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Cantorial, Classes & Courses, WHERE: USA_Northeast, Workshops

Kol Zimra: Chant Leader’s Training

Held at ELAT CHAYYIM in 99 Mill Hook Road, Accord, New York, starting August 2-8, 2004…
If you are one of the many people who have been moved and transformed by Rabbi Shefa Gold’s chanting practice and if you are a healer, teacher, artist or spiritual leader in your community, here is your chance to cultivate the inner qualities and learn the practical techniques that will enable you to bring that joy and meaning to others…not to mention the abundant blessings it will bring to your own spiritual life. Please feel free to pass this information on to others
who might benefit from it.

Holiday

Light in the Darkness

Saturday, December 6, 2008, 7:30pm
Congregation Shaarie Torah
presents
Light in the Darkness
The Yuval Ron Ensemble in Concert
featuring:
Israeli-Yemenite vocalist Maya Haddi
and Israeli-Moroccan dancer Maya Karasso
An evening of devotional Hebrew music of the various ethnic Jewish
communities of Israel and the diaspora.
A celebration of music, dance and story telling in honor of Hanukkah,
Festival of Lights.
Location: Congregation Shaarie Torah – 550 S. Second Ave, Arcadia
CA 91006
Admission: $25.00 for reserved seats $15.00 for general admission

For more information and reservations: (626) 445-0810 Please leave a
message if no one answers or email
office@shaareitorah.org or president@shaareitorah.org

Choral, Concerts, WHERE: Canada

TORONTO JEWISH FOLK CHOIR’S 85TH ANNUAL SPRING CONCERT

SUNDAY, MAY 15, 2011 AT POSLUNS AUDITORIUM
The Toronto Jewish Folk Choir celebrates its 85th annual
Spring concert by commemorating the original immigrant workers who founded
the choir. Its performance – under conductor Alexander Veprinsky – features
special guests Beyond The Pale (2010 Canadian Folk Music Awards’
Instrumental Group of the Year).

The concert takes place at the Posluns
Auditorium at Baycrest, 3560 Bathurst Street, north entrance, 2nd floor
(wheelchair accessible), Sunday, May 15, 2011, 3 p.m.

Tickets are $25; seniors and students, $20; children 12 and under free.
Information and ticket reservations may be obtained by calling 416-789-5502
or e-mailing tjfolkchoir@sympatico.ca Info will also be available at
www.winchevskycentre.org/institutions/choir.html and at the Toronto Jewish
Folk Choir on Facebook.

The Choir’s major work, In Amerike, vividly captures the immigrant
experience in an evocative suite by Winnipeg composer Sid Robinovitch.…
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Festivals, WHERE: USA_California

KlezCalifornia This March

Afternoon of Song and Dance

Nigunim Concert 3/26/11
Saturday, March 26, 4:00pm, Afternoon of Song and Dance,
presented by the Nigunim Chorus.
Nigunim Chorus performance: A tribute to singer/songwriter Debbie Friedman, and other gems in Yiddish, Ladino and Hebrew.
· Spring-time Sing-Along: Old favorites and a few less-familiar songs, with lyrics provided.
· Klezmer and Israeli dancing: Easy-to-follow circle and line dances led by dance leader Bruce Bierman.

· After the show, walk to Saul’s Deli for a free dessert with purchase of an entree and presentation of a ticket to the Afternoon of Song and Dance.
At JCC East Bay. Tickets: $10 at the door. Co-sponsored by KlezCalifornia. More info: 510.528.8872, mail[at]nigunim.org, www.nigunim.org.

Beyond the Pale in Berkeley and San Francisco
Beyond the Pale
Saturday, March 26, 8:00pm & Sunday, March 27, 9:00pm.…
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Concerts, WHERE: Israel

Lights of Fire

Lights of Fire
Start Time: Monday, November 8 at 8:00pm
Location: Heichal Shlomo
58 King George St
Jerusalem, Israel
KOL MEODECHA- Yiskah Sarah Petit, and Michal Yardeni
MORAN SABBAH, Rock/ Pop Singer/ Songwriter
DELIA SPIERS, Soul Singer/ Songwriter- Visiting from England
Doors open at 7:45.
Show Starts Promptly at 8:30
Tickets:
60NIS at the Door
50NIS in advance

FOR TICKET RESERVATIONS CONTACT
ANNIE ORENSTEIN: 054-632-3066
ROCHEL GRUNDMAN: 052-760-4911
VOTE FOR WHAT SONGS KOL MEODECHA SHOULD PLAY!
http://poll.fm/2cxk1

Uncategorized

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.…
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Concerts

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 …
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Uncategorized

Yuval Ron Ensemble Fall 2008 Tours

Nov. 4-9, 2008 – Houston, TX : Yuval Ron Ensemble – City wide
Residency

Nov. 16, 2008 – San Pedro, CA: Yuval Ron on the Music of the Golden
Age of Spain

Dec. 6, 2008 – Arcadia, CA: The Yuval Ron Ensemble in Concert “Light
in the Darkness”

Dec 7, 2008 – Alhambra, CA: Muslim, Jewish and Christian harmony in
Spain

details….

Holiday, WHERE: USA_NY

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

Concerts

Tsedaka Live Bands in Paris

tesedaka live bands

Dimanche 7 décembre à 19h.
Concert organisé par le Département jeunesse du Fsju.
Espace Rachi – 39, rue Broca Paris Vème.
Participation aux frais 15€ en pré-réservation et 20 € sur place.
Réservations au 01 43 31 82 50.

WHERE: Europe, Yiddish or Folk

Poèmes Yiddish en musique

Vérités Jamais Sûres… Poèmes Yiddish en musique
Nelly Uzan – récitante
Michel Borzykowski – saxophones
Reb Yoyvl – accordéon
Jeudi 16 octobre 2014 à 20h30
Café-Théâtre de la Voirie
10, rue du Centre, 1009 Pully (Vaud/ Suisse)
Réservations: 076 324 34 52 ou theatre.voirie@gmail.com
Entrée: 20 frs / tarif réduit: 15 frs

Après un millénaire d’effervescence intellectuelle et artistique, après plusieurs
tentatives d’anéantissement, le yiddish a suscité, ces cinquante dernières années,
un énorme regain d’intérêt: Ce fut d’abord “Le violon sur le toit” en 1967 et le
Prix Nobel de littérature attribué en 1978 à Isaac Bashevis Singer “pour son art de
conteur enthousiaste enraciné dans la culture et les traditions judéo-polonaises et
qui ressuscite l’universalité de la condition humaine”; puis vint le tour du
“renouveau” de la musique klezmer aux Etats-Unis, puis dans le monde entier.…
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Festivals, WHERE: Europe

Festival de musiques juives anciennes “Kol Haneshama”

L’Association des Amis de la Musique Juive (www.amj.ch)
a le grand plaisir de vous annoncer le
Festival de musiques juives anciennes

“Kol Haneshama”

Dimanche 15 novembre 2009 à 17h: “Khagiga Yehudit”
Le Tendre Amour (Barcelone): Musique des fêtes des communautés juives d’Italie et
des Pays-Bas aux 17ème et 18ème siècles.
http://www.amj.ch/WPR091115.htm

Dimanche 22 novembre 2009 à 17h: “Ayn naye lid”
Lucidarium (Genève, Milan): Prières et chansons profanes ashkénazes inédites de
l’aube de la culture yiddish – en première suisse!
http://www.amj.ch/WPR091122.htm

