Sunday 1 September 2013, 1-6pm
Regents Park bandstand, London
http://www.jmi.org.uk
Bands all afternoon, and a new kids’ zone!
Ilana Cravitz and Vivi Lachs lead dancing. Featuring: Los Desterrados, Hamsa, The Turbans,
Frank London’s UK Klezmer Allstars, Yiddish Twist Orchestra
Be there!
Wednesday 21 August, 8.30pm, Jamboree, London
http://www.jamboreevenue.co.uk/
London Klezmer Quartet gig, followed by jam session as part of the
Klezmer Karousal series at the Cable Street venue. Other events in the
series include Daphna Sadeh Trio (7 August), Don Kipper (14 August).
566 Cable Street, Cable Street Studios Courtyard, London E1W 3HB
Experiments are going on to create new Yiddish dance. Steven Weintraub has written a blog describing some of these efforts this Spring and Summer.
http://www.stevenleeweintraub.com/a-culture-of-celebration.html
Eydie Gorme and Steve Lawrence were household words in the era of Ed Sullivan’s TV show and the heyday of the Tonight Show. Articles about her life are hitting all the major media and here are links to some items about this iconic American-Jewish singer of mid-century America.
http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-207_162-57597995/singer-eydie-gorme-dies-at-84/
Steve and Edie Official Website:
http://www.steveandeydie.com/
San Diego has an all male choir…. except… for their director, Ruth Weber. Now, after more than ten years singing together, the choir is about to release a new CD called “Heritage”. The choir focuses mainly on “majestic liturgical pieces” but they branch out into all sorts of repertoire from various genres of Jewish music. To find out more about this group, and to see video clips of their performances, some of which they perform with an orchestra, visit:
http://sandiegojewishmenschoir.com/
Monday, 8/19, 8pm.
ASEFA is playing at DROM in the East Village as part of a lineup that includes Ladino
songstress Sarah Aroeste and Sephardi DJ Diwan.
This is a Sephardic Music Fest teaser night to warm up the city for the festival this December.
ASEFA: MOROCCAN-SEPHARDIC FUSION
www.asefamusic.com
For more information about the Sephardic Music Festival coming up:
www.sephardicmusicfest.com
http://ticketf.ly/15x465F
ASEFA:
Samuel Thomas (reeds, percussion, vocals, oud), Elie Massias (guitar/vocals), Yoshie
Fruchter (guitar/oud), Dror Shahaf (darbuka), and Dan Aran (drumset and percussion).
ASEFA has joined the roster of art ensembles for the Brooklyn Arts Council.
Location: DROM
85 Ave A
New York, NY 10009
Neighborhoods: East Village, NYC
(212) 777-1157
dromnyc.com
Enjoy Youtube clips of someone singing the Mizmore LeDavid and Lecha Dodi with some traditional Sephardic melodies.
http://sephardijews.com/2013/03/08/sephardic-tune-for-mizmor-ledavid-lecha-dodi/
A fantastic exhibit of videos of an interview with Yehudi Wyner about his father Lazar Weiner. An absolutely delightful set of clips from an interview by Hankus Netzsky with Yehudi Wyner. Part of the Wexler Oral History Project.
These are a “must see” for those interested in American music, synagogue music or Yiddish art music.
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http://www.yiddishbookcenter.org/generations-composers-yehudi-wyner-his-father-lazar-weiner?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=newsletter
Tablet Magazine Online has an interesting article about the Orthodox community having a “kind of” American Idol show on Youtube. However, no one seems to have the stomach to do the criticism in the way that made that other show famous. Well, is that so bad? If you’re uncomfortable with that, How about reworking the premise to work within Jewish values?
http://www.tabletmag.com/jewish-arts-and-culture/music/140108/a-jewish-star-orthodox-idol
The report of the 8th European Cantors Convention is now on their website http://www.cantors.eu and written by Charles Heller.
If you haven’t been keeping up with the “Yiddish Song of the Week” blog for the last three years, presented by the Center for Traditional Music and Dance, you need to check it out and catch up. http://yiddishsong.wordpress.com/. Written by Itzik Gottesman, “This initiative is part of a larger effort by the AJFRP (An-sky Jewish Folklore Research Project) to revitalize traditional Yiddish folksinging performance and research on the subject. To that end, this website will emphasize field recordings of traditional Yiddish folksingers from around the world contributed by folklorists, ethnomusicologists, musicians, singers and collectors.”
Naomi Steinberger, Director of Library Services of The Library of The Jewish Theological Seminary, announces its new blog jts-spectorarchives.tumblr.com with findings from the Johanna Spector Archival Collection.
The collection consists of papers, recordings, photos and other items related to Spector’s career as an ethnomusicologist focusing on Jewish communities of the East.
Love the “this-is-how-this-stuff-came-in pix. And…For all those out there in libraryland,… JTS is to be commended on this innovative use of online technologies to promote archival holdings! Congrats on starting your tumblr blog! We’ll all be curious to see what’s inside. And kudos to Dr. Eliott Kahn for taking on the beginning of another amazing collection. (He’s the guy that brings order to the chaos), and has created the great archival finding aids to many other Jewish music collections of note held at JTS.…
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September 22, 2013
American Friends of Magen David Adom proudly presents “Higher and
Higher”
Neshama Carlebach and The Green Pastures Choir
Congregation Beth Sholom
8231 Old York Rd
Elkins Park, PA
For tickets and further information call 215.947.7007 or visit
afmda.org.
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Lipa Schmeltzer has created many things, but a lot of people will relate to his “diet” song… in Yiddish.
