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Concerts, Festivals, Front Page, WHERE: USA_California

Cabaret by the Bay San Rafael

cabaretbythebay-ldelson
Come in from the mishegos (insanity) outside, have a seat,

and refresh your neshomeh (soul) at

Cabaret by the Bay San Rafael

THIS SUNDAY, 5:00pm   November 20, 2016

Comedy, Yiddish song, Storytelling, Dancing, Klezmer Music, and More!
At the Osher Marin JCC, 200 N. San Pedro Road, San Rafael
Presented by KlezCalifornia, Osher Marin JCC, and New Yiddish Theater
  • Reb Irwin Keller, Master of Ceremonies
  • Veretski Pass (Cookie Segelstein, Joshua Horowitz, Stu Brotman), klezmer band
  • Jewlia Eisenberg with Jeremiah Lockwood, singers
  • Naomi Newman, performance artist 
  • Jake Marmer, poet 
  • Anthony Russell, singer 
  • Gerry Tenney, singer

This Cabaret celebrates the release of Gerry Tenney’s newest CD: “Gerry Tenney & California Klezmer: A Retrospective.”

Tickets:  $20 adult, $10 teen, free for ages 12 and under. More details here.

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Concerts, WHERE: USA_Northeast

Zamir Boston Elijah Rocks

Monday, May 19, 7:30 pm, “Elijah Rocks” at Sanders Theatre, Cambridge, MA:

Reserve your tickets now for our season finale, “Elijah Rocks.” This multimedia presentation will bring to life some of the great stories from the Bible. Experience the creation of the world, Cain and Abel, Noah and the flood, Moses and the exodus, Joshua at the walls of Jericho, Elijah with the fiery chariot, Shadrach in the furnace, and more. Special guest: the incomparable singer/songleader Nick Page. This year, Zamir is delighted to honor Charles Coe, noted poet and arts advocate; and Heather Zacker, Zamir alumna extraordinaire and healthcare executive. For tickets: ofa.fas.harvard.edu or contact: manager@zamir.org.

Concerts, WHERE: USA_NY, Yiddish or Folk

Concert in Honor of Adrienne Cooper Dec 22 in NYC

A KHOLEM / DREAMING IN YIDDISH
A CONCERT IN TRIBUTE TO ADRIENNE COOPER
The world of Yiddish culture will be honoring Adrienne Cooper z”l with a concert to celebrate her life and work. Adrienne is best remembered as the magnificent voice of Yiddish song and teacher to thousands in the Yiddish and klezmer music worlds. Dec 22 2012 in NYC, there will be a concert that is bound to attract you and your friends, as well as plenty of the contemporary Jewish music world. The goal of the concert is to raise money to help establish a fund to continue her work, not just in recordings but for teaching for future generations.

Sat Dec 22 2012, 8 pm
Kaye Playhouse at Hunter College
East 68th Street between Park & Lexington Avenue
http://kayeplayhouse.hunter.cuny.edu/tickets.shtml
Tickets: $18, $36, $54
(212) 772-4448…
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Klezmer, WHERE: Great Britain

December Klezmer Events in London

Friday 7 December, Pages of Hackney, 7pm
Winter Warmer with the London Klezmer Quartet. Mulled wine, mince
pies, CDs, books etc. www.londonklezmerquartet.com
Reserve a seat on 020 8525 1452. Tickets: £7
Pages Bookshop, 70 Lower Clapton Road, London E5 0RN

Sunday 9 December, Calthorpe Arms, Kings Cross
Klezmer workshop and monthly jam session
Workshop with Susi Evans 1-2pm; jamming 2-4. Entry: £5 on the door.
Download tunes ( http://www.ilanacravitz.com/music&sound.htm )
Upstairs room, Calthorpe Arms, 252 Gray’s Inn Rd, London W1X 8JR

Holiday, Klezmer, WHERE: USA_NY

Metropolitan Klezmer plays The Emelin (Westchester Hanukah matinee) – Mamaroneck!

Sunday, December 16, 2012
3:00pm

Klezmer octet concert for eighth day of Hanukah!
Metropolitan Klezmer plays Mamaroneck NY:
The Emelin Theatre’s wonderful Westchester stage.
http://emelin.org/event/great-traditions-all-music/metropolitan-klezmer
914-698-0098
Emelin Theatre
153 Library Ln, Mamaroneck, New York 10543

Metropolitan Klezmer’s full eight-piece lineup:
Debra Kreisberg, clarinet & alto sax
Pam Fleming, trumpet & flugelhorn
Reut Regev, trombone
Melissa Fogarty, vocals
Ismail Butera, accordion
Karen Waltuch, viola
David Hofstra, bass & tuba
Eve Sicular, drummer |bandleader

Great new tunes & fabulous favorites alighting.
Tickets are selling fast for this show (please spread the word).

Tickets $32. Info & group rates:
http://emelin.org/
http://metropolitanklezmer.com/

Concerts

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. 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.
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

Classical or Jewish art music, Concerts, WHERE: USA_NY

STEAL A PENCIL FOR ME–NEW OPERA

STEAL A PENCIL FOR ME–
OPERA BASED ON LIVES
OF HOLOCAUST SURVIVORS JAAP & INA POLAK

Semi-Staged Concert Performances in New York on April 28 & 30
of a new opera in two acts by Gerald Cohen and Deborah Brevoort

These semi-staged concert performances will take place on:
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

Details can be found on Gerald Cohen ‘s website
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.