Dimanche 29 novembre 2009 à 17h: “Me la amargates tú”
Me la amargates tú (Hollande, Israël): chants judéo-espagnols, joués sur des
instruments du Baroque et de la Renaissance, comme cela aurait pu se faire du 15ème
au 17ème siècles, si…
http://www.amj.ch/WPR091129.htm

Ces 3 concerts auront lieu à la Cité Bleue, 46 avenue de Miremont, 1206 Genève.…
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Choral, Concerts, WHERE: Canada

Toronto Jewish Folk Choir Celebrates Yiddish and Israel’s 60th

TORONTO JEWISH FOLK CHOIR CELEBRATES YIDDISH MUSIC
& ISRAEL’S 60TH ANNIVERSARY IN ITS 82nd SPRING CONCERT JUNE 1

A Yiddish work celebrating the joy of playing the fiddle, and a salute
in song to the State of Israel on its 60th anniversary highlight the
82nd annual spring concert of the Toronto Jewish Folk Choir. Canada’s
oldest continuing choral body performs Sunday, June 1, 2008, 2 p.m. at
the Leah Posluns Theatre, 4588 Bathurst St., Toronto.Alexander Veprinsky
conducts the 30-voice Choir.

Tickets are $23; seniors and students, $19; children 12 and under, free.
For information and ticket reservations, e-mail tjfolkchoir@sympatico.ca
or call 416-636-0936 (evenings, weekends) or (416) 593-0750.
Information is also available at
www.winchevskycentre.org/institutions/choir.html.

Pianist is Lina Zemelman, with soloists Miriam Eskin, soprano; Artour
Razgoev, tenor; David Weiss, baritone; and Herman Rombouts, bass.…
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Concerts, Sephardic, Ladino or Mizrachi, WHERE: USA_NY

Ladino Music with Sarah Aroeste

Vocalist Sarah Aroeste and her band of some of the hottest musicians
combine traditional Ladino Mediterranean music with contemporary rock,
blues and jazz.
Center for Jewish History, NYC
Wednesday, June 2nd
7 PM
15 West 16th Street (between 5th and 6th Avenues)
Complimentary for contributors to the Jack Calderon Memorial Fund for
the Sephardic Arts
Tickets: $15 ($12 advance, seniors, students, and for members of ASF/SH
and Shearith Israel)
To make reservations: Box Office (917) 606-8200
or for information, call (212) 294-8350
For more information: http://www.asfonline.org/
http://www.saraharoeste.com/
More…

Concerts, Klezmer, WHERE: USA_MidWest

Maxwell Street Klezmer Band Free Summer Concerts

Starting in June, and going through August:

Sun., June 13, 45 min. between 11:30-1:30, TBA
Greater Chicago Jewish Folk Arts Festival
Saint Paul Woods, s. of Dempster at Lehigh, Morton Grove

Thurs., June 17, 6:00-6:45 PM, Children’s Concert
Chicago Children’s Museum, Navy Pier – 700 E. Grand Avenue

Friday, June 18, 1:00-1:45 PM, Children’s Concert, Chicago Children’s Museum
Navy Pier – 700 E. Grand Avenue

Thurs., June 24, 7:30 PM, Concert and Dinner Dance
Zhivago Restaurant, 9925 Gross Point Rd., Skokie, IL (847) 982-1400
$16 PP minimum order, no cover charge, reservations recommended

Concerts, Sephardic, Ladino or Mizrachi, WHERE: USA_NY

I-TAL-YAH: SONGS FROM THE ‘ISLAND OF THE DIVINE DEW’

The American Sephardi Federation with Sephardic House invites you to for I-TAL-YAH: SONGS FROM THE ‘ISLAND OF THE DIVINE DEW’ , AN ITALIAN JEWISH MUSICAL JOURNEY
Curated by Francesco Spagnolo and Directed by Leon Hyman

Saturday, May 15, 2004, at 9:30 PM
Congregation Shearith Israel
70th Street and Central Park West
A concert of Italian Jewish musical pieces from the 17th, 18th, 19th and 20th centuries, inspired by Baroque, operatic, choral and folk musical styles, and representing the richness of Italian Jewish cultural identity throughout the centuries.
For reservations, please call the American Sephardi Federation at
212-294-8350
Light Italian dessert specialties will be served after the concert.
More info…

The curator, musicologist Francesco Spagnolo, is the founder of Yuval,
the Italian Center for the Study of Jewish Music.…
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Cantorial, Concerts, WHERE: USA_NY, Women

Cantors in Concert with Susan Kander World Premiere

And the Time of Singing has Come…
An Evening of Cantors in Concert
Honoring Cantor Israel Goldstein, Director
School of Sacred Music – Hebrew Union College – Jewish Institute of Religion

Thursday April 1 2004 7:30 PM
Congregation Rodeph Sholom
7 West 83rd St (off CPW)
New York City

Presenting the world premiere of a vocal work by composer
Susan Kander, with Sandra Schipior, violin… more info…

Classical or Jewish art music, Concerts, WHERE: USA_NY

Of Daniel Pearl on Armistice Day– DOWNTOWN CHAMBER & OPERA PLAYERS

EAST VILLAGE CONCERT SERIES
DOWNTOWN MUSIC PRODUCTIONS
MIMI STERN-WOLFE, ARTISTIC DIRECTOR
St. Marks in the Bowery (10th St & Second Av)
ARMISITICE DAY
PREMIERES & COMMISSIONS– WAR & PIECES
SUNDAY* NOVEMBER 11 @ 3PM

DOWNTOWN CHAMBER & OPERA PLAYERS
MIMI STERN-WOLFE, CONDUCTOR, PIANIST
:
CAROLYN STEINBERG: Secular Requiem: 1. “Chorale,” 2. “Of Daniel Pearl.” 3. “Do Not Stand at My Grave and Weep.” 4. “Chorale”, String Quartet & Vocal Quartet; SIMA WOLF (commission): Ashbah (Ghosts) (Brian Turner) for Violin, Cello, Piano, Narrator; DAVID THOMAS: War Song for Soprano, Mezzo-Soprano & Piano; EDDIE VENEGAS: Encounters for String Quartet; DAVID HOLLISTER: Listen Here, Joe; Performers: Eileen Clarke, Soprano; Megan Friar, Mezzo-Soprano; Kurt Alakulppi, Tenor; Ivan Thomas, Narrator, Bass; Matt Fieldes, double bass; Sweet Plantain String Quartet; Downtown Piano Trio
Information : dmpmimi@msn.com; Suggested donation: $10-$15;
Reservations: 212 477-1594; www.downtownmusicproductions.org…
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Concerts, WHERE: USA_NY

New Yiddish Rep

New Yiddish Rep presents:
Straight from the former Soviet Union
Psoy Oy Oy!!!
At home in the global diaspora, four fun filled evenings of
stories, songs and mishigass, with poet-singer-songwriter-
performance artist and fellow traveler Psoy Korolenko. To Psoy
the Jewish experience is not only a personal story, but also a
metaphor of transcultural identity and ultimate otherness. He
sings and tumults in English, Russian, French, and Yiddish.
Saturday, November 15th at 10 PM
Saturday, December 13th at 8 PM
Saturday, January 3rd, at 8 PM
Saturday, January 10th at 8 PM

Community Synagogue
325 E. 6th Street
Between 1st and 2nd Avenues
NYC
Trains: F to 2nd Ave., 6 to Astor Place, L to 1st Ave., Q to 8th St.
Admission: Donate as you exit.…
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Dance

Kurt Weill Review

The music of Kurt Weill will be performed by 5 very talented singers, and staged/choreographed by Steve Weintraub in the Chicago area. The show opens on Friday, March 19, and runs Fridays & Saturdays at 8 and Sundays at 7 thru April 25. The location is the historic No Exit Cafe at 6970 N. Glenwood Ave, in Rogers Park. Free parking available at the Trilogy lot at Estes and Glenwood.
Tickets are $12, food and drink will be available (seating is at tables). Call 773-743-3355 for info or reservations. More…

Concerts, WHERE: Europe

Concert klezmer pour les 10 ans de l’Atelier Romand de Langues Bibliques

HOTEGEZUGT

Concert klezmer pour les 10 ans de l’Atelier Romand de Langues Bibliques

Samedi 5 juillet 2008 – 20h30 Cret-Berard (Puidoux, VD, CH)

Un large repertoire de musique klezmer, yiddish et sefarades, avec des
chants dont certains peuvent etre repris en chour.

