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Love, Loss, Laughter – Favorite Yiddish Folk Songs
The Jewish People’s Philharmonic Chorus / JPPC
with Conductor Binyumen Schaechter
Sunday, October 23, 2011, 4:00 PM
Bet Am Shalom Synagogue, White Plains, NY 10606
What: Afn pripetshik, Der Rebe Elimeylekh, Tum balalayke, Bulbes and a great bouquet of less-known Yiddish folksongs.
Also: Works by Beyle Schaechter-Gottesman,
Avrom Sutzkever, Josh Waletzky.
ENGLISH TRANSLATIONS AND
BACKGROUND INFORMATION PROVIDED.
Tickets: Book online at BetAmShalom.org
or call the Synagogue at 914-946-8851
Click here for the additional specifics about the concert:
http://thejppc.org/id3.html
Click here for more info about the JPPC:
http://thejppc.org/
Klezmer Brunch – Margot Leverett and the Klezmer Mountain Boys 8/7 at City Windery Brunch
10:00am Seating / 11:00am Show
Every Sunday Morning, combining live music and food in a fresh, cultural environment, City Winery’s Klezmer brunch series pairs some of the greatest musicians in the world with delicious lox, bagels and other tasty fare on our brunch menu on Sunday mornings from 10am to 2pm. **Please note that the live music is played from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. with a short break in the middle.
Tickets are just $10 to cover for live music and does not include food or drink. Children 13 and under are free for the music. We have a full brunch menu available upon request.
On select weekends we welcome Rabbi Dan Ain from The New Shul to lead thoughtful discussion on theology, spirituality and the movements of the cosmos.…
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Musical Mosaic Trio
Sunday, October 16 — JCC of Greater Washington
6125 Montrose Road, Rockville, MD 20852
5 pm
Tickets are $25
Contact Ella Kagan at 301-564-0016 or Pavella2@yahoo.com
For more info: www.jccgw.org/
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“Daniella Rabbani in Concert with Litvakus Kelzmer Band”
“Daniella Rabbani in Concert with Litvakus Klezmer Band”
Sunday, January 8 at 3:00pm
Location: Axelrod Performing Arts Center
00 Grant Avenue, Deal Park, NJ
(732) 531-9106 ‎ · axelrodartscenter.com
Tickets: $18
$15 Groups
http://myemail.constantcontact.com/Rising-Star-Daniella-Rabbani-in-Concert-with-Klezmer-Revival-Band-Litvakus-January-8—Axelrod-Annual-Appeal-For-Support-.html?soid=1101575715437&aid=vY4yBeEfZ_4
London Klezmer Quartet album launch
Thursday 17 February 2011
8pm
London Klezmer Quartet album launch
Green Note, 107 Parkway, Camden, London NW1 7AN
Join the band and special guests for a celebration of klezmer.
Hear tracks and buy the new LKQ CD from http://www.londonklezmerquartet.com/
Tickets £10 on the door, or available in advance. Book via
http://www.greennote.co.uk/
Karen Goldberg in Concert
Karen Goldberg, a singer songwriter, will appear in concert on December 3 at 7:30 at Temple Emanuel,
909 Berrymans Lane, Reistertown, MD, Tickets are $10 in advance or at the door.
Call 410-526-3676 or email tescaconcerts@gmail.com
Alijia Jo Rabins in NYC
Alicia and friends will be playing two trio shows with David
Freeman on drums this month: one at a Parisian-style bar, one at a
museum downtown. This Wednesday at Zebulon, a lovely little bar in
Williamsburg, with our Montreal friends Flotilla–fantastic musicians.
Then on December 21, a special Chanukah performance at the Museum of
Jewish Heritage at Battery Park City—a great one for those of you
who live in Manhattan, prefer an earlier showtime, or are looking for
something off the beaten path for the holidays this year…
WEDNESDAY 11/30 (two days from now!), Zebulon (
http://www.zebuloncafeconcert.com ), Williamsburg we play 9 pm sharp, free!
followed by Flotilla (beautiful not-to-be-missed rockers from
Montreal)
WEDNESDAY 12/21, Museum of Jewish Heritage, Battery Park City,
Manhattan ( https://support.mjhnyc.org/page.aspx?pid=440 )
7 pm,$15/$12/$10
tickets here ( https://support.mjhnyc.org/page.aspx?pid=440 )
A seated performance at an early hour in honor of the first night of
Chanukah!…
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Elaine and Susan at Philadelphia Folklore Project
Klezmer Concert: The Philadelphia Folklore Project presents award-winning drummer
Elaine Hoffman Watts and her daughter, acclaimed vocalist and trumpeter Susan Lankin
Watts in an evening of klezmer music devoted to saying good riddance to all the
mishegas (Yiddish for craziness or insanity ) in our world today. Klezmer is the
celebratory music of Eastern European Jews. Goodnight Mishegas is a line in the
Hoffman family s Goodnight Waltz, composed close to a century ago, with words
recently penned by Susan. The Folklore Project invites people to sing along at the
concert and, in celebration of family and community traditions, to reflect on
possibilities for turning our woes into joy. Visit www.folkloreproject.org for music
and words!
Presenter: Philadelphia Folklore Project (PFP)
Date: December 11, 2011
Location: Calvary United Methodist Church, 801 S.…
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LKQ @ Rich Mix
LKQ @ Rich Mix
Start Time: Sunday, November 6 at 7:30pm
End Time: Sunday, November 6 at 10:30pm
Location: Rich Mix
35 – 47 BETHNAL GREEN ROAD,
LONDON, E1 6LA
Tickets £12 adv / £15 door.
Box Office: 020 7613 7498
NJ Premiere of Rachel and Leah:
NJ Premiere of Rachel and Leah: A New Musical composed by Elizabeth Swados
Saturday, November 12 · 8:00pm – 11:00pm
at the
Axelrod Performing Arts Center, Deal Park, NJ
100 Grant Avenue
Deal Park, NJ
Rachel and Leah
A New Musical Premieres at the Axelrod
November 12, 2011 8 p.m. One Show Only!
Tony Award nominee, Elizabeth Swados, has composed Rachel and Leah: A New Musical about the biblical matriarchs that will have its New Jersey concert premiere at The Axelrod Performing Arts Perhaps, best known for her Broadway and international smash hit Runaways, Elizabeth Swados infuses more than 30 years of artistry and flavor into the music of Rachel and Leah: A New Musical. The Obie Award-winning composer has collaborated on this latest work with her apprentice of six years, Rebecca Keren (Book & Lyrics) and off-Broadway’s rising star, Daniella Rabbani (Book).…
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Ramzailech – Debut Album Release Party
Event: Ramzailech – Debut Album Release Party – רמזיילך – השקת האלבום
Start Time: Saturday, August 13 at 10:00pm
End Time: Sunday, August 14 at 1:00am
Location: Levontin 7, Tel Aviv
Special guests and hardcore klezmer party.
tickets: 40NIS at the concert night, 30NIS by ordering before at 03-5605084
רמזיילך! – הופעת השקה לאלבום הבכורה ב13.8 בלבונטין 7 ת”א
ההופעה המרכזית שלנו בעיר הקיץ, יהיו אורחים והרבה הרבה שמיייייייח!
