr. Hankus Netsky in Boston on Monday, August 5.
See details:
Charles and Robyn Krauthammer proudly present:
An Evening of Baroque Jewish music at the Kennedy Center
Apollo Ensemble
An evening of Baroque Jewish music:
The Apollo Ensemble presented by Pro Musica Hebraica
Making its U.S. debut, Amsterdam’s Apollo Ensemble performs a concert of Baroque Jewish musical treasures, one night only, at the Kennedy Center. A highlight is the American premiere of Dio, Clemenza e Rigore, an anonymously composed oratorio for an eighteenth-century Italian Jewish holiday synagogue service. Don’t miss this rarely performed work. This concert is presented by Pro Musica Hebraica, devoted to presenting Jewish classical music, much of it believed lost, forgotten, or rarely performed, in a concert hall setting.
Apollo Ensemble
Thu., Nov. 5 at 7:30 | Kennedy Center Terrace Theater | Seats $38
Program:
CACERES – Le-el elim, Cantata for two voices and basso continuo (1738)
MARCELLO – Salmo 15/Ma’oz Tzur (1724-1727)
For alto, violincello, bassoon, harpsichord, and baritone
De ROSSI – Trio sonatas for two violins and basso continuo (ca.…
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With stores in Brooklyn and Queens, this online website gives only the 800 number to call for ordering. They list Israeli CD’s, books, videos, games and software. 1-800-737-8853. Also try 718-382-9128 for local phone calls. There is a parallel Hebrew site, and some pages are only in Hebrew.
http://www.sifrutake.com/main_e.html
Congregation Sinai presents
ELEANOR REISSA SINGS YIDDISH SOUL
Piano Accompaniment byGRANT STURIALE
DIRECT FROM A SOLD OUT RUN AT THE HOUSEMAN THEATRE IN NY!
Sunday, February 24th
at 2:00 PM
at Congregation Sinai, 1532 Willowbrae Avenue in San Jose, California
Join Tony Award Nominee Eleanor Reissa for a celebration of the vitality of Yiddish
music and humor. You don’t need to understand Yiddish to appreciate the joy and
warmth of this unique soulful language. The show seamlessly blends passionate folk
songs, classics of the Second Avenue Theater, and stirring expressions of love,
piousness, and protest.
Tickets are only $36.00 $25.00 for Seniors 65 and over $18.00 for Kids 18.00 and
under $75.00 for Supporters (includes a CD and preferred seating) $500.00 for Patrons
(includes a CD, preferred seating, and a party at the home of Maureen Ellenberg
with a performance by Miss Reissa in a warm, intimate setting)
For reservations please call
(408) 264-8542
“A JOYOUS EXPERIENCE!”
– Sheldon Harnick, lyricist of Fiddler on The Roof
“ELEANOR REISSA LIGHTS UP THE STAGE”
– 1010 WINS Radio
“A SMILE THAT RADIATES, AN EXPERT COMEDIENNE”
-The New York Daily News…
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JTS Presents: The Israeli Chamber Project with Samuel Rhodes, an Evening of Chamber Music from The Juilliard School featuring Tibi Cziger (clarinet), Michal Korman (cello), Assaff Weisman (piano), Carmit Zori (violin), with special guest artist Samuel Rhodes (viola) will take place on Wednesday, October 22, 2014, at 7:30 p.m. at The Jewish Theological Seminary (JTS), located at 3080 Broadway (corner 122nd Street) in New York City. The Israeli Chamber Project (ICP) will perform a wide-ranging program of favorite classics and recent works influenced by Jewish culture, including music of Mozart, Schulhoff, Brahms, and the New York premiere of music by Israeli composer Jonathan Keren.
Admission to the concert is by ticket only. Tickets are $10 each; students with a valid school ID—as well as JTS alumni, faculty, students, and staff—may request up to two free tickets each.…
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Avi Hoffman and Binyumen Schaechter
reunite with performances in
Manhattan, the Bronx and Queens this coming week!
