Jewish Music Web Center Announcements

FROM BROADWAY TO BIMA! From the Profane to the Sacred

August 12, 2010
Thursday · 7:00pm - 9:00pm
Temple Judea West Campus, 6601 Valley Circle Blvd, West Hills
Rabbi Cantor Alison Wissot, Cantor Mike Stein, Cantor Mimi Haselkorn, Cantorial Soloist Mark Britowich sing the music that lulled to Broadway, and the music that inspired to the bima.

Klezmer Klimax!

Wednesday 11th August 2010 · 7:00pm - 11:00pm
Location The Union Chapel, Compton Avenue, London N1 2XD

More Info Frank London of the Klezmatics and an impressive line-up of American, European and British klezmer stars bring the rhythms and excitement of Eastern European party music to the heart of London. With Michael Alpert, Deborah Strauss, Jeff Warschauer, Merlin Shepherd, Andreas Schmitges, Ilana Cravitz, Ros Hawley, Paul Tkachenko, Guy Schalom, Emma Stiman, Stewart Curtis and Maurice Chernick. Concert is presented by the Jewish Music Institute (JMI) as part of KlezFest London.

* Doors: 7:00 pm
* Price: £17.50 adv + booking fee, £20 on the door
* Entry: All Ages
* Room(s): Chapel

Fargenign, a Russian Yiddish Choir in Revere MA

A Yiddish event is happening this Sunday (Aug. 8th). Fargenign, a Russian Yiddish choir from Lynn, will be performing over brunch at Temple B'Nai Israel in Revere. The event is this coming Sunday, August 8th, at 10 AM.

If you would like to come please RSVP as soon as possible by e-mail (reservation@tbirevere.org) or by phone (781-284-8388). $10 adults/$4 children. The congregation is located at 1 Wave Avenue, Revere, MA 02151 (Corner of Atlantic & Wave), in walking distance of the Beachmont stop on the Blue line and a few minutes away from Revere Beach.

Get Free Jewels of Elul

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/

Musica Judaica Online Reviews (MJOR)

The American Society of Jewish Music announces official release of MUSICA JUDAICA ONLINE REVIEWS, which has been operating under the Editorship of Dr. Judah M. Cohen of Indiana University since the beginning of the year.

Designed as an offshoot of Musica Judaica, the Society's journal which is published once a year, Musica Judaica Online Reviews (MJOR) not only allows us to publish reviews much closer to the publication date of the book or recording in question, but also guarantees a much wider circulation and distribution of the reviews, to all who are interested what is being written about in Jewish music. Moreover, at the same time, our goal is not only to share the reviews but to engage in discussion, with readers able to submit their comments (of course, moderated by our editor).

Reviews, on a broad variety of topics, ranging, for example, from "The Organ and Its Music in German-Jewish Culture" by Tina Frȕhauf, to "The Making of a Reform Jewish Cantor" by Judah M. Cohen, to "Jews, Race, and Popular Culture" by Jon Stratton, to name but a few, have already been posted on the MJOR website, with more to come this summer.

To subscribe to Musica Judaica Online Reviews, please visit its special website: http://www.mjoreviews.org . Your free subscription will allow you automatically receive e-mail notices of new reviews as they are posted on the site.

The publication of books about Jewish music is prolific. The American Society for Jewish Music (ASJM) is taking an leading role, and a variety of approaches, in disseminating information about them. Through Musica Judaica Online Reviews, the journal, the Jewish Music Forum, concerts and other projects and activities, the American Society for Jewish Music continues to provide important access to the field of Jewish music in all its aspects.

Sue Horowitz new CD In the Water

Sue Horowitz is a Jewish singer-songwriter and Jewish guitar player who lives in coastal Maine. She writes, often in partnership with Reform Jewish Rabbi Lev Baesh, highly singable and usable modern Jewish songs appropriate for worship services at synagogues, camps, youth groups, Jewish holidays, and religious ceremonies.

