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Celebrate Hanukkah with the Mama Doni Band at a Free Concert!
“Funky Music With a Jewish Twist” is what Mama Doni (aka Doni Zasloff) and her Band
will bring to Tikvat Israel on Sunday, December 13 in a free concert open to the
entire community. Winners of the 2008 “Simcha Award” at the International Jewish
Music Festival in Amsterdam, the Band’s repertoire is a wild mix of musical
styles–reggae, folk, classic rock, country, hip hop, klezmer, and theatrical–woven
together with Yiddish terms and Jewish themes. And it’s suitable for everyone, from
“Babies to Bubbies”–hip young kids and their even hipper parents and grandparents.
The Mama Doni Band is performing 13 concerts during December alone, in Los Angeles,
Massachusetts, New York, and New Jersey, but this is the only one in the Greater
Washington area, so don’t miss it!…
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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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Philadelphia Folklore Project Presents Elaine Hoffman Watts & Susan Watts
The Philadelphia Folklore Project Presents: Elaine Hoffman Watts &
Susan Watts PLAY KLEZMER!
Sunday May 11, 2008, doors open at 6 pm
World Cafe Live (www.worldcafelive), 3025 Walnut St., Philadelphia, PA
Tickets $20, or special price of $16 for PFP members through PFP
www.folkloreproject.org; 215-726-1106.
This special concert promises an unforgettable Mother’s Day
celebration, featuring the outstanding Elaine Hoffman Watts & Susan
Watts mother-daughter team, and their band of klezmer stars from the
east coast and Canada. The concert will feature never before heard
songs from a book compiled in 1927 by Susan’s great-grandfather, Joseph
Hoffman, including his compositions, songs by his son Jake Hoffman, and
other rarely performed Philly tunes in brand-new arrangements by Susan
Watts. The concert will be followed by a Q&A discussion with the
artists.…
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FDT Klezmorim at ‘Across the Street, Around the World’, Kensington
Wednesday 1 October 2008
1 – 1.30 pm
FDT Klezmorim at ‘Across the Street, Around the World’, Kensington
Kensington Central Library, Phillimore Walk, W8 7RX
A lunchtime set with the band playing trad klezmer – old and new.
Ilana Cravitz (violin), Susi Evans (clarinet), Jim Marcovitch (accordion), Guy Schalom (drums), Paul Tkachenko (bass), Matt Bacon (guitar).
Free open-air event.
More events….
Sway Machinery’s Musical Extravaganza “Hidden Melodies Revealed: A Secret Celebration of Rosh Hashanah”
The Night Before Rosh Hashonah…..
September 17th at the Wilshire Boulevard Temple
“The Sway Machinery Makes The Ancient Modern And The Mythological Real”
– Village Voice
On the heels of their successful New York
City events in 2007 and 2008, JDub Records Presents America’s only indie
rock/Jewish cantorial music group, The Sway Machinery
www.swaymachinery.com
http://www.myspace.com/theswaymachinery
bringing one of the most unique celebrations of the Jewish new year “Hidden Melodies
Revealed – a Secret Celebration of Rosh Hashanah” to Los Angeles for 2009.
This multi-media concert event celebrates Rosh Hashanah in a presentation
that is part ritual, part rock concert. The performance is scheduled for
the night before Rosh Hashanah, on September 17. “Hidden Melodies Revealed”
will also include storytelling and compelling animated films.
The event will take place at 9:00pm
at the Wilshire Boulevard Temple
3663 Wilshire Blvd, Los Angeles
and admission is free.…
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The Sultana Ensemble
Sunday, November 21, 2004. Centenniel Celebration Sunday, Family Sephardic Festival ? Celebrate 350, A Special Collaboration with Congregation Shearith Israel. The Jewish Museum, New York City, 1109 Fifth Avenue, NY, NY, 10126, tel: 212-423-3271 FAX: 212-423-3232. http://thejewishmuseum.org
All day, all ages. General admission to The Jewish Museum is free in honor of the Museum?s centennial.
Sunday, November 21, 2004. 2 p.m. Ages 3 and up.
Concert: The Sultana Ensemble. Yoel Ben-Simhon and The Sultana Ensemble blend Mediterranean music, flamenco, and other sounds into a fascinating experience for the whole family. Dancers and drummers will captivate the audience with their spirited moves and infectious beats! Tickets: $12 per person; $10 Jewish Museum family members, Jewish Museum, New York, NY.
Kurt Weill in America
92nd Street “Y” Lyrics and Lyricists, opens the 2005-2006 season with “Kurt Weill in America”. Andrea Marcovicci, Artistic Director. Shelly markham, Music Director and Piano. Anna Bergamn, Klea Blackhurst, Barbara Brussell, Mark Coffin, Chuck Cooper, Jeff Harnar and Maude Maggart. Saturday Nov. 12, at 8pm. Seats $55 and $45. Sunday Nov. 13 at 3pm and at 8pm. Seats $55 and $45 and Monday, Nov. 14 at 3pm and 8pm, with seats $55 and $45. The tribute to Kurt Weill (1990-1950) and the American lyricists who collaborated with him. Suscription to the entire series are available. For tickets: www.92Y.org/Lyrics or 212-415-5500.
Amsterdamse Muziekgebouw International Jewish Music Festival 2008
Van 9 tot en met 11 mei 2008 zal in het Amsterdamse Muziekgebouw aan ‘t IJ een
driedaags concours van Joodse muziek worden gehouden. Kaartverkoop is net van start
gegaan.
Uit 16 landen zijn inmiddels 25 ensembles uit uiteenlopende genres gekozen om deel
te nemen. Zij zullen volks- en popmuziek, klezmer, klassiek en balkanmuziek ten
gehore brengen. De vertegenwoordigde landen zijn Wit-Rusland, Servië, Duitsland,
Frankrijk, België, Italië, Engeland, Israël, Argentinië, Griekenland, Venezuela,
Chili, Mexico, de Verenigde Staten en natuurlijk ook Nederland. De deelnemers aan
het concours strijden niet alleen om prijzengeld, maar ook om een concerttournee en
een professioneel cd-opnamecontract met Universal Records. Met deze prijzen heeft
het festival niet alleen amateurs aangetrokken, maar ook de doorgewinterde bands en
ensembles.