NEW: Saturday, July 20, 4:00pm, Anthony Russell presents The Sidor Belarsky Songbook. Part of JCC San Francisco’s Oneg Shabbat, 2:00-5:00pm. Similar events are taking place every Saturday, through August 24. Many activities for all ages. No charge. More info: 415.292.1286 jccsf.org/onegshabbat.
Saturday, July 20, 7:30-10:00pm, Mama Loshn in “A Mit-Zumer Nakht Cholem,” A Mid-Summer Night’s Dream Dance Party. Yiddish, Ladino, and English-language music. Mama Loshn will welcome other musical guests, including Reb Irwin Keller, Laurie Le’ah Lippin, and dance leader Bruce Bierman. At Congregation Ner Shalom, Cotati. Wine and beer available for purchase. Tickets: $20 advance /$25 door. More info: 707.528.5538, jccsoco.org .
Sunday, July 21, 6:00pm (music begins 6:30pm) Klezmer Night with Saul Goodman‘s Klezmer Band, featuring Mike Perlmutter (clarinet), Dave Rosenfeld (mandolin, violin, percussion), and Jack Hanly (poyk, mandolin).…
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Los Angeles based Yoel Weiss has produced a CD of newly composed music and is a 15-year old prodigy. He gets a lot of help with arrangements, and even some lyrics from his mom, but the songs are his. The Jewish Music Review carries the story:
http://www.thejewishmusicreview.com/2012/08/yoel-weiss-esa-einai-in-stores.html#
with assertively Ashkenazi pronunciations, these kids are pretty cute.
Cantor Mimi Sheffer and the Warsaw Singers directed by Sebastian Gunerka with organist Mirlan Kasymaliev have a created a tour de force in the new CD released as No. 1 of the Cilia: The Jewish Music Series. The collection contains eleven selections, most of them from Jewish liturgy, by various composers, with three of those composed by David Eisenstadt. The liner notes are written by the eminent Jewish musicologist and cantor Dr. Eliyahu Schleifer. Most of the settings will be familiar to American Reform Jews, but not all.
David Eisnstadt (1890-1942) was a conductor and composer of synagogue music who was well known in interwar Poland. Eisenstadt developed an outstanding choir in one of the most prestigious synagogues, the Great Tlomack Street Synagogue. He also composed original pieces for services such as a setting for L’cha Dodi and Sch’chula Achula which are included on the album.…
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Ta Shma Orchestra at Fontanas Bar
105 Eldridge St btw Broome & Grand Streets, New York, NY 10002
212 334 6740
We’re on @ 8:30 & Almost 6’6” is on after us
21+
Tickets are $10 and can be purchased in advance @ http://www.ticketweb.com/t3/sale/SaleEventDetail?dispatch=loadSelectionData&eventId=3690974
Ta Shma Orchestra
www.tashmaorchestra.com
Almost Six Six
http://www.reverbnation.com/almostsixsix
Marina Toshich announces an album of contemporary music for oud is ready for download in MP3 or FLAC or other formats available online. In addition, a PDF book of the 16 compositions is also available. Recorded in Tel Aviv, at Matityahu Studios, 2013 and released 01 May 2013, the album features:
Marina Toshich – compositions & oud
Jacob Miron – Woodwinds & arrangements
To examine or buy, see: http://marinaoud.bandcamp.com/
This album really has to be heard!–The Jewish Music WebCenter
The all women’s klezmer sextet, ISLE OF KLEZBOS, will perform at the Jewish Museum’s “SummerNights” Series on Thursday, July 25 2013 as the final concert. Isle of Klezbos plays imaginative versions of eclectic Eastern European-rooted Jewish folk music, Yiddish swing and tango.
This event also includes an open bar with wine and light refreshments.
Doors open at 7pm, and the concert begins at 7:30pm.
The Jewish Museum is located at Fifth Avenue at 92nd Street, Manhattan.
July 25 concert tickets are $15 for the general public; $12 for students and seniors;
and $10 for Jewish Museum members. Visit TheJewishMuseum.org/summernights
to purchase tickets online. For additional information, the public may call
212.423.3337.
An infrared assistive listening system for people who are hard of hearing is available
for programs in the Museum’s S.…
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Sunday, July 28, 2013, 1:00 PM
Ancient Wisdom & Modern Sounds for Health and Healing
An experiential workshop and CD Box-Set release party
with composer Yuval Ron
and Metta Mindfulness Music President and Executive Producer Dr. Richard Gold.
Join us for this unique opportunity to have your CD box set autographed by Yuval Ron and Dr. Richard Gold. Dr. Gold will lead in breathing meditations of the six Healing Sounds of Chinese medicine along with the new music composed by Yuval Ron to invoke the qualities of the six elements of nature: fire, water, earth, metal, and wood.
Enjoy live and recorded music by Yuval Ron at MettaMindfulnessMusic.com.
Location: Rising Lotus Yoga, 13557 Ventura Blvd., Sherman Oaks, CA
Admission: Free.
Join me online, your host at The Jewish Music WebCenter, as I teach an entirely online course through Hebrew College in the “Music of the Jewish People”.
This online course investigates the role that music has played in Jewish life from ancient to modern times. Topics include music in the time of the Bible, rabbinic attitudes toward music, music and mysticism, the development of the modes for prayer and scriptural cantillation, church and synagogue music are compared, music of the holidays and the life cycle, folk and popular music in the Diaspora, the development of art music in the modern era and music in modern Israel. It also includes music of American Jews. Prior knowledge of music is not required. Cannot count for graduate credit for the students in the Cantorial Ordination programs.…
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Maria Szymanowska, a
Polish-Jewish pianist and composer has released her complete piano works.