כרטיסים: 40 ש”ח ביום האירוע, 30 ש”ח בהזמנה מוקדמת בטלפון 03-5605084
Join the group: www.facebook.com/ramzailech
Klezbos at City Winery
Sunday, October 16 · 11:00am – 2:00pm
City Winery NYC
155 Varick Street (btw Spring & Vandam)
New York, NY
Isle of Klezbos returns to City Winery’s klezmer brunch, celebrating the band’s 13th birthday** (our all-gal sextet debuted in 1998!) Soulful, fun-loving, hard-swinging Yiddish-rooted musical adventures: great new tunes too.
Full menu, great venue, fine wines & sight-lines! No minimum order.
Live music 11am-2pm; seating & brunch from 10am on.
Tickets $10, kids under 13 enter free.
212-608-0555
http://citywinery.com/events/186082
ISLE OF KLEZBOS:
Debra Kreisberg, clarinet & alto sax
Pam Fleming, trumpet & flugelhorn
Melissa Fogarty, vocals
Shoko Nagai, accordion & piano
Saskia Lane, upright bass
Eve Sicular, drums | leader
Easy Sunday parking. Subways: #1 to Houston OR Canal, C/E to Spring. Wonderful sight-lines, hope to see you too!…
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Yael Naim at City Winery
Oct. 29 and 30, 2011
Yael Naim: She Was A Boy Out
http://citywinery.com/events/201875
Tickets:
Bar Stools $25.00
Reserved Tables $28.00
Reserved Best Tables $32.00
VIP Tables $32.00
Their differing roots and their multiple passion for music unites them: YAEL NAIM releases a second, four-handed album together with DAVID DONATIEN, as a new collection of graceful songs.
After the worldwide success of the feel-good album, released in 2007, YAEL NAIM unveils her second album today « She Was a Boy ». Closeted in a Parisian apartment for two years, YAEL NAIM and DAVID DONATIEN perfected Yael’s songs in Hebrew and English, which culminated in a commercial and artistic success (Victoire de la Musique 2008, for the Album of the Year World Music category).
Tatiana Fleischmann at Klezmer Brunch
Oct, 2, 2011
Every Sunday Morning, combining live music and food in a fresh, cultural environment, City Winery’s Klezmer brunch series pairs some of the greatest musicians in the world with delicious lox, bagels and other tasty fare on our brunch menu on Sunday mornings from 10am to 2pm. **Please note that the live music is played from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. with a short break in the middle.
Tickets are just $10 to cover for live music and does not include food or drink. Children 13 and under are free for the music. We have a full brunch menu available upon request.
On select weekends we welcome Rabbi Dan Ain from The New Shul to lead thoughtful discussion on theology, spirituality and the movements of the cosmos.
Metropolitan Klezmer at City Winery
METROPOLITAN KLEZMER plays
City Winery KLEZMER BRUNCH
Sunday, September 18
155 Varick Street, btw Vandam & Spring
West Soho, NYC 10013
212-608-0555
http://citywinery.com/events/186078
City Winery begins brunch seating at 10am.
Live music onstage 11am-2pm.
Full menu & winelist (no minimum order).
Tickets $10, kids under 13 enter free!
Monajat featuring Galleet Dardashti
Thursday, September 15 · 8:00pm – 9:30pm
Granoff Performance Center, Tufts University
20 Talbot Avenue
Medford, MA 02155
Monajat (Fervent Prayer) by innovative performer Galeet Dardashti, is inspired by Selihot, the poetic prayers of forgiveness recited during the month preceding the Jewish High Holidays according to the Middle Eastern tradition. Dardashti, a musician and anthropologist of Persian descent, re-imagines the Selihot ritual in collaboration with an acclaimed ensemble of musicians, an electronic soundscape, and dynamic video projections by video artist and designer Dmitry Kmelnitsky.
As only one of six cities in the US where this dynamic concert will happen, the Boston Jewish Music Festival is very excited to have been selected by the Foundation for Jewish Culture to present this important new work along with our co-presenters, the New Center for Jewish Arts and Culture, the Tufts University Music Department and Tufts Hillel.…
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More Music in California
Wednesday, August 10, 8:30pm, California Klezmer, at Ashkenaz Music & Dance Community Center in Berkeley. Dance lesson with Bruce Bierman at 7:30pm. Tickets: $10. More info: 510.525.5054, ashkenaz.com.
Performing Piyyutim: Sephardic Music, Poetry and Spirituality
With ethnomusicologist and bandleader Samuel R. Thomas, Syrian Rabbi Joseph Dweck, and Moroccan Rabbi Gad Bouskila
part of The NEXT New York Conversation
Join Leonard Lopate, ethnomusicologist and bandleader Samuel R. Thomas and voices from within the Brooklyn Sephardic community for Performing Piyyutim: Sephardic Music, Poetry, and Spirituality, an exploration of Sephardic sacred poems through live musical performance and conversation. The event is presented as part of The NEXT New York Conversation series.
Thursday, March 31, 2011
at 7:00 PM
Duration: 1 hour, 30 minutes
Tickets: $20
More…
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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Boston Jewish Music Festival
It’s quite a lineup. Boston’s From March 6-20, 2011, the Boston Jewish Music Festival.
Visit the website for complete lineup information, with dates, times and prices, including the hot new “Yemen Blues.”http://bostonjewishmusicfestival.org/events-tickets/
Full website, with blog, artist pics and links, and event listings: http://bostonjewishmusicfestival.org/
# Divine Sparks – where traditional hazzanut meets contemporary
improvisation with Frank London, Yaakov Lemmer, Aaron Bensoussan,
and Boston’s own Gastón Bogomolni, Jessica Kate Meyer, and
Elias Rosemberg.
# The New England Premiere of Ravid Kahalani and Yemen Blues, the
incredible new world music ensemble from the former lead singer of
The Idan Raichel Project.
# Sing Songs of Shabbat with your choice of 4 unique Friday night
musical services at synagogues across Greater Boston.
# A very special family concert featuring Maurice Sendak’s adaptation of Peter and the Wolf, called Pincus and the Pig.…
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FINAL TWO CONCERTS OF SUMMERNIGHTS SERIES
Be at the JEWISH MUSEUM
The final two concerts of The Jewish Museum’s popular
SummerNights series are on Thursday evenings, July 16 and 23. On July
16, SLAVIC SOUL PARTY! performs virtuosic new brass band music
incorporating diverse influences, and on July 23, Ljova and the
Kontraband offer a mix of Eastern-European melodies, Latin rhythms and
jazz-inspired improvisations. Concerts begin at 7:30 pm. The Jewish
Museum is located at Fifth Avenue at 92nd Street, Manhattan.