Het concours is onderdeel van een groots festival, met o.a.…
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HAZAMIR TEEN CHOIR IN GALA CONCERTS AT LINCOLN CENTER
HAZAMIR TEEN CHOIR CELEBRATES 20 YEARS IN GALA CONCERTS AT JAZZ AT LINCOLN CENTER ON MARCH 17
300 SINGERS FROM ACROSS U.S. AND ISRAEL TO PERFORM. NEW KINOR DAVID AWARD TO BE INAUGURATED
300 singers from 22 cities across the U.S. and Israel take part in the 20th anniversary concerts of HaZamir: The International Jewish High School Choir at Jazz at Lincoln Center on Sunday March 17. The back-to-back concerts, at 3pm and at 6:30pm, are the annual culmination of a year-long teen program sponsored by the Zamir Choral Foundation in New York. Zamir is the only organization of its kind to use Jewish choral singing as a vehicle to foster Jewish identity, community and continuity.
The concerts span a wide range of classical and contemporary musical selections, with mostly Hebrew texts.…
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Tribute to Israel at JTS
JTS and the Guild of Temple Musicians will host A Tribute to Israel, a free choral concert in honor of Yom Ha’atzma’ut, State of Israel Independence Day, on Sunday, May 4, at 7:00 p.m. at JTS. The program will feature the choruses of the H. L. Miller Cantorial School and College of Jewish Music of JTS, conducted by Hazzan David F. Tilman, adjunct assistant professor of Hazzanut, and Debbie Friedman School of Sacred Music at Hebrew Union College – Jewish Institute of Religion, conducted by Joyce Rosenzweig, adjunct instructor of Music at JTS and artist-in-residence at HUC.
The centerpiece will be the world premiere of “Hallel for Children’s and Adult Choirs” by Michael Summa (RS ’17), the winning piece in the Guild of Temple Musicians’ 2014 Young Composer’s Award; Mr.…
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MIDRASH MISH MOSH AT MAKOR ON NEW YEAR’S EVE!
DON’T MISS A STAR-STUDDED PERFORMANCE OF
THE CRITICALY ACCLAIMED MIDRASH MISH MOSH AT MAKOR ON NEW YEAR’S EVE!
“A project with newly composed music of expansive scope, Alexander has
produced a screaming celebration of the multicultural American Jewish
identity.”
Elliott Simon, AllAboutJazz – NY
New York, NY: Makor (25 West 67th street) Celebrate the 365th day of
the year and the 7th night of Hanukkah – all in one; enjoy three floors
of entertainment and mingling! Beginning at 9pm the party will include
Aaron Alexander’s Midrash Mish Mosh, Frank London’s Klezmer Brass
All-stars, a Klezmer Jam Session and The Boys of Balagan Boogaloo. Also
offered as part of the evening is a two-hour open beer and wine bar
(from 10 to 12) followed by a champagne toast at midnight.…
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Music and song from al-Andalus and North Africa in NYC
Et Dodim Kalah_ (It’s the Time of Courting, O Bride!)
Come hear The New York Andalus Ensemble
Thursday, October 30, 2014
7:30 PM
Elebash Recital Hall, CUNY Graduate Center, 365 5th Ave. (at 34th St.)
The New York Andalus Ensemble will present _Et Dodim Kalah_ (It’s the Time of Courting, O Bride!), an
evening of music and song from al-Andalus and North Africa.
TIckets: $13 adults/$10 students, available at the door or at
www.newyorkandalusensemble.comor
(http://www.asefamusic.com/NYAndalusWEB/performances.html).
In al-Andalus (Southern Spain), peoples of the three Abrahamic faiths—Islam,
Judaism, and Christianity—shared their arts and sciences for more than five hundred
years, creating a multicultural canon of music and poetry. Since 1492, Jews and
Muslims in North Africa have carried the musical traditions forward from al-Andalus.
Today, the musical expansion from over five centuries ago to the present day
flourishes in New York City with the New York Andalus Ensemble.…
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“Di Goldene Kale (The Golden Bride)” in New York
Yiddish Opera Di Goldene Kale (the Golden Bride) will be live in New York and runs from Dec. 2 through Jan. 3 at the Museum of Jewish Heritage, 36 Battery Place, Lower Manhattan
866-811-4111
http://www.mjhnyc.org/calendar_dec15.html
An article about the show appears in the New York Times: http://www.nytimes.com/2015/11/28/theater/preparing-the-golden-bride-for-its-big-day.html?emc=eta1&_r=0
Previews December 2 – 6
Performances December 8 – January 3
Gala Opening Night
Tuesday | December 8 | 7:30 P.M.
Wednesdays & Thursdays | 2 P.M. & 7:30 P.M.*
Saturdays | 7:30 P.M.
Sundays | 2 P.M. & 6 P.M.
Fridays | December 25 & January 1| 12 P.M.
*No 7:30 P.M. Performance on December 31
NYTF opens its 101st season with Di Goldene Kale (The Golden Bride), first seen on stage in the Roaring 20s. In this operetta, Goldele, a poor girl from the shtetl, inherits a fortune from her estranged father and embarks on a mission to find both her long-lost mother and her husband-to-be.…
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Nashir! The Rottenberg Chorale in Merkin Hall
On Sunday, May 20, at 8:00 pm, Nashir! The Rottenberg Chorale will present
its annual concert at
Merkin Concert Hall,
129 West 67th Street,
New York.
The eclectic program features works by composers from the Renaissance to the
present day, including Salomone Rossi, Aharon Harlap, Max Wohlberg, David
Burger, Robert Applebaum, Robert Solomon, and Joshua Jacobson.
Tickets are $23 (preferred seating), $19 (general admission) and $16
(seniors/students). For further information, contact Benjamin Gruder,
Choral Director, at beninabox@juno.com or
Merkin Concert Hall (212-501-3330).
