Jewish Music Web Center Announcements

Jewish Music Classes Ready for Spring at Hebrew College

Hebrew College is offering a variety of courses teaching the basics of Jewish synagogue music. Courses range from cantillation and nusach, to holiday nusach. Some of these courses are available to anyone as part of their continuing online course offerings. For example, this semester, an Introduction to Nusach is being offered online. For more information and to register, visit: http://hebrewcollege.edu/spring-2010-courses.

Renowned Cleveland Music Collector Donates Jewish Recordings to FAU Libraries

Family of Renowned Cleveland Music Collector Donates Tens of Thousands of Recordings to FAU Libraries

BOCA RATON, FL – The family of Jack Saul, a renowned Cleveland music collector, has gifted about 10,000 unique Jewish records to Florida Atlantic University’s Judaica Sound Archives, which already held one of the world’s largest collections of preserved and digitized Judaic audio recordings. Another 50,000 vintage 78-rpm records from Saul’s collection will be used to establish a vintage records archive at FAU Libraries. In addition, 500 jazz LPs from the gift were added to the library’s extensive jazz collection.

Saul’s gift contained many rare and popular 78 rpms, LP albums and reel-to-reel tapes. While some of the recordings were new titles for the JSA, others were duplicates and replaced recordings in the archives that were not in as good condition. Some of the recordings had never been played, were sealed in their original wrapping and bore price stickers.

There were some complete collections of renowned Jewish performers, and such rare finds as a copy of Sophie Tucker’s 1945 Decca album featuring three 78 rpm records autographed by Tucker in November 1948; and the 1948 recording of “Brooklyn Baseball Cantata” with a copy of the sheet music, which originally sold for $1.25, written by Robert Merrill, one of the Metropolitan Opera’s most acclaimed baritones.

“This is, by far, the largest single donation of Judaica recordings we’ve ever received,” said Nathan Tinanoff, founder and director of the JSA at the Wimberly Library on FAU’s Boca Raton campus. “Jack Saul’s Judaica collection is in excellent condition and was said to be one of the finest private collections in the country. The JSA is fortunate to be the recipient of such a collection.”

Before he died in May at the age of 86, Saul visited the JSA in February. He became acquainted with the archives through mutual friends of JSA’s sound archivist Ben Roth-Aroni. Saul was so impressed that he told his wife, Hinda, and their children, Marlene, Howard and Ken, that he would like the Judaica portion of his collection to be eventually housed at the archives.

Music and collecting music was Saul’s passion and life. He bought entire collections from dealers and other collectors. His records spilled over into the basement, dining room, hallways and other living spaces of his home and place of business. After Saul’s death, his family discovered two floors of their family-owned furniture store packed with recordings floor to ceiling.

Tinanoff and JSA employees traveled to Cleveland several times to see, sort and box up recordings, before returning to Boca Raton to unload the first truckload in September. A second tractor trailer load of recordings will arrive from Cleveland in spring 2010 and will contain almost twice as many recordings as the first shipment.

Marlene Englander, a Cleveland musician and librarian, said it is fitting that a portion of her father’s collection was gifted to FAU Libraries, where educators, students and scholars will be able to use the recordings for research. “He was always sharing the collection with other people and making it available,” Englander said. “There were always people in our house listening to music.”

One fellow music lover who visited the Saul home to hear his Judaic recordings was Steven Greenman, a violinist whom Saul heard play at concerts in Cleveland. “Jack was a generous man and my colleagues in the klezmer world would call me when they were coming to Cleveland to see if they could visit Jack and see his famous record collection,” said Greenman. “Jack had a refined taste for music and readily said what music he liked and what he did not care for.”

Saul’s family donated other portions of his collection to such nonprofit institutions as the Library of Congress and the Cleveland Orchestra.

“These records were too rare and too valuable to pass up,’’ said Dr. William Miller, dean of Libraries at FAU. “Saul’s collection of 78s is certainly among the largest such collections in the country and perhaps the largest not already owned by a library.”

For more information on the Jack Saul Collection at FAU Libraries, contact Nathan Tinanoff at 561-297-2207 or tinanoff@fau.edu, or Dr. Maxine Schackman at 561-297-3765 or mschackm@fau.edu. More information about the JSA is located at www.fau.edu/jsa.