The CD is available through Amazon at::
http://www.amazon.com/Maria-Szymanowska-Complete-Piano-
Works/dp/B00CYH8482/ref=sr_1_1?
ie=UTF8&qid=1373820287&sr=8-1&keywords=szymanowska
One reviewer wrote that: ..”mazurkas and the lyrical nocturnes, Some of the preludes/etudes show stylistic similarities to Mendelssohn and Schumann, while the lyrical pieces show resemblance to John Field.”
The Brooklyn Jewish Dance Institute has posted some pictures through facebook, showing various dancers.
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10151763043284384&set=gm.486185654785384&type=1&relevant_count=1
This group trains young girls in dance in a safe and frum environment.
RJ.org has a blog column by Lisa Levine,
The Music of Un’taneh Tokef, from June
http://blogs.rj.org/blog/2013/06/06/the-music-of-untaneh-tokef/.
Lisa Levine is the Cantor of Temple Shalom in Chevy Chase, MD. Her original
compositions are published by Transcontinental Music.
Her website is:http://www.cantorlisalevine.com/ with links to her audio and sheet music downloads through oysongs.com. Among other publications is her Soulful Shabbat Ruach Band Book which is “an entire original Shabbat evening service by Cantor Lisa Levine, written for the choirs, bands, and congregation…”
Shira Shaw who describes herself as “an orthodox jewish lady singer” has some CDs and individual tracks for sale on her website. She sounds like….(Can you name the “sound alike”??)… only it’s got English & Hebrew lyrics focused on religious themes. http://music.shirashaw.com/
New album MAKANNA (I. Kosíková: “MAKANNA”, J. Talich –
conductor, F. Brikcius – cello, J. Židlický – narrator, Talich
Chamber Orchestra) is online! Concert was held under the auspices of
Sir Tom Stoppard and Václav Havel as part of the 110th anniversary of
the birth of the Jewish writer Jiří Weil.
SupraphonLine, online store with the Czech Music – František
Brikcius, buy album (MP3, FLAC): MAKANNA –http://www.supraphonline.cz/album/5152-makanna
Touch the Dream: A Musical Tribute to Israel at 65
and in honor of Rav-Hazzan Scott Sokol
Performed by the Zamir Chorale of Boston
Joshua R. Jacobson, Artistic Director
Clips available at the website.
http://zamir.org/recordings2/cds/touch-the-dream-926/
$10
Shye Ben-Tzur & The Rajasthan Gypsies
LIVE ON BOSTON CITY HALL PLAZA
SUNDAY, JULY 21st, 4 P.M.
FREE and Open to the Public
This weekend begins the Outside the Box Festival (OTB), a new, free nine-day festival
of over 200 music, dance, and theater events. The BJMF is presenting the grand finale,
Shye Ben-Tzur & The Rajasthan Gypsies is a unique multi-ethnic, Israeli and Indian ensemble that
creating “world devotional music”–a unique mix of Indian Qawwali music with Hebrew
lyrics. They’ve been hailed around the globe, and this is their U.S. debut.
Lisa Gutkin, longtime violinist with the Klezmatics, will appear at the klezmer brunch at the City Winery on August 11 2013. General admission is $10. Combined with delicious lox, bagels and other tasty fare at the Winery brunch menu on Sunday mornings from 10am to 2pm…. sure to please. Music at 11am. The 2013 Jewish American Heritage Month honorees are Sy Brenner and Yale Strom. Yale Strom is no stranger to the Jewish music world. He’s currently serving as the artist-in-residence for the Jewish Studies Program at San Diego State University. Strom is best known not only for his performance but for his films and books. 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. Shpilndik! Zingendik! Tantsndik! (Play! Sing! Dance!) July 31 – August 3 2013 With Deborah Strauss, Jeff Warschauer Whether you have some experience as a klezmer player, Yiddish singer or dancer, or are completely new to the style, this hands-on workshop offers a feast of Eastern European Yiddish instrumental, vocal music and dance. ?This workshop will be taught with a lively, integrated approach?a marriage of instruments, singing and movement. Working by ear and with written music, we will explore ways to express the full potential of Yiddish music and dance, as individuals and as a group. Daily topics will include Eastern European Jewish modality, klezmer phrasing, articulation and ornamentation, Yiddish song repertoire and style, and Yiddish dance steps, gestures and movement.… Jalopy Theater and School of Music presents Rare Nineteenth Century Ballads and Lyrical Songs Learn to produce the delicate yet focused sound of traditional Yiddish singers Klezmer Modality Session Three — with Jeff Warshauer We’ve had two great sessions on modality. This Thursday we will have one more session on this topic. We will continue our exploration of the minor modes, review the major modes, and work on modulating from mode to mode. As always, we will continue our study through ear training, improvisation and composition exercises, and an exploration of written and aural source materials. Come one, come all, even if you missed the previous sessions on modality. We’ll get you caught up! Thursday May 23, 2013 from 7 PM to 9 PM Queens: Wednesday 22 May @ 7PM Brooklyn: Thursday 23May @ 8PM http://www.andystatman.org/The_Andy_Statman_Trio/In_Concert.html A vimeo preview of the chamber rock opera “A Kaddish for Bernie Madoff” created and performed by Alica Jo Rabins. It was performed this May in Washington at the JCC. Look for the next performance venue! http://vimeo.com/album/2384842 Marina Toshich presents an album of new compositions for Oud.You can listen to some fascinating examples of this marriage of an old instrument with some new music, even jazz riffs, at: Join us for Yidstock 2013: the festival of new Yiddish music! Concert Schedule Workshop · Lecture Schedule For more information and to purchase tickets: Rabbis Nicole Guzik and David Wolpe will join celebrated musician 2580 Cahuenga Blvd. East, Hollywood, CA 90068 Friday Night Live at the Ford will be held under the stars in one Guests are invited to bring a picnic dinner while enjoying a Tickets are $10 and on sale now at the Ford Theater’s website.