Women Cantor’s Network 25th Annual Conference
The Women Cantor’s Network will hold its annual conference and 25th year celebration at Congregation
Beth El in Sudbury, MA from Sunday, June 10 – Wednesday, June 13, 2007.
All women cantors, cantorial soloists, service leaders, cantorial
students, educators and women who have a strong interest in synagogue
music are welcomed. This year’s conference theme is “Even Higher: The
Cantor as Spiritual Leader through Life’s Rhythms and Rituals” and will
include a performance of the acclaimed play, the “The Mikveh
Monologues”, which is open to the public on Monday, June 11 at 7:30 p.m.
at Beth El. Tickets may be purchased at 978-443-9622. The conference
will feature many of Boston’s most renowned Jewish scholars, rabbis and
musicians. Conference registration is $190 before May 7th and $225 by
June 3rd.…
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Klezmatics in Concert at MFA in Boston
The MFA Concert Program and The Boston Jewish Film Festival are delighted to present The Klezmatics in concert on Sunday, March 11, 7:30pm. The Boston Jewish Film Festival has screened several films over the years for which scores have been written by the Klezmatics, including Jonathan Berman’s The Shvitz (1995 and 1999 Festivals), Pearl Gluck’s Divan (2003 Festival), and Eric Greenberg Anjou’s A Cantor’s Tale (2005 Festival).
Ticket prices: Members, BJFF members, seniors, students $20; nonmembers, general admission $25.
Front-of-house seating, available for an additional $5 at each price level.
Front-of-house seating guarantees general admission seating within the first three rows of Remis Auditorium.
To purchase tickets in advance with a credit card, go to www.mfa.org or call the Box Office at least one day in advanceat 617-369-3306.…
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Shpatzirin
Shpatzirin is a new organization in NYC devoted to new Jewish music. It’s created a series of events raising awareness of Jewish culture and the avante garde. Thursday, June 10th @ 7:00PM – “Hip-Hip Machers”
Roosevelt Park-Hester St. between Chrystie St. & Forsyth St.
– B/D to Grand; or 6 to Canal; or J/Z to Bowery
Performances by Akil Dasan and Vanessa Hidary, followed by a screening
of Joey Garfield’s “Breath Control: A History of the Human Beatbox”
VERY IMPORTANT: check the website for last minute site changes!
www.shpatzirin.com
Matisyahu: Thurs, June 17th @ Southpaw
125 5th Avenue, Park Slope Brooklyn, 18+, 8PM doors
Matisyahu brings it back to Brooklyn Thurs, June 17th with Dub is a
Weapon. Tickets on sale now – www.ticketweb.com; $10 advance, $12 day
of show.…
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ISLE of KLEZBOS & MARGA GOMEZ
Wednesday, Feb 2nd (Day of the Groundhog!)
ISLE of KLEZBOS
& MARGA GOMEZ
8pm at the Knitting Factory Tap Bar
genre-busting double bill, tickets just $10 @the door or online…
knitting factory
74 Leonard St, Tribeca NYC, btw Broadway & Church
212-219-3006
Just Put it on Your Calendar Now: KlezCalifornia in January, 2007
Coming soon in San Francisco:
KlezCalifornia at the JCCSF
Saturday, January 6th, 2007 · 7:30 – 10:00 pm
Concert with the award-winning
European band BUDOWITZ
Dancing taught by MICHAEL ALPERT
Sunday, January 7th, 2007 · 9:30 am – 5:30 pm
A full day of participatory workshops
Learn the klezmer style (all instruments, levels) with BUDOWITZ musicicans
Dancing taught by MICHAEL ALPERT
Yiddish theater, language, literature, songs, history, and crafts
Special programs for teens and youth
Tickets will be available at JCCSF Box Office
415-292.1233 or jccsf.org/arts
Light to Light: Music for Shabbat
On November 17 and 18, 2007
The Yavneh Ensemble will present
From Light to Light: Music for Shabbat,
conducted by Robert A.M. Ross.
Date: Saturday, November 17, 2007
Time: 8:00 p.m.
Place: The Ethical Society Building, 1906 South Rittenhouse Square, Philadelphia, PA
Date: Sunday, November 18, 2007
Time: 4:00 p.m.
Place: Temple Beth Hillel-Beth El, Lancaster Avenue and Remington Road, Wynnewood, PA
Tickets: Preferred seating $36.00
General Admission $18.00
Student with ID $9.00
Tickets may be purchased online at http://www.yavnehensemble.org
Or call 215-849-4129
Through a wide variety of choral music, with narration, Shabbat will be experienced
from the light of Friday night candles until the light of the Havdalah candle.
Schulhoff Weekend at 92nd Street Y
Saturday May 1 8PM performed by the Julliard Orchestra, cond. by James Conlon and Sunday, May 2 3PM will have concerts of the music of Erwin Schulhoff. For tickets, www.92Y.org/Schulhoff or call 212-415-5500. concert tickets $30. Not to be missed… concerts at the 92nd Street Y Tisch Center for the Arts, 1395 Lexington Ave. in New York
19th Annual Jewish Music Festival
Joods Muziekfestival — Jewish Music Festival in Amsterdam this October!
Jewish Music Festival — this coming October 21-30! Take a look at the flyer , and for complete program information and to order tickets, look at the English language site:
http://www.ijmf.org/EN2011/Program.html
Welcome to the Festival Website:
http://www.joodsmuziekfestival.nl/EN2011/Welcome.html
A Jewish Star Singing Competition
From the Jewish Music Plus blog we learn that a music contest is underway. Voting for contestants for Season 2 of A Jewish Star Singing Competition, the online Jewish singing competition which has engaged the orthodox Jewish music community, will end Friday, January 21 at 12:00 pm EST. 10 finalists will be chosen from 144 contestants from the worldwide talent competition and 3 will be chosen from the Jewish Star Junior competition. The MC will be the beloved Country Yossi, renowned entertainer, Jewish radio host and singer.
The finale of A Jewish Star season two will be hosted by the annual Soul to Soul concert, benefiting the education of children with special needs.