Mina Bern Dead at 98

Sad news that Mina Bern dead. Obit in the NYTimes.
http://www.worldjewishdaily.com/toolbar.html?4t=extlink&4u=http://www.forward.com/articles/123197/

Shir Appeal at Ner Tamid

Jewish A-Cappella Concert THIS Sunday 3pm at Ner Tamid

Shir Appeal: A Jewish A-Cappella Group
Tufts University, Boston

Shir Appeal is Tufts University's Co-Ed Jewish a cappella group, united by the love of music and Jewish culture, and one of the more acclaimed in the nation.

Shir Appeal sings many types of music, including traditional Jewish folk songs, Israeli rock, liturgical music, and American songs with Jewish themes.

General Admission: $15 ·
Seniors, Students and under 18: $10
Ner Tamid is located at 1250 Quintara Street and 22nd Avenue in The Sunset, San Francisco. It is accessible by public transportation and there is plenty of parking.

Yiddishecup for a New Year

After the long winter break, JMWC is back to blogging. We'll start off the New Year 2010 with a fun version of "Halleluyah" with a country jazz blend sound by Yiddishecup band. http://www.youtube.com/user/yiddishecup#p/a/u/2/NBcfjr3llkA

Open the Gates CD

Robert Cohen has put out a collection of Jewish music of liturgical music by contemporary composers. He calls it "heart music" for prayer, healing, dance and meditation. Information about the CD, "Open the Gates" can be found at: http://www.rlcwordsandmusic.net/music/open-the-gates-vol-1-cd

Robert is a writer, editor, and lecturer. He frequently lectures on American Jewish music.

Light a Candle for Jewish Music in Greater Boston

Boston Jewish Music Festival
Preview Concert
HABANOT NECHAMA
January 10, 2010
7:30 PM
Temple Aliyah, Needham

See the group that's all the rage, one of Israel's hottest acts, Habanot Nechama, in a special concert at Temple Aliyah in Needham.
The concert is sponsored by Temple Aliyah, Temple Beth Shalom, the Israeli Consulate and the Boston Jewish Music Festival
Ticket Price:$18
Order tickets online at
www.templealiyah.tix.com
Temple Aliyah
1664 Central Ave., Needham, MA

Preliminary Schedule
Boston Jewish
Music Festival

Saturday 3/6: Opening Night Gala Concert, 30th Anniversary of the Klezmer Conservatory Band with special guests vocalist Judy Bressler and Don Byron, clarinet. Also: JDub recording artists Golem.
7:30 PM
at Berklee Performance Center.


Sunday 3/7: Family Music Concerts, 1 PM. Shira Kline and Shir-La-La, JCC in Newton; Peter & Ellen Allard, Metrowest Community Day School; Yehuda Katz, Sharon/South Shore.
Sunday 3/7:Cantorial Assembly Concert,
3 PM -
Temple Israel, Natick, MA

Monday 3/8:A Conversation and Concert with Composer Osvaldo Golijov. Presented by the New Center for Arts and Culture. Featuring the Borromeo String Quartet and Jeremy Eichler, Boston Globe music critic.

Tuesday 3/9:Ladino Legend Flory Jagoda in concert. Gann Academy, Waltham, MA

Wednesday 3/10: Young Adult Dance Party with Electro Morroco, at a local club TBA. Presented with Gesher City.

Thursday 3/11: A Taste of Israel, performer TBA - Metrowest

Sunday 3/14: Closing Concert & Celebration, featuring Ernst Bloch's Sacred Service. Chorus Pro Musica, Zamir Chorale of Boston and the New England Philharmonic.
3 PM,
John Hancock Hall.

TICKETS GO ON SALE IN JANUARY!
WATCH FOR DETAILS!
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Yiddish concert in Tel Aviv

Yiddish Concert in Tel Aviv this Saturday, December 26, 2009
at 9:30pm.
Lenka Lichtenberg writes: "Hi! If you happen to be in Israel this week - you know where to find some fine new Yiddish music! Daniel Hoffman on violin, Kinneret Sagee on clarinet, Alexis Basque
on trumpet... good stuff!