… Sunday, May 26, 2013 at City Winery 155 Varick St, NYC French singing star Julien Clerc will appear with a 40 piece orchestra in Israel on Sunday July 7, 2013 at the National Opera house in Tel Aviv, 19 Sderot Shaul HaMelech at 20h30. He will perform his standards along with some of his new repertoire. This is the French singer’s first time to perform in Israel. For more information, contact WWW.LOLLYPROD.COM -OU- 03.658.59.59 Heather Klein and Miryem-Khaye Seigel in Concert Anthony Russell will perform in Miami on Sunday, June 9th at 4:00 p.m. in the first Tickets for the concert are now on sale online Anthony Mordechai Tzvi Russell was profiled this week in the Times of Israel. “If The concert will include a variety of music—Yiddish music, music in Hebrew, and Nashir! The Rottenberg Chorale presents Tickets are $24 (preferred seating), $21 (general admission) and $17 Hava Nagila (The Movie) It’s to music what the bagel is to food – a Jewish staple that has Alicia Svigal’s original score to the 1918 silent film classic, “the Yellow Ticket,” starring Pola Negri, performed live by Klezmer Unfettered: Marilyn Lerner and Alicia Svigals . The Yellow Ticket is a live multimedia concert event featuring the eponymous 1918 Pola Negri silent film with a performance of an original score by Alicia Svigals, one of the world’s foremost klezmer fiddlers. The score is the newest commission from the Foundation’s New Jewish Culture Network (NJCN) and marks the first feature-length film composition by Svigals who will perform live with virtuoso pianist Marilyn Lerner at each of the screenings of this cinema classic.… Sunday, April 21, 2013 In October 1942 the liquidation of the Warsaw Ghetto was ordered. In January 1943 armed resistance to the deportations began forcing their suspension. On April 19, 1943, the Germans ordered Ukrainian auxiliaries to reenter the ghetto to round up the remaining Jews. The Jews managed to resist the assault for three weeks. On May 8 the fighters were killed, the remaining Jews deported to killing centers. The Warsaw ghetto with its 400,000 Jews was liquidated. We are commemorating the courage and endurance of the Jews of Warsaw in an evening that features Yiddish songs and diary entries composed in the ghetto as well as letters and accounts written outside the ghetto by distressed Polish and German witnesses to the destruction.… Kol Rinah, Westchester’s Jewish Chorale’s Spring Concert CD RELEASE CONCERT AND TANTSHOYZ Deborah and Jeff will perform music from their brand new CD, Once I Had a Fiddle. No Place On Earth *Date*: Saturday, April 6 at 8 PM. STEAL A PENCIL FOR ME– Semi-Staged Concert Performances in New York on April 28 & 30 These semi-staged concert performances will take place on: Details can be found on Gerald Cohen ‘s website Jewish Theological Seminary (JTS) is located at 3080 Broadway (at 122nd st.), New York, NY.… In the realm of “hasn’t this gone more than far enough?”, a Jewish girl was suspended from her Orthodox school for singing on a popular Israeli TV show. The Jewish Music WebCenter supports singing as a basic human right for men and women, boys and girls. Orthodox communities may need to reexamine the issue in light of the Jewish sacred texts which describe Jewish women singing and leading the people in song and dance. Read about this discussion in an article in http://www.naomiyiddish.tau.ac.il/ The Naomi Prawer Kadar International Yiddish Summer Program at Tel Aviv University Read more about Yiddish in Israel at the website. For those who are looking to cram before the holiday in remembering the tunes — it’s easy to do with “Digital Haggadah”. There are both Sephardi and Ashkenazi melodies. http://www.judaism.com/digital_haggadah/ Saturday, March 16 — The Alexandria Kleztet and Bangla Avenue as part of This is part of the World Music Series at this very hip DC performance space. Kleztet on first, followed by the Bengalese/Jazz fusion band Bangla Avenue from 10 to 11 pm. For this performance, the Kleztet will consist of yours truly, along with bassist Scott Harlan and violinist Susan Jones. Special guests, including percussionist Faheem Khemani and guitarist Cristian Perez, will be joining us for a few songs. Crazy world music jamming is sure to ensue! GOLDEN MOLTEN STREAM: A Celebration of Contemporary Hebrew Poetry & Song Featuring a closing set from JAFFA ROAD who have put these lively poems to music on their two Juno-nominated albums. The New York Klezmer Series Steve Weintraub will be teaching the dance workshop before- learn to improvise with your body. Winter Jewish Music Concert presents its first solo concert For five years the Winter Jewish Music Concert has presented large-scale concerts of On Sunday, June 9th, at 4:00 p.m., we will for the first time present a concert Mr. Russell’s personal story is compelling. He is a classically-trained CD RELEASE CONCERT + diNMachine – The New York Times praises the band: “On its new album, “Open Circuit” The outfit features a collection of New York’s brightest underground jazz SPECIAL SUNDAY SHOW!! On a U.S. Tour From Israel SPECIAL THURSDAY SHOW!! SATURDAY, MARCH 9, 2013 Two families. Four award-winning composers. The Boston Jewish Music Festival presents a special