Tickets for each concert are $15 for the general public; $12
for students and seniors; and $10 for Jewish Museum members. For
further information regarding programs at The Jewish Museum, the public
may call 212.423.3337 or visit www.thejewishmuseum.org
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“Tribute”: The Chamber Music of Judith Shatin
Deering Estate, Living Artist Concert Series
Meet Judith Shatin
Venue: Deering Estate at Cutler, Miami, FL
Event Date: November 13, 2009
The concert begins at 7:00 pm; Meet the Artist Reception at 6:30 pm.
Single tickets $25 on sale at the Visitor Center Ticket Office, or by calling (305) 235-1668, ext. 233.
Directions: http://www.deeringestate.org/pages/Directions.aspx
On November 13 the Living Artist Concert Series at Deering Estate presents “Tribute” a concert featuring composer Judith Shatin with the Deering Estate Chamber Ensemble. They will perform Shatin’s chamber works View from Mt. Nebo and Doxa linking historical wartime works by Louis Ferdinand of Prussia and Erich Korngold.
International Jewish Music Festival — Amsterdam
The 15th edition of the International Jewish Music Festival will be
held in the brand new concert halls of the Amsterdam Conservatory. We welcome back the
winners from last year’s international competition for a weekend filled with
music.
The ensembles will give concerts and workshops in the most diverse
Jewish music sub-genres: hip-hop and reggae for kids, Yiddish song, Sephardic
music, klezmer and Balkan music, close harmony and classical.
The free Open Podium gives starting ensembles and soloists a chance to
take the stage and show what they’ve got. The bustling Jewish Cultural Market will
feature booksellers, CD’s, sheet music and various Jewish cultural
organisations. And our grand prize winner from last year, She’Koyokh, will host a
swinging Jam Session, also free and open to everyone.…
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“CELEBRATING LIFE,”A CONCERT FOR SOUTH AFRICAN WOMEN & CHILDREN
CONGREGATION RODEPH SHOLOM AND THE RIVERSIDE CHURCH PRESENT “CELEBRATING
LIFE,”A CONCERT FOR SOUTH AFRICAN WOMEN & CHILDREN
Manhattan’s Congregation Rodeph Sholom and The Riverside Church are proud to
jointly present Celebrating Life!, a concert to raise funds for the Project People
Foundation (PPF) and the women and children of South Africa’s townships.
PPF is a New York-based non-profit organization founded in 1995 that builds bridges
between caring communities in the United States and women and students in South
Africa. PPF is helping South Africans as they strive for economic independence and
access to education despite the challenges of apartheid’s legacy, AIDS and poverty.
The concert will be held on October 29, 2009 at Congregation Rodeph Sholom, 7 West
83rd Street, Manhattan, starting at 6:30pm. It will feature a number of distinguished
musical artists, among them Diana Solomon-Glover, noted soprano soloist at The
Riverside Church, and Rebecca Garfein, Senior Cantor at Rodeph Sholom.…
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“DEBBIE & FRIENDS:” CONCERT TO BENEFIT HUC-JIR AND ITS SCHOOL OF SACRED MUSIC
Launching of National Cantorial Scholarship Initiative
On Thursday, November 12, 2009, legendary American Jewish composer,
singer, and recording artist, Debbie Friedman, will be the featured
performer at a concert to benefit Hebrew Union College – Jewish
Institute of Religion (HUC-JIR) and its School of Sacred Music (SSM).
“Debbie & Friends” will also include performances by The Afro-Semitic
Experience, HaZamir (the International Jewish High School Choir), The
Western Wind, HUC-JIR Alumni, Faculty and Students, as well as surprise
guests. All will be performing the music of the woman who the Jerusalem
Post has called a “phenomenon” and the New York Times has lauded for
creating “a powerful and euphoric body of work.”
In 2007, Debbie was appointed to the Faculty of the Hebrew Union College
– School of Sacred Music and the fact that the concert is a benefit in
support of HUC-JIR and the SSM is something that is of great importance
to her.…
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AFRO-SEMITIC EXPERIENCE on the road
July 25 6:00 p.m. the AFRO-SEMITIC EXPERIENCE, GM Theater, Charles H. Wright
Museum of African American History, 315 East Warren Ave, Detroit, MI 48201
For more info about the event or to order tickets please visit:
https://www.maah-detroit.org/afro-semitic/index.php Or call the museum:
313.494.5800
Sunday, July 26 the AFRO-SEMITIC EXPERIENCE, Bicentennial Park in Olympia
Fields, Illinois, under a huge tent, 3-6 pm for more information please call
708-799-4364 or send e-mails to info@jazzintheparkforcharity.com. Please
visit the web site for more info: http://www.jazzintheparkforcharity.com/
Tuesday, August 4, 7:30 p.m., the AFRO-SEMITIC EXPERIENCE, Arsenal Center
for the Arts, 321 Arsenal Street, Watertown, Massachusetts for more
information please call 617-923-0100 or visit http://www.arsenalarts.org
METROPOLITAN KLEZMER August Brunch & Beach
Manhattan’s City Winery –Sunday klezmer brunch, 8/9/2009
East Hampton Guild Hall — Thursday evening full octet, 8/20/2009
Nomination & grant support news too:
Just Plain Folks Music Awards final round for our “Traveling Show” CD
& Sparkplug Foundation for “J. Edgar Klezmer: Songs from My
Grandmother’s FBI Files”
Read on….
SUMMERNIGHTS FOUR-CONCERT SERIES AT THE JEWISH MUSEUM
Margot Leverett kicks off the series, beginning Thursday July 2nd at 7:30pm
NEW YORK, NY – The Jewish Museum’s popular SummerNights program returns,
presenting live world music in a concert setting on four Thursdays in
July. Each concert begins at 7:30 pm. Margot Leverett and the Klezmer
Mountain Boys, performing their unique mix of bluegrass and klezmer,
kick off SummerNights on July 2. This cosmopolitan concert series
features critically acclaimed musicians offering innovative
interpretations of music from all over the world. Other scheduled
performers include Musette Explosion with accordionist Will Holshouser
and guitarist Matt Munisteri echoing on French jazz of the 1930s and 40s
with fiery improvisations; the virtuosic brass band music of SLAVIC SOUL
PARTY!; and Ljova and the Kontraband performing a mix of
Eastern-European melodies, Latin rhythms and jazz-inspired
improvisations.…
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Yosif Feigelson Cello Concert of Mieczyslaw Weinberg in NYC
On Sunday, November 22nd at 3 p.m. celebrated Russian cellist Yosif Feigelson
will perform at the Stephen Wise Free Synagogue (30 West 68th Street, NYC).
The concert will feature four Cello Sonatas of composer Mieczyslaw (Moishe) Weinberg (1919-1996). Tickets and more information are available at the website: www.swfs.org or by phone at: (212) 877-4050.
Called “one of the most prolific, yet largely overlooked composers”,
Mieczyslaw (Moishe) Weinberg is author to 26 symphonies, 17 string quartets, operas,
concerti as well as music to many movies including famous “The Cranes Are Flying”.