Jewish Theological Seminary (JTS) is located at 3080 Broadway (at 122nd st.), New York, NY.…
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Concerts

Hanukkah Happens 24 on Jan 19 in Newton

The Brotherhood and Music Committee of Temple Emanuel present
Hanukkah Happens 24
Jewish Love Songs
Sunday, January 19, 2014, 7:30 PM
Temple Emanuel, 385 Ward St., Newton
Featuring:
The Zamir Chorale of Boston
Joshua Jacobson, Artistic Director, and Hazzan Elias Rosemberg
Concert admission (open seating): TE Members – $25; Non-members – $30; Seniors (70+)
$25; Children under 13 – $15; Tickets night of concert $30
Proceeds to benefit American Friends of Magen David Adom.
For more information and tickets, please visit templeemanuel.com
http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001-4jc9DHS1FW5YOewU4GeSI4Os25a_TIOzVQB_9OzQ-JnP797VaOmqVRNy_Syex3iSnouRbLEH_JFipG1eip1XE0r6G_cRISzYCEMy0IE7lv0oXbfv7AAaI4f07qfPP71xtgqrYeAkU1_KNmJq1sDrVx6OErlI02EVhRAX4YEfMz5GxSq4AHaXA33UrlF0LDNQpOKN7H_urM=&c=KwP9qy0FXOw1OXV5dqvm03dDsCQ2XIebrUXjjM2jDAiYdTEwJnqEMw==&ch=fiWeq1viea985AJ27Id9wr_vN8W8GiRN7hlImTE37I2eOBx5dNTb7w==
HHConcert@gmail.com or call 617-558-8100.…
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Concerts, Klezmer, WHERE: Great Britain

London Klezmer Quartet

Upcoming Performances of The London Klezmer Quartet

Sunday 9 September, Klezmer in the Park, 2pm
Regents Park Bandstand, Regents Park, London NW1 4NR.
The event runs 1-5pm.
Event info ( http://www.jmi.org.uk/event/klezmer-in-the-park/ )

Monday 8 October, Bookmarks Bookshop, 6.30pm
Sholem Aleykhem Comrade! Music and words portraying Jewish life in
revolutionary times presented by LKQ with David Rosenberg and Julia
Bard of Jewish Socialist Magazine.
Bookmarks Bookshop, 1 Bloomsbury Street, London WC1B 3QE

Wednesday 31 October, The Red Hedgehog, 7.30pm
An evening of Yiddish song and music, with LKQ and Yuri Vedenyapin. In
association with the Spiro Ark ( http://www.spiroark.org/events ).
The Red Hedgehog, 255 – 257 Archway Road, Highgate, London N6 5BS
Event info (
http://www.spiroark.org/events/828/london-klezmer-quartet/ )
Book tickets at
http://www.spiroark.org/events/tickets/267%20/london-klezmer-quartet …
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Concerts, WHERE: USA_NewEngland

Songs of the Heart with Raymond Goldstein

Please join us 7:30 for concert, 5:30 for dinner.
Thursday, December 4, 2014
for a memorable concert of cantorial and Hanukkah music by Israeli composer Raymond Goldstein who will be joined by Cantors Chaim Dovid Berson, Sanford Cohen, Brian Mayer and Gideon Zelermyer (formerly of West Hartford), Adrian Durlester, pianist and instrumentalists. Additionally, The Beth El Adult and Children’s Choirs, Children’s Choirs from The Solomon Schechter Day School of Greater Hartford and Bess and Paul Sigel Hebrew Academy of Greater Hartford will raise their voices under the direction of Cantor Joseph Ness.

Admission is $20. $15 for seniors and students. Children under 12 free. Tickets available at temple office or at the door.

Beth El Temple
2626 West Albany Ave
West Hartford, CT
call for information: 860-233-9696
bethelwesthartford.org

Enjoy fresh falafel and Israeli salads for sale by Yosi Kosher Catering before the concert.…
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Clubs, WHERE: USA_NewEngland

Andy Statman Trio at Club Passim

Andy Statman Trio
November 30, 2014 8PM and Monday Dec 1, 2014 at 8pm
Club Passim
47 Palmer Street in the basement of an historic brick delivery and carriage house. It is on the corner of Church and Palmer Streets.
Cambridge, MA
$30 / 28

Andy Statman, one of his generation’s premier mandolinists and clarinetists, thinks of his compositions and performances as “spontaneous American-roots music and personal, prayerful hasidic music, by way of avant-garde jazz.” This modest man takes for granted that a performer might embody several world in his art, and seems humbled by the fact that his music, like his story, is extraordinary.

Holiday

Hannukah in the East Bay

Saturday, December 20, 7:00pm, 6th annual Hannukah Community Celebration presented by Nigunim Community Chorus. Candle lighting, food for sale, performances by Nigunim Community Chorus directed by Achi Ben Shalom (including Romania Romania plus a Yiddish medley); Yiddish singer Diane Wirtschafter, Ladino singer Rivka Amado, and soprano Eliana Kissner. Dancing led by Allen King with music by Adama (Michael Gill, Jan Padover, Jeremy Cohen). Co-sponsored by KlezCalifornia.

Advance ticket purchase is recommended, as this event has sold out in previous years.Tickets: general $15 / children free. More info and tickets: HERE.

At JCC East Bay, BERKELEY, 1414 Walnut St. Berkeley

Concerts, WHERE: USA_NY

LABAmusic: Alicia Svigals, Yoav Gal, Nadav Lev

Friday January 9 and Sunday January 11 (with brunch included!)

LABA, A Laboratory of Jewish Culture,
presents award-winning opera and contemporary music,
featuring LABA fellowship alumni Alicia
Svigals, Klezmer Violinist, Yoav Gal, and Nadav Lev.

From world music to indie opera, their diverse voices are united by the common
thread of Jewish culture – a mesmerizing tapestry of some of the
best original music made in downtown NYC.

Where: 14th Street Y, 344 E 14th St, New York, New York 10003
When: Friday 1/9 at 8 pm, Sunday 1/11 at 11:30, including brunch!
Tickets: $15, free with APAP badge.