afternoon of choral and chamber music. Featuring the Zamir Chorale of Boston and Kol Arev of Hebrew College, in a concert of the magnificent compositions of Lazar Weiner and his Pulitzer Prize-winning son, Yehudi Wyner, and Cantor Hugo Chaim Adler and his son, Samuel Adler, recipient of the Aaron Copland Award for lifetime achievement in music, this extraordinary program will include participation from both Yehudi Wyner and Samuel Adler. Tickets: $20 in advance, $25 at the door here. Saturday, March 9, 2013 Info/Reservations: 02-673-7183 or mavraham@zahav.net.il The European Cantors Association is delighted to announce the next European Cantors Convention. It will take place in London, at Central Synagogue, from Monday 17 to Thursday 20 June 2013, followed by a Shabbaton 21/22 June. The convention will open with a concert on Monday 17 June. The Guest cantors will be the incredible composer, practitioner and educator Sol Zim from New York, and the outstanding teacher / practitioner who proved so excellent and popular last year Yehezkel Klang from Israel. This convention is for practicing prayer leaders of all backgrounds, for choirmasters and choristers and for congregants – and for anyone interested in the music of the synagogue. The subject will be Shabbat Unwrapped: We will be working in small groups with our guest teachers to uncover everything you need to know about the music of Shabbat services.… Liliana Benveniste, who lives in Argentina, has 2 CDs of Sephardic Music: “Ayres Buenos” and “Enkantes Fathers and Sons Sam Adler and Yehudi Wyner Featuring the Zamir Chorale of Boston and Kol Arev of Hebrew College, in a concert of the magnificent compositions of Lazar Weiner and his Pulitzer Prize-winning son, Yehudi Wyner, and Cantor Hugo Chaim Adler and his son, Samuel Adler, recipient of the Aaron Copland Award for lifetime achievement in music, this extraordinary program will include participation from both Yehudi Wyner and Samuel Adler. Tickets: $20 in advance, $25 at the door here. Thursday, February 28, 2013 Jewish Music Cafe Dr. Michael Ochs, and noted scholar on Jewish music, Professor Mark Slobin Joseph Rumshinsky’s 1923 musical comedy, Di goldene kale (The Golden The C & RL News, of the Association of College and Research Libraries Reports in the February 2013 issue that two archival repositories have a new innovative project to create translations from historic Yiddish newspapers and journals. The Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives at Cornell University and the Modern Records Centre at the University of Warwick in the UK are jointly digitizing more than 1500 pages from Yiddish newspapers and journals. These papers are from the 19th and early 20th centuries, and were originally written for working-class Jewish immigrants from Eastern Europe. The project will translate publications such as The Ladies’ Garment Worker. The project is looking for volunteers to translate the documents from Yiddish to English. People can help by participating in the project.… HAZAMIR TEEN CHOIR CELEBRATES 20 YEARS IN GALA CONCERTS AT JAZZ AT LINCOLN CENTER ON MARCH 17 300 SINGERS FROM ACROSS U.S. AND ISRAEL TO PERFORM. NEW KINOR DAVID AWARD TO BE INAUGURATED 300 singers from 22 cities across the U.S. and Israel take part in the 20th anniversary concerts of HaZamir: The International Jewish High School Choir at Jazz at Lincoln Center on Sunday March 17. The back-to-back concerts, at 3pm and at 6:30pm, are the annual culmination of a year-long teen program sponsored by the Zamir Choral Foundation in New York. Zamir is the only organization of its kind to use Jewish choral singing as a vehicle to foster Jewish identity, community and continuity. The concerts span a wide range of classical and contemporary musical selections, with mostly Hebrew texts.… Lundi 11 février à 20h, c’est à un concert dans la plus pure tradition judéo-andalouse des Piyoutim que nous invite la communauté israélite de Mulhouse. Le cantor Moshe Louk et son orchestre donneront à découvrir dans la synagogue de Mulhouse, une tradition musicale séfarade conservée depuis l’Espagne aux théâtres et cabarets de Paris, New York et Jérusalem, en passant par les mellahs du Maroc. Une musique qui a acquis ses lettres de noblesse en parcourant le monde, en suivant les pérégrinations des Juifs du Maghreb. – En la Grande Synagogue de Mulhouse, 2 rue des Rabbins
City Winery
155 Varick Street
New York , NY 10013
(212) 608-0555
Yale Strom and Sy Brenner named 2013 Jewish American Heritage Month honorees
http://newsle.com/article/0/80167148/
Shye Ben-Tzur & The Rajasthan Gypsies Free in Boston
Shpilndik! Zingendik! Tantsndik!
A Hands-On Introduction to Klezmer Instrumental Music, Yiddish Song, and Dance
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Traditional YIDDISH Singing Workshop
A Workshop in
TRADITIONAL YIDDISH SINGING
Sunday June 23rd 2pm – 4pm
Brooklyn, NY
Vocal Techniques for Authentic Yiddish Singing
featuring the most beautiful of melodies and poignant of stories
taught in detail from Original Field Recordings
Reproduce the melismatic embellishment traditionally used
to enhance the singing of this beautiful repertoire
Sing with increased comfort, clarity, and control
Sculpt vocal lines to effect maximum expression
Taught by Acclaimed Vocalist, Researcher, and Instructor Carol Freeman
JALOPY
315 Columbia Street Brooklyn, NY
718-395-3214
http://www.jalopy.biz
10 minute subway ride from Manhattan
Admission $30
Klezmer Modality Session Three with Jeff Warshauer
The Workmen’s Circle
247 West 37 Street #5,
New York, NY 10018
$30/$25 Workmen’s Circle members.