The National Yiddish Theatre – Folksbiene
and the
City University of New York
present
Reflections of a Lost Poet:
The Life and Works of Itzik Manger
written by
Miriam Hoffman
featuring
Avi Hoffman
with
Musical Director / Arranger / Pianist
Binyumen Schaechter
This funny and moving performance follows the life
of the great Yiddish poet Itzik Manger.
Through his songs and poems, including
Afn veg shteyt a boym, Yidl mitn fidl and
excerpts from Di Megile-lider,
we discover his joy and anguish
as he lived through the best and worst of times.
In Yiddish, with English and Russian supertitles.
Hoffman and Schaechter were the creative team
behind the hit revue, Too Jewish!…
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On Thursday, March 24th at 7 PM, in conjunction with YIVO, the Jewish Music Forum will present The Most Musical Nation: Jews and Culture in the Late Russian Empire, the title of a fascinating new book by Dr. James Loeffler, the Founder and first Executive Director of ASJM’s Jewish Music Forum.
Quoting from the book jacket below gives you additional details about this wonderful evening which will have live musical examples. Providing these music examples for Dr. Loffler’s talk, we are very grateful to have performers from YIVO’s Krum Young Artist Series. A reception and book singing will follow:
“No image of pre-revolutionary Russian Jewish life is more iconic than the fiddler on the roof. But in the half century before 1917, Jewish musicians were actually descending from their shtetl roofs and streaming in dazzling numbers to Russia’s new classical conservatories.…
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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
An evening of presentations to prepare for Chazzonim and Baaley Tefila for the High Holidays is being sponsored by Cantors World and the Philip and Sarah Belz School of Jewish Music, Yeshiva University. Being held at The Jewish Center, 131 West 86th Street, NYC on September 22nds, 8:00pm, the evening features presentations from Cantor Bernard Beer “A Guide to Leading the High Holy Day Service”; Dr. Peak Woo, MD, “Ensuring Vocal Health During a Stressful Season”; and Cantor Abraham Weingarten “Maintaining Vocal Clarity and Strength Throughout Davening”. The evening is bein moderated by Cantor Benny Rogosnitzky and will deal with major issues pertaining to the shliach tzibur, issues of vocal health and maintenacne and ideas for successful delivery and choice of nusach and tunes. There will be a question and answer session following the presentations.…
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by Uriel Heilman courtesy of JTA.
Whether out of hunger for a connection to Israel or mere interest in the music,
increasing numbers of Jews in America — both Americans and Israelis — are tuning
into Israeli music performances.
Singing in unintelligible gibberish as her hands strike the
darbuka drum with frantic intensity, the short, pretty brunette at center stage
holds the audience transfixed as she reaches the song’s crescendo.
When she sounds her final note, the audience rises for a standing ovation.
Though it is her New York debut concert, Israeli singer-songwriter Din Din Aviv is
no stranger here. The performance hall at the Museum of Jewish Heritage is packed
with Israeli fans of Aviv who live in New York and American Jews clutching her CD.…
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“WEINBERGER TOUR” in Czech republic
Czech cellist Frantisek Brikcius will appear with pianist Tomas Visek as part of
the project “Weinberger Tour” with composition written by Jewish composers on the
opening concert on Monday 23rd April 2007 in Spanish Synagogue in
Prague and continuing on tour until 29 October 2007, 7.30 pm, Pálffy palace – final concert
Černovice 3 November 2007, 7pm.
The concert tour “Weinberger Tour” of the Czech cellist Frantisek Brikcius and
Czech pianist Tomas Visek is in remembrance of Jewish composer, Jaromir
Weinberger (1896 – 1967), who was born in Prague (40 years since his tragic death)
and introducing to the audience lesser known works of Jewish “Terezín” composers. On
the program are compositions written by Erwin Shulhoff (Sonata), James Simon
(Lamento 1938 – Czech premiere), Irena Kosikova (d-Fence – premiere) and Jaromir
Weinberger (Une cantilene jalouse & Colloque sentimental – arr.…
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CONCERT WILL HONOR BLOCH 50 YEARS AFTER HIS DEATH.
CONDUCTOR AND SOLOIST ARE LEADING YOUNG ARTISTS.
