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Albert Hurwit Symphony 1 “Remembrance” CD released

Albert Hurwit, a Hartford, Connecticut composer has released a CD on the MSR Classics label “Symphony No. 1, the “Remembrance” Symphony with Michael Lankester, conducting the Bulgarian National Radio Symphony Orchestra. The symphony is striking, with melodious and beautiful melodies, exactly as the reviewer in Grammophone described. It can be purchased at www.cdfreedom.com/alberhurwit as well as amazon.com. Hurwit also has a website to read more about him and his work:
http://www.alberthurwit.com

Radio or TV

Two Hours of Jewish Soul Music

Two Hours of Jewish Soul Music
Hosted by Charlie Bernhaut
Listen anytime on the indexed archive
or listen live every Monday night 9-11pm EST
www.charliebernhaut.com
to contact: cbjmusic@aol.com

Selections drawn from private collection of 15,000 Jewish albums. The first hour is
a mixture of everything BUT chazzonus – Israeli, chassidic, klezmer, Yiddish,
instrumental. The second hour is ONLY chazzonus. Charlie has been sharing his music
since 1977.

The Jewish Music WebCenter was featured on July 25th, 2011 Show #111. 2nd Hour.
http://www.charliebernhaut.com/archive.html

Festivals

Washington Jewish Music Festival 2008

Washington Jewish Music Festival 2008
May 31 – June 8

Nine days of music, film and dialogue from an amazing variety of artists and musical
styles. Visit www.wjmf.org for a full line-up and tickets.

The Ninth Annual Washington Jewish Music Festival celebrates and explores the wide
spectrum of sounds and traditions that make up Jewish music. Throughout a nine-day
festival, audiences will be able to hear a wide range of styles and influences that
make up the richness of Jewish music. The Festival will feature David Buchbinder’s
Odessa/Havana, an exciting Jewish-Cuban musical fusion; the Afro-Semitic Experience,
showcasing the musical traditions of both Jewish and African diasporas; Beyond The
Pale, presenting new klezmer music, fused with folk and roots; the silent film The
Golem set to live music performed by Davka; the Sisters of Sheynville who swing in
Yiddish; dance music and classical music; musical theater and pop; and much more.…
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CD Releases, Klezmer

GOLDEN HORN RELEASES “VERETSKI PASS”

Cookie Segelstein: Violin, scordatura violin, viola
Joshua Horowitz: Chromatic button accordion, tsimbl
Stuart Brotman: Bass, basy, baraban

Golden Horn Records is proud to announce its release of Veretski Pass,
Traditional East European Jewish Music by the trio of the same name made
up of klezmer veterans Cookie Segelstein, Joshua Horowitz and Stuart
Brotman. Much of the music on this recording comes from and near the
region of the Veretski Pass (after which the group is named) in the
Transcarpathian region of what is now Ukraine, the main crossroads
through which the Jews traversed the Carpathian Bow. Some melodies were
passed on to Cookie by her father who was born in the town of Nizhni
Veretski, at the base of this pass. Others were collected by the members
themselves in their travels throughout Eastern Europe.…
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CD Releases

Shevet Achim Featured on Richard Nunemaker CD

Shevet Achim (Brothers Dwell) by Meira Warshauer featured on New Richard
Nunemaker CD Project – Work Has Special Relevance for Today
Clarinetist Richard Nunemaker has released a new CD “The Louisville
Project”, which features Meira Warshauer’s “Shevet Achim (Brothers Dwell).”
The Louisville Project (AUR CD 3127). The piece, for two bass clarinets, is a response to the troubled
relationship between the descendants of half-brothers Yitzchak and
Yishmael (sons of Abraham), now Israelis and Palestinians. Written in
fall, 2000, the piece roils with the conflict between the two peoples,
expressing both intense animosity and common identification. It has been
observed that the most strongly felt conflicts are between peoples whose
lives and histories are intertwined on many levels.

For more information,
including how to order this CD from Arizona University Recordings,
please visit http://www.aurec.com/louisville_project.htm.…
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Biographies, Classical or Jewish art music, Compositions & Works

Max Stern: Profile of a Composer

MAX STERN, a composer living in Israel, has many materials that can be found through online sites. For those interested in finding some interesting music, you can follow the links below:

First, A composer’s biography about Max is available through the Israel Music Institute:

http://www.imi.org.il/Composer.aspx?id=b59f294d-4621-4944-b553-37d653e84834&Lang=E

Works List at IMI
Max Stern Works

Works Availablefor performance through IMI.