The show will take place on Sunday, February 20, 2011 , at 7pm
at the Brooklyn School for Music & Theatre,
883 Classon Avenue, Brooklyn, New York.…
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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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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
A Celebration of the Works of Leonard Bernstein
Sunday March 13, 2011 at 2 pm
Sanders Theatre
Memorial Hall, 45 Quincy Street, Cambridge
Part of the Jewish Music Festival of Boston
Featuring
Chichester Psalms
Choruses from The Lark
Selected works from MASS and Candide
Tickets on sale now at the Sanders Box Office
How to get tickets: The Harvard Box Office 617-496-2222
Ashkenaz presents in their debut Toronto show
YEMEN BLUES featuring Ravid Kahalani (of The Idan Raichel Project)
Sat, Feb 26- doors @ 8:30pm, show starting @ 9
The Mod Club, 722 College St
$25 for advance tickets, $30 at the door: book online at
http://www.facebook.com/l/75e22MYs1pJaZIgUrzL1H5FyzUQ/www.ashkenazfestival.com/ongoing-events/buy-tickets/
**Student price of $15 available at door on presentation of valid student ID**
Klezmer in London, Sussex, Hampshire and Edinburgh
Late Summer Schedule for klezmer in London, Sussex, Hampshire and Edinburgh
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
Iron Curtain Musical Off-Broadway
Iron Curtain features a book by Susan DiLallo, music by Stephen Weiner and lyrics by Peter Mills. Nov. 5-27, at The Baruch Performing Arts Center.
This comedy features the story of two hapless Jewish songwriters who get captured by the KGB and have madcap adventures creating success in Russia. now, will they get their freedom back??.
Baruch College
East 25th Street between Lexington and Third Avenue.
Tickets are $50, with premium seating available for $65.
To purchase tickets visit www.ProspectTheater.org
or call (212) 352-3101.
To read about the story of this musical:
http://www.playbill.com/news/article/156232-Jenn-Gambatese-Todd-Alan-Johnson-Aaron-Ramey-Open-an-Iron-Curtain-Off-Broadway-Beginning-Nov-5
The Golden Door: Jewish Music with American Accent in Boston
Koleinu, the Jewish Community Chorus of Boston is having a concert on Thursday, June 10 at 8pm at Temple Emeth in Chestnut Hill, MA. Cantor Gaston Bogomolni and Cantor Lousie Treitman will be the soloists. Carol Marton will direct.
Tickets are $12 in advance and $15 at the door. go to www.koleinu.org or call 617-559-8649 to get more information or order tickets.
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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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 –
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
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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”
“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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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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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.
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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NEW YORK’S BEST EMERGING JEWISH ARTISTS
WEDNESDAY, JULY 25 AT 7 P.M.
SECOND ANNUAL NEW YORK’S BEST EMERGING JEWISH ARTISTS
TO BE HOSTED BY COMEDIAN SETH HERZOG
at the Museum of Jewish Heritage-A Living Memorial to the Holocaust
.WHAT: Second Annual New York’s Best Emerging Jewish Artists
WHERE: Museum of Jewish Heritage-A Living Memorial to the Holocaust
36 Battery Place, New York, NY 10280
WHEN: Wednesday, July 25 at 7p.m.
COST: $25 members, $30 non-members
NEW YORK, NY – After last year’s sold-out show which the Downtown Express called
“authentic, funny – and yes, subversive…,” the Museum welcomes a new line-up of
the best local Jewish talent. Established performers will introduce emerging Jewish
artists for a dynamic evening of cutting-edge comedy, music, and film at the Museum
of Jewish Heritage-A Living Memorial to the Holocaust on July 25 at 7 p.m.…
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Lipa and Kessin
Hannah Sacks Bais Yaakov in conjunction with Xclusive Productions presents:
A CHICAGO CHANUKAH CONCERT
LIPA SCHMELTZER
Shua Kessin
also starring Shea Rubenstein
music orchestrated and conducted by Yisroel Lamm
December 14th, 2009 – Showtime 7:30pm
Evanston Township – 1600 Dodge Ave.
6:15pm bring ur family for dinner – Various foods for purchase
Tickets: $25, $36, $50, $75, VIP
For tickets please call: 773-850-9908 or visit JewishTickets.com
NEW YORK’S BEST EMERGING JEWISH ARTISTS
WEDNESDAY, JULY 25 AT 7 P.M.
SECOND ANNUAL NEW YORK’S BEST EMERGING JEWISH ARTISTS
TO BE HOSTED BY COMEDIAN SETH HERZOG
at the Museum of Jewish Heritage-A Living Memorial to the Holocaust
.WHAT: Second Annual New York’s Best Emerging Jewish Artists
WHERE: Museum of Jewish Heritage-A Living Memorial to the Holocaust
36 Battery Place, New York, NY 10280
WHEN: Wednesday, July 25 at 7p.m.
COST: $25 members, $30 non-members
NEW YORK, NY – After last year’s sold-out show which the Downtown Express called
“authentic, funny – and yes, subversive…,” the Museum welcomes a new line-up of
the best local Jewish talent. Established performers will introduce emerging Jewish
artists for a dynamic evening of cutting-edge comedy, music, and film at the Museum
of Jewish Heritage-A Living Memorial to the Holocaust on July 25 at 7 p.m.…
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Music of Theresienstadt in Hartford
Music of Theresienstadt
Anne Sofie von Otter at Immanuel Congregational Church, Hartford
Sunday, April 26, 2009
7:30pm
On Sunday, April 26, 2009 at 7:30pm, the Woodland Concert Series will be presenting an important musical and cultural offering to the Hartford area. Featured will be mezzo-soprano Anne Sofie von Otter in a program of music composed by Jewish composers during their imprisonment at Theresienstadt, a concentration camp in Czechoslovakia. She is being assisted in this concert by the noted violinist Daniel Hope, and by her regular accompanist, Bengt Forsberg.