On Wednesday evening, August 4th, Usdan Center students will present a
historic performance of one of Ernest Bloch’s greatest works, his Sacred
Service (Avodath Hakodesh) for orchestra, chorus, and baritone soloist.
Sacred Service has rarely been presented by young people, and its
performance on August 4th will be an artistic point of pride for Usdan, and
for its partner organization, UJA-Federation of New York.
Usdan’s senior orchestra and chorus will close the Center’s August 4th Gala
Concert with two parts of Sacred Service. The ensembles, composed of high
school-aged music students, will be conducted by Adam Glaser, a Usdan Center
alumnus, and the conductor of Juilliard’s top Pre-College orchestra.…
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The 92nd STREET Y PRESENTS MUSIC & DANCE OF THE JEWISH TRADITION
SONGS OF LOVE & LONGING AROUND THE JEWISH WORLD
Thursday, Oct. 26, 2006
8:00pm
92nd Street Y, 1395 Lexington Avenue @ 92nd Street
TICKETS $30
THE YIDDISH VOICE OF LOVE: SONGS OF BEYLE SCHAECHTER-GOTTESMAN
Michael Alpert, artistic consultant.
Yiddish musicperformed by a blockbuster crew, with Michael Alpert: vocals, drums, violin,
Sharon Bernstein: vocals, Adrienne Cooper: vocals,
Rebecca Kaplan: vocals, Janet Leuchter: vocals,
Miryem-Khaye Seigal: vocals, Paula Teitelbaum: vocals,
Deborah Strauss: violin, Marilyn Lerner: piano, Peter
Rushefsky: cimbalom
To purchase tickets 212-415-5500
JMWC Recommendation: “Not to be Missed”!
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 2 | 7:00pm
SIDNEY KRUM YOUNG ARTISTS CONCERT SERIES
Admission: General $12 | YIVO Members $8
Box Office: smarttix.com | (212) 868-4444
Venue: YIVO Institute at the Center for Jewish History | 15 West 16th Street – NYC
For years, American Jewish composers have been integrating klezmer and Yiddish folk songs into new classical music, inventing a new form of artistic and cultural Jewish expression. In this unique lecture-demonstration, we present three of these outstanding and rarely performed pieces—Dreams and Prayers of Isaac the Blind by Osvaldo Golijov, Six Yiddish Scenes by Paul Alan Levi, and Café Music by Paul Schoenfield—and delve into the intricacies and challenges of performing American Jewish music today. Special guests include internationally-acclaimed clarinetist Todd Palmer, who will discuss the klezmer and mystical elements of Dreams and Prayers; pianist and composer Paul Alan
Levi, who will speak with Michael Leavitt, President of the American Society for Jewish Music about interpreting Yiddish Art Songs today; and Yuval Waldman, artistic director of the Sidney Krum Concert Series, who will introduce the hybrid klezmer-jazz elements in the closing piano trio Café Music…
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New York – Ayecha, a leading Jewish diversity organization, is hosting a groundbreaking musical event celebrating the experience of Jews of Color in Israel, Africa and the United States. This historical event will feature top Jewish performers, including the internationally acclaimed Joshua Nelson and Danny Maseng.
The Jewish Soul Celebration concert will take place on
December 17, 2005,
from 8pm – 11pm,
at the Peter Norton Symphony Space at 2537
Broadway at 95th Street.
For more
on Ayecha, visit www.ayecha.org
Third Annual Interfaith Symposium of Music – “In the Beginning” –
The Music, Theology, Art History and Astrophysics of Creation
Date: Sunday, 2/12/2006
Start Time: Symposium 2:30 PM
The free evening concert (7:00 p.m.) will feature music of the Creation
story drawn from the many traditions of our time and of times past.
Location: Beverly Hills Presbyterian Church
Address: 505 N. Rodeo Drive, Beverly Hills, CA 90210
Registration and Info: 818.623.1000 or jmcla@socal.rr.com
Announcing the third annual city-wide interfaith symposium exploring
spiritual themes. In cooperation with the Beverly Hills Presbyterian
Church (BHPC), the Los Angeles Catholic Archdiocese and the Jewish Music
Commission of Los Angeles (JMCLA) we will explore the opening chapters
of Genesis in Jewish, Protestant and Catholic thought, liturgy, science,
art history and music.