Le groupe HOTEGEZUGT (”cause toujours” en yiddish) se forme et se deforme
depuis 1996 grace — des musiciens qui se passionnent pour les diverses
musiques juives. Il perpetue la tradition sans la figer et metisse le
klezmer avec les musiques d’aujourd’hui.

Entre : 20.- (etudiants, chomeurs, AVS : 10.-)
Informations et reservations: tl. 0041 21 946 03 60 ou info@cret-berard.ch
Acces en voiture: par Puidoux-Village (sortie d’autoroute no 13: Chexbres)
En train: Gare de Puidoux-Chexbres. Cret-Berard vient vous chercher sur
demande !

FILM

Sound and Light Cinematic Duo

From the friends of Jewish music in Geneva:

Chers amis,

Vous avez aimé le premier ciné-concert l’an passé? Vous l’avez manqué? Dans les deux
cas, vous allez adorer le deuxième ! En effet, l’AMJ et Ciné-Versoix sont fiers
d’inviter à nouveau -et en première mondiale- le

Film D'Ukraine with Polina and Merlin Shepherd
Sound and Light Cinematic Duo

pour un spectacle exceptionnel présentant un long métrage ukrainien (1h43′), réalisé
en 1926 par A.D. Anoshenko, et qui sera accompagné “live” par 2 musiciens klezmer
anglais:

Merlin Shepherd (clarinettes) et Polina Shepherd (piano).

Synopsis: L’amour naît entre un aristocrate polonais et une humble femme juive,
arrivée à Kiev avec son vieux père. La bonne société polonaise condamne cette union
et tente de l’empêcher. Tous les ingrédients de l’intrigue shakespearienne sont
réunis dans des scènes d’une force visuelle percutante où se succèdent corruption,
calomnie, trahison, bal masqué, réunion secrète, condamnation à mort et exil.…
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Concerts, WHERE: USA_California, Yiddish or Folk

Three Hip Performers and One Timeless Culture

On Saturday, January 19, 2008, 8 PM, at Sinai Temple, Los Angeles, three
internationally
acclaimed klezmer musicians in a rare West Coast appearance, Michael Alpert (Brave
Old World) and the Strauss/Warschauer Duo will entertain with great music and
share their experiences of rekindling Yiddish creativity in the Old Country and
beyond.
Sharing the spotlight will be Sinai’s own Cantor Arianne Brown and a special guest
from Warsaw, Daniel Strehlau, award-winning filmmaker and founding director of the
Warsaw Jewish Film Festival (which recently had its 5th Edition).
Enjoy this unique evening of beautiful music and stimulating
conversation.
General Admission: $18; CIYCL Members: $15; Students: $8
Seating Limited. Reservations recommended at 310-745-1190 or
Miriam@yiddishinstitute.org
Venue Address: Sinai Temple, Kohn Chapel, 10400 Wilshire Blvd. (at Beverly Glen),
Los Angeles.…
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Dance

Machaya, Rockville, MD

Machaya, Rockville, MD, May 22
An exciting evening of dance and music as the Machaya Klezmer Band entertains with the beauty of Klezmer music. Dance instructor Jay McCrensky will teach basic and advanced simcha dancing, couple dancing, Hassidic dancing, shers,jocs, and terkishes.

Sunday, May 22 7 – 9 pm, $8 mem./$10 general public/$5 children under 12 years. Reservations not necessary.

Jewish Community Center of Greater Washington
6125 Montrose Rd.
Rockville, MD 20852.

For more information,
301-348-3840
Web: www.jccgw.org

Festivals, WHERE: USA_SouthWest

KLEZMERQUERQUE 2008

Albuquerque’s annual Klezmer music and dance festival celebrates its sixth year over
Presidents’ Day weekend.

The Southwest’s annual celebration
of Klezmer music and dance, KLEZMERQUERQUE 2008, will present a weekend of concerts,
dance parties, classes, and a lunch with music featuring world-renowned klezmer
artists as well as many local artists. The annual event will take place from
February 15-17 (Friday evening through Sunday afternoon) at Albuquerque’s
Congregation Nahalat Shalom which is located on 3606 Rio Grande Blvd. NW (between
Candelaria & Griegos).

KLEZMERQUERQUE 2008 welcomes back by popular demand the klezmer dance master from
Chicago- Steve Weintraub, who teaches and performs klezmer and East European Jewish
dance at workshops around the world. Steve will perform on Friday and Saturday
evenings in addition to teaching two dance workshops on Saturday and one on Sunday.…
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Concerts, WHERE: USA_NewEngland

MAGEVET CONCERT

Temple Beth Sholom of Stratford and Congregation Sinai of Milford take
pleasure in announcing a joint venture – The Magevet Concert.

For those who are asking “Ma Zeh”, or what is Magevet? Magevet is a
cappella group that originated at Yale University in the spring of 1993
and has weathered the test of time. Their repertoire spans the Jewish
Universe from Hebrew, Yiddish and Ladino ballards to Ugandan Jewish tunes.

Sunday, November 16th at 2:00 PM
Temple Beth Sholom 275 Huntington Road, Stratford, Connecticut
Advance Tickets: Adults $12 – Children (ages 4-13) $10 – ages 3 and
under (on lap) Free
Advance Order of 10 Tickets – $100 Tickets at Door (ages 4 and above) $15
Contact for reservations: 203-378-6175 or 203-301-0558
Email: info@bethsholomstratford.org or congsinai@aol.com

Please gather your friends and family to join us for an inexpensive and
enjoyable afternoon to listen to some of your old favorites, some of
what are to become your new favorites and some of them sung like you
have never heard before.…
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Concerts, Women

SHIDDUCHIM AND SURVIVAL TONIGHT October 21st in Monsey

SHIDDUCHIM AND SURVIVAL-A BA’ALAS TESHUVA’S TALE-REPEAT PERFORMANCE!

Partners in Torah will present once again SHIDDUCHIM AND SURVIVAL (A
BA’ALAS TESHUVA’S TALE) a One-Person Musical Play featuring Chana
Rochel Eller (nee Sommerstein) on
Sunday Evening, October 21st, 8:30 P.M.,
at the Rockland County Community College Theatre,
145 College Rd.,
Suffern (Monsey), New York.
Exclusive performance for ladies and
mature girls. Tickets $18.00. Proceeds for Partners In Torah, a
division of Torah Umesorah. Purchase tickets at the door, or for
reservations call 973-473-3575

Concerts, WHERE: Europe

Jerusalem Musical Trio in Geneva

AMJ avait le plaisir de vous annoncer un nouveau concert original à Genève:
‘ KLEZMER ‘
JERUSALEM MUSICAL TRIO
dimanche 4 novembre à 17h
Conservatoire de Musique de Genève (Place Neuve)

Roman Kekhman (clarinettes et saxophones)
Yakov Entin (violon et guitare)
Bella Kresin ( piano)
………………………………………………
“La musique folklorique est celle où la force vitale de l’âme juive est la plus
aisément perceptible.”