Tickets are $30 general admission, $20 for seniors or students and $40 for preferred seating. While tickets may be available at the door, we strongly suggest they be purchased in advance by contacting the Woodland Concert Series at 860-527-8121 or by going to their website: woodlandconcertseries.org.…
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Oy Hoo! Festival in New York Continues this Week
Monday October 22, 2007
strongRick Recht
Central Synagogue · 07:30PM · Tickets: $15.00
Rick Recht is one of the top touring artists in Jewish music playing over 150 concerts each year in the US and abroad.
Travelin’ Music
JCC of Manhattan · 08:00PM · Tickets: $10/JCC Members $15/Non Members
The 4,000 Year History of the Jewish People. A Comedy Book by Leonora Thuna; Music by Charles Fox; Lyrics by Norman Gimbal.
For more information visit http://www.oyhoo.com/events/oyhoo-2007
Neshama Carlibach and Nomi Teplow together in Jerusalem
1. Maabada (The Lab) in Jerusalem. Thursday night July 3. Doors
open at 9pm
Tickets: 02-6292000 or 1-700-700-920
2. Matnas Karnei Shomron. Sunday night July 6. Tickets available at the
door. Doors open at 8:30pm
For info: 052-6162430
JACK CURTIS DUBOWSKY ENSEMBLE
JACK CURTIS DUBOWSKY ENSEMBLE With Amar Chaudhary
VENUE: Luggage Store Gallery New Music Series
1007 Market Street (at Sixth), San Francisco CA 94103
Telephone: 415-255-5971
TICKETS: $6 – $10
BOX OFFICE: Tickets are available at the door.
The Jack Curtis Dubowsky Ensemble performs in concert at the
Luggage Store Gallery New Music Series. This groundbreaking
new music ensemble, led by classical and film composer Jack
Curtis Dubowsky, performs abstract, spacious, free form,
transcendental, electro-acoustic contemporary music. The Jack
Curtis Dubowsky Ensemble I album was performed and recorded
live with no overdubs; no pre-recorded music is used in concert
either.
Also performing is Amar Chaudhary, a longtime composer and
performer specializing in contemporary and electronic music, as
well as a developer of advanced software for sound synthesis
and music composition.…
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Zamir to Perform with Jerusalem Choir in Boston
DATE & TIME:Sunday, October 26, 2008 at 7:30 p.m.
LOCATION:The Fenway Center at Northeastern University (corner St. Stephen and
Gainsborough Streets), Boston, MA
COST:NU Students with ID free; Adults: $20. To buy tickets: www.gonu.com/tickets/
Northeastern University will present the only Boston appearance by the renowned
Jerusalem Academy Chamber Choir, under the direction of Prof. Stanley Sperber. The Academy Choir, now in its 40th season, iis considered one of Israel’s finest vocal ensembles, performing frequently with
the Israel Philharmonic and the Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra. This will be the first concert on the choir’s
American tour. Also on the program will be the Northeastern University Chamber Chorus and the Zamir
Chorale of Boston, conducted by Prof. Joshua Jacobson. The program includes Daniel Pinkham‘s Wedding Cantata, Yehezkel Braun‘s Song of Songs, and other works by American and Israeli composers.…
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Winter Happenings in London
Klezmer Workshop
Sunday 21 December 2008
12 – 1pm
London Klezmer Session
1 – 4pm
The Cross Kings, 126 York Way, N1
A festive version of the London klezmer session, which is once a month on a
Sunday afternoon. Bring an instrument and a tune, or just come to shmooze &
booze. The pub does great food and has comfy sofas, too… Info and tunes
are at http://www.ilanacravitz.com/jams.html.
Next date: Sunday 18 January.
Workshop £5; Jam £1.
NEW London Klezmer Orchestra
Monday 19 January 2008
7.30 – 9.30pm
Inn on the Green, 3 Thorpe Close,
Ladbroke Grove, London W10 5XL
Join the Klezmer Orchestra that meets every couple of weeks in Ladbroke
Grove. From trad klezmer to eclectic doyne-ish – you get to choose the
repertoire and help arrange the music.…
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Two Choruses, One Voice
Newton Choral Society and Zamir Chorale of Boston
TIME: 3:00 pm
LOCATION: Sanders Theatre, Cambridge
TICKETS: $36 (preferred seating) and $18
Tickets will go on sale at the end of January, www.zamir.org
Teapacks TONIGHT at OYHOO also article in Forward
They’re on TONIGHT AT 8pm. Highline Ballroom · 08:00PM · Tickets: $30 NYC. Stop reading this, and get
tickets here:
http://www.oyhoo.com/events/oyhoo-2007
Of interest: “Teapacks Push the Envelope” article in the Forward.
http://www.forward.com/articles/11806/
Music in Our Time: 2009
Sunday, June 7th at the Center for Jewish History
Celebrating the Siegmeister Centenary
“Music in Our Time,” the annual concert of Jewish music by contemporary composers, presented by the American Society for Jewish Music in association with the American Jewish Historical Society, will be given on Sunday, June 7th at 3 PM at the Center for Jewish History (15 West 16th Street, NYC).
For tickets $18 ($12 members); $6 for Students and Seniors, call 212-868-4444 or
www.smarttix.com or
contact the Box Office: (917) 606-8200 /
href=”mailto:boxoffice@cjh.org”boxoffice@cjh.org.
Pey Dalid “Open Eyes” CD Release Party at Brooklyn Bowl Dec. 24 2009
Thursday, 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
Mendelssohn’s Elijah SummerSing in Salem MA
You are invited to attended a performance of Felix Mendelsohn’s famous
oratorio, Elijah on Monday, August 24th at 8:00pm. Colman Reaboi will
be singing the title role along with other soloists, chorus and
orchestra.
This is part of The Paul Madore Chorale’s annual SummerSing, and the
audience will be given scores to participate in the chorus, or just to
follow along.
The performance will be held in Salem’s Old Town Hall, 32 Derby Street
in Salem. Tickets are $8, or $6 for senoirs and students. Tickets are
available at the door, or by calling (978) 744-4898.