Her debut contemporary Jewish music CD, Eleven Doors Open, was produced in Boston by the multi-talented Jewish performer and composer, Josh Nelson. Sue's new Jewish music CD, In the Water , was recorded in Nashville, and produced by Grammy-nominated Mark Niemiec, and well-known Jewish rocker Dan Nichols.

Visit http://www.suehorowitz.com/ where you can watch a short YouTube of Sue's rock.

Galeet Dardashti Releases CD The Naming

The Naming The Laughter and Crying of a Persian Jew. Galeet Dardashti Gives Voice to Provocative Women of the Bible

This is the story of why the brilliant Queen of Sheba shaved her legs, how the stunning Vashti laid down the line for her drunken husband, and how a mysterious witch spoke King Saul's doom and then served him a nice dinner. The Naming, the upcoming release from singer and composer Galeet Dardashti , draws on the Persian classical music and Middle Eastern Jewish singing deep in her bones to transform the ghostly outlines of Biblical women into full-blown flesh-and-blood personalities.

The Naming's release on September 14 occurs smack in between the Jewish High Holidays of Rosh Hashanah (September 9-10) and Yom Kippur (September 18), when Dardashti will be chanting services as cantor for her Park Slope, Brooklyn synagogue. She is the first woman in her family to continue her family legacy of distinguished Persian and Jewish musicianship. For the September 14 New York City release concert at Le Poisson Rouge (158 Bleecker St; www.lepoissonrouge.com), Dardashti will be accompanied on stage by her five-piece band,SYREN Modern Dance ( www.syrendance.org), and the work of LA-based video artist Dmitry Kmelnitsky of Lustre (www.lustrecreative.com ).

Leaping from passing mentions and phantom females, Dardashti seeks names and lives for the many women in the Bible, Talmud, and the Midrash, the millennia-old Hebrew commentaries. "I am not going to sugarcoat everything," Dardashti explains. "We know that women get the short stick. Women are marginalized. I am trying to show how for the most part women try to overcome that inequity. And how they can rise to the challenge and be powerful and funny."

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ASHKENAZ 2010 Coming Soon --Make Plans To Attend

The Ashkenaz Festival, the largest Jewish cultural event in Canada and one of the prestigious of its kind, takes place at Toronto's Harbourfront Centre in just over a month (August 31st - September 6th). Have you started making plans to attend? Presenting music, dance, film, theater, workshops, and more, Ashkenaz provides the opportunity for festival-goers to share and connect with Jewish culture, immersing themselves in the diversity of the performers. Some of this year's featured amazingly talented artists include 14-piece Gypsy supergroup The Other Europeans, avant-garde opera of Frank London's "A Night in the Old Marketplace," pan-Mediterranean funksters Balkan Beat Box, Bosnian-Ladino legend Flory Jagoda, and all-female Persian/middle-Eastern fusion group Divahn. Below is the current festival schedule, but details may change, so be sure to check the official SCHEDULE Ashkenaz is a wonderful weekend for the entire family, and Toronto is a "dream city" for a vacation of families with kids. There is so much to do. So if you are looking for an "end of summer" celebration, this could be the perfect opportunity to join family fun with some Jewish culture.

WWGD: What Would Glatshteyn Do?

If you can't make it to our program WWGD? [What Would Glatshteyn Do?] An Evening of Yiddish Poetry you can watch it online at the exact time of the event, Sunday, August 1 6:00 PM - 7:45 PM (EST). Go to bowerypoetrylive.com WWGD
. In zikh (Introspectivist) Yiddish poets, 1923
. THE PROGRAM POETS AND SONGWRITERS:
. Zackary Sholem Berger, Gitl Schaechter-Viswanath, Josh Waletzky David Botwinik, Leyzer Burko, David Fallick, Samuel Marder, Charles Nydorf, Mindy Rinkewich, Elinor Robinson, Yefim Vinnitsky, Gershon Weiss, Jennifer Goodman Wolloch
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. TRANSLATIONS:
. Albert Rosenblatt, Yaira Singer, Wojtek Tworek, Sheva Zucker
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. Mir hofn az di yidishe oysyes veln zikh gut onzen af ayer kompyuter ober es ken zayn az af gevise kompyuters veln zey nit aroys perfekt. Tomer nit, leyent dem transliterirtn briv unter dem yidishn.
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Alicia Svigals' Klezmer Fiddle Express on Cape Cod