CD recordings at CD Baby (16 CDs):
http://www.cdbaby.com/Artist/MaxStern

Books (published by KTAV and available through Amazon.com:
Bible & Music: Influences of the Old Testament on Western Music. This book lists works based on Biblical themes and verses.
Bible & Music

Psalms & Music: Influences of the Psalms on Western Music. This book lists musical settings based on the Psalms. “Psalms have been set to music more than any other biblical texts.…
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Concerts

5 If By Sea– the Dave Grisman Quintet on a Hudson Cruis

NYC ROCKIN’ THE RIVER CRUISES
THURSDAY JULY 19
NYC, NY 212-630-8888
42nd St. & the Hudson River at Circle Line Pier 83
7.00PM & 9.30PM
www.rtrcruises.com

David Grisman Quintet featuring guitarist Frank Vignola, will perform his unique
variety of bluegrass and gypsy music referred to as “dawg music” as part of the NYC
Rockin’ the River Cruises (www.rtrcruises.com) and will be the first East Coast
performance with the new line-up.

NYC RTR Cruise is a scenic tour and live music event in an intimate and friendly
concert setting. Sail past the Statute of Liberty, Ellis Island, the Brooklyn Bridge
and the world’s greatest skyline – with Grisman and VIgnola.

Also, a chance to see them in VT…
SATURDAY JULY 21
THE GREEN AT SHELBURNE MUSEUM
SHELBURNE, VT 802-652-0777
4.30PM
highergroundmusic.com…
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CD Releases

Eight Nights of Joy from Live Concert

Joe Black and Maxwell Street Klezmer Band An early-bird Chanukah album reached JMWC even before Rosh Hashonah! The Maxwell Street Klezmer Band teamed up with Rabbi Joe Black to create a great Chanukah show for Temple Sholom in Chicago. Now you can join in the fun. It’s more than a children’s album, although there are some great pieces for the kids, especially the new ones composed by Joe Black. He has a great ear for combining lyrics with the American folk and country sound which work well and sound great for kids. There are also some fantastic jazz arrangements with Maxwell Street. Joe Black also has some moving pieces that are for the parents too, such as “Faith is Not A Flag”. Lori Lippitz has such a wonderful voice as everyone knows from over twenty years in previous albums,– and she’s featured in “Chanukah Lights.” Kimber Leigh Nussbaum, a lead singer with the group, is also terrific in “Abi Gezunt”, a song that has been done so many times, it takes a lot of energy to make it fresh.…
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CD Releases, Yiddish or Folk

On the Paths CD Released

On The Paths: Yiddish Songs With Tsimbl by Rebecca Kaplan & Pete Rushefsky is a unique album of vocal music accompanied by tsimbl, or Jewish hammered dulcimer. The enclosed booklet contains lyrics in Yiddish, Phonetic Yiddish and English. Becky Kaplan is an emotive interpreter of Jewish song and Pete Rushefsky has emerged as one of the nation’s premiere tsimblists. The CD is available through Yiddish Land Records:
http://yiddishlandrecords.com/
and is on sale at Hatikvah Music
http://www.hatikvahmusic.com
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Events, WHERE: Canada

Toronto

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

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

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

Ilana Cravitz workshop in Cambridge

Sunday 19 July
2-5pm
Klezmer Workshop
Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge
Ilana Cravitz (fiddle),teaches klezmer tunes and style, including modes,
ornamentation and accompaniment, and even few dance steps.

Cost: £13
To register email Marc Jackson on marccj@hotmail.com or call him on 07846
379 370

9-14 August

KlezFest London
SOAS, Vernon Square campus, Kings Cross, London

A fantastic week of playing, singing and dancing. Includes workshops, jams,
a tribute evening on 10 August for Jim Marcovitch (see
http://www.ilanacravitz.com/jim.html) and a concert at the Jazz Cafe (12
August). See www.jmi.org.uk for more details.

Sunday 6 September
1-6pm
Simcha in the Park
Regents Park, London

An opportunity to dance with Ilana Cravitz and Guy Schalom all afternoon to
the UK’s foremost klezmer bands. See
http://www.jewishculture.org.uk/klezmerinpark2009.html for more details.

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Concerts, WHERE: USA_NY

SHULAMIT RHYTHMS in Brooklyn

“SHULAMIT RHYTHMS” — FOR THE FIRST TIME IN THE USA
February 4th, 6th and 8th 2007!
Israel Edelson (piano): winner of the BBC Lupert International Young Conductors’ competition
Devora Tyroler (accordion): Conductress of the “AccordiRon Orchestra” in Jerusalem
Batsheva Segal (violin): 4 time winner of the Keren Varon music competition

Description:
“Shulamit Rhythms” hails from Jerusalem, Israel. With a soul stirring repertoire of traditional Jewish songs, klezmer and hassidic inspired tunes, as well as classical pieces, the group aims to transport its listeners to a higher emotional plane.
Performance info:
Sunday, February 4th at 6pm @ the Manhattan Beach Jewish Center, 60 West End Ave, Brooklyn 718-891-8700

Benefit concert to raise funds for the Ron Shulamit Music Conservatory in Israel:
Tuesday, February 6th at 7:45pm @ 489 Marlborough Rd Brooklyn 718 469-5990