Jack Curtis Dubowsky Ensemble in Berkeley
The Jack Curtis Dubowsky Ensemble, a groundbreaking new
music ensemble led by classical and film composer Jack Curtis
Dubowsky, combines acoustic instruments, electronic hardware,
composed material and structured improvisation. The Ensemble
treats analog synth as a rare and unpredictable performance
instrument. The Ensemble’s contemporary electroacoustic
music, abstract, calm, spacious, free form, and transcendental,
is performed and recorded live with no overdubs or sequencing.
VENUE: Trinity Chapel
2320 Dana Street, Berkeley, CA 94704
One Block from UC Berkeley Campus. 15 minute walk from
BART.
Telephone: 510 549 3864
TICKETS: $12 general, $8 students/seniors/disabled
(suggested donation)
No one turned away for lack of funds.
BOX OFFICE: Tickets are available at the door.
EVENT WEBSITE: www.trinitychamberconcerts.com
Cabaret Show at Skokie Theatre
Kimber Leigh Nussbaum, a Vocalist with the Maxwell Street Klezmer Band, to Perform
Cabaret Show at Skokie Theatre
“Devil May Care, a one-woman cabaret show featuring Kimber Leigh Nussbaum, a
vocalist with the Maxwell Street Klezmer Band
Sunday, November 15, 2009
2:00 p.m.
Skokie Theatre, 7924 N. Lincoln Ave., Skokie, IL
$20 in advance, $25 at the door
More Information and to Order Tickets, Call the Skokie Theatre, 847-677-7761 or
visit www.skokietheatre.org
Dudu Fisher at Symphony Hall in Boston
Special Half Price Tickets to see Dudu Fisher
Live in Concert at Boston Symphony Hall – November 1, 2009
Known for his stirring performance on Broadway as
Jean Valjean in LES MISERABLES and as a world
famous Israeli cantor, Dudu Fisher brings an
exciting and visually stunning show to Boston’s
Symphony Hall on Sunday, November 1, at 7:30 PM.
Based on his highly successful PBS special, IN
CONCERT FROM ISRAEL, Fisher will take the
audience on an inspired journey connecting his
talent as a Broadway performer, cantor, and
contemporary artist with music and stories that
celebrate the beauty of Israel’s landscape, culture and people.
We are pleased to offer half-price tickets to
those who mention this announcement by calling
617-266-1200 or by visiting www.bostonsymphonyhall.org/dudufisher.
Fisher has performed on the stages of Broadway,
the West End in London, Israel, and throughout
the world, including singing with the Israel
Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Maestro Zubin
Mehta, recording an album of show tunes with the
London Symphony Orchestra, and performing for
Britain’s Royal family and Bill and Hillary
Clinton.…
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A Harvest of World Sounds
with performers OUT OF ISLA, SARAH AROESTE & NADINA MAURI
Tuesday, November 10, 2009 at 9:00pm
Location: Puppets Jazz Bar, 481 5th Avenue Park Slope- Brooklyn, NY
A special Fall concert featuring dynamic world music acts blending a multitude of influences in a harvest of Latin, French, and Sephardic sounds. International acts Out of Isla, Sarah Aroeste and Nadina Mauri perform at Puppets Jazz Bar (481 5th Avenue Park Slope- Brooklyn, NY).
Tickets $6 w/ a two-item minimum. (For tickets and more info: http://www.puppetsjazz.com or call 718-499-2622)
Sharing the bill for the first time, these three world music acts blend original sounds, both vocal and instrumental, from across the globe and offer an intimate, rich program to herald in the Fall at Puppets Jazz Bar, a venue that features some of the hottest new up-and-comers and legendary jazz artists in the world.…
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GREAT AMERICAN SONGWRITING TEAMS
MERKIN CONCERT HALL AT KAUFMAN CENTER AND
NEW YORK FESTIVAL OF SONG PRESENT
GREAT AMERICAN SONGWRITING TEAMS
NOVEMBER 17 AND 19 AT MERKIN CONCERT HALL
featured will be:
JASON GRAAE, SYLVIA McNAIR, MARY TESTA, STEVEN BLIER
NOVEMBER 13 AT THE KENNEDY CENTER
featuring:
JASON GRAAE, LIZA FORRESTER, MARY TESTA, STEVEN BLIER
MUSIC OF BOCK & HARNICK, BOLCOM & WEINSTEIN, DIETZ & SCHWARTZ, GEORGE & IRA
GERSHWIN, MALTBY & SHIRE, KANDER & EBB, LEIBER & STOLLER, LERNER & LOEWE,
RODGERS & HAMMERSTEIN, RODGERS & HART
NYFOS¹s Fats and Fields program caused Talkin¹ Broadway to say “What can
make you smile for two hours? New York Festival of Song”
Merkin Concert Hall at Kaufman Center and New York Festival of Song (NYFOS,
www.nyfos.org
Songwriting Teams, an evening of famous and rarely-heard songs honoring the
genius of America¹s classic collaborators, on Tuesday and Thursday November
17 and 19 at 8 PM at Merkin Concert Hall at Kaufman Center.
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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).
Tickets £9 or £8.50.…
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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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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
Hasidic Cappella
Canyon Club in Agoura Hills, CA
Sunday, March 21
at 4:00pm
The Moscow Male Jewish Choir, “Hasidic Cappella”
General admission seats are only $25 ($18 for seniors and students). Premier seating and entrance to the champagne reception with the artists are only $45. For more information and tickets, call the Canyon Club 818-879-5016.
administration@adatelohim.com
Melodia Women s Choir Salutes Fanny Mendelssohn’s 200th Birthday
Melodia Women’s Choir at NOV 19 CONCERT IN NYC
Melodia Women’s Choir of New York City presents a mystical November concert of darkly transcendent music drawn from the classical and contemporary lexicon. Featured in the program is a special 200th anniversary tribute to Fanny Mendelssohn-Hensel, sister of Felix Mendelssohn and an extraordinarily talented, if often overlooked, composer.
Conducted by Cynthia Powell, the accomplished 32-member Melodia women’s ensemble will present “Twilight in the Garden of Dreams” on Saturday, November 19, 2005 at
8:00 p.m. at St. Peter’s Church, Chelsea, 346 West 20th Street in New York City.