For more facts about composer visit www.mweinberg.info
Jewish Choral Festival Boston
Jewish Choral Festival
Sunday, May 17,
7:30 pm at Northeastern University’s Fenway Center,
77 St. Stephen Street at the corner of Gainsborough Street.
Hebrew College and Northeastern University jointly present a festive concert,
featuring the four choirs resident at Hebrew College:
The Zamir Chorale of Boston, Koleinu, Kol Rinah and Shir Tsiyon. The combined forces
of more than one hundred singers will present a program of classical and contemporary
Jewish choral music.
COST: $20 ($10 students and seniors)
Click
here to buy tickets.
London Fiddles on Fire
Saturday, 18 April, Ilana Cravitz will be
playing some of her favourite klezmer tunes with Francesca Ter-Berg (cello)
and John Bone (accordion) in a concert at Kings Place, the great new venue
near Kings Cross station. It’s a 45-minute programme starting at 12.45. You
can find more details and book tickets online at:
http://www.kingsplace.co.uk/music/weekly-themes/ilana-cravitz-klezmer-fiddle
The concert is part of the Folkworks: Fiddles on Fire festival, where Ilana will
be teaching a workshop as well. More about
this amazing fiddle-fest at:
http://www.kingsplace.co.uk/music/weekly-themes?theme=49
Pharaoh’s Daughter at Skirball CC
Pharoah’s Daughter will perform at the
Skirball Cultural Center
Thursday, March 26, 2009
8:00pm – 9:30pm
Skirball Cultural Center
2701 N. Sepulveda Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA
For details:
https://tickets.skirball.org/public/auto_choose_ga
The Colors of Water — Today in Boston!
Julie Silver plays Hancock Hall in Boston, March 22nd, 4PM…with the tremendously talented Yavilah McCoy and Josh Nelson.
Program: The Colors of Water – An original Mayyim Hayyim production telling the unique musical family history of four generations who found a home in Judaism through spirit and song.
Written by Anita Diamant, Janet Buchwald and Yavilah McCoy
Performers: Yavilah McCoy, Julie Silver, Josh Nelson and more!
Hancock Hall
180 Berkeley Street
Boston, MA 02116
Tickets:
$54 General Admission (Reception and Performance) –Dessert Reception starts at 3pm
$36 Performance Only
$18 Students (performance only, please arrive at 3:45)
http://www.mayyimhayyim.org/Water2009/
Hundreds of Teens ZING in Gala Concert
Hundreds of Jewish teens from across the United States and Israel will gather in New York
for the 16th Annual HaZamir Gala Concert
March 22, 2009
6:00 PM
Congregation Rodeph Sholom
7 West 83rd Street, New York City
Participating HaZamir Chapters
HaZamir Baltimore, MD; HaZamir Bergen County, NJ; HaZamir Boston, MA;
HaZamir Cleveland, OH ; HaZamir Greater Washington, DC;
HaZamir Houston, TX ; HaZamir Israel ; HaZamir Long Island, NY;
HaZamir Los Angeles, CA; HaZamir Manhattan, NY;
HaZamir Minneapolis/St.Paul, MN ; HaZamir New Brunswick, NJ;
HaZamir North Jersey; HaZamir Philadelphia, PA; HaZamir Pittsburgh, PA;
HaZamir Portland, OR; HaZamir Providence, RI;
$36 Tickets at the door
For more information, please call
(212) 870-3339
Cantor Yehuda Rottner Concert in Florida
Klezmer en Buenos Aires
Klezmer Buenos Aires
Part of Klez California Fall Festival
Saturday, November 14, 2009
8:00pm
JCC San Francisco, CA
The Lerner Moguilevsky Duo has been wowing audiences around the world for over a decade, playing with an intensity and originality that makes believers of everyone who hears them. This is klezmer mixed with hints of tango and other Latin American rhythms. Fabulous! Public $35, JCC members $32, students $30.
Tickets at www.jccsf.org/arts, 415/292-1233 or in person at the JCCSF box office.
Stop by KlezCalifornia’s information table!
Moscow Male Jewish Choir at Town Hall
,
Moscow Male Jewish Choir
Wednesday December 9 2009
at Town Hall TOWN HALL
They’ve played the world’s stages from Russian synagogues to Carnegie Hall, winning
critical raves and fans among Jews and non-Jewish audiences alike.
A Broadway debut of the 20-voice Moscow Male
Jewish Choir Wednesday, December 9, 2009 at 8 p.m., in Town Hall, 123 West 43rd
Street, New York, NY, 10036. Tenor Joseph Malovany, celebrated cantor of New York s
Fifth Avenue Synagogue, joins the choir and its distinguished founder, conductor
Alexander Tsaliuk, in a concert that features a mix of liturgical works, Yiddish,
Hebrew and Russian folksongs, classics and international favorites.
Tickets, $40 – $80, are available at Ticketmaster, 212-307-4100 www.ticketmaster.com.
The Town Hall box office (212) 840-2824 (starting November,10)
For more information and group rates call (718)-213-0076 …
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Yiddish Repertoire Featured in Two Unusual Recitals at Symphony Space:
“Di Sheyne Milnerin” (Feb. 14th) and “A Yiddish Winterreise” (Feb. 16th)
Acclaimed bass-baritone Mark Glanville and Pianist Alexander Knapp will
give two unusual programs at the Leonard Nimoy Thalia at Symphony Space in
February featuring the Yiddish song repertoire.
Tickets $25; Members,
Students, Seniors $20; Day of Show $30
On Monday, February 14th at 7:30 PM the duo will perform the United States
premiere of ‘Di Sheyne Milnerin’ (‘Die Schöne Müllerin’) is a specially
devised cycle of songs from the Yiddish repertoire, only the second time a
collection of Yiddish song has been forged into a cycle with a coherent
dramatic trajectory.
Monday, February 14th, 7.30 p.m.
“Di Sheyne Milnerin (A Yiddish “Die Schöne Müllerin”)
USA Première
Symphony Space
2537 Broadway
New York, NY 10025
(212) 864-5400
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New York City
Wednesday, February 16th, 7.30 p.m.…
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Chamber Music – New York Style” at Temple Israel of the City of New York
On Thursday, April 22 at 8 PM, the Musicians of Lenox
Hill, under the artistic direction of Soo-Kyung Park, will perform “Chamber Music –
New York Style” at Temple Israel of the City of New York, 112 East 75th Street, New
York City The program includes Three American Piecesfor flute and piano by Lukas
Foss, Gershwin’s Embraceable You and I’ve Got Rhythm arranged for solo piano by Earl
Wilde, Dvořák’s Piano Quartet No. 2 in Eb Major, B 162, Op.87 and Luminaria for
violin and harp by Kenji Bunch, who has been called “a composer to watch” by the New
York Times and is quickly emerging as one of the most prominent American composers
of his generation.