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Concerts, WHERE: Israel

Kontzert Hapiyyut Hagadol קונצרט הפיוט הגדול

קונצרט הפיוט הגדול
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Festivals

Gala Opening Night Tickets for Boston Jewish Music Festival

30th Anniversary of Klezmer Conservatory Band Features Reunion with
Clarinetist Don Byron & Vocalist Judy Bressler; JDub Recording Artists, Golem, Opens Show

The legendary Klezmer Conservatory Band (KCB), the band that kick-started the klezmer music revival, will open the first annual Boston Jewish Music Festival (BJMF) with a gala concert celebrating the band’s 30th anniversary at the Berklee Performance Center on March 6, 2010 at 7:30 PM.

Tickets for the concert are on sale through Ticketmaster (www.ticketmaster.com) and the Berklee box office. Tickets for other BJMF events are now on sale, most through Ticketweb (www.ticketweb.com). The entire festival schedule is now posted on the BJMF web site.

Two former members who were instrumental in helping build the band’s reputation—vocalist Judy Bressler and clarinetist Don Byron—will reunite with them for the first time in more than 20 years.…
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Holiday

Chanukah –And All that Jazz! with Anat Cohen

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

Concerts

Metropolitan Klezmer in NY

Saturday morning, 11/12
Flushing Town Hall, Flushing Queens NY
10am-12 noon Family Workshop with mosaic artist Tina Seligman
www.flushingtownhall.org 718-463-7700 x222
137-35 Northern Blvd (7 train to Main Street)
instrumental quintet lineup & collage-making for kids

Wednesday evening, 11/16
CB’s Gallery, East Village NYC – Benefit show
8pm-9:30pm set for CB’s & CBGB
www.cbgb.com/gallery.html 212-677-0455
313 Bowery (@Bleecker St, next to CBGB)
Just $8, all ages!
with full eight-piece band:

ISMAIL BUTERA accordion, PAM FLEMING trumpet/flugelhorn,
MICHAEL HESS violin/ney flutes, DAVE HOFSTRA bass/tuba,
DEBORAH KARPEL vocals, DEBRA KREISBERG clarinet/alto sax,
EVE SICULAR drums, & special guest JACOB GARCHIK trombone

Concerts, Klezmer

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

FILM, WHERE: Great Britain

SP!EL @ the Hampstead Theatre London

Sunday 23rd April 7pm – 11pm
Tracy Ann Oberman, Maureen Lipman, David Aaronovitch, Norman Lebrecht, Max
Wigram and more…
SP!EL @ the Hampstead Theatre and the new Jewish Community Centre for London
Hampstead Theatre, Eton Avenue Swiss Cottage, NW3 3EU
Price: £12 /£11 concessions
Book on 0207 722 9301 or online at www.hampsteadtheatre.com

At SP!EL, four guests including Maureen Lipman, Tracy Ann Oberman, Norman
Lebrecht and Max Wigram with host David Aaronovitch will chew the fat over
contemporary cultural events, surrounded by sneak live previews of new
albums, plays, performance and books by visiting bands, actors and
contemporary dancers.

We will feature a performance from Three Admirers, a newly commissioned
piece from the works of Isaac Bashevis Singer, adapted by the award-winning
Samuel Adamson and directed by Mark Rosenblatt plus dj Max Reinhardt in the
bar after the show.…
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Concerts, WHERE: Israel, Women

Devora Gila in Concert

Devora Gila presents a benefit concert for Midreshet B’erot Bat Ayin
Saturday night, April 8 at 8:15pm
Bat Ayin, Gush Etzion
Also featuring Guest Choreographer/Dancer Yocheved Polanski from Cli Institute of Dance, A Judaic Dance and Arts Program for Women and Girls (Ohio, USA)
Donation requested: 15 NIS

Choral, Concerts, WHERE: USA_Northeast, WHERE: USA_NY, Yiddish or Folk

THE JEWISH PEOPLES PHILHARMONIC CHORUS (JPPC)

Der yidisher filharmonisher folkskhor
with CONDUCTOR BINYUMEN (“BEN”) SCHAECHTER
have upcoming performances in PENNSYLVANIA, NEW YORK and NEW JERSEY, USA.

THE JPPC is the LONGEST CONTINUALLY PERFORMING
YIDDISH – and JEWISH – CHORUS IN THE WORLD.

Upcoming performances:
1) Sun., March 28, 7:30 PM, Gratz Coll., Melrose Park, nr. Philadelphia, PA
2) Sunday, April 18, 7:15 PM, Riverdale Jewish Center, Bronx, NY
3) Sunday, April 25, 6:30 PM, Temple Beth Elohim, Old Bethpage, NY
4) Wednesday, May 19, 8:00 PM, Highland Park Conservative Temple, NJ
5) Sunday, June 6, 2:00 PM, Hebrew Union College, New York, NY
more details….