Get Tickets here:
http://klezmerbyalicia.c.topica.com/maarAJgackqVDbIFEx6eafpQav/

Concerts, Klezmer, WHERE: USA_NY

Susan Leviton & Lauren Brody at New York Klezmer Series

Tues. April 28, 2015

NY Klezmer Series Proudly Presents: Susan Leviton & Lauren Brody

The New York Klezmer Series
Tuesdays at Stephen Wise Free Synagogue
30 W. 68th Street, NY NY 10023
212-877-4050

All Concerts & Dance Parties begin at 7:30pm; $15. Jam sessions follow
Klezmer Instrumental Music Workshop 5:30-7pm $25
Full night pass – $35 (includes class, concert & jam sesson)

Tickets: $15 at door
Doors open at 7pm.
For more info go to www/aaronalexander.com/wp

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YIDSTOCK at the National Yiddish Book Center in Amherst, MA

Yidstock is an annual festival of new Yiddish music at the National Yiddish Book Center July 16 – 19, 2015 in Amherst, MA
Yidstock has an entire week of activities and concerts. See the website for the most recent information.
http://www.yiddishbookcenter.org/events/yidstock-2015-festival-new-yiddish-music-0 You can purchase full festival passes or attend individual events.
Tickets for concerts and workshops are going fast and some are even sold out already. Be sure to check the website to get your tickets now for the upcoming summer season!!
http://www.yiddishbookcenter.org/events/yidstock-2015-festival-new-yiddish-music-0

Concerts, WHERE: USA_NewEngland

1000 Years of French Jewry: A Concert in Words and Music

Sunday, May 17, 2015
7pm
Temple Emau-El
99 Taft Avenue
Providence, RI
A concert on the music of the 1000 year history of French Jewry, from Rashi to today, will take place at Temple Emanu-El in Providence, RI, Sunday, May 17, 2015 at 7pm. The concert will include music of every era and genre from classical, folk to jazz, with an original script narrated by Professor Bill Miles, and accompanied by renowned pianist Judith Lyn Stillman. Instrumental soloists from the Boston Symphony Orchestra, along with Cantors Lynn Torgove, Brian Mayer and Maayan Harel and choral singers from Shir Emanu-El Choir, Kol Kesem Hazamir along with other choral singers will participate.

Advanced tickets are $50, $36 and $15 with tickets at the door at: $55, $40, $20.

Events, WHERE: Canada

Toronto

MORRIS WINCHEVSKY SCHOOL
585 Cranbrooke Avenue, Toronto, Ontario M6A 2X9 Telephone: (416) 789-5502 Fax: (416) 789-5981 E-mail: mws@on.aibn.com KLEZ-MORE!!
A Celebration of the Morris Winchevsky School’s 75TH Anniversary

The Morris Winchevsky School celebrates its 75th anniversary with a reunion concert – KLEZ-MORE!! The public and alumni are invited to join the celebration on Sunday, September 21, 7:30 p.m. at the Isabel Bader Theatre, 93 Charles St. W., Toronto.

The evening features some of Toronto’s leading Jewish musicians. The KLEZMER SWINGTET – led by Jonno Lightstone, with Tony Quarrington and Jordan Klapman – swings Yiddish favourites. DAVE WALL AND MARILYN LERNER will include their fresh and stunning original settings of Yiddish poetry to music that blends classical, jazz and Jewish traditions, from their well-received new album, Still Soft-Voiced Heart.…
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Holiday

Chanukah –And All that Jazz! with Anat Cohen

WHEN: Sunday, December 9th at 3 PM, promises to be one of the most exciting in recent memory as it features the Anat Cohen Quartet.
WHAT: Israeli clarinet and saxophonist Anat Cohen and group last appeared in New York, to rave reviews, at the Village Vanguard! The Chanukah Concert is always a sell-out. Get your tickets now.
For tickets:
212-868-4444
http://www.smarttix.com/www.smarttix.com
$18 General Public
$12 AJHS, ASJM and CJH Members
$9 Students and Seniors
WHERE:Center for Jewish History
15 West 16th Street
New York, NY 10011
Presented by The American Society for Jewish Music & The American Jewish Historical Society
For more info: www.jewishmusic-asjm.org

Festivals, WHERE: Europe

Jewish Music Festival 2012 in Amsterdam

October 10-14, 2012 in Amsterdam
Tickets now on sale!

In six weeks time the International Jewish Music Festival 2012 will
start. Mames Babegenush and Gerard Edery will kick off the event on
Wednesday 10th October with an opening concert in the Portugese
Synagoge. On Thursday and Friday in the Compagnietheater,
more than 100 musicians from 14 countries will try and secure their
place in the finals on Saturday. On Sunday it’s your turn! Take
your pick from six workshops on offer or visit the Jewish cultural
market. A winners’ concert and jam session concludes the
festivities.

IJMF 2012: Who? What? Where? When?
Opening concert:
Wednesday October 10, 7:30 pm

Preliminary competition rounds:
Thursday October 11 & Friday October 12, from 10 am till 10 pm

Finale and Prize Ceremony:
Saturday October 13, 7:45 pm

Workshops, Open Podium, Cultural Marketplace & Winners’ Concert:
Sunday October 14, from 10 am till 6 pm

The opening concert will be in the Portuguese Synagogue.…
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Concerts, Klezmer, WHERE: Great Britain

London Klezmer Orchestra

Wednesday 11 November
7.30-9.30pm
London Klezmer Orchestra
The Cross Kings, 126 York Way, London N1

The London Klezmer Orchestra meets to practise repertoire and arrange music.
For further information call William Millis on 020 8969 7019. Tunes online.
Next session: Monday 23 November, 7.30-9.30pm at the same venue.

Entry £5

Saturday 14 November
3pm – 2am
Freylekh Klezmer Dance Band
The Cross Kings, 126 York Way, London N1

Peace House 50th Anniversary Celebration & Benefit. A riot of entertainment
to celebrate 50 years of Houseman’s peace activities.

Freylekh Klezmer Dance Band (Jess Cohen – oboe; Ilana Cravitz – violin;
Sarah Moore and Kath Moore – saxes; Martina Schwarz – accordion) plays at
10pm. Also on the bill: Ian Saville (magician), Leon Rosselson (folk
singer).