For more information: warschauer@aol.com
Andy Statman Trio in NY concerts
(Andy on clarinet & mandolin, Jim Whitney on bass and guest drummer Jordan Perlson)
Queens College – Free Concert!
Lefrak Concert Hall
Reeves Avenue Queens, NY 11367
Barb?s
376 9th St. (corner of 6th Ave.) Park Slope
(followed at 10 PM by our friend Frank London’s Songs of Zebulon)
A Kaddish for Bernie Madoff Chamber Rock Opera
Oud in the Middle West
Website has links to purchase the music.
http://marinaoud.bandcamp.com/
YidStock 2013
Thursday, July 18th through Sunday, July 21 Live at the Yiddish Book Center
DON’T MISS OUT ON WHAT PROMISES TO BE AN AMAZING FESTIVAL!
Purchase your tickets today.
To purchase tickets for individual events or to purchase a Festival Pass:
http://support.yiddishbookcenter.org/site/R?i=OUxhv-zFlGQX0WJsFs28rg
A limited number of Festival Passes are available.*
*Festival Pass includes access to all concerts, lectures, and workshops
Back by popular demand, Yosi’s Kosher Falafel Tent will be serving an assortment of
great food.
– Thursday, July 18 –
*7pm | Klezmer Conservatory Band
– Saturday, July 20 –
*7pm | Margot Leverett & the Klezmer Mountain Boys and Klezperanto
– Sunday, July 21 –
*12pm | Wholesale Klezmer Band – Family Concert
*2pm | Brass Khazones: Steven Bernstein and Frank London play Cantorial Music
*4pm | Golem
*7pm | Yidstock All-Stars
– Friday, July 20 –
*1pm | Lecture: Hebrew National Salvage: Rediscovering Lost Musical treasures with
Hankus Netsky
*2pm | Lecture: Rockin’ the Shtetl: The Essential Klezmer with Seth Rogovoy
*3:30pm | Workshop: Yiddish Folk Dance with instructor Steve Weintraub
*5pm | Workshop: Instrumental Klezmer with instructor Brian Bender
– Saturday, July 21 –
*4pm | Talk: New Riffs: Improvising a Contemporary Yiddish Culture with Aaron Lansky
and Seth Rogovoy
Website – www.yiddishbookcenter.org/yidstock
Phone – 413-256-4900
**PLEASE NOTE: Lineup is subject to change.…
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Craig Taubman’s Friday Night Live at Ford Theater
Craig Taubman for this Friday Night Live service at the Ford for the third
year running on June 14, 2013.
of the city’s great venues, and include musical performances from Duvid
Swirsky, George Komsky, and husband and wife team Lynn Harrell and Helen
Nightengale.
pre-show festival featuring performances by YouTube sensation Ari Herstand,
MiMoDa Jazzo Gruppa, and an art show curated by Laurel Johnson. Gates open
at 6:00 PM and Shabbat services will begin at 8:00 PM.
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Yiddishkeit Klezmer Ensemble
11:00am until 2:00pm
The Yiddishkeit Klezmer Ensemble (from the Pioneer Valley of Central/Western Massachusetts) will perform a concert of original and traditional Klezmer music.
Brian Bender – trombone, accordion, vocals, piano, poyk
Anna Sobel – fiddle, poyk, dumbek, piano, vocals, storytelling, puppetry
Special Guests:
Sruli Dresdner – clarinet, accordion, poyk, vocals
Lisa Mayer – fiddle, vocals
Tickets are $10.
Food is available at the venue.
www.citywinery.com/newyork/yiddishkeit-klezmer-ensemble-5-26.html
The Yiddishkeit Klezmer Ensemble has recently released a CD entitled “A Freylekhs Far Ale”. More info at:
www.yiddishkeitklezmer.com/sound%20clips.html
Julien Clerc to appear in Israel
Yiddish in the City
Pianist: Dmitri Zisl Slepovitch
Sunday, May 19, 2013 at 7:00 PM
YIVO Institute for Jewish Research/Center for Jewish History
Co-sponsored by the Congress for Jewish Culture
15 W. 16th St., New York, NY
Tickets: $15
http://www.cjh.org
Yiddish singing star Anthony Russell in Miami
solo concert presented by the Winter Jewish Music Concert.
http://www.jewishconcert.org/tickets/ or by calling 1-800-838-3006. General
admission for the concert is $18, and sponsor tickets are $36.
you think you know what a Yiddish singing star looks like, think again. The new, hot
name in the world of Yiddish musical performance is Anthony Russell, and he’s a
33-year-old, 6’1’’ African-American hipster from Oakland, California,” the author
wrote. “Baptist-born and Jew by choice, opera singer Anthony Mordechai Tzvi
Russell’s ‘niggunim’ have soul.” Read the rest of the article
http://www.timesofisrael.com/just-your-typical-61-african-american-yiddish-singer/
African American spirituals.…
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Nashir! The Rottenberg Chorale
Music calm & boisterous plus a taste of Jewish a capella
On Sunday, June 2, at 7:00 pm, Nashir! The Rottenberg Chorale will present
its annual concert at Merkin Concert Hall, 129 West 67th Street, New York. The
eclectic program features works by David Berger, Charles Davidson, Flory
Jagoda and Bonia Shur
(seniors/students).
For further information, contact Merkin Concert Hall (212-501-3330) and on
the web at www.kaufmanmusiccenter.org/MCH.