Concerts, WHERE: Israel

Kontzert Hapiyyut Hagadol קונצרט הפיוט הגדול

קונצרט הפיוט הגדול
Start Time: Tuesday, August 23 at 8:00pm
End Time: Tuesday, August 23 at 11:00pm
Location: היכל התרבות רח’ המכבים 5 פתח תקווה
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דוד שירו – ארה”ב

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Obits

Yaffa Yarkoni: A Voice for Peace; Gave Voice to Israeli Pride; Supported National Morale for Half Century

Yaffa Yarkoni, (December 24,1925-Jan 1, 2012). Born in Giv’ atayim, Israel. Yarkoni, as many of her generation, was the child of immigrants from the Caucuses. She was the daughter of Malka Alhassof and Avraham Abramov, the middle daughter of three children. Each parent had migrated early in the 20th century. Avraham Abramov, a fabric and carpet dealer, met Malka in Tel Aviv and married her there. Later, he left his family and moved to South Africa. Meanwhile, Malka was left to raise the children. She owned Tslil coffee house in Givatayim (Givat Rambam). All three young children (including Yaffa’s siblings Binyamin, Tikva) proved to have musical talent in singing, dancing and playing musical instruments. They started off in a teenage group Basmati. Yaffa attended Gertrude Kraus Dance School and from there succeeded in landing a place with the dance troupe of the Palestine Opera Company.…
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Concerts, WHERE: Europe

Yiddish Songs from Vitebsk with Yale Strom, Elizabeth Schwartz & Franka Lampe

Thursday, May 19 · 7:00pm – 10:00pm
Internationales Theater Frankfurt
Hanauer Landstr. 5 – 7 / Zoo-Passage Tür Nr. 17
YIDDISH SONGS FROM CHAGALL’S VITEBSK
Gefühlvolles Klezmer-Konzert mit dem weltweit führenden
Künstler-Ethnographen und Violinisten Yale Strom,
der unverwechselbaren Klezmer-Sängerin Elizabeth Schwartz,
und der Balkan- und Klezmer-Akkordeonistin Franka Lampe.

Do 19.05.2011 19h00

Yale Strom (vio) betreibt intensive Forschung in jüdischen Gemeinden und Zigeunergemeinden Zentral- und Osteuropas sowie auf dem Balkan und zählt zu den führenden Künstler-Ethnographen des Klezmers. Er mischt Hasidic nigunim (Melodien meist ohne Text und Wort), Musik der Roma, Jazz, Klassik, Balkan – sowie sephardische Motive und spielte u.a. mit Andy Statman und Alicia Svigals. Elizabeth Schwartz (voc) machte sich einen Namen durch die dunkle Klangfarbe ihrer Stimme. Kritiker vergleichen Sie mit Größen wie Edith Piaf und Maria Tanase.…
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Holiday

Matisyahu Lag Ba’Omer Boat Cruise

Matisyahu Lag Ba’Omer Boat Cruise
Sat, May 8, 2004
presented by JDUB & RocksOff
Boat opens at 10PM/sails at 11PM
from the dock at 23rd Street and FDR Drive (East Side). 2 full bars,
surprise guests, new tunes, spectacular views of NYC, Brooklyn, the
Statue of Liberty, the bridges, and the moon.
Tickets are $20 in advance, $25 at the boat, and the show is 21+ w/ID
THIS WILL SELL OUT! / GO TO www.rocksoff.com TODAY!

CD Releases

When You Lie Down and When You Rise Up CD Release

whenyouliedownCantor Judy Greenfeld has released a new CD “When You Lie Down and When You Rise Up” which is a collection modern day renewal-style melodies to prayers for the beginning and end of the day. Each song is based primarily upon traditional texts which are set to new music. Cantor Greenfeld, Gordon Lustig, Meir Finkelstein and Sheryl Braunstein are the featured composers on the album. The album has spoken text of prayer as well as traditional texts helping listeners to have guided focus on the meanings of the prayers. Cantor Greenfeld has a wonderful, clear voice which is especially suited to the new age, quiet, relaxing music prevalent on the album. This is not an album geared toward children, although it is appropriate for them with a warm and friendly sound.…
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Concerts

Sarah Aroeste Band this Summer in NY, Chicago and LA!:

The Ladino Rock Sound Featuring:
Sarah Aroeste: vocals, percussion
Yoel Ben-Simhon: musical director, oud, piano, guitar & backup vocals
Alan Cohen: electric guitar
Emmanuel Mann: bass
Liron Peled: drums, percussion
New York
Tuesday, August 3rd
Makor
35 W. 67th Street (between CPW & Columbus)
9 PM
Following Gerard Edery at 8 PM!
Tickets: $15 (for both shows)
More info & tix: www.makor.org or 212-413-8889
more schedules…

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Meira Warshauer’s Concerto for Shofar/Trombone and Orchestra World Premiere

Composer Meira Warshauer’s Tekeeyah (a call) – Concerto for Shofar/Trombone and Orchestra, will be given its World Premiere performances with shofar/trombone virtuoso Haim Avitsur on the following dates.