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Concerts

Pey Dalid “Open Eyes” CD Release Party at Brooklyn Bowl Dec. 24 2009

Pey Dalid Concert PosterThursday, December 24, 2009 at 6:00pm
Location: Brooklyn Bowl
61 WYTHE AVENUE
Brooklyn, NY
Brooklyn Bowl’s First Annual Matzah Bowl
61 Wythe Ave Brooklyn, NY 11211
Call 718-963-3369
Date: Dec 24th
Time: 6PM Doors 8:15 Bands
Pey Dalid – 10PM (At the door tell them your there to see Pey Dalid!)
Tickets 12/Adv 15/D.O.S.
To buy tickets online – http://www.brooklynbowl.com/upcoming-events
Other acts: Six Point Star — Dov (Rosenblatt of Blue Fringe) — Days Like Months (From Israel) — Describe and Diwan

Holiday

Lipa and Kessin

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

Festivals

Light a Candle for Jewish Music in Greater Boston

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

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

Preliminary Schedule
Boston Jewish
Music Festival

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

Sunday 3/7: Family Music Concerts, 1 PM. Shira Kline and Shir-La-La, JCC in Newton;
Peter & Ellen Allard, Metrowest Community Day School; Yehuda Katz, Sharon/South
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Concerts, WHERE: Great Britain

June in London

some Jewish music events of interest in London are:
Saturday 12 June
4-5pm
Hopkele Klezmer Keilidh
Bermondsey Carnival, Southwark Park, London
Join us for revelry in the dance tent as part of the day’s festivities at
this free event. More information:
http://www.southwark.gov.uk/events/event/196/

Getting there:
* Bus: 1, 47, 78, 188, 255, 381, C10, P12
* Tube: Canada Water, Bermondsey
* Rail: South Bermondsey, Surrey Quays

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

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

“KlezmerQuerque”

“KlezmerQuerque” – The southwest’s annual festival of klezmer music & dance
celebrates its 9th year February 18-20 (Presidents day weekend).

KlezmerQuerque 2011 is coming!! The 9th annual celebration of Klezmer music & dance
will take place over Presidents Day Weekend from February 18-20 (FRI-SUN). The
festival is co-produced by Congregation Nahalat Shalom, Nahalat Shalom’s 25-piece
Community Klezmer band & Rikud Yiddish dance troupe. All KlezmerQuerque events will
take place at Nahalat Shalom, 3606 Rio Grande Blvd. NW in Albuquerque (between
Candelaria & Griegos on Rio Grande).

Uncategorized

Six Klezmer/Yiddish Events in CA

What a weekend coming up! There are SIX klezmer/Yiddish events between Thursday and Sunday, Check out the dates and venues below.

Thursday, January 27, 6:30pm, Holocaust Remembrance Day: Re-inventing Yiddish Culture in Italy, San Francisco. While few remember that the origins of Yiddish literature can also be traced to the Italian Renaissance, today’s Italy has seen an unprecedented revival of “all things Yiddish,” including literature, theater, and music. Assisted by musicologist Francesco Spagnolo, Milanese playwriter/songwriter Mara Cantoni will trace the history of the Yiddish revival in Italy, accompanied by music and videos from her work. At the Italian Cultural Institute in San Francisco. No charge. More info: www.iicsanfrancisco.esteri.it. Rsvp to 415.788.7142 X18.

Saturday, January 29, 7:00-10:30pm, Klezmer Music and Dance at Feast of Jewish Learning, Palo Alto.…
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Festivals, WHERE: USA_California

The Bay Area’s 26th Annual Jewish Music Festival

Yemen Blues, the band National Geographic called “…the coolest thing in WOMEX 2011.” will be kicking off the festival, which runs from March 5th-13th. The schedule is as follows:

03/05/2011, Sat
Berkeley, CA
Yemen Blues
Freight & Salvage Coffee House @ 2020 Addison St.
Tix: $25.50 adv/$30.50 door, Show: 8:00 pm
# Ph: 510.644.2020

03/06/2011, Sun
Berkeley, CA
Ger Mandolin Ensemble, 2011
Freight & Salvage Coffee House @ 2020 Addison St.
Tix: $20.50 adv/$25.50 door, Show: 2:00 pm

03/06/2011, Sun
Berkeley, CA
Veretski Pass
Freight & Salvage Coffee House @ 2020 Addison St.
Tix: $18.50 adv/$22.50 door, Show: 8:00 pm

03/08/2011, Tue
Berkeley, CA
Noah Bendix-Balgley
Crowden Music Center @ 1475 Rose Street
Tix: $15 adv/$20 door, Show: 7:30 pm
# Ph: 510.559.6910

03/09/2011, Wed
San Francisco, CA
Noah Bendix-Balgley
SF Public Library @ 100 Larkin St.…
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Competitions/Special Events, Concerts, WHERE: USA_NY

A Jewish Star Singing Competition Finals

Time Sunday, February 20 · 7:00pm – 11:30pm
Location Brooklyn School of Music
883 Classon Avenue (Between President and Union Street)
Brooklyn, NY
The top 10 Finalists and top 3 Junior Finalists will be performing live in concert in front of 3 judges and a huge crowd to compete for the top spot in A Jewish Star Singing Competition.
Gershon Shapiro will be among the finalists.

Guest Star: Benny Friedman
Tickets prices are: $75, $ 50, $36, $25
All proceeds go to benefit the Jewish education for children with special needs.
You can buy your tickets here:
https://www347.safesecureweb.com/jewishtickets/soul_5771.cfm

Concerts, WHERE: USA_California

Across the Blue Sea

A concert of Israeli, Armenian, Greek and Turkish songs of the Mediterranean Sea Come to Sing and
Dance with The Yuval Ron Ensemble LIVE

Who: The Yuval Ron Ensemble featuring the powerful voice of
Hagai Batzri and special guests the Gypsy Roma musicians of
Istanbul. The concert will include musicians Norik Manoukian
(woodwind), Virginie Alimian (kanoun), Jamie Papish
(percussion), David Martinelli (percussion), Yuval Ron (Oud and
musical director) and the Gypsy Roma musicians: Master clarinet
virtuoso Ferit Benli and percussionist, Ali Durac (darbuka).

Where: Temple Emanuel 8844 Burton Way, Beverly Hills, CA
90211
When: Thursday July 5th at 8:00 PM
Admission: Advance tickets online are $20 at
http://www.maticenter.com/ and tickets are $30 at the door.

Classical or Jewish art music, WHERE: USA_NY

Gerard Cohen SEED at Symphony Space Opera in Eden

The premiere of Gerald Cohen’s new one-act opera, SEED, written with the superb librettist David Simpatico, will be on Thursday June 2, at 7 p.m. at Symphony Space in NYC. It will be presented along with three other one-act operas by Cohen’s colleagues in American Lyric Theater’s Composer Librettist Development Program, where he has been a resident artist for the past year.