Event: Yiddish concert in Tel Aviv this Saturday, December 26, 9:30pm
"Lenka Lichtenberg (voice, piano), Daniel Hoffman (violin), Kinneret Sagee
(clarinet), Alexis Basque (trumpet)."
Where: Cultural Center in Bet Ariela
Street: Shaul Hamelekh 25
Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel

Metropolitan Klezmer Dec 25 Klezmer Special

Jewish Museum: Dec 25 Klezmer Special on Friday, December 25 at 12:30pm.
Eve says, "Metropolitan Klezmer plays that special day next week in NYC:
Friday 12/25 at The Jewish Museum.
Very special guests too.
Kids FREE, 12:30pm & 2pm sets... Santa Klez is coming uptown!
Event: Jewish Museum: Dec 25 Klezmer Special
"Santa Klez is coming uptown!"
Start Time: Friday, December 25 at 12:30pm
Where: The Jewish Museum (on 92nd St) NYC

Twenty Years of Hannukah Happens

The Brotherhood and Music Committee of Temple Emanuel proudly present
Hanukkah Happens - Twenty Years
Thursday, December 24, 2009, 7:30 PM
Temple Emanuel, 385 Ward St., Newton
with the
Zamir Chorale of Boston
Joshua Jacobson, Artistic Director
Cantor Elias Rosemberg, Hazzan
Concert admission (open seating): Adults - $25; Children under 13 - $15
Proceeds to benefit American Friends of Magen David Adom.
For more information and tickets, please visit templeemanuel.com
email HHConcert@gmail.com or call 617-558-8100.

Jewish village of Putti in Uganda new CD

Mike Cohen traveled to Uganda to record a CD with the Jewish village of Putti. It's out and the music of "When I Wake Up" is an amazing blend of African music and Jewish music and texts. You can get it at
http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/MusicFromPutti. All proceeds go to the village. For more info about Putti, you can visit
www.thejewsofuganda.org

Zamir Chorale at Merkin Hall

If you'll be in the New York City area on December 24, you will enjoy this evening of Jewish music. Matthew Lazar will conduct the Zamir Chorale in its

Annual Winter Concert

at Merkin Concert Hall (129 W. 67th Street) NYC,

at 7:30 p.m.



Featuring Cantor Jacob Ben-Zion Mendelson as guest soloist, the program will include a wide range of gems from the Jewish choral repertoire, from (post-) Hanukkah favorites to Paul Ben-Haim's impressive "Roni Akara" to Maurice Goldman's "Strange Happenings" (aka Avremele Melamed) and Moishe Oysher's "Chad Gadya."



Tickets at $36 and $25 are on sale at the box office, 212-501-3330,
or online at www.kaufman-center.org

Sy Kushner Website

Sy Kushner has a website that lists his recordings and music books, and a blog. http://www.nulitemusic.com/site/

Avi Fox-Rosen's HANUKAH SPECTACULAR at Banjo Jims!

Avi Fox-Rosen's HANUKAH SPECTACULAR!
9pm - Benjy Fox-Rosen Band (yiddish art song, klez, pez)
10pm - Special Hanuka Lamp Screwing Ceremony led by Avi
10:15pm - Yiddish Princess (rock in yiddish)
11:15 - Breslov Bar Band
Celebrate the Miracle of Successfully Resisting Cultural Hegemony!
"But, how?" you ask.
Easy Peasy!!! By going to hear your three favorite bands playing perverse derivatives of Jewish music. And screwing the 5th bulb into Avi Fox-Rosen's Electric Hanuka Lamp.

Banjo Jim's
700 East 9th Street
New York, NY 10009-5309
(212) 777-0869
www.banjojims.com

Jewish People's Philharmonic Chanukah Concert

NYC Sephardic Music Festival -- TONIGHT!!

Sunday December 13th
years NYC Sephardic Music Festival.
Elie Massias will be playing songs in Hebrew, Spanish, Ladino and French, originals and some of the classics rearranged from the shuls of Gibraltar's Sephardic Community. Elie will be playing Guitar, Cajon and Soprano Saxophone and creating loops in real time through the Boomerang looping machine. The music will draw from the sounds of Andalucia's Flamenco, African rhythms, Sephardic and the many other musics he learned through the years
Ladino Chanteuse Rivka Amado and her band will also be performing.