October 24 – 8 PM at Kenan Auditorium of University of North Carolina at Wilmington, 601 South College Rd. in Wilmington, NC. The Wilmington Symphony Orchestra will be led by conductor Dr. Steven Errante. More about the concert and the Symphony at http://www.wilmingtonsymphony.org/.

November 15 – 3 PM at Porter Center for the Performing Arts of Brevard College, 1 Brevard College Dr. in Brevard, NC. The Brevard Philharmonic will be led by their Conductor and Artistic Director Donald Portnoy. More about the concert and the Philharmonic at http://www.boamusic.org/bp.htm.

November 17 – 7:30 PM at the Koger Center for the Arts, 1051 Greene St.…
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Concerts, WHERE: USA_NY

Theodore Bikel: The First 85 Years!

WHAT: Theodore Bikel: The First 85 Years!

WHO: Confirmed performers include: Theodore Bikel, Alan Alda, Arlo Guthrie, Noel
Paul Stookey, Peter Yarrow, Tom Paxton, The Klezmatics, Judy Kaye, Susan
Werner, David Amram, Beyond the Pale, Artie Butler, Patricia Conolly, David
Krakauer, Hankus Netsky, Sarah Horowitz, Serendipity 4 (Theodore Bikel,
Tamara Brooks, Merima Ključo and Shura Lipovsky), and Michael Wex.

WHEN:
7:30pm Monday, June 15, 2009

WHERE:
Carnegie Hall, Stern Auditorium/Perelman Stage, 57th Street and Seventh
Avenue, New York City

TICKETS:
Tickets range from $30 to $500.
Carnegie Hall Box Office – www.carnegiehall.org
or 212.247.7800

THE KLEZMATICS JOIN STAR-STUDDED LINEUP FOR
THEODORE BIKEL BIRTHDAY CONCERT
AT CARNEGIE HALL ON JUNE 15TH

Alan Alda, Arlo Guthrie, Noel Paul Stookey, Peter Yarrow, Tom Paxton
Among Special Guests at June 15th concert to benefit Juvenile Law Center


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Classes & Courses, Festivals, Klezmer, WHERE: Great Britain

KlezFest London 2006 alongside a Jewish Song School this summer

KlezFest London 2006 Sunday 13-Friday 18 August
Jewish Song School Sunday 13-Friday 18 August
Ot Azoy! Yiddish Course Sunday 6-Friday 11 August

KlezFest London is a hands-on learning experience with luminaries of the Klezmer revival
from Europe and America, focusing on the style, ornamentation, rhythm and repertoire of
Eastern European Jewish music, song and dance. It is an inspirational and life-enhancing
experience for amateur and professional instrumentalists and singers. In 2006, KlezFest
includes a special parallel strand for professional klezmer players as well as the
parallel Song School. KlezFest is preceded by a fantastic one-week Yiddish course ideal
for complete beginners and for singers but catering also for advanced language students.
Booking is now open and details and registration can be found on Web www.jmi.org.uk

Places to study Jewish Music: Courses outside Israel

Occasional Courses

SOAS University of London KlezFest London Annual Summer School (2004 dates 8-12 August) Now in its fourth year, KlezFest London has become the place to study the uplifting and poignant music, song and dance of Eastern European Jewish life. The faculty are all the very top musicians, singers and teachers from America and from Eastern Europe. They are the pioneers of the Klezmer Revival as well as the links to the past. Their knowledge and expertise conjure up the warm and intense Yiddish culture in dance classes, lectures, workshops, masterclasses, performances and jams from 9am till after midnight. The students – instrumentalists and singers of all ages and backgrounds – gather from all parts the world, brought together by a common passion for Jewish Music. There is expert tuition in instrumental and ensemble playing and for existing bands.

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Festivals, WHERE: Europe

Festival de musiques juives anciennes “Kol Haneshama”

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

“Kol Haneshama”

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

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

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

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

GIGZ

Linda Yelnick runs an agency that books Jewish musicians and comedians. It’s called GIGZ and operates from 520 South El Camino Real, Suite 320,
San Mateo CA 94402. She is open to representing more artists. For more information….
Phone/Fax 650 692.1763
leahhaifa@usa.net
http://gigz.yelnickusa.com

Festivals, WHERE: USA_NewEngland

YidStock 2013

Join us for Yidstock 2013: the festival of new Yiddish music!
Thursday, July 18th through Sunday, July 21 Live at the Yiddish Book Center
DON’T MISS OUT ON WHAT PROMISES TO BE AN AMAZING FESTIVAL!
Purchase your tickets today.
To purchase tickets for individual events or to purchase a Festival Pass:
http://support.yiddishbookcenter.org/site/R?i=OUxhv-zFlGQX0WJsFs28rg
A limited number of Festival Passes are available.*
*Festival Pass includes access to all concerts, lectures, and workshops
Back by popular demand, Yosi’s Kosher Falafel Tent will be serving an assortment of
great food.