Hava Nagila (The Movie) at Coolidge Corner Theatre in Brookline, MA
Opens Friday, April 26
Coolidge Corner Theatre
290 Harvard Street, Brookline, MA 02446
transcended its origins and become ingrained in people’s consciousness
worldwide. Bob Dylan sang it. So did Elvis. And that’s only the beginning
when it comes to the infectious part song, “Hava Nagila.” Director Roberta
Grossman’s buoyant and surprisingly deep documentary follows the bouncy
melody on its fascinating journey from the shtetls of Eastern Europe to the
cul-de-sacs of America. Featuring interviews with Harry Belafonte, Connie
Francis, Glen Campbell, Leonard Nimoy, Regina Spektor and more, Hava Nagila
(The Movie) takes viewers from Ukraine and Israel to the Catskills,
Greenwich Village, Hollywood – and even Bollywood – using the song as a
springboard to explore Jewish history and identity and to spotlight the
cross-cultural connections that can only be achieved through music.…
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Jewish Choral Festival July 2013
“the Yellow Ticket,”
April 29, 2013 (7:30 pm)
Coolidge Corner Theatre
290 Harvard St.
Brookline, MA
Tel: (617) 734-2501
A panel discussion will follow the film.
Tickets are on sale now for $25, https://web.ovationtix.com/trs/pe/9746104.
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Remembering the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising of April 19, 1943
4:30-5:50pm
Rapaporte Treasure Hall, Goldfarb Library
Brandeis University Campus
Remembering the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising of April 19, 1943
An Evening of Songs and Testimonies from Letters, Diaries and Memoirs.
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Kol Rinah Spring Concert
Date: Sunday, April 28, 2013 at 3 PM
Address: Solomon Schechter School, 30 Dellwood Road, White Plains, NY 10605
Admission: GA $18; Students/Seniors $12. ($2 Discount for Advance Sales)
For more info, see: www.kolrinahchorale.org
or call (914) 243-9059
Music genre: an eclectic offering of songs from our rich Jewish
heritage, ranging from liturgical to contemporary, in English, Yiddish, Russian and Hebrew
Once I Had a Fiddle CD Release
Once I Had a Fiddle
The Strauss Warschauer Duo
Tuesday, April 9 at 7:30 PM
As part of the New York Klezmer Series at the Steven Wise Free Synagogue
World-renowned klezmer musicians Deborah Strauss and Jeff Warschauer are celebrating
their 18th anniversary performing and teaching as the Strauss Warschauer Duo.
And what better way to celebrate this creative milestone than with a CD release
concert and tantshoyz at the New York Klezmer Series?
Special guests include dance master Steven Weintraub and drummer extraordinaire
Aaron Alexander.
Strauss and Warschauer are sweet and soulful performers who draw from klezmer, Yiddish,
Hasidic and liturgical music and culture, adding their own original compositions
and song settings.…
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No Place On Earth
Documentary film with Yiddish voicework
Opening today, Friday, April 5
at Lincoln Center and Angelika Film Center
http://www.noplaceonearthfilm.com/showtimes/
The Collapse Guitar Quartet – Live at Spectrum, NYC
Venue name: *Spectrum https://www.facebook.com/pianosnyc
ADDRESS: 121 Ludlow St. New York NY 10002
Telephone: 212.473.3665
Event URL:http://spectrumnyc.com/blog/
Cover price: Admission $10
Music genre: Modern Classical
For more info, see: http://spectrumnyc.com/blog/
STEAL A PENCIL FOR ME–NEW OPERA
OPERA BASED ON LIVES
OF HOLOCAUST SURVIVORS JAAP & INA POLAK
of a new opera in two acts by Gerald Cohen and Deborah Brevoort
Sunday, April 28, 2 p.m. at Shaarei Tikvah Congregation, Scarsdale, NY; and
Tuesday, April 30, 7 p.m. at the Jewish Theological Seminary, New York, NY
www.geraldcohenmusic.com
Shaarei Tikvah Congregation is located at 46 Fox Meadow Road, Scarsdale NY. Individual tickets are $30 at the door; $25 in advance; $15 for seniors and $10 for students. Please contact (914) 472-2013 or office@shaareitikvah.org.
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Jewish Girl Suspended from School for Singing
the Forward.
Tel Aviv University to hold Summer Yiddish Classes
The summer program will take place on the Tel Aviv University campus from June 16 to July 11, 2013. The program offers intensive Yiddish instruction at five levels. Language instruction will be supplemented by an afternoon program of lectures, conversation workshops, tours, and by evening cultural and social events.
Passover Online Melodies
Alexandria Kleztet in DC March 16
BloomBars
3222 11th Street, NW
Washington, DC 20010
202-567-7713
$10 suggestion donation at the door
9 to 11 pm
GOLDEN MOLTEN STREAM: A Celebration of Contemporary Hebrew Poetry & Song
Thursday, March 28, 2013
Time: 7:30pm
Book launch for Mystical Vertigo by Aubrey L. Glazer with performances by Jaffa Road, Cantor Aaron Bensoussan & Ernie Tollar, Aviva Chernick, Aaron Lightstone, Waleed Abdulhamid, jeff Wilson and Sundaar Viswantathan.
New York Klezmer Series: ALL NEW MUSIC
at Stephen Wise Free Synagogue
Tuesday, March 12, 2013 7:30pm
Alicia Svigals’ evening of all new klezmer!
Location: 30 W. 68th St., New York, New York 10023
With Michael Winograd, clarinet; Patrick Farrell, accordion;
Don Godwin, tuba.