Albuquerque’s annual Klezmer music and dance festival celebrates its sixth year over
Presidents’ Day weekend.
The Southwest’s annual celebration
of Klezmer music and dance, KLEZMERQUERQUE 2008, will present a weekend of concerts,
dance parties, classes, and a lunch with music featuring world-renowned klezmer
artists as well as many local artists. The annual event will take place from
February 15-17 (Friday evening through Sunday afternoon) at Albuquerque’s
Congregation Nahalat Shalom which is located on 3606 Rio Grande Blvd. NW (between
Candelaria & Griegos).
KLEZMERQUERQUE 2008 welcomes back by popular demand the klezmer dance master from
Chicago- Steve Weintraub, who teaches and performs klezmer and East European Jewish
dance at workshops around the world. Steve will perform on Friday and Saturday
evenings in addition to teaching two dance workshops on Saturday and one on Sunday.…
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The 24th. of January 2008, at 9, PM , there will be a premiere
performance of Alfono Rega,’s Symphony n°4 in 6 movements written
as a homage in memory of the Holocaust. This event will take place at the Conservatory of Milan contemporaneously with the inauguration of the Holocaust Museum situated in the railway station. of Milan, Italy.
The concert is free. It will be on behalf of the Associazione Luciano Elmo
Onlus in memory of Luciano Elmo, who was a Lawyer, sent in
concentration camp and the only survivor of his group.
He is recalled for having save a great number of Jews, and received military decorations several times.
The Symphony The Holocaust brings back to present days tonal and romantic
music, has been recorded some weeks ago in Milan and will be performed by the
Cantelli Orchestra, one of the most famous Orchestra of Milan, together with the
Costanzo Porta Choir of Cremona.…
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Here’s some information about a tuition-free course Ensemble Lucidarium
will be giving in Venice this Summer. It’s an opportunity to make music and learn about the Italian cantorial tradition and Jewish Renaissance music while living in the city itself, and
will feature lectures various aspects of Venetian culture, an in-depth
guided visit to the Ghetto and Jewish Cemetery and a traditional Italian
Shabbat service. There will be a workshop on old Jewish song, and you can
even try your hand at traditional Italian percussion…
“The Music of the Merchant: Summer course in Venetian Renaissance and Italian Jewish Music”
July 24 – 30, 2017,
Fondazione Giorgio Cini, Isola San Giorgio Maggiore,
Venice, Italy.
Ensemble Lucidarium
Enrico Fink: Italian cantorial tradition, Jewish song, voice
Avery Gosfield: instrumental ensemble, Jewish song, recorder, pipe and tabor
Gloria Moretti: vocal ensemble, voice
Francis Biggi: instrumental ensemble, mixed ensemble, plucked strings
Massimiliano Dragoni: traditional and early percussion, hammer dulcimer
Workshops on: repertoire linked to carnival and the Commedia dell’Arte;
the reconstruction of Jewish song in the 16th century; the Italian Jewish
tradition.…
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Jewish Music Distribution, with help from Noa Lachman, has an extensive catalogue of recordings in cd and cassette tape formats as well as sheet music. Their catalogue covers contemporary, klezmer, classical Jewish, Yiddish, religious, Israeli, holiday, Russian, Ladino and so on. They have unique and extensive numbers of materials by British Jewish artists, composers and performing groups. Especially nice is the number of materials for easy piano and other instrumental arrangements for children to become exposed to this music.