Alicia Svigals' Klezmer Fiddle Express concert/dance party This Thursday night, the Payomet Performing Arts Center presents Alicia Svigals with accordionist Evan Harlan, bassist Jim Guttman and drummer Grant Smith, in a program of unplugged and unleashed klezmer fiddle frenzy!

First Parish Brewster
1969 Main St.
Brewster, MA 02631
(not at the Payomet venue in North Truro!)
Thursday, August 5, 8:15 PM

For tix:
http://klezmerbyalicia.c.topica.com/maan9hLabZpx7bIFEx6eafpQav/
866-811-4111 or call Payomet Box Office (open 4:30-9 daily), 508.487.5400
Click here for Payomet website
http://klezmerbyalicia.c.topica.com/maan9hLabZpx8bIFEx6eafpQav/

For a preview, check out Alicia's band on Youtube
http://klezmerbyalicia.c.topica.com/maan9hLabZpvObIFEx6eafpQav/

Klezmatics Documentary On Holy Ground

Read an article in SF Chronicle about the release of new documentary about the Klezmatics
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=%2Fc%2Fa%2F2010%2F07%2F25%2FPKN51EGQ1L.DTL

NPR Reports what 700 Working Women Musicians Said

NPR ran a survey of 18 questions for working women who are musicians. They have links to all their answers about what it's like to be a woman musician today ... Here's the link to judge what's happening for yourself... http://www.npr.org/blogs/therecord/2010/07/19/128621920/hey-ladies-700-working-musicians-tell-it-like-it-is

The Other Europeans 1st USA & Canada Tour

A band called "The Other Europeans" is offering a series of concerts on a tour through the Northeast and Canada this summer. For those that love klezmer or roma music, it's a "must" concert for the summer. They will be at: Aug 15-22, Klezkanada; Aug 25-26, National Yiddish Book Center (Amherst, MA); Aug 27-29, American Folk Festival (Bangor, ME); Aug 31, Johnny D's (Boston, MA); Sep 1, Montreal Jewish Music Festival; Sep 4-6, Ashkenaz (Toronto). To learn more about the band and see concert details: http://other-europeans-band.eu/7-0-Tourdates.htsml .

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Montreal Jewish Music Festival

http://www.montrealjewishmusicfest.com/
Montreal's Jewish Music Festival will happen this Tuesday August 31- Thursday Sept. 2. More information about the festival on a poster at the website.

An Evening of Yiddish Poetry and Song

WWGD? [What Would Glatshteyn Do?]
An Evening of Yiddish Poetry sponsored by The League for Yiddish/ Afn Shvel magazine
You are cordially invited to a unique new event - a bilingual evening of contemporary Yiddish poetry! In zikh (Introspectivist) Yiddish poets, 1923

The program will feature Yiddish poets and songwriters reading (and singing) from their own works.
When: Sunday, August 1, 2010; 6 - 7:45 P.M.
Where: Bowery Poetry Club, 308 Bowery, Manhattan,
main floor (between Houston and Bleecker at 1st St.; Bowery is the continuation of Cooper Square below E. 4th St.)
F train to 2nd Ave. or 6 train to Bleecker
Admission - $6.00.
All are invited to come listen and you are invited to participate in the program if you:
- write Yiddish poetry
- write Yiddish songs
- translate Yiddish poetry into English (or another language) or English (or another language) poetry into Yiddish
Priority will be given to poets and songwriters. If you would like to participate in the program please contact the League for Yiddish by July 21st to let us know what you would like to contribute: info@leagueforyiddish.org
212-889-0380 /212-260-1753.