Le “Jerusalem Musical Trio” présente des interprétations brillantes, originales et
créatives du folklore juif en mélangeant le klezmer à la musique classique, au jazz
et au folklore d’Europe de l’Est. Chacun de ses concerts est acclamé avec
enthousiasme partout dans le monde juif et non juif et le public en ressort toujours
rempli de joie et d’amour! Mais au delà de la musique et inspirés par l’esprit
universel de “la ville d’or et de lumière”, les musiciens du “Jerusalem Musical
Trio” se veulent messagers de la paix.…
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Concerts, WHERE: USA_California

Yuval Ron Music Coming up in California

Yuval Ron Ensemble writes about some upcoming shows:

Saturday, October 27 2007 two shows: 1:45 – 2:30PM 4:00 – 4:45 PM
The Getty Villa
presents
Yuval Ron
Oud Prayers – Sacred and Folk Music of the Middle East
with percussionist Jamie Papish
Location: Inner Peristyle at the Getty Villa in Malibu 17985 Pacific
Coast Highway Pacific Palisades, California 90272
Reservations and information: Call (310) 440-7300
E-mail:
visitorservices@getty.edu

Saturday, November 3, 2007
The Wechsberg Educational Foundation of Congregation Ner Tamid
presents
A Los Angeles Jewish Symphony Concert ” A Musical Odyssey”
featuring
The Yuval Ron Ensemble
Admission: For tickets contact Ticket Alternatives at
www.ticketalternative.com or call (877) 725-8849

JAM, WHERE: USA_NewEngland

Music Series of the Perishable Theater in Providence

The Live/Whirled Acoustic Music Series of the Perishable Theater,
Music Director – Marilyn Mair presents:
Bob Moses, percussion with Fishel Bresler, clarinet & mandolin, & Shelley
Katsh, piano & accordion,
in a program of jazz, klezmer, and original music, presented in an informal
concert setting, to be followed by a jam session.

Sunday, June 10th, 3:00 PM
at the Perishable Theater,
95 Empire Street,
Providence RI
Admission $8

Audience members are invited to bring acoustic instruments for the jam
session that will follow the concert.
Concert Information or reservations: 401-331-2695 x101 www.perishable.org
photo credits- Fishel Bresler & Shelley Katsh: Irving Shild; Bob Moses:
Elianna Bresler,

Classical or Jewish art music, Concerts, WHERE: USA_California

VIKLARBO Chamber Ensemble

TIME: 7:30 PM
LOCATION: Valley Beth Shalom
ADDRESS: 15739 Ventura Boulevard, Encino 91436
WEBSITE: www.jmcla.org
www.jmcla.org
DESCRIPTION:
The Jewish Music Commission of LA presents the elite Los Angeles-based VIKLARBO
Chamber Ensemble in a program that includes new American Jewish music by David
Lefkowitz and Maria Newman. Both of these young Los Angeles-based musicians are in
great demand as composers, performers and educators. Also on the evening program are
works by Leonard Bernstein and Robert Schumann.

The ensemble features Maria Newman, Violin; Scott Hosfeld, Viola; Sebastian
Toettcher, cello; Wendy Prober, piano; and Amanda Walker, clarinet.

Tickets are $10 in advance; $15 at the door. For reservations and information, call
Valley Beth Shalom (818) 788-6000 or E-mail jmcla@socal.rr.com

Concerts, WHERE: Europe, Yiddish or Folk

Helene Engel Sings Yiddish in Lausanne, Switzerland

Les oiseaux reviennent avec le printemps au Quebec et Hélène Engel revient chanter
avec l’automne en Suisse… et en yiddish (mais pas seulement!) avec le groupe
HOTEGEZUGT
http://borzykowski.users.ch

Le 4 Novembre à 20h30
CPO à Lausanne (Centre Pluriculturel et social d’Ouchy)
Beau-Rivage 2 Lausanne
Prix d’entrée: entre 14 et 22 Fs
Réservations: 004121 616 26 72
info@cpo-ouchy.ch ou www.cpo-ouchy.ch

Le 5 Novembre à 10h30
Maison du Prieur à Romainmôtier Brunch-Concert
tel: 004122 366 01 53 info@eventsetsaveurs.ch
prix 55 Fs (brunch gastronomique inclus)

De belles musiques en perspective… nous nous réjouissons de vous y rencontrer!

For More Info:
Michel Borzykowski
borzy@freesurf.ch
site klezmer: http://borzykowski.users.ch
site AMJ: http://www.amj.ch

Concerts, Sephardic, Ladino or Mizrachi, WHERE: USA_NY

SOUNDS OF BAGHDAD: A MUSICAL JOURNEY WITH YAIR DALAL

Yair Dalal:
WHEN: Saturday, November 4, 2006 at 7:30 PM

WHERE: Center for Jewish History, 15 West 16th Street, New York City
SUGGESTED DONATION: $20
INFORMATION AND RESERVATIONS: 917-606-8200
A unique performance in the four-day program
Back to Babylon: 2600 Years of Jewish Life in Iraq, November 2-5, 2006,
Exploring the venerable and multifaceted culture of Iraqi Jewry
www.americansephardifederation.org< During the first half of the 20th century, Jews were virtually the only instrumentalists in the Iraqi musical scene. All the musicians from Iraq who attended the first Arabic music congress in Cairo in 1932 were Jewish (but one). With the exile of the Jewish community in the 1950’s, many famous Iraqi Jewish musicians immigrated to Israel. Their legacy is still strong today, both in the preservation of the traditional Iraqi Maqam, and in its influence on contemporary Israeli music.

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Choral, Concerts, Israeli, WHERE: USA_NY, Women

Melodia Women’s Choir Features Yehezkel Braun

Melodia Women’s Choir of NYC,/bwill delight New York audiences with three exciting and rarely-performed works by Israeli composer Yehezkel Braun in its upcoming concert, November Song. The three works by the highly-regarded composer from Tel Aviv are written to songs and ballads by H.N.Bialik, Israel�s first national poet and one of the country�s most revered and influential writers.

The concert will be presented on November 20, 2004 at 7:30PM, at St. Peter�s Church in Chelsea (346 W. 20th St., between 8th and 9th Avenues) in New York City.

Concerts

Mincha Maariv Sefira

May 15 7:30pm
Bialystoker Synagogue
7-11 Willet Street Lower East Side. NYC.
Cantor Yitzchok Helfgot, Cantor Moshe Stern, Cantor Moshe Haschel, Maestro Matthew Lazar and Choir.
$36 General Admission. For reservations call 718-851-3226
or see www.cantorsworld.com for more information.