Melodia has invited The Momenta String Quartet to perform
Mendelssohn-Hensel s “String Quartet in Eb” as an instrumental interlude at the concert.
Tickets to “Twilight” are $15 advance and $20 at the door.…
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Leeds Hopkele
Hopkele III – the summer Klezmer Keilidh
Whether you’re in London or Leeds you can dance the summer night away to
live klezmer music–
Leeds Hopkele
When? Wednesday 12 July. Doors open 7.15pm
What? Yiddish barn dance with Steven Weintraub calling
Where? Marjorie and Arnold Ziff Community Centre, 311 Stonegate Road, Leeds
LS17 8AZ (no. 71 bus)
Tickets? £9/£7 concs. Call Tracy Bickler on 0113 218 5824 or hopkele@hotmail.co.uk
ELIYAHU SILLS & QADIM ENSEMBLE
Brookline, MA–Sunday, July 9, 2006
7:30 pm
Temple Beth Zion (TBZ),
1566 Beacon Street, Brookline, MA
Advance tickets: $10
At the door: $12
For more info please contact Noam at nsender@styr.com
To purchase tickets in advance please call Eran at 617.216.4879 or email Eran_segev@yahoo.com
Traverse the deserts of the Middle East, the mountains of northern India, and the warm waters of the Mediterranean with Eliyahu Sills and his Qadim Ensemble. The group and their music bring ancient musical traditions to a contemporary audience, allowing for a musical dialogue between the different cultures. The group performs instrumental pieces as well as songs with words in Hebrew, Arabic, Greek, Turkish, Farsi and Ladino.
Qadim is a word found both in Hebrew and Arabic meaning “ancient past” and “that which precedes” as well as “forward movement” and “that which will come.” The band is aptly named as their ancient and timeless music bridges cultures from throughout the near east, such as Mizrakhi, Sephardic and Ashkenazi, with Arabic, Turkish, Persian and north Indian.…
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You Get Another Chance in Boston to See It
Boston, you will be delighted because there’s another chance to catchA Cantor’s Tale
I’ve seen it, and it’s wonderful. You’ll be humming cantorial music when you leave. No, really, you will.
It’s screening as part of The Boston Jewish Film Festival: Encores (series runs through July 6 at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston)
A Cantor’s Tale
Sun, Jun 18, 4 pm
Thu, Jun 22, 6 pm
A Cantor’s Tale by Erik Greenberg Anjou (2005, 95 min.). A joyous,
crowd-pleasing documentary, A Cantor’s Tale pays loving tribute to the
“golden age” of chazzanut, the celebrated art of cantorial music.
Brooklyn-born Cantor Jacob “Jackie” Mendelson traces the American
origins of Jewish liturgical music back to the vibrant culture of
1950’s Brooklyn, when the great cantors of New York had chart-topping
records and were idolized almost like rock stars.…
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Shapira and Shapira Perform Brahms at Carnegie Weill Recital Hall
Renowned cellist Benjamin Shapira will joined by pianist Shulamith Shapira performing the two Brahms cello sonatas at Carnegie’s Weill Recital Hall on March 16th, 8:00 pm.
B. Shapira’s talent was recognized at a very early age. He was quickly embraced by
America Israel Cultural Foundation, and was selected by Isaac Stern to join a small
group of outstanding young protégé artists at the Jerusalem Music Center. Shapira’s
international career was launched after his celebrated Carnegie’s Weill Recital Hall
performance of the Complete Bach Suites for Cello Solo. Since, Shapira is in
constant demand as a soloist, performing all over the United States and abroad. His
recent years’ US performances include concerts in Chicago, Los Angeles, Boston,
Texas, Tennessee, Utah and Wisconsin. Shapira frequently performs internationally as
well, touring Europe, South America and Israel.…
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Amid the Jasmine CD Release
The Gerald Edery Ensemble‘s
newest recording, Amid the Jasmine is finished and will be available on the website,
www.sefaradrecords.com, on February 9th, 2006.
The Ensemble will be in the New York/New Jersey area, on Saturday, February
11, 2006. There will be a CD release concert at the Jewish Community Center of
Greater Monmouth County in Deal Park, New Jersey. The event will feature The Gerard
Edery Ensemble performing music from the new release as well as appearances by guest
Cantors. You can expect an evening filled with a multi-cultural spirit conveyed
through an eclectic mix of songs in Ladino, Spanish, Arabic and Hebrew from the
Sephardic and Middle Eastern traditions, as well as original songs by Gerard Edery.
The concert starts at 8:00 p.m.…
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A Hanukkah Concert at the Center for Jewish History
The American Society for Jewish Music and the American Jewish Historical Society
Present
A Hanukkah Concert
Sunday, December 18, 2005 at 3pm
Center for Jewish History
15 West 16th Street
New York, NY
This concert, featuring world renowned pianist, composer and arranger Dick Hyman,
will include works by George Gershwin, Richard Rogers, Leonard Bernstein, and Harold
Arlen, among others. Mr. Hyman will be joined by vocalist Annette Sanders, who
began her career as a featured soloist with Benny Goodman. Singer/actress Ellen
Gould, known so well for her Bubba Meises, will perform Yiddish songs and Isaiah Sheffer, host of Selected Shorts, returns for a reading of a special story.
*The concert will be followed by a candle lighting, singing, and reception in the
Paul S.…
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Brave Old World to perform “Songs of the Lodz Ghetto” in San Francisco
Song of the Lodz Ghetto
In Yiddish, with English Supertitles
Saturday, October 15, 8:00 pm
JCCSF, 3200 California St. at Presidio Ave.
Tickets: Members $20 | Public $25 | Students $15
Box Office: (415) 292-1233
Box Office hours: Monday – Friday, 12:00 pm – 7:00 pm; Saturday, 12:00 pm – 5:00 pm.
Click here to purchase tickets online.