KlezKanada 2010!!!

The KlezKanada full brochure is online and ready to download! Check out this astounding program, and run, don't walk, to register! www.klezkanada.org KlezKanada is a full week of summer music camp for an individual or an entire family. With a setting in the midst of the Laurentians, with lakes, scented pines, and lots of freylakhs, dancing, singing, crafts, arts, jamming, performing, observing, enjoying, kvelling, joining & belonging. Don't miss it.

Ashkenaz 2010!!!

Toronto's Ashkenaz Festival is celebrating its 15th anniversary of presenting the Canadian and international Jewish culture scene through music, dance, film, theatre, visual art, workshops, and rituals, a project so ambitious that it's taken two years to organize.

The festival kicks off on Tuesday August 31st and goes through Monday, September 6th showcasing more than 90 acts and 200 individual artists hailing from over a dozen countries. Originally created by and for Klezmer/Yiddish junkies, Ashkenaz has now grown to reflect the most cutting-edge contemporary Jewish music and art, drawing a cross-cultural and multi-generational audience eager to join in on the joyful synergy.

"It's an opportunity to share Jewish culture and values with the broader community and it's incredibly gratifying to see so large and multicultural an audience enthusiastically embrace Jewish cultural forms."
- Eric Stein, Ashkenaz Artistic Director

you can check out the full schedule with details here

USDAN CENTER STUDENTS TO PRESENT UNIQUE GALA PERFORMANCE OF ERNEST BLOCH'S SACRED SERVICE ON AUGUST 4TH.

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. The critically acclaimed young baritone, Jesse Blumberg, will perform the cantor's role in Usdan's performance. Usdan's chorus will be prepared by Karen Lehman, conductor of the Center's senior choral ensembles

Musicians throughout the United States are honoring Bloch in 2010, the 50th anniversary of his death. Sacred Service was commissioned by San Francisco's Congregation Emanu-El, and it was premiered there in 1934. Usdan's Gala will conclude with the dramatic scene that Bloch most loved. It is the moment when the Torah is taken from its ark, and presented to the congregation as the chorus sings "Torah tzivoh." Bloch considered this part of his piece to be the embodiment of his personal journey of reunion with Judaism.

Usdan's Executive Director, Dale Lewis, recently spoke of the significance of the Center's August performance: "Sacred Service was a watershed composition for Bloch, one that ignited his transition from a classical style of composition, to one that was deeply religious. As we look back on 50 years of musical history since Bloch's death, we now see his pieces as among the most significant examples of Jewish art produced in the United States. The Center's conductors look forward to introducing Bloch's music to our students, and to presenting a major work of historic and religious significance to our community." A former concert cellist, Lewis has performed the composer's entire repertory for the cello, including Schelomo, the Hebrew rhapsody for cello and orchestra that is among the most important concertos for the instrument. Lewis's performances of Bloch's Jewish Life suite were accompanied by the celebrated American composer, Yehudi Wyner, and his Carnegie Recital Hall debut, as winner of the New York Violin Teachers Guild competition, included a performance of Bloch's Supplication for cello.

For more information, visit www.usdan.com , write to info@usdan.com , or call (212) 772-6060 or (631) 643-7900. Usdan Center is an agency of the UJA-Federation of New York.The Center is on a 200-acre woodland setting at 185 Colonial Springs Road in Huntington. Continue reading "USDAN CENTER STUDENTS TO PRESENT UNIQUE GALA PERFORMANCE OF ERNEST BLOCH'S SACRED SERVICE ON AUGUST 4TH."