Uncategorized

Neshama Carlebach Events this Winter in US

December 9,2012, 7 PM
Neshama and her band with special guest artist Josh Nelson will
be performing at the Zinman Hall, Boca Raton Florida Jewish
Federation Campus.
For further information contact
Congregation Shaarei Kodesh
19785 Hampton Drive, Suite 4
Boca Raton, FL 33434
561-852-6555 (p)
561-852-3604 (f)
office@shaareikodesh.org
www.shaareikodesh.org

December 12th, 7:30 pm
Neshama, her band and the Green Pastures Baptist Church Choir
will be performing at the “Lights of Hope.”
All proceeds to benefit survivors of Hurricane Sandy, including
Neshama’s producer/manager/drummer Mark Ambrosino, who lost his
home.
For further information contact
The Merrick Jewish Centre
225 Fox Blvd
Merrick NY 11566
MerrickJC.org@aol.com

Children, WHERE: USA_NY, Yiddish or Folk

Lullabies and Legacy: The World of Yiddish Children’s Songs

Lullabies and Legacy: The World of Yiddish Children’s Songs
Songs of the cradle and home life, kheyder and nature.
Tuesday, February 7 at 12:00pm
Tuesdays, February 7th – 28th from 12:00-1:30pm
Location: The Workmen’s Circle
247 West 37th Street, New York, New York
For reservations call: 212-889-6800 x234
Or email: events@circle.org
http://www.circle.org/comeintothecircle.html

Front Page

An Erwin Schulhoff Retrospective

THE LEO BAECK INSTITUTE and the AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR JEWISH MUSIC present
AN ERWIN SCHULHOFF RETROSPECTIVE
performed by Mimi Stern-Wolfe’s Downtown Chamber Players
Wednesday May 25 at 7:30 PM
Center for Jewish History, 15 West 16th Street
Tickets: $15; $10 for students, seniors
Reservations: www.lbi.org/schulhoff

The Leo Baeck Institute and the American Society for Jewish Music are proud to present Mimi Stern Wolfe’s Downtown Music Productions in “An Erwin Schulhoff Retrospective,” a concert of chamber works by Schulhoff, along with an academic presentation of his life and musical legacy, May 25th, 7:00 PM, at the Center for Jewish History at 15 West 16th street. The prolific Schulhoff, a Jewish composer born in Prague, perished in a concentration camp at Wurzberg, Bavaria in 1942.

The program will include the following works of Erwin Schulhoff”:
** Hot Sonata for Saxophone and Piano (1930) performed by Marty Ehrlich, saxophone and Mimi Stern-Wolfe, piano.…
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Festivals

Andalus Ensemble in NY

Greek Jewish Festival: May 31, 5pm, Outdoors!
http://www.newyorkandalusensemble.com/performances

The New York Andalus Ensemble–Chamber Orchestra presents a set of music and song
from al-Andalus and North Africa. Al-Andalus is excited to be headlining the first every
Greek Jewish Festival, in front of the historic Kehilla Kedosha Janina synagogue on
the Lower East Side of Manhattan. The event takes place outdoors on Broome Street,
between Allen and Eldridge.

For more info: NewYorkAndalusEnsemble.com
http://www.newyorkandalusensemble.com/performances or
kkjfestival.com

Sephardic Temple of Cedarhurst: June 1, 7pm
http://www.newyorkandalusensemble.com/performances

The New York Andalus Ensemble (large ensemble) presents an evening of music and song
from al-Andalus and North Africa. Sponsored by the Ike, Molly and Steven Elias
Foundation, NYAE is happy to be performing music in the beautiful Sephardic Temple
of Cedarhurst, and being hosted by a wonderfully open and engaging community.…
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Concerts, WHERE: USA_NY

Joanne Borts Stars at Gala Pre-Khanike Concert

GALA PRE KHANIKE (CHANUKAH ) DINNER & CONCERT
“OY MAME, BIN IKH FARLIBT”
FEATURING
BROADWAY & YIDDISH THEATER STAR
JOANNE BORTS
WITH
DAVE LEVITT & HIS 7 PIECE KLEZMER ORCHESTRA
Master of Ceremonies
Fyvush Finkel
DATE & TIME: Monday, DECEMBER 15, 2014 6:15 PM
MENU: GLATT KOSHER KHANIKE DINNER WITH LATKES
PLACE: SUTTON PLACE SYNAGOGUE – 225 E 51ST. NYC
(Between 2nd & 3rd AVE) HANDICAP ACCESSIBLE
MEMBERS $ 40 GUESTS $ 45 CONCERT ONLY $ 25 (8:15 PM)
RESERVATIONS MUST BE PAID IN ADVANCE BY DECEMBER 8, 2014
RESERVATION INFORMATION CALL RUTH 516 569-1678/ E-MAIL YAFAC18@aol.com
Kindly send check payable to YAFAC and mail to RUTH HARRIS, TREASURER
379 BARNARD AVE
CEDARHURST, NY 11516
For more information:

Concerts

SANDY CASH IN CONCERT

Saturday, March 9, 2013
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

Info/Reservations: 02-673-7183 or mavraham@zahav.net.il
Entrance: 30 NIS General Public, 20 Members

Uncategorized

Michal Tal & Yoni Farhi – Through Foreign Ears

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

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

Pianists: Michal Tal & Yoni Farhi

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

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

Reservations: 03-5466228 …
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Lectures, WHERE: USA_NY, Yiddish or Folk

The Broder Singers: Forerunners of the Yiddish Theater

Miryem-Khaye Seigel, Librarian, Dorot Jewish Division, New York Public Library, presents
Broder Singers: Forerunners of the Yiddish Theater

Broder singers were the first Yiddish performers to present music and drama in a secular setting beginning in the mid-nineteenth century. This lecture will explore the Broder singers’ history, repertoire, and style, and their relationship to Yiddish theater.

JOSEPH KREMEN MEMORIAL LECTURE • MAX WEINREICH CENTER ACADEMIC LECTURE SERIES
Admission: Free
RSVP: www.yivo.org/reservations
Venue: YIVO Institute at the Center for Jewish History | 15 West 16th Street – NYC

Lectures

Prof. Martin Schwartz speaks at SOAS in London

Professor Martin Schwartz of the University of California will speak on the topic of “THE LARGE SHARED REPERTORY OF GREEK AND KLEZMER / YIDDISH VERNACULAR MUSICS”

PLACE: Khalili Lecture Theatre, SOAS, Thornhaugh Street, London WC1H 0XG
ADMISSION: Admission free. Open to all interested parties. A collection will be taken.
RESERVATIONS: All places must be reserved in advance. Please e-mail
ed.emery@britishlibrary.net.

Musicals

“Working, the Musical” debut performance

Saturday, October 15 · 8:00pm – 11:00pm
Jewish Federation 550 S. Second St. Arcadia, 91106 CA

Hazzan Judy Sofer and colleagues are having four performances of their debut production for the Cultural Arts Program of Greater San Gabriel Pomona Valleys.
Saturday, Oct. 15 at 8:00
Sunday, Oct. 16 at 2:00
Saturday, Oct. 22 at 8:00
Sunday, October 23 at 2:00
Tickets are $36 – Premiere seating
$25- General Seating
$10- Students and children

Concerts

Neshama Carlebach in Eastern US Tour

Neshama Carlebach will be performing in several venues in the coming months. Here is a sample listing:
For more information: See her website http://www.neshamacarlebach.com/
Oct 31, 8PM
Temple Emanuel Social Hall
424 25th Street
Virginia Beach, VA 23451,
A Night with Neshama Carlebach in memory of Sharon Elstein z’l
Admission will be free , donations to Temple Emanuel in memory of
Sharon will be gratefully accepted at the door.
For further information please call 757-428-2591or send an email
to admin@temple-emanuel.hrcoxmail.com