New York Concert Review hailed the Musicians of Lenox Hill as “exemplary throughout”
and “extremely impressive, technically and musically”.…
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Shpilkes Klezmer Band on February 19
Time: Saturday, February 19 · 8:00pm – 11:00pm
Location: The UnCommon Coffeehouse
24 Vernon Street
Framingham, MA
Go for an evening of the lively, living melodies of traditional Yiddish and Sephardic folk music that sing of the human experience. Tickets are $7 ($4 for children under 14) and will be sold at the door. More information can be found at http://www.myspace.com/shpilkes or http://www.uuframingham.org/uch/.
A TRIBUTE TO LEONARD BERNSTEIN
Hanukkah Happens 21
The Brotherhood of Temple Emanuel, Newton, MA is proud to present
A TRIBUTE TO LEONARD BERNSTEIN (A Musical Tribute marking 20 years since
his passing)
Hazzan Elias Rosemberg
with the Zamir Chorale of Boston
Dr. Joshua Jacobson, Conductor
Thursday , December 23, 2010 at 7:30 PM
Temple Emanuel, 385 Ward St., Newton, MA.
Concert admission (open seating): Adults $25; Children under 13 $15
Proceeds to benefit American Friends of Magen David Adom.
For information and tickets visit www,templeemanuel.com
HHConcert@gmail.com;
or call: 617-558-8100
New Worlds: A Celebration of I.L. Peretz: Di Tsvey Brider (The Two Brothers)
November 11–21, 2010
I.L.Peretz poster New Worlds: A Celebration of I.L. Peretz: Di Tsvey Brider (The Two Brothers)
Directed by Matthew ‘Motl’ Didner
Choreography by by Rebecca Warner
Original score and Music Direction by Dmitri Slepovitch
You will also see Rafael Goldwasser’s piece, “A Gilgl Fun A Nign” (The Metamorphosis of a Melody)
Peformance Schedule
Thursday, November 11th 2pm and 8pm
Saturday November 13th at 8pm
Sunday November 14th at 2pm and 6pm
Wednesday November 17th at 2pm and 8pm
Thursday November 18th at 2pm and 8pm
Saturday November 20th at 8pm
Sunday November 21st at 2pm and 6pm
Location: Baruch Performing Arts Center at CUNY’s Baruch College
Address: 55 Lexington Ave. (at East 25th St.)
For tickets, please call 646-312-5073 (box office) or Order Online…
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Chanukah and More with Musica Ebraica
Musica Ebraica Choir
Sunday, November 28 · 2:00pm – 4:00pm
Location Glebe Community Centre
175 Lyon Street
Ottawa, ON
Join Musica Ebraica as it presents ‘Chanukah and More.’ Take a musical journey to the Balkans, Italy, India, Spain and North America. The concert will feature the choir’s unique style: an eclectic mix of old and new; Ashkenazi and Sephardi; Hebrew, Yiddish, French and Ladino as well as excerpts from Handel’s Judas Maccabeus.
Tickets are $18 for adults and $10 for students.
Please call Patsy Royer at 613-233-3099 or email wershof@magma.ca or joelyan@rogers.com
Nashir! The Rottenberg Chorale
The Lucy Moses School at Kaufman Center presents:
Nashir! The Rottenberg Chorale
Benjamin Gruder, Conductor
Sunday, June 13, at 8:00 pm
Merkin Concert Hall
http://kaufman-center.org/
129 West 67th Street, New York
212-501-3330
With a repertoire spanning continents and centuries, featured composers
include: Giuseppe Verdi, Salomone Rossi, Yehezkel Braun, Zavel Zilberts and
David Broza
Tickets: $24 preferred seating, $21 general admission, $17 students/seniors
Merkin Hall www.merkinconcerthall.org
Four Seasons Plus presents Klezmer Music Concert
Cookie Segelstein and Joshua Horowitz invite you to join us for a concert in this historic building in the woods!
Four Seasons Plus presents Klezmer Music Concert
with Cookie Segelstein and Joshua Horowitz
Date: Friday, May 14th, 2010
Time: 8 PM
Place: Emmanuel Episcopal Church, Church in the Wilderness
50 Emmanuel Church Rd.
Killingworth, CT 06419
Phone: 860-663-1800
Tickets: $20
Reception follows concert.
A Jewish Music Medley
A Jewish Music Medley
Hebrew College School of Jewish Music
Sunday, March 21
Wellesley College
Houghton Memorial Chapel
106 Central Street
Wellesley, Mass.
Cosponsored by the Office of Spiritual and Religious Life
at Wellesley College
2:30& 4:45 p.m.
Your Turn to Learn– Hands-on Workshops
Join faculty from the School of Jewish Music for an afternoon of free workshops,
including Unlocking the Cantillation Code with Joshua Jacobson, a Sing-along with
Cantor Jeff Klepper, A Cappella from Alef to Tav with Honorable Menschen, and
Pedagogy of B’nai Mitzvah for Special Needs Students with Dr. Scott Sokol and
Cantor Louise Treitman.
Free admission. Registration required.
Register now
For a taste of the Cantillation workshop, read Joshua Jacobson’s blog post, What’s
Music Got to Do With It?: Why We Chant Torah ;
7:30 p.m.…
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Shem’s Disciples with Candido Camero Team Up with David Amram and bobby Sanabria
New York Reggae/Hip-Hop Fusion Band Shem’s Disciples is joined by Latin
jazz Legend Candido Camero, renowned jazz instrumentalist and composer David Amram,
and multi-Grammy nominated percussionist Bobby Sanabria, to perform a special
concert for the Institute for Music and Neurologic Function (IMNF) Music Therapy
program. The IMNF is a member of the Beth Abraham Family of Health Services.
The concert will take place on Wednesday, December 2
from 7-9p.m. at the
Conservatory of Music at Purchase College, SUNY
735 Anderson Hill Rd.
Purchase, NY 10577
Tickets cost $50 and can be purchase by calling 718-519-5840 or e-mailing
imnf@bethabe.org
Twenty Years of Hannukah Happens
The Brotherhood and Music Committee of Temple Emanuel proudly present
Hanukkah Happens – Twenty Years
Thursday, December 24, 2009, 7:30 PM
Temple Emanuel, 385 Ward St., Newton
with the
Zamir Chorale of Boston
Joshua Jacobson, Artistic Director
Cantor Elias Rosemberg, Hazzan
Concert admission (open seating): Adults – $25; Children under 13 – $15
Proceeds to benefit American Friends of Magen David Adom.
For more information and tickets, please visit templeemanuel.com
email HHConcert@gmail.com or call 617-558-8100.
Zamir Chorale at Merkin Hall
If you’ll be in the New York City area on December 24, you will enjoy this evening of Jewish music. Matthew Lazar will conduct the Zamir Chorale in its
Annual Winter Concert
at Merkin Concert Hall (129 W. 67th Street) NYC,
at 7:30 p.m.
Featuring Cantor Jacob Ben-Zion Mendelson as guest soloist, the program will include a wide range of gems from the Jewish choral repertoire, from (post-) Hanukkah favorites to Paul Ben-Haim’s impressive “Roni Akara” to Maurice Goldman’s “Strange Happenings” (aka Avremele Melamed) and Moishe Oysher’s “Chad Gadya.”