AN EVENING WITH THEODORE BIKEL AND TAMARA BROOKS June 8

The Austrian cultural Forum New York Presents:
SONGS: AN EVENING WITH THEODORE BIKEL AND TAMARA BROOKS
June 8, 2010, at 7:30 p.m. / Austrian Cultural Forum New York

The Austrian Cultural Forum takes special pride in presenting a unique event: the Austrian-born world-famous singer and actor Theodore Bikel will appear in the Austrian Cultural Forum and treat us to his distinctive style of folk music. The gifted musician s repertoire includes songs from all over the world Yiddish, German, Russian, English, French, Croatian he speaks six languages and sings in twenty. His accompanist is the pianist and conductor Tamara Brooks, who has an impressive career in her own right. By combining their talents, Bikel and Brooks promise us an unforgettable evening in the fine theatre of the ACFNY, 11 East 52nd Street, NY, NY 10022.

Admission is free, reservations required. (http://www.acfny.org/events/events-single/event/257).

June in London

some Jewish music events of interest in London are:
Saturday 12 June
4-5pm
Hopkele Klezmer Keilidh
Bermondsey Carnival, Southwark Park, London
Join us for revelry in the dance tent as part of the day's festivities at this free event. More information:
http://www.southwark.gov.uk/events/event/196/
Getting there:
* Bus: 1, 47, 78, 188, 255, 381, C10, P12
* Tube: Canada Water, Bermondsey
* Rail: South Bermondsey, Surrey Quays


Sunday 13 June
2-5pm
Klezmer workshop in Cambridge
The Hut, Fletcher's Terrace, Cambridge

Back by popular demand! Similar to previous workshops with Ilana Cravitz, there will be a chance to learn a tune and some accompaniment, and look at some of the modes and style elements that make Klezmer so haunting and joyful. Tickets £15 for the 3-hour workshop (includes tea and biscuits!).
Book in advance by emailing klezmerworkshop@benorganizzato.com


Sunday 13 June
6.30pm

Sunday 27 June
3pm
Flamenco Con Tres
The Cross Kings, 126 York Way, London N1 0AX

Steve Homes and Jeff Rodrigues (guitars) play a programme of flamenco-inspired original works and a sprinkling of Judeo-Spanish favourites, with Ilana Cravitz on violin.
Tickets £5

Nashir! The Rottenberg Chorale

The Lucy Moses School at Kaufman Center presents:
Nashir! The Rottenberg Chorale
Benjamin Gruder, Conductor
Sunday, June 13, at 8:00 pm
Merkin Concert Hall
http://kaufman-center.org/
129 West 67th Street, New York
212-501-3330

With a repertoire spanning continents and centuries, featured composers include: Giuseppe Verdi, Salomone Rossi, Yehezkel Braun, Zavel Zilberts and David Broza
Tickets: $24 preferred seating, $21 general admission, $17 students/seniors
Merkin Hall www.merkinconcerthall.org

Jewish Music Competition - 28-31 October 2010

Competition '10: register until July 1st

Amsterdam's IJMF will once again host the world's only Jewish Music Competition: October 28-31, 2010. Information is online at www.ijmf.org http://www.ijmf.org/?utm_content=pinnolis@jmwc.org&utm_source=VerticalResponse&utm_medium=Email&utm_term=Text%20Version%20-%20Link%202&utm_campaign=Jewish%20Music%20Competition%3A%20register%20till%20July%201stcontent - and registration is open until July 1st. The selected ensembles will be announced in August. Pass it on to your favorite Jewish music ensemble: this is an opportunity not to be missed!

Showcase for Presenters What's the best way to get the attention of Jewish music presenters in Boston, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, San Francisco, Los Angeles, New York City, Toronto, Utrecht, and Washington DC? Join our competition and present yourself to the growing list of festivals that will be scouting our 24 selected ensembles via our site and/or in person at the competition: and more presenters are affiliating every week!