Call us free on 0800 7811 686
or on +44 (0)1323 832863 between 0830am and 6pm UK time or leave a message and we will get back to you as soon as possible.
click to email
Jewish Music Distribution UK
PO Box 67, Hailsham BN27 4UW, UK
Free Phone: 0800 7811 686
or Tel/Fax +44 (0)1323 832863
and for a local call in the USA dial: 1-508-2753741
http://www.jewishmusic-jmd.co.uk/…
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FRANK LONDON’S KLEZMER BRASS BAND ALLSTARS
IN CONCERT DECEMBER 27, 2011
CELEBRATING HANUKKAH AT THE JEWISH MUSEUM
1109 Fifth Avenue
New York, NY 10128
Frank London‘s Klezmer Brass Band Allstars will perform a Hanukkah
concert at The Jewish Museum on Tuesday, December 27 at 7:30 pm. This band has
toured the world, bringing over the top exuberant energy to traditional Jewish roots
music. Their 2005 CD Carnival Conspiracy was Rolling Stone magazine’s #1 non-English
recording. This concert will feature joyous Jewish-Gypsy-Balkan-jazz party sounds
as well as favorite Hanukkah songs in new arrangements. Members of the band are
trumpeter/composer Frank London, drummer Aaron Alexander, tuba player Ron Caswell,
clarinetist Matt Darriau, trombonist Brian Drye, and accordionist Patty Farrell.
Special guests for this concert include multi-instrumentalist and singer Michael
Alpert and the Purchase Klezmer Mob.…
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The 15th edition of the International Jewish Music Festival will be
held in the brand new concert halls of the Amsterdam Conservatory. We welcome back the
winners from last year’s international competition for a weekend filled with
music.
The ensembles will give concerts and workshops in the most diverse
Jewish music sub-genres: hip-hop and reggae for kids, Yiddish song, Sephardic
music, klezmer and Balkan music, close harmony and classical.
The free Open Podium gives starting ensembles and soloists a chance to
take the stage and show what they’ve got. The bustling Jewish Cultural Market will
feature booksellers, CD’s, sheet music and various Jewish cultural
organisations. And our grand prize winner from last year, She’Koyokh, will host a
swinging Jam Session, also free and open to everyone.…
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Yemen Blues, the band National Geographic called “…the coolest thing in WOMEX 2011.” will be kicking off the festival, which runs from March 5th-13th. The schedule is as follows:
03/05/2011, Sat
Berkeley, CA
Yemen Blues
Freight & Salvage Coffee House @ 2020 Addison St.
Tix: $25.50 adv/$30.50 door, Show: 8:00 pm
# Ph: 510.644.2020
03/06/2011, Sun
Berkeley, CA
Ger Mandolin Ensemble, 2011
Freight & Salvage Coffee House @ 2020 Addison St.
Tix: $20.50 adv/$25.50 door, Show: 2:00 pm
03/06/2011, Sun
Berkeley, CA
Veretski Pass
Freight & Salvage Coffee House @ 2020 Addison St.
Tix: $18.50 adv/$22.50 door, Show: 8:00 pm
03/08/2011, Tue
Berkeley, CA
Noah Bendix-Balgley
Crowden Music Center @ 1475 Rose Street
Tix: $15 adv/$20 door, Show: 7:30 pm
# Ph: 510.559.6910
03/09/2011, Wed
San Francisco, CA
Noah Bendix-Balgley
SF Public Library @ 100 Larkin St.…
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New York City’s Congregation Rodeph Sholom
Presents Free Chamber Music Concerts for the Community
in Schnurmacher Chapel
On March 24th at 1 pm, Congregation Rodeph Sholom Chamber Music
Series will present its second concert featuring world class
musicians in the congenial and intimate setting of the Schnurmacher
Chapel. Guest artists Susan Rotholz, flute, Mayuki Fukuhara and
Andrea Schultz, violins, Sarah Adams, viola, and Eliot Bailen, cello
and Artistic Director, will perform works by Felix Mendelssohn
(1809-1847), Ervin Schulhoff (1894-1942), and Alberto Ginastera
(1916-1983). The free concert is open to the public at Congregation
Rodeph Sholom, 7 West 83rd Street, New York. For more information,
call 212 362-8800, x1337 or email eleder@rodephsholom.org.
The March 24th program features flute and string quartets in works
ranging from the 19th century Classic-Romantic tradition of
Mendelssohn to the Schoenberg influenced 20th century Expressionistic
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Over 250 adults and children will celebrate Chanukah, the Festival of Lights, in concert, 3 P.M., Sunday, December
10, 2006 as Congregation Rodeph Sholom of Manhattan hosts its unique, multigenerational Festival of Choirs.