THE YIDDISH VOICE OF LOVE: SONGS OF BEYLE SCHAECHTER-GOTTESMAN
The 92nd STREET Y PRESENTS MUSIC & DANCE OF THE JEWISH TRADITION
SONGS OF LOVE & LONGING AROUND THE JEWISH WORLD
Thursday, Oct. 26, 2006
8:00pm
92nd Street Y, 1395 Lexington Avenue @ 92nd Street
TICKETS $30
THE YIDDISH VOICE OF LOVE: SONGS OF BEYLE SCHAECHTER-GOTTESMAN
Michael Alpert, artistic consultant.
Yiddish musicperformed by a blockbuster crew, with Michael Alpert: vocals, drums, violin,
Sharon Bernstein: vocals, Adrienne Cooper: vocals,
Rebecca Kaplan: vocals, Janet Leuchter: vocals,
Miryem-Khaye Seigal: vocals, Paula Teitelbaum: vocals,
Deborah Strauss: violin, Marilyn Lerner: piano, Peter
Rushefsky: cimbalom
To purchase tickets 212-415-5500
JMWC Recommendation: “Not to be Missed”!
Harold Shapero Honored by Lydian String Quartet and friends
Friday, April 29, 2005, 8:00 P.M.
The Center for Arts in Natick, MA, invites you to join the Lydian String
Quartet, Edwin Barker, double bass, and Marvin Wolfthal, piano, as they
honor composer Harold Shapero on his 85th birthday. The evening will
feature his Serenade in D for String Quintet, String Quartet, and String
Trio. Harold Shapero was a founding member of the Brandeis University music
department in 1951. He was director of the electronic music studio and
taught at Brandeis for 37 years. A birthday reception will follow the performance. Tickets are $25. Those connected to Brandeis get a discount when ordering tickets: (508) 647-0097. Visiting the Nartick Arts website:
www.natickarts.org The Center for Arts in Natick is located at 14 Summer St.
ON SECOND AVENUE at Folksbiene Yiddish Theatre
The Folksbiene Yiddish Theatre in NYC,
with Zalmen Mlotek, Artistic Director,
presents an excellent show in Yiddish and English
definitely worth seeing
whether you know Yiddish or not:
ON SECOND AVENUE
The cast of 7 includes Broadway star
MIKE BURSTYN
and, off her recent starring role in the wonderful new film,
Pripetshik Sings Yiddish!,
REYNA SCHAECHTER
Performances run only till April 10th
and tickets are going fast, so order yours ASAP
For tickets: Folksbiene, 45 East 33 St, NYC, 212-213-2120
www.folksbiene.org
Performances @ the JCC in Manhattan, 334 Amsterdam Ave @ W 76 St
MARILYN SOKOL in Me and My Fanny
MARILYN SOKOL in Me and My Fanny
From Marilyn Sokol, the Emmy, Obie, and Bistro Award-Winning Actress/Singer/Comedienne who brought you the smash hit Guilt Without Sex comes Me and My Fanny, a jubilant tribute to Fanny Brice – the late, great Star of Stage, Screen, Radio, and TV, the original funny girl about whom the Broadway musical was written. Sokol performs seldom-sung Brice – musical gems from Burlesque and Vaudeville to The Ziegfeld Follies and Film – and poignantly reinvents familiar favorites. Fun ensues as Marilyn intertwines little-known Brice stories with her own personal anecdotes. Her distinctive voice and hilarious delivery, combined with a book written by Sokol and Scott Margolin, and Musical Direction by MAC Award-Winner Ian Herman make Me and My Fanny a joyful celebration.…
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Golem Events in December
in NEW YORK…
Thursday, December 9th – 2nd Night of Chanukah
A Franco-Chanukah Party with New York rockers
Golem and Les Sans Culottes!
At the Mercury Lounge, 217 E. Houston @ Avenue A
Tickets $8
8:30pm The Main Squeeze Accordion Orchestra
9:30pm Golem www.golemrocks.com
10:30 Les Sans Culottes www.lessansculottes.com
in BOSTON…
Saturday December 11th
Golem in Boston!
HOT LATKES
A Chanukah bash with klezmer-rock band Golem and
comedy-burlesque act “Nice Jewish Girls Gone Bad”!
doors @ 8pm (show at 9pm)
Paradise Lounge
969 Commonwealth Avenue
Tickets: $15
617-562-8814
“Celebrating Jewish Music Series”
May 17th – Monday, 7:30 pm
La Jolla, CA
San Diego Center for Jewish Culture
David & Dorothea Garfield Theatre
For Tickets (858) 362-1348
www.lfjcc.org/musicseries.shtml#divahn
more….
�Music in the Land of Three Faiths�
St. Bartholomew�s Church Presents The Ivory Consort
in Music in the Land of Three Faiths at St. Bartholomew�s Church on May 6 at 7:30 PM. Tickets are $25 for general admission and $15 for students and seniors. The church is located at 109 East 50th St. and Park Ave. For more information and to order tickets please call 212-378-0248.
Merkin Hall features Feinsmith NY Premieres
On January 19, 2008 at 8pm, the Francisco based Feinsmith Quartet
(www.feinsmithquartet.com), founded by New Yorker Daniel David Feinsmith makes it
New York Debut at the Kaufman Center’s Merkin Concert Hall (129 West 67th Street).
Known for its powerful new sound with an ecstatic spiritual bent, the Feinsmith
Quartet will appear in this one-night-only concert with special guest Scott
Amendola. A super-group in the most complete sense of the term, the Feinsmith
Quartet features Jennifer Culp on cello, Michael Manring on bass, Gyan Riley on
guitar, and Christopher Taylor on piano. The group will perform original
compositions by founder and artistic director Feinsmith, guitarist Riley and bassist
Manring. Tickets are $25 in advance; $30 at the door. Student and senior advance
tickets are $10 in advance; $15 at the door.…
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Sephardic concert at Merkin Hall
September 12, 2006. Sephardic concert “La Mar Enfortuna” performed by Elsyian Fields, Oren Bloedow and Jennifer Charles. Merkin Concert Hall, NYC, NY, USA, 8 p.m. Tickets – $25. For more info or to order tickets http://www.kaufman-center.org/tc/0607/lamar_091206.php
Joodse Wereldmuziek Centraal bij Amsterdams Festival!
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