Adrienne Cooper joins jury
Around the world, Adrienne Cooper innovates and inspires: performing on concert, theater, and club stages, leading master classes in Yiddish song and lecturing about East European Jewish history and culture. Featured on more than twenty recordings as well as on film, TV and radio, her voice has shaped the revival of klezmer, defining a wholly original interpretation of Yiddish song, with colleagues such as The Klezmatics, Mikveh, Zalmen Mlotek, David Krakauer, The Flying Bulgar Klezmer Band, and many others.

Cooper has mentored a generation of new Jewish musicians in master classes and workshops in Germany, Holland, England, Canada, Russia, the Ukraine and throughout the U.S.A. and has been a pioneering leader with organizations including the YIVO Institute for Jewish Research, the Columbia University/YIVO Summer Yiddish Language Program and Klezcamp. Recognized with various awards and grants, she is also the recipient of Klez Canada’s Lifetime Achievement Award in Yiddish Arts and Culture.

IJMF is thrilled that Adrienne Cooper will join our expert jury and will give a master class and workshop following the competition.

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The Golden Door: Jewish Music with American Accent in Boston

Koleinu, the Jewish Community Chorus of Boston is having a concert on Thursday, June 10 at 8pm at Temple Emeth in Chestnut Hill, MA. Cantor Gaston Bogomolni and Cantor Lousie Treitman will be the soloists. Carol Marton will direct. Tickets are $12 in advance and $15 at the door. go to www.koleinu.org or call 617-559-8649 to get more information or order tickets.

Music Media Monthly

A new monthly online site that reviews music, by music librarians.
http://musicmediamonthly.com/

Four Seasons Plus presents Klezmer Music Concert

Cookie Segelstein and Joshua Horowitz invite you to join us for a concert in this historic building in the woods!
Four Seasons Plus presents Klezmer Music Concert
with Cookie Segelstein and Joshua Horowitz

Date: Friday, May 14th, 2010
Time: 8 PM
Place: Emmanuel Episcopal Church, Church in the Wilderness
50 Emmanuel Church Rd.
Killingworth, CT 06419
Phone: 860-663-1800
Tickets: $20
Reception follows concert.

Ani Yehudi Video

Check out this video.

Chamber Music – New York Style” at Temple Israel of the City of New York

On Thursday, April 22 at 8 PM, the Musicians of Lenox Hill, under the artistic direction of Soo-Kyung Park, will perform “Chamber Music – New York Style” at Temple Israel of the City of New York, 112 East 75th Street, New York City The program includes Three American Piecesfor flute and piano by Lukas Foss, Gershwin’s Embraceable You and I've Got Rhythm arranged for solo piano by Earl Wilde, Dvořák’s Piano Quartet No. 2 in Eb Major, B 162, Op.87 and Luminaria for violin and harp by Kenji Bunch, who has been called “a composer to watch” by the New York Times and is quickly emerging as one of the most prominent American composers of his generation.

New York Concert Review hailed the Musicians of Lenox Hill as "exemplary throughout" and "extremely impressive, technically and musically”. The featured performers, Jae-Hyuck Cho, piano, Cornelius Dufallo, violin, Sean Katsuyama , cello, Wei-Yang Andy Lin, viola, Sivan Magen, Harp and Soo-Kyung Park, flute and artistic director, have each won international acclaimperforming with major orchestras and ensembles and winning many of the world's most prestigious music competitions. This concert brings these extraordinary musicians together to perform chamber music written by some of the world’s greatest composers as well as a new work by an emerging young star. Each of the composers on the program has been inspired by New York City and, at important points in their careers, called the City their home.

Says Artistic Director Soo-Kyung Park “I am so thankful to Temple Israel and our dear friend, the late Muriel Levy, for sponsoring The Musicians of Lenox Hill, and allowing these exceptional artists to have the opportunity to perform such beautiful, enjoyable chamber music together, at affordable prices, in the wonderful, intimate setting of Temple Israel.”