Tickets at $36 and $25 are on sale at the box office, 212-501-3330,
or online at www.kaufman-center.org
A Heymishe Yiddishe Chanuke TODAY!
The American Society for Jewish Music
The American Jewish Historical Society
Present
A Heymishe Yiddishe Chanuke
Sunday, December 13, 2009 at 3 PM
With
Zalmen Mlotek and Guests from
The National Yiddish Theater-Folksbiene
(All songs will be accompanied by English supertitles, as is
the custom at the National Yiddish Theater-Folksbiene.)
Master Storyteller Isaiah Sheffer
of NPR’s Selected Shorts
Program followed by Menorah lighting, singing and reception.
$18 General; $12 Members;$9 Students & Seniors
For tickets call (212) 868-4444, or _www.smarttix.com_
(http://www.smarttix.com/)
Center for Jewish History
15 West 16th Street, NYC
Kol Rinah Chanukah Concert
Kol Rinah, Westchester’s Jewish Community Chorus
Chanukah Concert conducted by Ben Gruder
Saturday, December 12th at 7:00 p.m.
At the Rosenthal JCC of Northern Westchester, 600 Bear Ridge Road, Pleasantville,
New York.
G.A. $17; Seniors/Students/Groups of 5 or more/JCC Members, $12 a person; $2
Discount for Advance Sales for all tickets.
Ticket information:
Anne Lowy (914)
232-7281 or kolrinahchorus@optonline.net.
See also, www.kolrinahchorus.org
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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Cyro Baptista & Beat The Donkey, Edom, and More
Cyro Baptista & Beat The Donkey
Record Release Party for Infinito – Out now on Tzadik Records
EDOM, the group led by one of the new guitar heroes of modern avant-jazz EYAL MAOZ will also be celebrating the release of their new album Hope and Destruction – out now on Tzadik Records.
Saturday, November 14, 2009
Time: 7:00pm – 10:00pm
at
Le Poisson Rouge
158 Bleecker Street, NYC
New York, NY
She’Koyokh in London
10th December, 7.30pm (doors 6.45)
St Ethelburga’s Centre, 78 Bishopsgate, London EC2N 4AG
Tickets: £12.00
St. Ethelburga’s are delighted to welcome back She‚ÄôKoyokh once
again. This fabulously gifted Klezmer band, at ease performing in any
environment. Inspired by the confluence of Eastern Europe’s musical
cultures and traditions, this international ensemble have forged a
sound straight from London’s melting pot Рan exceptionally diverse
repertoire of exhilarating, soulful Eastern European Jewish, Balkan,
Turkish and Gypsy music.
Tel: 07776136609
email: music@stethelburgas.org
She’Koyokh final Cafe Mostra appearance of 2011 next Thursday:
15 December, 8pm
Cafe Mostra, 86 Stoke Newington High Street
She’Koyokh http://www.shekoyokh.co.uk/
Anat Fort in Jerusalem
Tomorrow, Wednesday, April 23 2014, Anat Fort will be taking a trip to Jerusalem, to perform a project she’s been dreaming about for nearly ten years. Anat has arranged some of the most beautiful songs that were written by Natan Alterman and composed by Sasha Argov. Alterman is one of Israel’s most prominent poets, and Argov is one of its key musical figures. The show will feature a great team of players PLUS video art. Tickets are going fast…please join Anat tomorrow as this will be special!
Tomorrow, Wednesday, April 23rd at 9PM
W/Amos Hoffman-guitar and oud, Yorai Oron-bass, Shay Zelman-drums, Tamar Singer-video art and special guest-Daphne Armony-voice!
Beit Avi Chai
44 King George St.
Jerusalem
www.bac.org.il
For those of you who cannot make it, you can watch here LIVE here:
http://www.bac.org.il/live …
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A Community Experience to Uplift Your Soul with neshama Carlebach
A Community Experience to Uplift Your Soul
Neshama Carlebach performing with Reverend Roger Hambrick & the
Green Pastures Baptist Choir
WHEN:
Tuesday, January 31, 2012 – 8:00 pm – Doors Open at 7:00 pm
WHERE:
The Parker Playhouse – 707 NE 8th Street, Fort Lauderdale,
Florida 33304 – 954-462-0222
ADMISSION:
$26.50, $46.50, $66.50 – Special VIP Meet & Greet $101.50
Tickets available at the Parker Playhouse Box Office and online.
There is a 10% discount for group sales over 20 people available
at the box office and a 5% early bird special for advanced sales
before January 25th.
Klezperanto at Regattabar in Cambridge
Nights are getting longer, and you’re going to need more D MINOR in your system
Klezperanto is ready with that essential vitamin and SO much more!
New line-up! new tunes!
TUESDAY OCT. 28 7:30 PM at The Regattabar
located in the Charles Hotel,
Harvard Square, Cambridge
Klezperanto is kicking off the Klezmer Festival, starting the show in a double bill with Klezwoods, a band with lots of fans in Boston too, so be sure to get your tickets today.
Here’s how: http://www.getshowtix.com/regattabar/moreinfo.cgi?id=3286
With solid klezmer roots, spectacular technical virtuosity, and a wry sense of humor, Ilene Stahl and an all-star line-up of Boston’s best musicians re-groove traditional klezmer and Mediterranean melodies, rip up Romanian surf tunes, cover cop show themes and cumbias, slay a few standards, and burnish it all to a funky finish.…
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Murmurs & Incantations
Aug. 21-22, 2013, 8:00 PM
World Premiere of Yuval Ron’s original score
for the Off-Broadway immersive theater production in NYC:
A mixed-media, immersive theater piece by award-winning performance artist and playwright Dahn Hiuni
Original music composed by Yuval Ron
Location: Mixed Greens, 531 West 26th Street, First Floor, New York, NY 10001.
Tickets: Click here. For more info: Click here.
An artist with creative block meets the ghost of his grandfather, a rabbi killed in the Holocaust.
Ayelet Rose at The Forge –London
Wednesday, September 11, 2013
7:30pm in UTC+01
A rare London performance by international vocalist / composer Ayelet Rose Gottlieb, as she passes through, en-rout to New York, where she will perform at the Metropolitan Museum with composer John Zorn’s Mycale quartet.
Get Tickets:www.forgevenue.org
Originally from Jerusalem, tonight Ayelet will be singing in Hebrew and English. Her lush, individual sound, combining Jazz, Jewish and Middle-Eastern music is enhanced by percussionist Guy Schalom – one of London’s most prominent musicians – leader of The Baladi Blues Ensemble.