Symphony Space
2537 Broadway
New York, NY 10025
(212) 864-5400
Tickets: $15 Advance / $20 Day of Performance
SEED will be sung by three outstanding performers: mezzo Sarah Heltzel, tenor Glenn Seven Allen, and baritone Christopher Burchett.

Information and tickets about the event at Symphony Space website under “Opera in Eden”. http://www.symphonyspace.org/event/6583-opera-in-eden
Advance purchase is strongly recommended, as the hall is small and these events have sold out in previous years.…
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Concerts, Klezmer, WHERE: Great Britain

Klezmer in London, Sussex, Hampshire and Edinburgh

Late Summer Schedule for klezmer in London, Sussex, Hampshire and Edinburgh
ilana cravitz
For more klezmer info and resources e-mail
klezmer@hotmail.co.uk, or
visit www.ilanacravitz.com

Tuesday 2 August
7pm
Hackney, London
LKQ Summer Cooler @ Pages of Hackney
70 Lower Clapton Road, London E5 0RN

The ever-popular London Klezmer Quartet returns to Pages with a Summer
Cooler event. Enjoy live music, Pimms and strawberries while you shop
for your holiday reading with 10%discount at Clapton’s independent
bookseller.
Entry £5 on the door

Concerts, WHERE: USA_NewEngland

The Boston Camerata celebrates The Sacred Bridge

The Sacred Bridge
December 3, 2011 8:00 pm – Longy School of Music, Cambridge, MA
For tickets and prices, visit http://www.bostoncamerata.org/tickets.html
Back by popular demand, a second interfaith celebration, a holiday program unlike
any other. Discover with The Boston Camerata the common musical roots of Jewish, Arabic, and Christian
religions, and the astonishing and beautiful interactions among these traditions.
Joel Cohen and The Boston Camerata are joined by members of the Sharq Arabic Music
Ensemble.

http://www.bostoncamerata.org/

Concerts

FRANK LONDON’S KLEZMER BRASS BAND ALLSTARS at THEJEWISH MUSEUM

FRANK LONDON’S KLEZMER BRASS BAND ALLSTARS
IN CONCERT DECEMBER 27, 2011
CELEBRATING HANUKKAH AT THE JEWISH MUSEUM
1109 Fifth Avenue
New York, NY 10128

Frank London‘s Klezmer Brass Band Allstars will perform a Hanukkah
concert at The Jewish Museum on Tuesday, December 27 at 7:30 pm. This band has
toured the world, bringing over the top exuberant energy to traditional Jewish roots
music. Their 2005 CD Carnival Conspiracy was Rolling Stone magazine’s #1 non-English
recording. This concert will feature joyous Jewish-Gypsy-Balkan-jazz party sounds
as well as favorite Hanukkah songs in new arrangements. Members of the band are
trumpeter/composer Frank London, drummer Aaron Alexander, tuba player Ron Caswell,
clarinetist Matt Darriau, trombonist Brian Drye, and accordionist Patty Farrell.
Special guests for this concert include multi-instrumentalist and singer Michael
Alpert and the Purchase Klezmer Mob.…
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Uncategorized

Krakauer and Haimovitz at Joe’s Pub in NYC

After returning from a whirlwind tour in Europe in “Krakauer Plays Zorn” with the
Madness Orchestra, David Krakauer is back in the U.S. Looking ahead to what’s
next on his agenda, he’ll be playing with cellist Matt Haimovitz at Joe’s Pub in
New York City

Joe’s Pub with Matt Haimovitz
Akoka: The End of Time
featuring Socalled with Maria Bachmann & Geoffrey Burleson

WHERE: Joe’s Pub – 425 Lafayette Street, NYC 10003
WHEN: Saturday, January 14, 2012
TIME: 9:00 PM
TICKETS: $20 –
Purchase Tickets

CD Releases, Klezmer

Klezmatics 25th Anniversary and CD Release

Sunday, February 26, 2012
4:00 & 7:00 PM
Gary and Laura Maurer Concert Hall
4544 N. Lincoln Ave.
Chicago
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$25 General Public/$23 Old Town School Members/$21 Seniors & Children
BUY 4:00 PM TICKETS ONLINE | BUY 7:00 PM TICKETS ONLINE | BOX OFFICE: 773.728.6000

Grammy winners The Klezmatics erupted out of New York City’s East Village in 1986 and revitalized klezmer for the new century with music that is steeped in Eastern European Jewish tradition and spirituality, while incorporating contemporary themes such as human rights and anti-fundamentalism with eclectic and danceable musical influences including Arab, African, Latin and Balkan rhythms, jazz and punk.

“ON HOLY GROUND TRAILER”

Concerts, WHERE: USA_NY

“TWO VOICES, ONE VISION” CONCERT AT JAZZ AT LINCOLN CENTER

“TWO VOICES, ONE VISION” CONCERT AT JAZZ AT LINCOLN CENTER ON MARCH 15 BLENDS CULTURAL SENSIBILITIES
Thursday March 15 at 7:30pm
at Jazz at Lincoln Center’s Rose Theater, NYC

Two of Israel’s most popular singers — Noa (Achinoam Nini), and Mira Awad,– blend Jewish and Arab musical sensibilities as a gesture of tolerance and understanding in an interesting cross-cultural musical collaboration on Thursday March 15 at 7:30pm at Jazz at Lincoln Center’s Rose Theater. “Two Voices, One Vision,” A Concert of Coexistence, mirrors on stage the work on the ground of The Abraham Fund Initiatives in Israel. The New York and Jerusalem-based domestic advocacy group develops programs, public policies and societal models that promote the cause of a shared society between Israel’s Jewish and Arab citizens.…
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Concerts, WHERE: USA_California

Veretski Pass and Choral Music in CA

San Francisco: Sat, Mar 17, 8 PM
St. Mark’s Lutheran Church, 1111 O’Farrell St.
Click here to buy online at brownpapertickets.com

Oakland: Sun, Mar 18, 4 PM
Temple Sinai, 2808 Summit St.
Click here to buy online at brownpapertickets.com

The concerts showcase a variety of new and standard Klezmer music,
and a wealth of choral music by Jewish composers, including richly
scored six-part Shir Hama’alot by 17th century Italian composer
Salamone Rossi, beloved works by Darius Milhaud and Felix
Mendelssohn, a lush piece by 19th century composer David Nowakowsky called
Hashkivenu #2, Sylke Zimpel’s arrangement of the familiar
folk tune Tumbalalaika, and compelling psalm settings by contemporary
composers George Rochberg, Malcolm Singer, and Karen Tarlow.