Spanish and Portuguese Synagogue
3 West 70th St. at Central Park West NY NY
7pm | $15 adv or $18 door | all ages
phne 212-873-0300 x221

A Heymishe Yiddishe Chanuke TODAY!

The American Society for Jewish Music
The American Jewish Historical Society
Present
A Heymishe Yiddishe Chanuke
Sunday, December 13, 2009 at 3 PM
With
Zalmen Mlotek and Guests from
The National Yiddish Theater-Folksbiene
(All songs will be accompanied by English supertitles, as is the custom at the National Yiddish Theater-Folksbiene.)

Master Storyteller Isaiah Sheffer
of NPR's Selected Shorts
Program followed by Menorah lighting, singing and reception.
$18 General; $12 Members;$9 Students & Seniors
For tickets call (212) 868-4444, or _www.smarttix.com_
(http://www.smarttix.com/)
Center for Jewish History
15 West 16th Street, NYC

Chanukah Party at WSJC Featuring Pey Dalid

Come join the West Side Jewish Center for our annual Chanukah Concert!
Congregation Beth Israel West Side Jewish Center
Featuring: Pey Dalid!
Wednesday, December 16th @ 7 PM
West Side Jewish Center
347 West 34th St. (Between 8 & 9 Ave.)
New York, NY
Latkes!
Donuts!
And More!
$25/person
Please call the office for reservations: 212-502-5291

Yale Strom -- In Memory Of

Dec. 16th at 7pm the world premiere of
YALE STROM'S quartet "IN THE MEMORY OF..."

In the summer of 2008, musician Yale Strom traveled to Romania and discovered a musical treasure trove. In the upstairs women's balcony of the 1871 synagogue of Carei he found a box of old books including the cantor's music book with over 250 melodies notated by hand. THIS ROMANIAN JEWISH MUSICAL TREASURE HAD BEEN LOST UNTIL STROM'S DISCOVERY. In Memory of is a performance based upon the cantorial music he uncovered, and is dedicated to the Jews who perished during the Holocaust. Virtuoso cellist Mike Block and his string quartet will perform the new compositon.

After the quartet Cantor Ari Priven (Cong. Bnai Jeshurun) will sing some of the melodies from the "lost" cantor's book and then Yale Strom and Mike Block will perform melodies from the same work as klezmer pieces.

Location: Eldridge Street Synagogue
12 Eldridge Street (off Canal)
Tel: (212)219-0302
Seniors 12.00 Public 15.00
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Lipa and Kessin

Hannah Sacks Bais Yaakov in conjunction with Xclusive Productions presents:
A CHICAGO CHANUKAH CONCERT
LIPA SCHMELTZER
Shua Kessin
also starring Shea Rubenstein
music orchestrated and conducted by Yisroel Lamm
December 14th, 2009 – Showtime 7:30pm
Evanston Township – 1600 Dodge Ave.
6:15pm bring ur family for dinner – Various foods for purchase
Tickets: $25, $36, $50, $75, VIP
For tickets please call: 773-850-9908 or visit JewishTickets.com

There's Still Time-- Tonight! IGNITE CHANGE @ the World Cafe

Sunday Dec 13th - IGNITE CHANGE @ the World Cafe
Lights Ignite Change at the World Cafe Live
on SUNDAY DECEMBER 13th, 7pm.
(Doors @ 6, Candle lighting @ 6:30)
World Cafe
3025 Walnut St
Philadelphia, PA 19104
(215) 222-1400
http://www.worldcafelive.com/
Some awesome Philly organizations represented - from The Collaborative to the Jewish Farm School to Gift of Life - and some great musicians lined up: NAOMI LESS, SARAH AROESTE, and CHANA ROTHMAN. Latkes, gelt, and sweet tunes. If you're in Philly, try to make it!!

(If you don't live in Philly...then please pass it along to a friend or family member. If you really love them, don't let them miss this special Chanukah event!)