A whole evening of only all new klezmer tunes! With compositions by
Alicia Svigals, Michael Winograd, Patrick Farrell, Aaron Alexander,
Pete Rushefsky, Zev Feldman, and possibly more…like Joshua
Waletzky, Sarah Gordon, and maybe a surprise or two. Nothing old!
Nothing borrowed!
Winter Jewish Music Concert presents Anthony Mordechai Tzvi Russell
For details: http://www.jewishconcert.org
Jewish music, with twenty or more singers at each concert.
featuring only one singer. The performer at this very special event will be Anthony
Mordechai Tzvi Russell, who over the past year has gained attention as the new voice
of Yiddish song. He will be singing from the songbook of Sidor Belarsky, one of the
20th Century’s greatest singers of Jewish song.
African-American singer who converted to Judaism and whose partner is a rabbi.…
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9Volt + diNMachine
Live APRIL 7 AT Manhattan’s Bowery Electric
Date: Sunday, April 7 at 9 PM
Address: 327 Bowery New York, NY 10003
at: Bowery Electric
Telephone: (212) 228-0228
Event URL: http://www.theboweryelectric.com
Band URL: http://9voltmusic.com/press/
*Cover price*: Admission $10
*Music genr*e: New Jazz-Rock
*Description:*
9Volt, the avantgarde, jazz-based New York City trio who recently
released *Open
Circuit*, perform a second record release show on April 7 at Bowery
Electric.
(OutNow), the collective known as 9 Volt… thrashes toward an expressive
new-breed fusion, informed by a few generations of downtown
experimentation…” — NATE CHINEN, New York Times, February 2013.
players.…
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Simply Tsfat in NYC March 10
SIMPLY TSFAT
Sunday March 10th
7pm
Cover $18
More Details at http://www.jewishmusiccafe.com
On a U.S. Tour From Israel
SHLOMO KATZ Thursday March 14th
Doors 7:30Cover $15
EDEN / YEHUDAH SCHUPPER / THE CRAWLING KINGS / SIMPLY TSFAT /
SHLOMO KATZ / ANDY STATMAN / AYN SOF ARKESTRA
Charming Hostess at Barbes
8:00 pm Charming Hostess
VENUE: Barbes
DETAILS: Charming Hostess performs music from The Bowls Project. The Bowls Project offers a visceral, personal connection to daily life 1500 years ago in the region now known as Iraq. For this show, Charming Hostess is Jewlia Eisenberg, Marika Hughes and Brandon Seabrook.
http://www.charminghostess.us/
De Chassidische liederen Deel 2
Fathers and Sons: Adler and Weiner
To get tickets in advance, click http://bostonjewishmusicfestival.org/
Presented in cooperation with the
Hebrew College School of Jewish Music
Sunday, March 10, 2013
4:00 pm
Northeastern University’s Fenway Center
77 St. Stephen Street, Boston
SANDY CASH IN CONCERT
8:30pm
A full-length concert hosted by Kehillat Moreshet Avraham in Jerusalem’s Armon HaNatziv neighborhood.
For info, music and video, stop by my website: www.sandycash.com
SANDY CASH IN CONCERT
Kehillet Moreshet Avraham
22 Adam Street
Armon HaNatziv, Jerusalem
Entrance: 30 NIS General Public, 20 Members
2013 European Cantors Convention
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New Sephardic Music CDs from Argentina
Sefarades”. Lilliana has traveled extensively giving given many performances in
numerous countries. Her website
is www.LilianaBenveniste.com.ar.
Fathers and Sons: Adler and Weiner
Two families. Four award-winning composers. The Boston Jewish Music Festival presents a special afternoon of choral and
chamber music.
Presented in cooperation with the
Hebrew College School of Jewish Music
Sunday, March 10, 2013
4:00 pm
Northeastern University’s Fenway Center
77 St. Stephen Street, Boston
http://bostonjewishmusicfestival.org/
Oneg Shemesh Concert
Millinery Center Synagogue עדת כלל ישראל
1025 Avenue of the Americas, New York, New York
9:00pm until 10:00pm
for Tix: $12 You can pay in advance at http://oneg.me/
TWO GREAT BANDS DOUBLE BILLING AT JMC THIS SAT NIGHT
at IYYUN
presents Soul Farm and Kohane of Newark
650 Sackett Street Brooklyn NY 11215
Saturday Night, FEBRUARY 16, 2013
DOORS 8PM / SHOW STARTS 8:15PM / COVER $15
More info and Directions at
http://www.jewishmusiccafe.com
‘Tailoring an Operetta to Its Audience’ Presentation at CJH
will present the talk, “Tailoring an Operetta to Its Audience:
Rumshinsky’s Di goldene kale (1923)” at the Center for Jewish History (15 West 16th
Street, NYC) on Friday, February 22, 2013 at 10:30 A.M., in what promises to be an
engaging discussion of the issues surrounding the re-construction and
arrangement of a Yiddish theater work.
Bride) was a work carefully designed to both move and entertain its specialized
American audience: Yiddish-speaking immigrants from Eastern Europe and
their families. With pathos (the basic ingredient), love, “Jewish-style”
music, a ritual kiddush, acts set in a shtetl and in America, a shadchen, a
lullaby that slips into Russian, assimilated Jews speaking broken Yiddish, a
paean to America, as well as other compelling features, it offered its
attendees a meaningful evening based on their past and present experiences.…
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Yiddish Translation Project Reported
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HAZAMIR TEEN CHOIR IN GALA CONCERTS AT LINCOLN CENTER
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Jewish Andalousian Music with Cantor Louk
– Billet unique : 12 € Réservation : 0389662122
http://www.judaicultures.info/spip.php?page=article&id_article=2220