For this program local composer Tina Harrington and
Composer-Not-in-Residence Matt Van Brink each created new works that
feature the two ensembles.…
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Libraries and Archives with Jewish Music Collections

Gratz College Schreiber Jewish Music Library

“The Schreiber Jewish Music Library is one of the most extensive collections of its kind in the world. Centered around the Eric Mandell Collection, it includes more than 20,000 books, scores, records, tapes, and compact discs. It encompasses holdings in Jewish liturgy, Yiddish Theater, Ashkenazic hazzanut, Sephardic chants and popular music from America, Europe, and Israel. The Kutler Jewish Instrumental Library features compositions by Jewish composers or on Jewish themes for solo and ensemble instruments.” Schreiber Jewish Music library
Gratz College
7605 Old York Road
Melrose Park, PA 19027
215-635-7300
800-475-4635
http://www.gratzcollege.edu

Concerts

Swing Dance with the Seth Kibel Quintet

Saturday, February 14 — Community College of Baltimore County (CCBC)
Swing Dance with the Seth Kibel Quintet
800 South Rolling Road
Catonsville, MD 21228-5317
443-831-6422
8:30 to 11:30 pm
In the “Barn.” A joint production of CCBC (Catonsville) and ChileSwing.
$10 for undergraduate students with a valid school ID card.
$12 for CCBC employees with valid CCBC ID card and those over 64 years.
$15 for the public. Beginner lesson included at 7:30 pm.
Sean Lane on piano, Ed Hrybyk on double bass, Wes Crawford on drums, and special guest vocalist Renee Tannenbaum!
Here’s the FB event page:
https://www.facebook.com/events/909518649078677/

Exhibits

Portrait of Fanny Mendelssohn at The Jewish Museum

A recent acquisition to The Jewish Museum, Portrait of Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel, 1842, by
19th century German artist Moritz Daniel Oppenheim, has been added to
the “Modernity” section of Culture and Continuity. The subject of this
portrait was the sister of famous composer Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy,
a talented composer and musician in her own right. Fanny Hensel was
the wife of a fellow painter, Wilhelm Hensel, whom Oppenheim met in Rome
with the Nazarenes.

GENERAL INFORMATION
To reach the Museum’s offices, call: 212.423.3200.
website: http://www.thejewishmuseum.org
1109 5th Ave at 92nd St
NY, NY 10128
for Directions: http://www.thejewishmuseum.org/Visit

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.

Concerts

Mandy Patinkin for Folksbiene

Jun 16. At Carnegie Hall, 7:30pm.
Mandy Patinkin sings “Mamaloshen”
A benefit for the future of Yiddish Theatre in America

This historic and exciting gala will bring together the diverse community of supporters who share in a love of Yiddish culture and a desire to ensure its continued dynamic presence in our lives. The concert will also feature appearances by the all-star female Klezmer ensemble Mikveh, the internationally acclaimed clarinet virtuoso David Krakauer, the fabulous New Yiddish Chorale directed by Zalmen Mlotek, soloists Cantor Jack Mendelson, and Cantor Rebecca Garfein and a Grand Chorus of New York and New Jersey school children who will join Mandy Patinkin on the stage of Carnegie Hall to sing in Yiddish and to have an experience they will remember for the rest of their lives.…
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Competitions/Special Events

Milken Archive Sponsors Competition

The Milken Archive of American Jewish music is looking for good art that meets the ear. The Milken Archive of Jewish Music in collaboration with the Foundation for Jewish Culture is launching Eye Meets Ear: Visual Arts Competition for Emerging Artists to select 20 works as cover art for 20 themed volumes of music in the Milken Archive’s new virtual museum.

The competition runs from September 1 to November 1, with winners to be announced in late December 2010. Each work selected will earn the artist a $2,000 cash prize. Artists, who must be ages 18 to 39, may submit works of art in any visual mediums that express and/or relate to the theme of individual virtual museum volumes, each of which explores a particular historical, cultural or musical theme.…
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Articles, Klezmer, News

Hadassah Magazine Features Klezmer

Veretzki PassA terrific picture by Jean Fruth of Cookie Segelstein, klezmer violinist, graces the front cover of Hadassah Magazine this month with a feature article on traditional klezmer music, written by George Robinson. There are lots of photos including Cookie, Josh Horowitz, Stu Brotman, Andy Statman, Alicia Svigals, Pete Rushefsky, Joel Rubin, Michael Winograd, Yale Strom, and others. George does a good job of explaining the branch of klezmer that focuses on traditional folk and how it differs from other groups. Cookie, Josh and Stu have a group called Veretzki Pass, which is an amazing group, especially to hear in person. It might be noted, as his article touches on the topic of sources, that we owe a debt of gratitude to klezmer musicians such as Josh Horowitz and Bob Cohen for years and years of dedicated research in Europe on recovering as much authentic music as possible.…
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Book and Score Reviews

Funny, It Doesn’t Sound Jewish: How Yiddish Songs and Synagogue Melodies Influenced Tin Pan Alley, Broadway, and Hollywood

By Jack Gottlieb

Jack Gottlieb’s mission is to set the record straight. He wishes to clearly demonstrate through musical examples and technical musical means, that in fact, Jewish music from Yiddish song to synagogue melos, influenced American popular culture. This book could be a coffee table book, but it’s more. It could be the written record of years of Gottlieb’s programmatic material, but it’s more than that. Or, it could be the text of a course on Jewish influences on popular song, but it’s not quite that. It can be used as a broad reference work, and also has many elements of that. The book defies a neat categorization in terms of style, format and content, but has elements of each: an extensive, fascinating browse book, a music record with technical references, and a reference book with listings of hundreds of musical composers, lyricists, and songs of Jewish origin.