Nov 5, 7:30 PM
BETHESDA JEWISH CONGREGATION (in The Memorial Hall)
6601 Bradley Boulevard
Bethesda, Maryland 20817
Neshama and her band will be performing at Bethesda Jewish
Center’s 10th Anniversary celebration.
For reservations and further information, please visit
www.bethesdajewish.org

Concerts

Free concert! Alicia Svigals’ Klezmer Fiddle Express

Event: Free concert! Alicia Svigals’ Klezmer Fiddle Express
With Christina Crowder, accordion, Brian Glassman, bass, and Aaron Alexander, drums, who will get everyone up and dancing!!
Start Time: Thursday, August 18 at 7:00pm
End Time: Thursday, August 18 at 10:00pm
Location: Putnam Valley Main Fire House
265 Oscawana Lake Road

Concerts

FOUR WOMEN: PIANO TRIOS

A concert of Piano Trios by Four Women composers will be held in New York on Sunday, March 19 at 3pm.
The composers are LERA AUERBACH, REBECCA CLARKE, FANNY MENDELSSOHN, CLARA SCHUMANN.
The concert will be held in St. Marks in the Bowery (19th and Second Avenue and performed by the Downtown Chamber Trio: RIEKO KAWABATA, violin; DANIEL BARRETT, cello and MIMI STERN-WOLFE, piano
INFORMATION: dmpmimi@msn.com: Suggested donation: $10
Reservations: 212 477-1594; www.downtownmusicproductions.org

presented by DOWNTOWN MUSIC PRODUCTIONS
MIMI STERN-WOLFE, ARTISTIC DIRECTOR

Concerts

Third Annual Interfaith Symposium of Music in LA

Third Annual Interfaith Symposium of Music – “In the Beginning” –
The Music, Theology, Art History and Astrophysics of Creation
Date: Sunday, 2/12/2006
Start Time: Symposium 2:30 PM
The free evening concert (7:00 p.m.) will feature music of the Creation
story drawn from the many traditions of our time and of times past.
Location: Beverly Hills Presbyterian Church
Address: 505 N. Rodeo Drive, Beverly Hills, CA 90210
Registration and Info: 818.623.1000 or jmcla@socal.rr.com

Announcing the third annual city-wide interfaith symposium exploring
spiritual themes. In cooperation with the Beverly Hills Presbyterian
Church (BHPC), the Los Angeles Catholic Archdiocese and the Jewish Music
Commission of Los Angeles (JMCLA) we will explore the opening chapters
of Genesis in Jewish, Protestant and Catholic thought, liturgy, science,
art history and music.

Concerts, Klezmer, WHERE: Europe

KLEZMER EN BUENOS AIRES:

un concert AMJ tout à fait original à Genève:

Marcelo Moguilevsky: clarinettes, flûtes, harmonica, voix
Cesar Lerner: piano, accordéon, percussions
dimanche 4 décembre à 17h à l’Alhambra, 10 rue de la Rôtisserie, Genève
Organisation: les Amis de la Musique Juive www.amj.ch.
Informations: http://www.amj.ch/WPR051204.htm
Réservations: amj@amj.ch ou tel: 0(041)22 320 86 28
entrée: 25.- / AVS, chômeurs, étudiants, etc: 15.-
Réduction supplémentaire de 5.- aux membres AMJ

Depuis une vingtaine d’années, Cesar Lerner et Marcelo Moguilevsky apportent une
innovation et une ouverture à la musique populaire instrumentale juive.
Petits-enfants d’immigrants russes et polonais arrivés en Argentine en 1900, ils
contribuent avec virtuosité à la renaissance du style klezmer en développant un
langage personnel, basé sur l’improvisation et des éléments issus du folklore
argentin, du tango, du jazz et des musiques contemporaines.…
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Classes & Courses

Preparation for Chazzonim and Baaley Tefila

An evening of presentations to prepare for Chazzonim and Baaley Tefila for the High Holidays is being sponsored by Cantors World and the Philip and Sarah Belz School of Jewish Music, Yeshiva University. Being held at The Jewish Center, 131 West 86th Street, NYC on September 22nds, 8:00pm, the evening features presentations from Cantor Bernard Beer “A Guide to Leading the High Holy Day Service”; Dr. Peak Woo, MD, “Ensuring Vocal Health During a Stressful Season”; and Cantor Abraham Weingarten “Maintaining Vocal Clarity and Strength Throughout Davening”. The evening is bein moderated by Cantor Benny Rogosnitzky and will deal with major issues pertaining to the shliach tzibur, issues of vocal health and maintenacne and ideas for successful delivery and choice of nusach and tunes. There will be a question and answer session following the presentations.…
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Cantorial, Concerts, WHERE: USA_NY

Pre- High Holiday Concert: by Cantors World

September 21 at 7:30pm in Merkin Hall at 129 West 67th Street, New York City, a pre-high holiday special concert featuring Cantor Sol Zim, Cantor Jeffrey Nadel and Cantor Ari Klein. Also featuring Cantor Eliyahu Greenblatt, Azi Schwartz and his choir, Cantor Yechezkel Klang, and Cantor Daniel Gildar. The price is $40 general admission. For reservations call: 718-851-3226 or go to www.CantorsWorld.com for more information.

Clubs

Divahn in San Francisco

Thursday, July 14
Cafe Du Nord
7:30 pm (doors open)
2170 Market Street (at 15th)
Cash bar and dinner menu all night
Purchase tickets: $12 in advance at www.cafedunord.com or $15 at the
door.
For dinner reservations call (415) 861-5016
Amy Tobin (creator of The Esther Show and Lilith, the Musical) plays a short solo set at 8:30, followed by a full Divahn concert.

Concerts

Tribeca Hebrew Upcoming Events

Sunday February 27 – Frank London Project (Klezmatics)
Sunday March 13 – Joey Weisenberg Trio
Sunday March 20 – Shtreimel (Montreal Klez)
Sunday April 3 – David Glukh Klezmer Ensemble (Fusion of Klezmer, &
Macedonian Gypsy)
Sunday April 17 – Matt Darriau Band (Kleamatics)
$5 for kids/$15 for adults/$30 for the whole family
Reservations recommended!

Tribeca Hebrew
67 Hudson Street/1 Jay Street
(Enter on Jay Street – between Greenwich St and Hudson St)
New York, NY 10013
212-608-0555

Concerts

Sandy Cash will be touring this Fall

Singer songwriter and storyteller Sandy Cash plays and sings in English accompanied by accoustic guitar. The Yale-educated, Detroit-born singer is popular in Israel’s “anglo” community. Sandy, who has also performed opera in Hebrew in Israel, has a rich voice which you can hear online at her website: http://www.sandycash.com/ Her touring starts next month in Georgia.

Wednesday, October 25
Eddie’s Attic
515-B North McDonough St. Decatur, GA
Info: Eddie’s Attic website or call 404-377-4976
For more tour dates, read on.

Libraries and Archives with Jewish Music Collections

Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion. School of Sacred Music. Klau Library, Music Collections

The Klau Library at HUC-JIR in New York contains 130,000 volumes of Judaica, including collections supporting the cantorial school. The collection includes sounds recordings, sheet music, and microfilms. The School of Sacred Music cantorial collections are focused and specific. They include a significant number of vertical files of sheet music and printed scores of liturgical music. Access to these materials is limited and requests should be made ahead of arrival. Music reference and research materials are limited, and the general public in NYC would be better served obtaining access through the NYPL collections.