Concert Schedule
– Thursday, July 18 –
*7pm | Klezmer Conservatory Band
– Saturday, July 20 –
*7pm | Margot Leverett & the Klezmer Mountain Boys and Klezperanto
– Sunday, July 21 –
*12pm | Wholesale Klezmer Band – Family Concert
*2pm | Brass Khazones: Steven Bernstein and Frank London play Cantorial Music
*4pm | Golem
*7pm | Yidstock All-Stars

Workshop · Lecture Schedule
– Friday, July 20 –
*1pm | Lecture: Hebrew National Salvage: Rediscovering Lost Musical treasures with
Hankus Netsky
*2pm | Lecture: Rockin’ the Shtetl: The Essential Klezmer with Seth Rogovoy
*3:30pm | Workshop: Yiddish Folk Dance with instructor Steve Weintraub
*5pm | Workshop: Instrumental Klezmer with instructor Brian Bender
– Saturday, July 21 –
*4pm | Talk: New Riffs: Improvising a Contemporary Yiddish Culture with Aaron Lansky
and Seth Rogovoy

For more information and to purchase tickets:
Website – www.yiddishbookcenter.org/yidstock
Phone – 413-256-4900
**PLEASE NOTE: Lineup is subject to change.…
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Concerts, WHERE: USA_NY

Breslov Bar Band Show

Hoshana Rabah concert @ the Carlebach Shul.

From melancholy midnight meditations to funky/punky affirmations of the One, the Breslov Bar Band explores musical expressions of the Breslov Chassidim from the traditional to the contemporary… Rock, Middle-Eastern, Punk, Jazz… it’s all there!

The group’s repertoire includes old dveykus melodies and ecstatic nigunim, as well as contemporary Breslov folk and rock music. The band members combine their passion for Jewish music with their strong roots in rock, jazz, and world music.

The band:
Binyomin Ginzberg – keys/vox/vibrandoneon
Mike Cohen – reeds
Allen Watsky – electric guitar
Yoshie Fruchter- bass
Rich Huntley – drums

Website: www.BreslovBarBand.com

$15 cover
Doors open at 7:30 PM
Music at 8 PM
Location:
Carlebach Shul
305 West 79th Street
New York, NY
Phone:
2127217485
Email:
info@carlebachshul.org or info@BreslovBarBand.com …
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CD Releases

Music for Deep Movement

Music for Deep Movement, Vol. 1
A new album release of original music composed by Yuval Ron

Experimental ambient slow evolving, trance inducing and all around great music for
movers, dancers, meditators and contemplators who search the deeper levels of
reality and beyond. Using organic and some electronic sounds compose,r Yuval Ron,
creates music beyond borders. Music from the Kalpa – a site specific performance at
the Getty Center, Los Angeles, CA on January 20, 2012, commissioned by Hirokazu
Kosaka and the soundtrack of the film Em Moves by director Hanna Heiting.

Purchase this CD http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/yuvalron
Phone Orders: 818-505-1355

Click to see the Yuval Ensemble perform a stunning Qawwali version of “Allah Hou” http://vimeo.com/2413021

Concerts, Klezmer, WHERE: USA_NewEngland

di bostoner klezmer in central MA

Jacob Edwards Library, in Southbridge, MA:
236 Main St.
Telephone: 508-764-542
directions are at http://ci.southbridge.ma.us/LIB-directions.html
Concert starts at 6 P.M.
If you’re near central Mass. this coming Thursday, come catch one of di bostoner klezmer’s spirited concerts! (and introduce yourself!)
It’s near the Sturbridge exit of the Mass Pike and not too far from CT.

We promise you good listening, a seldom-heard suite,
With selections of freylekhs that sure can’t be beat!

Clubs, Concerts, WHERE: USA_NY

Eyal Maoz’s Edom upcoming in NY

Eyal Maoz’s Edom
Jewish – Rock- Jazz music from Tzadik Records.
Check it out at www.eyalmaozmusic.com
Eyal Maoz- guitar
Brian Marsella – organ
Shanir Blumenkranz – bass
Yuval Lion – drum

IN NY:
oct 9 – 8 pm
At Spike Hill
http://spikehill.com/
Phone: (718) 218-9737
$5
184 Bedford Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11211
MORE Edom:
Oct 21 Sunday at 11 pm at Zebulon.
258 Wythe Ave. Between N3 and Metropolitan.
Williamsburg, NY 11211.
$5 suggested.