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Concerts

Cool Jew Artist Showcase at Manhattan JCC

Thu, Nov 20, 2008
7:30 PM
Cool Jew

This “extreme book signing” will celebrate the launch of Cool Jew with an unprecedented concert of New York talent. Lisa will perform spoken word from her book, followed by an artists’ showcase. Special guests include Dov Rosenblatt of Blue Fringe, Y Love and Diwon, Rav Shmuel, Chana Rothman, Basya Schecter of Pharoah’s Daughter, the Goddess Pearlman of Nice Jewish Girls Gone Bad, Naomi Less of Jewish Chicks Rock, Sarah Aroeste and her Ladino rock band, Michelle Citrin aka Rosh Hashanah Girl, Yoshie Fruchter, and spoken word performance by poet/novelist/memoirist Matthue Roth. Artists will be available to autograph CDs and books for sale, fun kosher foods will be available, a marketplace will feature Heebster swag, and a charity raffle will raise money for the One Family Fund for Israeli victims of terror.…
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Awards

Rosenberg names “Song of the Lodz Ghetto” CD a “must have” in Newsday

Marion Lignana Rosenberg, a writer for Newsday, has named the CD by Brave Old World, “Song of the Lodz Ghetto” as “the must-have CD of 2005” She states: “This haunting work interweaves songs of hope and defiance from Lodz, where some 250,000 Jews awaited slaughter during World War II, with musical glosses by klezmer and new Jewish music band Brave Old World. Plaintive yet also a kick in the teeth of death, it is the must-have CD of 2005.” Rosenberg also has a blog where she links to some really great articles about the CD, not the least of which is a phenomenal review by Ruth Gruber in the International Herald Tribune last Nov 8, at http://www.iht.com/articles/2005/11/07/opinion/trmusic.php#
It’s gratifying to see the mainstream press starting to catch on to this great musical collection.…
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CD Releases, Clubs, WHERE: USA_NY

Art Bailey’s Orkestra Popilar at Stain

ABOP performs at Stain Bar on Wed, Nov 1, 2006. 7-9pm.
Admission is by donation at the event.
766 Grand Street, Brooklyn, NY (By Subway: take L to Grand, 1 block west)
718-387-7840 | http://www.stainbar.com for more directions and information.

Art Bailey’s Orkestra Popilar new CD is now available! Branch from the Tree features fresh
interpretations of rarely heard material first recorded by Romanian-born
cymbalom master and Lower East Side restaurateur, Joseph Moskowitz. On this
debut cd, the band also explores early 20th century Jewish fiddle pieces,
improvisation, newly composed music, and pieces from the klezmer and
Eastern European repertoire. Learn about the CD, listen to clips, or purchase it online at
http://www.artbailey.org

Concerts, WHERE: USA_NY

NEW YORK FESTIVAL OF SONG 2008-2009, 21st SEASON

Leonard Bernstein, Voices of the Jewish Diaspora and
Fugitives (composers who left Germany during the 1930’s), will all
be themes of the acclaimed New York Festival Of Song (NYFOS, www.nyfos.org)presentations for
2008-9. A guest artist will be the rising Israeli mezzo-soprano
Rinat Shaham, already an acclaimed Carmen in Europe.

Opens September 23, 2008 in NYC with a Bernstein/Bolcom Celebration

Also: Fugitives on NOVEMBER 18 AND 20, 2008 and Voices of the Jewish Diaspora on February 10 and 12, 2009.

Below is a description of the season:

Concerts, WHERE: Europe

Mark Ben in Paris Concert

LE CENTRE D’ART ET DE CULTURE
HBGPROD- DAVID COHEN & HAIM BERDAH
(Lubavitch Rabbis)
Présente avant sa tournée en France
L’évenement Musical de la rentrée

MARK BEN en Concert SHOW CASE

CENTRE RACHI LE 4 NOV 2008
39 RUE BROCA 75005 PARIS
Réservation infoline Pré-Vente Tel:01 42 17 10 38
TARIF 20 € TARIF REDUIT 15 €
en partenariat avec le FSJU jeunesse et les Radio de la Fréquence juive 94.8 FM
RESERVATION PLAN http://www.centre-rachi-art-et-culture.com/page/reservation
MARK BEN ON RADIO&CLIP SiteWeb:WWW.MARKBEN.FR

Lectures

A Cultural Journey Through Jewish India

Scholar’s Shabbat:
A Cultural Journey Through Jewish India
with Rahel Musleah

Tikvat Israel Congregation
2200 Baltimore Road
Rockville, MD 20851

December 4-5, 2009
Please note deadline for reservations
Friday, Dec. 4
6 p.m. Kabbalat Shabbat
Dinner (reservations required)
8 p.m. Lecture: “Jewish Calcutta Through Music and Memory”
(free, open to the community)

Saturday, Dec. 5 (Parshat Vayishlach)
9:30 a.m. Shacharit: Rahel will be chanting Torah and Haftorah in the
Sephardic
style and will discuss differences in the liturgy.
Lecture: “A Taste of Shabbat, Calcutta Style”
12:15 p.m. Dessert kiddush and Q&A with Rahel, followed immediately by
mincha
6 p.m. Ma’ariv and havdalah
6:30 p.m. A Taste of India: Vegetarian Dairy Indian Repast (reservations
required)
8 p.m. Melave Malka: “Masala: A Bazaar of Spice, Song and Story”
(free, open to the community)

Shabbat Dinner: $18 adults/$8 students
A Taste of India: $10 adults/$5 students (Adults registered for both meals,
$25)
RSVP: AdultEd@tikvatisrael.org or call the synagogue office at 301-762-7338
by Nov.…
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Archive & Library News, WHERE: USA_NY

Dubrow Talk on Lazar Weiner

YIVO is holding a conference on New York and the American Jewish Experience on Monday, Nov. 2, 2009.

The 4:15 to 5:30 pm afternoon session will include a paper by Marsha Dubrow, a musicologist at CUNY, on Lazar Weiner, and how Weiner’s music was felt in different parts of the Jewish community. The paper will include illustrations and samples.