Music, Justice, and Dreidles,
Chana Rothman, Naomi Less & Sarah Aroeste
The Collaborative
Jewish Farm School
Gift of Life Bone Marrow donation campaign
The Jewish Dialogue Group
Jewish Family and Child Services - Domestic Violence Prevention
The Renaissance Group
KI Reform Congregation
and World Cafe Live

Lazarus Quartet at City Winery

The Lazarus Quartet is playing at the City Winery's Klezmer Brunch series in Manhattan on Sunday, December 27th. There are two sets, at 11 AM and 12:30 PM, a $10 cover and brunch is available.
The repertoire draws heavily on the recorded works of Dave Tarras and Naftule Brandwein. They also perform material from the Bulgarian, Greek and Turkish musical traditions. The mission of the Lazarus Quartet is to present this music in a way that's reflective of their experiences as a Jazz musicians living in New York, so there is a lot of improvisation and spontaneity on stage. The Lazarus Quartet is Ben Holmes (trumpet), Uri Sharlin (accordion), Dan Loomis (bass) and Jeff Davis (drums).

Sunday December 27th City Winery Klezmer Brunch
sets at 11 AM and 12:30 PM
$10 Cover, brunch available
155 Varick Street
New York, New York 10013
(212) 608-0555
citywinery.com

Everything You Ever Wanted to Know about the Shofar

Michael Chusid sent a link to his wonderful website about the shofar. He is a master of shofar blowing and a teacher to many in California area. He has put up a link to an entire book, Hearing Shofar: The Still Small Voice of the Ram’s Horn, he has written on the subject of the shofar, along with a Shofar Sounder's Reference Manual by Arthur Finkle. These useful resources are now made accessible to anyone via the website. What a gift! http://www.hearingshofar.com/

Only in America, but -REALLY- ONLY in America

You never know in this strange world of blended American cultures.... You just never know. Here's an article about the Mormon person, Senator Oren Hatch, who has written a not-too-shabby-quite-catchy-actually Hannukah song, sung by a Syrian-American from Indiana. Only in America!
http://www.tabletmag.com/arts-and-culture/music/21886/eight-days-of-hanukkah-video/.
He wears a Mezuzah... Who Knew?

London Klezmer Orchestra

Monday 7 December 2009
7.30-9.30pm
London Klezmer Orchestra
The Cross Kings, 126 York Way, London N1

The London Klezmer Orchestra meets to practice repertoire and arrange music. This is the last chance to join in time for the party on 16 December.
Tunes and set list are online at http://www.ilanacravitz.com/Klezorchestra.html
Information: William Millis on 020 8969 7019. Entry £5

Kol Rinah Chanukah Concert

Kol Rinah, Westchester's Jewish Community Chorus
Chanukah Concert conducted by Ben Gruder
Saturday, December 12th at 7:00 p.m.
At the Rosenthal JCC of Northern Westchester, 600 Bear Ridge Road, Pleasantville, New York.

G.A. $17; Seniors/Students/Groups of 5 or more/JCC Members, $12 a person; $2 Discount for Advance Sales for all tickets.
Ticket information:
Anne Lowy (914) 232-7281 or kolrinahchorus@optonline.net. See also, www.kolrinahchorus.org

Celebrate Hanukkah with the Mama Doni Band at a Free Concert!

"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! Read more about Mama Doni at www.mamadoni.com

The Concert begins at 4:30 pm, and is followed by Hanukkah candle lighting, the Hebrew Day Institute (HDI) Choir, dreidel playing, and Hanukkah crafts. There will be a brisket & latke dinner; tickets for the dinner are $12 for adults and $9 for children. To RSVP for the dinner (deadline is Dec. 6) or for more information, contact Lynn Berk at lberk@comcast.net or 301-762-7338 or Renee Salzberg at rsalzberg@hebrewdayinstitute.org or 240-399-6100. Tikvat Israel is located at 2200 Baltimore Road, Rockville, MD., Rockville, MD. For directions, go to http://www.tivkatisrael.org. The concert is sponsored by HDI and the Joint Youth Department of Tikvat Israel & Shaare Tefila.

The Sephardic Music Festival Asefa and Yair Dalal

Sephardic Music Festival

Asefa, Yair Dalal and Michelle Webb
@ Union Hall
702 Union St, Brooklyn, NY 11215
Monday, December 14, 2009, 7pm | $10

For more info: www.asefamusic.com | www.sephardicmusicfestival.com | www.unionhallny.com

Asefa

Full ensemble performance with Yoshie Fruchter (oud/guitar), Noah Jarrett (bass/guimbri), Yaaki Levy (drums/percussion). If you haven't been to Union Hall, this is a great music spot in Park Slope, Brooklyn.