Uncategorized

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

Concerts, Klezmer, WHERE: USA_NewEngland

Yiddishkeit Klezmer Ensemble at NYB

Sunday, August 10, 2008
2PM Concert
National Yiddish Bookcenter
Amherst, MA, USA
Admission $10

THE YIDDISHKEIT KLEZMER ENSEMBLE
Brian Bender – trombone, melodica, vocals, bandleader
Christina Crowder – accordion, vocals
Miamon Miller – fiddle
Jim Guttmann – double bass
Grant Smith – drums
www.yiddishkeitklezmer.com

Seth Rogovoy calls Yiddishkeit “one of the top Klezmer bands on the East Coast.”

The National Yiddish Bookcenter
Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Building
1021 West Street
Amherst MA 01002
Phone 413-256-4900
Fax 413-256-4700
www.bikher.org
yiddish@bikher.org

Concerts, WHERE: USA_NewEngland

NEFESH in Concert

Saturday, May 22nd at 8:30pm
Merryall Center for the Arts
Chapel Hill Road, New Milford, CT 06776

Tickets $15 – for reservations, directions, etc., phone: 860-354-7264
or visit http://www.merryall.org/main.htm
“One of our biggest hits last season,this popular group specializing in
Israeli and Klezmer music connects with the audience through song,
instrumentals and poignant classics of Yiddish theater. Their beautiful songbird
delights audiences young and old.”
www.nefeshband.com

Workshops

Free AR Klezmer Ensemble workshop

The Workmen’s Circle Klezmer Ensemble will be having a free open house on
Tuesday, September 15, 2009, from 7-9 PM
Led by famed klezmer musician Jeff Warschauer
Play wonderful music while making new friends and having a great time!
The free open house will be followed by six paid sessions
Tuesdays from 7-9 PM:
Sept 22 and 29
Oct 6, 13, 20 and 27
* Open to all instrumentalists who play and read music at at least an intermediate
level
* Study with an internationally recognized master instructor
* Learn tunes from the diverse klezmer tradition
* Develop tools for improvisation
Single session class fee: $30. $25 for Workmen’s Circle members.
Sessions will take place at the Workmen’s Circle, 45 East 33 Street, Manhattan (between
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Concerts, WHERE: USA_California

Yuval Ron with LA Jewish Symphony

See the Yuval Ron Ensemble performing with a FULL SYMPHONY and
dancers in a spectacular production under the stars!
East meets West: A Special Concert of The Yuval Ron Ensemble with
the LA Jewish Symphony

Conductor: Dr. Noreen Green

The Ensemble will perform (in the second half of the program only!)
traditional songs of the Middle East and Andalusia with new symphonic
arrangements by Yuval Ron plus Canciones Sefardi – a symphonic work
by Yuval Ron based on Andalusi songs of Morocco and…… the first
public performance of a symphonic medley from the Oscar winner film
“West Bank Story”.

featuring:

singers Maya Haddi and Barak Marshall, guitarist Kenton Youngstrom
and dancers Maya Karasso and Melanie Kareem

Please note: the concert at the Ford will be taped for future
broadcast on TV channel 36!…
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Podcasts

Shua Kessin Kumzitz for Shlomo Carlebach

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

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

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

TubaPalooza!

Tubapalooza is on the way. This time it’s on a Saturday night and not a Friday night so those that observe shabbos can come down and enjoy! Now I’ll be playing tuba all night long with four very different bands. About 6 hours of tuba playing to be exact…. the Queen of Philadelphia’s Klezmer is coming to play Tubapalooza. Yep. Susan Watts and the Fabulous Shpielkehs will be playing Tubapalooza part Deux! Susan’s vocal stylings and trumpet virtuosity are a fierce combination! So grab your honey and put this date in your book. Here is ALL of the info:

Ron Caswell’s TUBAPALOOZA
Saturday, May 7th 2005 9pm – very late!@ Zebulon
258 Wythe Avenue (betwixed Metropolitan Ave. and N. 3rd)
Brooklyn, NY 11211 (Williamsburg)
L train to the Bedford Stop
A FREE night of nothing but great TUBA bands!…
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CD Releases

CD Release Nigounim

Le nouveau CD piano et harpe “NIGOUNIM”
Shimon REUBEN ,Piano & Nehama REUBEN, Harpe
doit sortir en janvier 2011
distribution Ness Music ,
des improvisations composées par Shimon REUBEN.