The audience is invited to attend a dessert reception with the artists following the concert. The concert, which is an annual event now in its 12th year, is made possible by gift to Temple Israel by the late Muriel Levy in memory of her husband, Dr.Hyman Levy and their son, Jerrold Levy, fulfilling her vision to continue the music she and her husband loved and support the Musicians of Lenox Hill.

TICKET INFORMATION
Single Ticket $20
Seniors (60+) and Full Time Students (with ID) $10
Temple Israel Members FREE
Children under 18 FREE
To order tickets or for more information, call (917) 834-5399, visit
www.LenoxHillMusic.com, or write to musiciansoflenoxhill@gmail.com.

Please make checks payable to “Temple Israel of the City of New York”. Cash or check accepted at the door. Temple Israel of the City of New York is located at 112 East 75th Street between Lexington and Park Avenues, and can be easily reached on the 6 train (77th Street station). Parking is available in nearby garages.

Music in Education Webinar: Eprhyme’s “Pride and Prejudice” and a Jewish View of Assimilation

An online webinar presenting class in Jewish music.
Go to: https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/664752393 for complete details
Thursday, April 8, 2010 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM CDT for Webinar Registration the first of Lishmoa's free Educators' Webinars. As we prepare for Yom Hashoa, we will be presenting the lesson "Eprhyme’s 'Pride and Prejudice' and a Jewish View of Assimilation," based on artist Eprhyme's song "Pride and Prejudice."

The lesson was written by Writer/Educator Danny Zeldin and is geared for High School students, although educators of all types are welcome to participate in the webinar. Rabbi Ethan Linden (Shir Chadash synagogue in New Orleans) will present the lesson and demonstrate how this powerful song can be used as a teaching tool in the classroom. We hope to be joined by Danny Zeldin as well as Eprhyme who will discuss the messages presented within his songs.

The webinar is free, however space is limited to 100 and registration is required.

For more information on Lishmoa, visit Lishmoa.org. To learn more about Eprhyme, visit http://www.myspace.com/eprhyme

L'Association des Amis de la Musique Juive de Genève

Réservez déjà ces deux dates en avril:
Dimanche 18 avril à 18h, Théâtre Cité-Bleue, 46 Av de Miremont, 1206 Genève:
Yasmin Levy
Musiques judéo-espagnoles et flamenca

Dimanche 25 avril à 18h, Théâtre Cité-Bleue, 46 Av de Miremont, 1206 Genève:
Shira U'Tfila
Musiques judéo-espagnoles des Balkans

Ces concerts auront lieu à 18h au Théâtre Cité-Bleue, 46 Av de Miremont, Genève.

Informations: www.amj.ch, réservations: tél & répondeur: 00 4122 344 64 09,
fax: 004122 344 64 04 ou: amj@amj.ch

Billets: 30 CHF, tarif réduit: 20 CHF. Réduction supplémentaire de 10 CHF aux membres AMJ.
Billets en vente à l'entrée ou à l'avance:
Disco-Club : 22 Terreaux du Temple (en face de Manor) - T.022.732.73.66 du mardi au vendredi de 10h à 13h et de 14h à 18h30, samedi de 10h à 17h

Bibliothèque CIG : 21 avenue Dumas - T.022.317.89.70 lundi & mardi de 16h à 19h, mercredi de 10h à 12h et de 14h à 17h

Wolpe Lectures from Jewish Music Forum

March 26, 2010
10:30 A.M.
Center for Jewish History 
15 West 16th Street

New York, NY

All events are FREE and open to the public.

Friday, March 26, 2010, at the Center for Jewish History, Dr. Brigid Cohen will present a lecture entitled "'In a Land Large as an Apple Tree': Wolpe's Avant-Garde Music, Pedagogy, and Pacifist Zionism in 1930's Palestine" and Prof. Michael Beckerman of NYU will contribute a written response.

The Jewish Music Forum, now in its sixth season, is a project of The American Society for Jewish Music, with support from The American Jewish Historical Society. Please visit our website at www.jewishmusicforum.org.

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