A special treat will be the bill sharing by the legendary Yair Dalal, in town from Israel for one night only...don't miss it!

Fern Lindzon, Bill McBirnie, Neil Swainson & Nick Fraser @ Chalkers!

Saturday, December 5 at 6:00pm.
Event: Fern Lindzon, Bill McBirnie, Neil Swainson & Nick Fraser @ Chalkers!
"one fabulous night!!"
Where: Chalkers Pub
247 Marlee Ave
Toronto, ON


Come and see what all the fuss is about at Chalkers Pub and why it is a favorite venue for so many of Toronto’s top jazz performers. The club has a lovely Yamaha piano, great sound, fabulous food and a comfortable and intimate environment for listening to music.

Coming up on Saturday, December 5 from 6-9PM will be the Fern Lindzon Jazz Quartet. Jazz pianist and vocalist, Fern Lindzon, is gearing up to record her sophomore jazz CD in early 2010 and she has a lot of new and exciting material. Fern’s highly original style include her own compositions, wonderful arrangements of unusual jazz standards and even some klezmer/yidddish music which Fern has arranged in a contemporary jazz setting. The latter are a result of a Canada Council Grant Fern received in the spring of 2009 to fuse jazz and klezmer/yiddish music and art songs. She calls this hybrid Yiddish meets Kenny Wheeler and Maria Shneider.

Joining Fern will be the amazing jazz flautist Bill McBirnie. This will be the first time Fern and Bill have performed together and sparks will be flying! Toronto’s premier bass player Neil Swainson will be joining them on bass and the brilliant Nick Fraser rounds out the quartet on drums.

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Israel Composers League Celebration of Mark Koptyman

יום הולדת למלחין מרק קופיטמן בהגיעו לגבורות, בשיתוף המכון למוסיקה ישראלית ואיגוד הקומפוזיטורים הישראלי
מוסיקה מאת קופיטמן ויצירות חדשות שמקדישים לו שלושה מתלמידיו

איל אדלר: בכורה
ארי בן-שבתאי: בכורה
מיכאל וולפה: בכורה
קופיטמן: יצירה חדשה לבסון סולו בכורה קנטוס II,
לשלישיית מיתרים
טריפטיך, לפסנתר
מעגלים, לקול, קלרנית, צ'לו ופסנתר

אנסמבל מיתר
עמית דולברג, פסנתר
רואי אמוץ, חליל
גלעד הראל, קלרנית
נדב כהן, בסון
משה אהרונוב, כינור
ענת אנגלמאיר, צ'לו
הרכב ייחודי, בראש מעייניו ביצוע מוסיקה קאמרית ישראלית ומוסיקה המבוססת על נושאים ועל רעיונות יהודיים. האנסמבל נוסד בשנת 2004 בידי עמית דולברג, מנהלו לאורך שנות פעילותו. האנסמבל מתמחה בביצוע מוסיקה ישראלית עכשווית, וככזה הוקדשו לו יצירות רבות בידי מיטב המלחינים בארץ. עוד מתמקד האנסמבל ברפרטואר חברי האגודה למוסיקה יהודית של סנט פטרבורג מתחילת המאה העשרים; מלחינים כגון גנסין, אנגל, וופריק ואחרון, בחלקו בנגינת בכורה ישראלית. האנסמבל מרבה להופיע בפסטיבלים בארץ וברחבי אירופה ונגינתו משודרת דרך קבע בקול המוסיקה, ברדיו פראנס, ברדיו רומניה <ובתחנות ברחבי ארה"ב. "מיתר" אנסמבל הבית של האקדמיה למוסיקה ולמחול בירושלים, של הקונסרבטוריון הישראלי למוסיקה בתל אביב והאנסמבל הייצוגי בישראל של המרכז לתרבות ויצירה יהודית (CJCC), לוס אנג'לס. מלחין הבית של האנסמבל הוא איל אדלר. חברי האנסמבל זוכי מלגות קרן התרבות אמריקה-ישראל ומלגת משפחת ארקין. בשנת 2006 העניק שר התרבות לאנסמבל את פרס בנימיני, על מצוינות בפעילותו הענפה.