Congregation Rodeph Sholom is located at 7 West 83rd Street off of Central Park West in Manhattan. For more information about this concert, please call (212) 362-8800, ext. 1337. A Festival of Choirs is free of charge and open to the entire community.
The seventh annual concert will feature cantors and their volunteer adult and children’s choirs from all
over the New York metropolitan area. This year, the first night of Chanukah is Friday, December 15, 2006.
“There is no better way to usher in the festival of Chanukah than to see people from all ages, literally from age five to 85 singing together,” according to Congregation Rodeph Sholom’s Senior Cantor, Rebecca Garfein.…
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Metropolitan Klezmer Octet
Tuesday, June 13th
Museum Mile Festival at the Jewish Museum
6pm-9pm FREE!! & outdoors (if weather permits, or in museum auditorium).
The Jewish Museum
Fifth Ave @ 92nd St, NYC
Info: 212-423-3200 or museummilefestival.org
Rain or shine… full eight-piece band
Latest photos at EPK: http://metropolitanklezmer.com
Contact Eve Sicular at sicular@gmail.com
This is Metropolitan Klezmer’s eleventh consecutive year playing for The
Jewish Museum at this annual event which transforms Fifth Avenue into a car-free
cultural promenade for the evening, each second Tuesday in June — with
admission to all museums FREE! We will perform various very new pieces and original
arrangements of traditional and farflung music, from Yiddish sources and
beyond.
Featuring:
~Ismail Butera, accordion
~Brian Drye, trombone
~Pamela Fleming, trumpet & fluegelhorn
~Michael Hess, violin & ney flutes
~David Hofstra, bass & tuba
~Deborah Karpel, vocals
~Debra Kreisberg, clarinet & alto saxophone
~Eve Sicular, drums & bandleader…
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www.metropolitanklezmer.com
Isle of Klezbos & The Lascivious Biddies together at Drom NYC
Wednesday, March 12th
Dynamic double bill of women’s bands, back by popular demand!
8:00pm – ISLE OF KLEZBOS klezmer sextet
http://myspace.com/klezbos
9:30pm – The LASCIVIOUS BIDDIES cocktail pop quartet
http://biddiesmusic.com http://myspace.com/biddies
$12 for both sets + club minimum
Drom: World Music/jazz nightclub & restaurant
85 Avenue A (near 6th St), East Village
212-777-1157
http://dromnyc.com
Concert
FOD is an acronym for Friends of Danny and the concert tour features many of the musicians who played in bands or jammed with Danny while he was alive, as well as many who never knew him but connect with his story. FODfest is a unique performance format: part song-swap, part jam session, part concert. Most of the participating musicians are meeting for the first time on stage.
Time and PlaceDate:
Friday, October 10, 2008
Time:
7:30pm – 11:00pm
Location: Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center
Street: 14 Castle Street
City/Town: Great Barrington, MA
Since Daniel Pearl’s death, there have been many attempts to honor his memory and legacy, many of which revolve around music, because Daniel was a terrific musician always found other musicians to jam with no matter where he wound up.…
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Metropolitan Klezmer plays Egg Rolls & Egg Creams Festival
The Museum at Eldridge Street:
Bi-cultural Block Party, 14th annual!
Sunday, June 8, 2014
12 noon til 4PM ~ FREE event
12 Eldridge Street
Lower East Side/Chinatown NYC 10002
http://eldridgestreet.org/events
http://www.eldridgestreet.org/event/14th-annual-egg-rolls-egg-creams-festival/
Saturday, May 22nd at 8:30pm
Merryall Center for the Arts
Chapel Hill Road, New Milford, CT 06776
Tickets $15 – for reservations, directions, etc., phone: 860-354-7264
or visit http://www.merryall.org/main.htm
“One of our biggest hits last season,this popular group specializing in
Israeli and Klezmer music connects with the audience through song,
instrumentals and poignant classics of Yiddish theater. Their beautiful songbird
delights audiences young and old.”
www.nefeshband.com