CD Releases

Dan Aran Breathing CD Released

An Israeli musician living in Brooklyn, Dan Aran just released his new CD Breathing containing a number of compositions by him. Aran is known in NY as a “brush specialist” and has got what the doctor ordered. Take a deep breath and listen to Breathing.. It’s sure to put you in the right place.

Obits

Jack Gottlieb z”l

The American Society for Jewish Music sends out this sad announcement about the passing of Jack Gottlieb.
Dear Members and Friends:
It is with sadness that I share with you the news of Jack Gottlieb’s passing.

A prolific composer, especially of sacred songs and choral music for the synagogue, Jack worked actively on behalf of Jewish music and served as President of the ASJM for a number of years. Also a scholar and noted author, his acclaimed books, Funny, It Doesn’t Sound Jewish: How Yiddish Songs and Synagogue Melodies Influenced Tin Pan Alley, Broadway and Hollywood, and, most recently, his memoire Working with Bernstein, about his years as assistant to Leonard Bernstein, received rave reviews. A biography of Jack Gottlieb’s distinguished career is appended below.

As Jack wished for no public funeral, those in the New York area wishing to mark his passing are invited to attend the services at Congregation Emanu-El on March 11 and 12, 2011, which will be devoted to his music.…
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Cantorial, FILM

Jacob Mendelson at viewing of Cantor’s Tale

Date: Friday, January 28, 2010
Time: 6PM – Erev Shabbat Services; 7:15PM – Film Viewing
Price: Free, open to the community
Contact: Cantor Rebecca Garfein,
cantorgarfein@crsnyc.org
RSVP: requested
Telephone Number: 646-454-3030
Website: www.rodephsholom.org
Artist/Speaker: Cantor Jacob Mendelson
Event Description: Cantor Jacob Mendelson will lend his magnificent voice and
neshama (soul) to Erev Shabbat Services, followed by a viewing of his award winning
film, A Cantor’s Tale, and a question and answer session. On Saturday, following
the 10AM Shabbat Service, Cantor Mendelson will demonstrate and discuss the styles
of Cantors from the Golden Age, introduce his family zemirot (songs) to the
congregation, and explain that the DNA for hazzanut is contained therein.

CD Releases

Daniel Greenwood New CD Released

Daniel Greenwood released a CD with Galpaz six years ago called Mayim Ad Nofesh and got a review from The Jerusalem Post. He has recently released a new CD with CDBaby called Onah Hashem. It is available on ITunes .There are a number of full songs on MySpace

www.myspace.com/jewishrockgreenwood

He has also recorded music with a composer and keyboardist from England named Scott Hill. Daniel recorded an Album with Scott on his Astranova Label called Ancient Future available on ITunes. He released another CD on CDBaby and ITunes called Return to Regalia and he has had over 35,000 plays of his songs on Spotify(Streaming Music Site) in Europe.His Artist name is JJ.(Since there is a popular band from Sweden called JJ people think this is their CD and listen.They seem to be enjoying the music).…
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Choral, WHERE: USA_NY, Yiddish or Folk

Jewish People’s Philharmonic Chorus in International Choral Festival

Yiddish Chorus in International Choral Festival!
The Jewish People’s Philharmonic Chorus
with Binyumen Schaechter, Conductor,
are performing next week at
The 5th New York International Choral Festival 2010
Thursday, October 28, 2010, 7:30 PM
at Riverside Church
490 Riverside Drive, New York, NY 10027
Tickets: $20
For tickets: Tickets@NYIntChoralFest.com
Tickets will be available at the door.
Seating is General Admission.
This concert includes 4 choruses,
each performing for 15 minutes or so,
plus an Orchestra,
culminating in a number sung by all choruses together.
The Jewish People’s Philharmonic Chorus
is the only Jewish – or Yiddish – chorus on the bill.
ENGLISH TRANSLATIONS PROVIDED

SAVE THE DATE!
Sunday, June 5, 2011, 4:30 PM
at Symphony Space (2537 Broadway) in New York City,
the JPPC, with Conductor Binyumen Schaechter –
and with guest appearance by Di Shekhter-tekhter –
will be giving their annual gala concert.…
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Classes & Courses, WHERE: Israel

Yiddish Song Workshop at Felicja Blumental Music Centre Tel Aviv

The Yiddish Song Workshop‚ under the direction of Nekhama Lifshitz‚ is now admitting new singers. For details please contact Regina (0547621628) or Udi (0542026242). The workshop was founded 12 years ago by Nekhama Lifshitz‚ queen of Yiddish song. The aims of the workshop are to preserve Eastern European culture in general and Yiddish language and song in particular. Weekly workshop lessons are conducted privately by pianist and coach Regina Dricker‚ Nekhama’s right hand for many years. The lessons include voice training and study of Yiddish language and culture through the songs. Every year the workshop presents a number of song evenings or shows based upon different themes. Some of the performances‚ such as the evening dedicated to the Holocaust‚ are held throughout the country. This past year‚ which was dedicated to Yiddish poet Itsik Manger‚ we put on performances of ”The Megilah” [The Purimspiel] as well as a concert of Manger’s poetry and songs.…
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Classical or Jewish art music, Concerts, WHERE: USA_NY

Marhulet “DYBBUK” String Quartet Premiere

The string quartet Dybbuk by Wlad Marhulet was written for the New York based “J.A.C.K.” quartet. The piece is inspired by Jewish folklore, in which a Dybbuk is a malicious possessing spirit, believed to be the dislocated soul of a dead person. The piece depicts two aspects of Dybbuk – its wild and aggressive nature, as well as its memories from the past life full of suffering and tears.

The premiere is going to take place November 30th at 8:00pm.
in Paul Hall, Julliard School, NYC
60 Lincoln Center Plaza, Broadway (at 65th St)
Upper West Side
212-769-7406
Subway: 1 to 66th St–Lincoln Ctr

Podcasts

Shua Kessin Kumzitz for Shlomo Carlebach

Shua Kessin Kumzitz Matzav.com will be presenting its Second Annual Live Music Webcast Featuring Shua Kessin in honor of the yahrtzeit of R’ Shlomo Carlebach z”l, whose music has touched the souls of countless people. This event follows the first-ever live Jewish music webcast last year, produced by Matzav.com, which drew tens of thousands of viewers. All day Sunday Nov. 8.

This year’s webcast, which is being produced by Ozer Babad and hosted and powered by Matzav.com, is expected to be watched by tens of thousands of people across the globe and will also be heard live on Radio Kol Berama, 107.9 FM in Lakewood, NJ.

Shua will be accompanied this Motzoei Shabbos by an orchestra featuring Yanky Katina, Yaakov Zeines and Jo Blumenthal.
The webcast will be broadcast live from Gal Paz on 13th Avenue in Boro Park, and all are invited to join in person or watch the event live on the #1 Torah newscenter on the Web, Matzav.com.…
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Articles

Association for Canadian Jewish Studies Call for Papers

The Association for Canadian Jewish Studies/L’Association des études juives canadiennes (ACJS /l’AÉJC) will be holding its 34th Annual Conference May 30-June 1, 2010 at Concordia University in Montreal as part of the Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences. The conference provides a platform for original scholarly research in Canadian Jewish history, life and culture. Individuals are invited to send proposals for learned paper presentations in either English or French twenty minutes in
length (approximately 2,000 words) that concern some aspect of the Canadian Jewish experience.