Forge Music and Arts Venue
3-7 Delancey Street, NW1 7NL
London, United Kingdom
Chanukah in Song by Kol Rinah Chorale
Celebrating Chanukah in Song by Kol Rinah
in Pleasantville,NY
On Sunday November 24th at 7:00 pm, be part of a lively celebration of
Chanukah with Kol Rinah at the Rosenthal JCC of Northern Westchester,
located at 600 Bear Ridge Road, Pleasantville, NY 10570
http://www.rosenthaljcc.org/
Location Phone: (914) 741-0333
Kosher refreshments will be served. GA $20; Students/Seniors/JCC Members, $18.
($2 Discount for Advance Sales). For Tickets, Group Rates and other
Information visit: www.kolrinahchorale.org
or call Wendy Segal at (914) 243-9059
or email kolrinahchorale@gmail.com
Two Worlds / Tsvey Veltn Concert
Wednesday, January 15th at 7 PM
On January 15 at 7 PM at the Center for Jewish History, a concert
co-sponsored by YIVO, the American Society for Jewish Music, and the Center for
Tradition Music and Dance wlll celebrate the long-awaited, new CD release of
Two Worlds/Tsvey Veltn (Golden Horn Records) by the rising Yiddish
musician Benjy Fox-Rosen and his band.
Following the concert, there will be an artist talkback with Fox-Rosen,
master Yiddish musician Joshua Waletsky, Pete Rushefsky, Director of the
Center for Traditional Music and Dance, and Amanda Scherbenske, Executive
Director of ASJM’s Jewish Music Forum, a scholar of new Jewish music.
Tickets: $15 for General Admission; $10 – YIVO, ASJM, CTMD members,
students, and seniors. Box Office: _smarttix.com_
http://www.smarttix.com/show.aspx?showcode=twoD4D&ss=1 | 212.868.4444 …
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Krakauer Big Picture at Museum of Jewish Heritage
David Krakauer announces the release of his project “The Big Picture: A Cinematic Concert” which will be held at the Museum of Jewish Heritage for 8 shows, sharting on January 29th. Tickets are $35 General, $30 Seniors/Students, $25 Members. For more information see: http://www.mjhnyc.org/calendar.html#picture
In this cinematic concert, master clarinetist Krakauer explores the intersection of music and Jewish identity in iconic movies of the last 50 years. Krakauer adds his contemporary style to beloved songs from films ranging from Funny Girl and Fiddler on the Roof to Sophie’s Choice and The Pianist.
David Krakauer, clarinet, is joined by Rob Schwimmer, piano, various keyboards & theremin; Sara Caswell, violin; Mark Helias, double bass; Sheryl Bailey, guitar; and John Hadfield, drums and percussion.
Other dates are: Wednesday, January 29 @ 7:30pm*
*opening night
Sunday, February 2 @ 2pm
Wednesday, February 5 @ 7:30pm
Sunday, February 9 @ 2pm
Wednesday, February 12 @ 7:30pm
Sunday, February 16 @ 2pm
Wednesday, February 19 @ 7:30pm
Sunday, February 23 @ 2pm
Museum of Jewish Heritage
Edmond J.…
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Future of Yiddish Song event at YIVO
On Sunday, April 6th at 11 am at YIVO, join Klezmatics lead singer Lorin Sklamberg,
Professor Mark Slobin, and top archivists, scholars and performers of Yiddish music
for Passing the Torch: Jewish Music Archives and the Future of Yiddish Song. How can
Jewish music archives foster new performance and scholarship? This symposium
explores the folklorists and musicologists who collected Yiddish folk music, and the
role of music archives in stimulating new work today.
For more information and to purchase tickets, visit
here< http://yivo.org/events/index.php?tid=202&aid=1253.
Hazamir International Jewish High School Choir Gala Concert in NY
Join hundreds of HaZamir teens
from across North America and Israel
for the
16th Annual
HaZamir Gala Concert
March 22, 2009
6:00 PM
Congregation Rodeph Sholom
7 West 83rd Street, New York City
Tickets:
$30- in advance through HaZamir by March 5th
$36 -at the door on the day of the Gala Concert
Click Here to Download Ticket Order Form and information about becoming a Sponsor
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or call us at (212) 870-3339
IJMF Accepting Competition Applications
Have you already applied for the 4th International Jewish Music
Competition? Deadline on May 1!
,br /
The International Jewish Music competition will be held September 13
– 16, 2014 in the Muziekgebouw aan ‘t IJ and the Uilenburger
Synagogue in the heart of Amsterdam. This is the world’s most
significant launching pad for professional Jewish musical
ensembles… of the 80 ensembles that have participated since 2008,
most have experienced a boost in their careers, and more than half of
the participants in the last competition won cash prizes, concert
bookings and/or recording contracts.
On our website www.ijmf.org –
http://cts.vresp.com/c/?InternationalJewishM/84c3a3029d/dd0f152f70/2017a31bd7 you
will find all information on how to enter the competition and the
conditions here:
www.joodsmuziekfestival.nl/EN2012/Application2014.html –
http://cts.vresp.com/c/?InternationalJewishM/84c3a3029d/dd0f152f70/3478f20b83 . The
deadline for applying is May 1, 2014.…
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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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The Yellow Ticket in Seattle
The Yellow Ticket in Seattle, Monday 5/12
Klezmer violinist Alicia Svigals performs her original score live to a screening of 1918 silent film
The work, which was awarded the Foundation for Jewish Culture’s 2012 New Jewish Music Network commission, is currently touring the U.S. and Canada. Next stop: as part of a Music of Remembrance concert at Benaroya Hall, Seattle. This performance, with Alicia on violin and pianist Marilyn Lerner, will also be the premiere of a new version of the score for clarinet, violin and piano, commissioned by Music of Remembrance and featuring Seattle Symphony clarinetist Laura DeLuca.
Remarkably progressive for its time, The Yellow Ticket (1918) is the first film to explore the discrimination of Jews in Tsarist Russia and stars famed Polish actress Pola Negri, Hollywood?s first European silent film star.…
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Ensemble Me La Amargates Tu in Israel
Ensemble Me La Amargates Tu
Israeli Festival
7-6-2014, 21:00 YMCA
Jerusalem, Israel
“My heart remembers”
Ensemble Me La Amargates Tu with guest singer, mezzo soprano Bracha Kol
For details and tickets:
http://israel-festival.org/?one_page_portfolio=%D7%90%D7%A0%D7%A1%D7%9E%D7%91%D7%9C-%D7%90%D7%9E%D7%A8%D7%92%D7%98%D7%A1
www.mlat.org
ISLE of KLEZBOS plays Father’s Day Klezmer Brunch
Sunday, June 15
CITY WINERY, NYC
Band performs 11:00AM – 2:00PM; doors open 10:00AM
Tickets $10 (kids under 13 enter free)
Full menu and bar; no minimum order
Location: 155 Varick Street at Vandam, New York NY [West Soho]
212-608-0555
http://www.citywinery.com/newyork/klezmer061514.html
http://klezbos.com
KLEZCALIFORNIA YIDDISH CULTURE FESTIVAL
Nov 1-2, 2014 at the Oshman Family Jewish Community Center, Palo Alto, California.