From 5:30 to 6:15 there will be an Evening Reception.

In the evening, from 6:15 to 7:30 there will be a Roundtable of
Archivists on the Preserving the Treasures of Jewish Archives, with
participation from 92nd Street Y Archives, American Jewish Committee
Archives, Hadassah Archives, HIAS Archives, JDC Archives, Yeshiva
University Archives and YIVO Archives.

For the full program and to register, please visit:
http://yivo.org/events/index.php

Clubs

Tova sings Beyle

Start Time: Thursday Nov.19 2009
Cocktails at 6:30 PM Show 8 PM
New Yiddish Repertory Theater
45 East 33rd Street New York 917 670-1631

TOVA and MATT play NEW YORK
A special evening of Dinner Cabaret

We will pay tribute to NEA honoree Beyla Schaechter-Gottesman, bringing contemporary styling to Beyla’s wonderful Yiddish songs. Don’t miss this one!!!

Clubs

Fishel Bresler & Shelley Katsh in Providence

Fishel Bresler & Shelley Katsh play Klezmer & Hassidic Music
5 Saturday Evenings 8 – 10 PM $9
Nov. 28, Dec. 26 2009, Jan. 30 & Feb. 23 2010
In Providence, at the Brooklyn Coffee & Tea House
209 Douglas Ave.

Directions: 5 minutes from the Providence Marriot, (down the hill from
Staples & Whole Foods): Go right on Orms along side the Marriot, over rt
95, then take first right onto Douglas Ave. We’re 1/2 mile down on the right, just
past the rt 95 S entrance.
For more specific directions go to
http://www.brooklyncoffeeteahouse.com/or
email us at
Breslersmusic@gmail.com

Classical or Jewish art music, WHERE: USA_NY

Esther by Hugo Weisgall at City Opera in NYC

City Opera’s season gets under way this weekend — with a reconstituted production of Hugo Weisgall’s “Esther,” given its premiere by the company in 1993. Esther runs at the Koch Theater Nov. 7-19. Ticket, priced $12-$145, may be purchased at New York City Opera. Read about it at: http://www.playbillarts.com/features/article/8206.html

Featuring Laura Flanigan

Video and Information at the NYC Opera:
http://www.nycopera.com/calendar/view.aspx?id=11488
“America’s Greatest Opera Composer”…
“One of the greatest operas”…
“True Epic Music Theater!”

Artists Bands & Performers, Biographies, Women in Jewish Music

Garfein, Rebecca

American. Cantor. A native of Tallahassee, Florida, Cantor Garfein graduated cum laude from Rice University s Shepherd School of Music with a degree in vocal performance and opera. In 1993, she received her Master s Degree in Sacred Music and Cantorial Investiture from the Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion (HUC-JIR). While completing her studies at HUC-JIR, Cantor Garfein was the Director of Children s Music at Riverdale Temple, Riverdale, the Bronx, New York. While in Israel, she was a featured soloist with the Ra a na na Orchestra and the Zamir Chorale at the Jerusalem Theater in Israel. Upon graduation from HUC-JIR, she subsequently became the first Cantor of Riverdale Temple, and served in that capacity until 1999, when she was the first woman appointed as Senior Cantor of Congregation Rodeph Sholom in New York City.…
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Concerts

AARON COPLAND DOWNTOWN

NOVEMBER 13 Concert. Aaron Copland was born Nov 14, 1900. This is a 105th birthday commemorative.
Downtown Chamber & Opera Players conducted by Mimi Stern-Wolfe
Appalachian Suite (13 piece chamber orchestra)
Clarinet Concerto * (William Blount, clarinetist)
Martin’s Aria from The Tender Land * Kurt Alakulppi, tenor
Ukelele Serenade for Violin & Piano * Shem Guibbory, violin; Mimi Stern-Wolfe, piano
American Folk Songs: Ivan Thomas, bass-baritone.

Also: THURSDAY DECEMBER 1 for WORLD AIDS DAY at Trinity Church 1-2
Mimi Stern-Wolfe, artistic director, pianist
HIGHLIGHTS from the BENSON AIDS SERIES
CHRIS DEBLASIO(1959-1993) Whatever You Say He Sings (poem: Ilsa Gilbert)
Janet E. Hopkins, soprano
ROBERT CHESLEY (1943-1990) “Six Songs”
Marshall Coid, counter-tenor
LEE GANNON (1960-1993): Cello and Piano Sonata
David Eggar, cello; Mimi Stern-Wolfe, piano
KENNETH OLDHAM (1960-1993) Across the Sea; Not Even If I Try
Gilles Denizot, Heldentenor…
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Choral, Tours

Songs of Life Festival in Bulgaria and Israel

The Songs of Life Festival will be held in
Israel and Bulgaria from Nov 21 – Dec 1, 2008. The festival will feature the Sacred
Service by Ernest Bloch.

The festival marks the 65th anniversary of the heroic rescue of 50,000 Bulgarian
Jews during World War II and serves as a celebration of the preservation of life.

Individual performers as well as choirs are invited to perform in the festival.
Performers will sing Bloch s Sacred Service in Bulgaria and Israel. The 12-day
itinerary also allows for individual presentations by guest choirs and opportunities
for sightseeing and guided tours. Auditors are also invited to attend the festival
and participate in the tours.

Please join in this celebration of thanksgiving that will impact generations to
come. www.SongsOfLife.org

The website has information on how to join the tour, and information about the conductor, the organizers and the itinerary and costs, and planned concert performances.…
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Artists Bands & Performers, Biographies, Women in Jewish Music

Cohen, Harriet

British pianist. Born 2 Dec 1895 and died London 13 Nov. 1967. Eldest daughter of Florence White and Joseph Woolf Cohen. Studied with Tobias Matthay at the Royal Academy of Music (1912-1917). Known for her performances of Bach. Ralph Vaughan Williams dedicated a Concerto to her, which she premiered in 1933. Lover of the composer, Arnold Bax, but they were never married. She made the first recodings of his music. In 1948, she injured her hand, but continued to play for a time with one hand. Her memoirs areA Bundle of Time (1969).