Potential presenters are asked to submit a paper
proposal by Tuesday, January 5, 2010. The paper proposal should comprise a
400-word abstract formulated to clearly and concisely state the main argument
of the scholarly paper and indicate how it will contribute to existing
scholarship in the field of Canadian Jewish Studies.…
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Concerts

“CELEBRATING LIFE,”A CONCERT FOR SOUTH AFRICAN WOMEN & CHILDREN

CONGREGATION RODEPH SHOLOM AND THE RIVERSIDE CHURCH PRESENT “CELEBRATING
LIFE,”A CONCERT FOR SOUTH AFRICAN WOMEN & CHILDREN
Manhattan’s Congregation Rodeph Sholom and The Riverside Church are proud to
jointly present Celebrating Life!, a concert to raise funds for the Project People
Foundation (PPF) and the women and children of South Africa’s townships.

PPF is a New York-based non-profit organization founded in 1995 that builds bridges
between caring communities in the United States and women and students in South
Africa. PPF is helping South Africans as they strive for economic independence and
access to education despite the challenges of apartheid’s legacy, AIDS and poverty.

The concert will be held on October 29, 2009 at Congregation Rodeph Sholom, 7 West
83rd Street, Manhattan, starting at 6:30pm. It will feature a number of distinguished
musical artists, among them Diana Solomon-Glover, noted soprano soloist at The
Riverside Church, and Rebecca Garfein, Senior Cantor at Rodeph Sholom.…
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Concerts

Afro-Semitic Experience in Middleton, CT

The Afro-Semitic Experience will be performing in Middletown,
Connecticut in a couple of weeks. They are performing in concert on Saturday,
April 16, 8:00 p.m., at Congregation Adath Israel 8 Broad Street, in
Middletown. If you want more information about this concert the number at
Adath Israel is (860) 346-4709.

Visit the still fairly new Afro-Semitic Experience web site. The site has lots of music,
photos, and info about the band. Plus there is a news page that is updated
on a fairly regular basis. The address is http://afrosemiticexperience.net/

Concerts, WHERE: USA_NY

VOICES OF THE JEWISH DIASPORA

Songs Celebrating Jewish Communities Worldwide: Gershwin, Ravel,
Sephardic Melodies, many more
Featuring Dina Kuznetsova, Rinat Shaham, Steven Goldstein, Steven Blier
and Michael Barrett
FEBRUARY 18 AND 20 2009
AT MERKIN CONCERT HALL, Kaufman Center
at 8 PM

Kaufman Center and New York Festival of Song (NYFOS, www.nyfos.org),
will present Voices of the Jewish Diaspora on Tuesday and
Thursday, February 18 and 20, 2009 at 8 PM at Merkin Concert Hall at Kaufman
Center. It is the third subscription concert of the New York Festival of
Song, whose CD, Spanish Love Songs, (Bridge
Records, 2008) featuring Lorraine Hunt
Lieberson, Joseph Kaiser, Steven Blier and Michael Barrett was named one of the “Best of the year” by Opera News.

The program features songs in many languages celebrating the culturally
diverse Jewish communities that flourished as the tribes of Israel spread
out across the globe: Sephardic melodies arranged by Roberto Sierra;
Second Avenue specialties by Irving Berlin and Abraham Ellstein; art
songs by Ravel and Mahler; plus music by Gershwin, Bernstein, and Harold
Rome.…
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Conferences

CUNY Hosts ‘Beyond Boundaries’ Dec 16

Beyond Boundaries

Beyond Boundaries: Klezmer Music in the 21st Century
Looks at the State of the Art of Klezmer through Discussion and Performance

On December 16, the Center for Jewish Studies and the Martin E. Segal Theatre Center of the CUNY Graduate Center will present Beyond Boundaries: Klezmer Music in the 21st Century. Featuring distinguished klezmer performers, scholars, cultural commentators, and composers, the program includes an afternoon symposium with music (at 3:00 p.m.) and an evening concert (at 7:00 p.m.). This event is part of the Beyond Boundaries Series in Jewish Music, launched by the Center for Jewish Studies in Spring 2008. The series explores aspects of Jewish music from multiple perspectives—geographical, cultural, and musical. The Graduate Center is located at 365 Fifth Avenue between 34th and 35th Streets.…
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Concerts

Micha Haran in the Concert Meister Series at Baruch Performing Arts Center

Baruch Performing Arts Center Presents
The Concert Meister Series
Micha Haran
Solo Cellist &
Principal Cellist of The Israel Philharmonic Orchestra for 30 years

Tuesday, November 25th at 7:00 PM

Performing Bach Suite No.1 &
Kodaly Cello Sonata Op. 8
at
Engelman Recital Hall
On the South Side of East 25th Street Between Lexington & 3rd avenues
Manhattan, New York

Tickets: $30 -Call +1212.352.3101 or +1866.811.4111 or online
http://www.theatermania.com/content/show.cfm/show/149057

Details

Micha Haran, Principal Cellist of the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, returns to New
York, for a Solo performance at Baruch Performing Arts Center, after 33 years

“The Israeli Cellist is an assertive player with fine technical control and
musicianship that runs deep. Both in appearance and sound, he projects an intense
concentration that adds greatly to his communicative strength as an artist”
The New York Times, Haran’s Last Solo Performance in New York …
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Concerts, Conferences

Beyond Boundaries: Klezmer Music in the 21st Century 2008

Beyond Boundaries

Beyond Boundaries: Klezmer Music in the 21st Century
Looks at the State of the Art of Klezmer through Discussion and Performance

On December 16, the Center for Jewish Studies and the Martin E. Segal Theatre Center of the CUNY Graduate Center will present Beyond Boundaries: Klezmer Music in the 21st Century. Featuring distinguished klezmer performers, scholars, cultural commentators, and composers, the program includes an afternoon symposium with music (at 3:00 p.m.) and an evening concert (at 7:00 p.m.). This event is part of the Beyond Boundaries Series in Jewish Music, launched by the Center for Jewish Studies in Spring 2008. The series explores aspects of Jewish music from multiple perspectives—geographical, cultural, and musical. The Graduate Center is located at 365 Fifth Avenue between 34th and 35th Streets.…
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Classical or Jewish art music, Concerts, WHERE: USA_Mid-Atlantic

Pro Musica Hebraica at Kennedy Center in Washington

Pro Musica Hebraica is devoted to presenting Jewish classical music — much of it lost, forgotten, or rarely performed — in a concert-hall setting. On November 18, 2008, the ARC Ensemble of Canada’s Royal Conservatory of Music presents works by Mieczysław Weinberg, Szymon Laks, and Sergei Prokofiev all composed in the aftermath of world war.
Tuesday, November 18, 2008
The Terrace Theater
The Kennedy Center
Washington, DC
7:30 PM
http://promusicahebraica.org/index.html

Israeli

Israeli Music Successful Draw for American Audiences

by Uriel Heilman courtesy of JTA.
Whether out of hunger for a connection to Israel or mere interest in the music,
increasing numbers of Jews in America — both Americans and Israelis — are tuning
into Israeli music performances.

Singing in unintelligible gibberish as her hands strike the
darbuka drum with frantic intensity, the short, pretty brunette at center stage
holds the audience transfixed as she reaches the song’s crescendo.
When she sounds her final note, the audience rises for a standing ovation.
Though it is her New York debut concert, Israeli singer-songwriter Din Din Aviv is
no stranger here. The performance hall at the Museum of Jewish Heritage is packed
with Israeli fans of Aviv who live in New York and American Jews clutching her CD.…
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