Interactive klezmer music, song, dance, and more, for all ages, featuring internationally renowned musicians: clarinetist Joel Rubin and Veretski Pass, dancing led by Bruce Bierman.
Saturday night Klezmer Concert & Dance Party
Sunday, 9:00am – 7:00pm
Nine Workshops: Playing klezmer music – all levels and instruments, singing (or listening) at a Zingeray: Yiddish song circle, master classes, klezmer dancing, probing Sholem Aleichem?s characters, writing poetry about the legendary phantasmagoric Golem
Buffet lunch followed by Three Singers, Four Opinions a Yiddish song performance featuring Sharon Bernstein, Jeanette Lewicki and Anthony Russell
Kids/Family program producing a comic, one-act musical based on the Yiddish folk song, How does the Tsar Drink Tea?
Freylekh Finale, Music, Dance & Pizza Party with Joel Rubin, Veretski Pass, Saul Goodman?s Klezmer Band, Ghost Note Ensemble, Festival Klezmer Band, and more!…
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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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Duo Brikcius & Year of Czech Music
Duo Brikcius & Year of Czech Music
[2 Cellists & 2 Siblings]
You are invited to the November concert “Festival Brikcius” – DUO BRIKCIUS & YEAR OF
CZECH MUSIC (2 Cellists – 2 Siblings), that will take place on Thursday 20th
November 2014
at 7.30pm
Location: in the representative concert hall from the 13th century of
the Stone Bell House in Prague
GHMP, 3rd floor, Old Town Square 605/13,
Prague 1,
Czech Republic.
The two cellists, brother and sister Anna Brikciusová and František Brikcius (Duo
Brikcius), will introduce a new programme for two cellos. It includes: Suite for Two
Cellos by composer and cellist from Prague David Popper (1843 – 1913); Chassidic
Dances by “Terezín” Jewish composer Zikmund Schul (1916 – 1944); Composition for Two
Cellos by Czech composer Bohuslav Martinů (1890 – 1959; Duo by “Terezín” Jewish
composer Gideon Klein (1919 – 1945), written shortly before World War II.…
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Ta Shma Orchestra at Fontana’s Bar
Ta Shma Orchestra at Fontanas Bar
105 Eldridge St btw Broome & Grand Streets, New York, NY 10002
212 334 6740
We’re on @ 8:30 & Almost 6’6” is on after us
21+
Tickets are $10 and can be purchased in advance @ http://www.ticketweb.com/t3/sale/SaleEventDetail?dispatch=loadSelectionData&eventId=3690974
Ta Shma Orchestra
www.tashmaorchestra.com
Almost Six Six
http://www.reverbnation.com/almostsixsix
The Yellow Ticket in Detroit
Friday 4/24/2015 7pm
Detroit Film Theatre, Detroit Institute of Art
5200 Woodward Avenue, Detroit, Michigan 48202
Klezmer violinist Alicia Svigals performs her original score live to
1918 silent film, with special guest, Seattle Symphony clarinetist
Laura DeLuca
The work, which was awarded the Foundation for Jewish Culture’s 2012
New Jewish Music Network commission, is currently touring the U.S.
and Canada. Next stop: a return engagement at the Detroit Institute
of Art. This performance, with Alicia on violin and pianist Marilyn
Lerner, will also be a reprise performance of a new version of the
score for clarinet, violin and piano, commissioned by Music of
Remembrance and featuring Seattle Symphony clarinetist Laura DeLuca.
Remarkably progressive for its time, The Yellow Ticket (1918) is the
first film to explore the discrimination of Jews in Tsarist Russia
and stars famed Polish actress Pola Negri, Hollywood?s first
European silent film star.…
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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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In the Shoes of Sholom Aleichem
Theodore Bikel: In the Shoes of Sholom Aleichem
Thursday, Oct. 15, 7:30 p.m.
Berenson Hall
$10 | Purchase tickets
The School of Jewish Music of Hebrew College in Newton, MA will honor the memory and celebrate the life
of troubadour, humanist and cultural icon Theodore Bikel with a special
showing of the documentary “Theodore Bikel: In the Shoes of Sholom
Aleichem.” Bikel’s career spanned more than 150 screen roles and countless
stage and musical performances. The film combines Bikel’s charismatic
storytelling and masterful performances with a broader exploration of
Aleichem’s life and work. Hankus Netsky, composer of “Theodore Bikel’s”
original score, will introduce the film and conduct a brief Q&A. Join us in
the Ted Cutler Atrium outside Berenson Hall at 7:15 p.m. for a musical
tribute to Bikel by Netsky and Cantor Becky Wexler, Can ’14.…
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NEA National Heritage Fellow 2015 Recipients include Yiddish musician Michael Alpert
National Endowment for the Arts celebrates master folk and traditional artists by awarding fellowships each year. This year, Yiddish and klezmer musician Michael Alpert was one of the 2015 recipients.http://arts.gov/news/2015/nea-announces-recipients-nation%E2%80%99s-highest-award-folk-and-traditional-arts
The 2015 National Heritage Fellows will be honored in Washington, DC, at an awards ceremony at the Library of Congress on Thursday, October 1, 2015 and a free concert on Friday, October 2, 2015 at 8:00 p.m. at George Washington University’s Lisner Auditorium. Both events are free and open to the public. Concert tickets are first come, first served and will be available later this summer. The concert will also be webcast live at arts.gov. More information about these events will be available this fall. – See more at: http://arts.gov/news/2015/nea-announces-recipients-nation%E2%80%99s-highest-award-folk-and-traditional-arts
For more information about Michael Alpert and his music, see: http://www.michaelalpert.org/…
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Two Lifelong Journeys Through Jewish Music
recologie*
presents
The Ken Maltz /Sy Kushner Klezmer Duo
Two Lifelong Journeys Through Jewish Music
Ken Maltz and Sy Kushner‘s combined years of experience in the field of Jewish music is more than 80 years. From time to time, they have collaborated on each others’ projects, Ken recording and performing as a guest artist with the Sy Kushner Jewish Music Ensemble and assisting in the release of Sy’s very popular klezmer music transcription fake books, while Sy has performed with Ken’s bands including Kapelye, one of the first bands of the klezmer revival. They have come together as a duo to perform lesser known, but beautiful works within the klezmer repertoire and beyond.
Wed. May 6, 2015
recologie*
49 Lawton Street
New Rochelle, New York
7:00 p.m.…
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Nashir in NYC!
Nashir! The Rottenberg Chorale presents
On Sunday, May 31, at 7:00 pm, Nashir! The Rottenberg Chorale will present
its annual concert at Merkin Concert Hall, 129 West 67th Street, New York.
The eclectic program features works by Eric Whitacre, Yehezkel Braun, Gil
Aldema and Salomone Rossi, in English, Hebrew, Yiddish, French and Lugandan.
Tickets are $24 (preferred seating), $21 (general admission) and $17
(seniors/students).
For further information, contact Merkin Concert Hall (212-501-3330) and on
the web at www.kaufmanmusiccenter.org/MCH.