Beaucoup d’amitié à tous

Michèle EJNES BOHBOT / Nehama REUBEN נחמה ראובן
Harpiste Concertiste & Compositeur Harpe Hébraïque
Site web http://nehama-reuben.jimdo.com/

Michèle EJNES
ADJOINTE de DIRECTION ( en retraite )
COORDINATEUR PEDAGOGIQUE
CONSEILLER AUX ETUDES
PROFESSEUR “HORS CLASSE”
Conservatoire à Rayonnement Régional
22 rue de la Belle Feuille
F-92100 Boulogne-Billancourt
—
Shimon REUBEN BOHBOT & Nehama REUBEN
נחמה ראובן & שמעון ראובן
Concertistes et Compositeurs
Shimon= Piano Concertist Hebrew & Jazz Music Composer
Nehama = Harp Concertist Hebrew Music & Composer
DUO REUBEN: Piano & Harpe
Site Web http://shimon-reuben.jimdo.com/
Site Web http://nehama-reuben.jimdo.com/
shinehreuben@gmail.com

Concerts, WHERE: USA_NY

Metropolitan Klezmer & Isle of Klezbos

Today: Thursday, May 21
Trinity Wall Street, NYC – FREE & outdoors!
1:30pm – 2:30pm
Isle of Klezbos (with special guests) plays the historic, beautiful downtown environs of Trinity Wall Street for outdoor festivities, FREE & open to the public: Lower Broadway at Wall Street, NYC.
One fun set of klezmer & more among the trees & gravestones: live music and free lemonade.
http://trinitywallstreet.org or 212-602-0800

FILM, WHERE: USA_MidWest

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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Concerts

Tubapalooza Part Deux!

Philly’s Klezmer Princess, Susan Watts, will be playing a set with her Fabulous Shpielkehs @ 9pm. @ 11pm New York’s Klezmer Prince, Frank London, hits the stage with Who’s Yo’ Crawdaddy? Come hear these two giants of trumpet.

TUBAPALOOZA Part Deux!
Saturday, May 7th 2005 9pm – very late!@ Zebulon
258 Wythe Avenue (betwixed Metropolitan Ave. and N. 3rd)
Brooklyn, NY 11211 (Williamsburg)
L train to the Bedford Stop
A FREE night of nothing but great TUBA bands!
4 bands 4 FREE!
http://roncaswell.com

9pm – Susan Watts and the Fabulous Shpielkehs Susan Watts, mighty trumpet princess of Philadelphia’s
klezmer Dynasty, House of Hoffman.
http://susanwattsonline.com

10pm – the Knobs!
Polished and turned on!
http://theknobs.us
11pm – Who’s Yo’ Crawdaddy?
Daddy’s got some gumbo for you!
http://whosyourcrawdaddy.com

12am – Slavic Soul Party
Brash and strong as slivovitz, Slavic Soul Party!…
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Classical or Jewish art music, Concerts, WHERE: USA_NY

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.

CD Releases

Midnight Prayer Answered

The new CD, “Midnight
Prayer” by the Joel Rubin Ensemble has been released. Clarinetist Joel Rubin
has long been considered to be one of the leading
performers of Jewish instrumental klezmer music in the
world today, earning accolades from sources as diverse
as klezmer giants Dave Tarras and Max Epstein,
international clarinet soloist Richard Stoltzman,
avant garde composer John Zorn, and Nobel Prize
Laureate and poet Roald Hoffmann. The ensemble also
features Hungarian cimbalom virtuoso Kálmán Balogh,
Italian accordion wizard Claudio Jacomucci and rising
klezmer star violinist David Chernyavsky, as well as
Ferenc Kovács (trumpet), Csaba Novák (bass), Sándor
Budai (second violin) and Pete Rushefsky (tsimbl).

To order:
http://www.traditionalcrossroads.com/

For more information:
http://www.rubin-ottens.com

Clubs

MOROCCAN-SEPHARDIC FUSION

May 31, 2015, 11am-2p
$10
City Winery,
155 Varick St, New York, NY 10013

Sam Thomas and Elie Massias, at CityWinery ( http://www.citywinery.com ) in the
Tribeca area of NYC, present “ASEFA-DUO.” In a multi-instrumentalist _tour de
force,_ Sam and Elie explore different world music traditions and hybridizations,
investing each song with the sounds of a Jewish spirit and flare. For more
information: see:
http://www.citywinery.com or **call
212-967-7555

Samuel Thomas sax, clarinet, nai, oud, percussion, vocals, electronica
Elie Massias guitar, sax, vocals, percussion, electronica

Artists Bands & Performers, Biographies, Women in Jewish Music

Amit-Kalev, Lotti

Born 1934. nee Lotti Kalev. Pianist and composer living in Israel. Piano and harmony teacher. Graduated from the Rubin Music Academy in Tel Aviv in 1957. Music program editor in the 1950s at IDF radio station ‘Galey Tzahal’ in Tel Aviv. Compositions are listed at the Israeli Music Center: http://www.geocities.com/israelcomposers/works/amit.htm
http://www.geocities.com/israelcomposers/amit_kalev.htm

Book and Score Reviews

Jewish Traditions for Classical and Fingerstyle Guitar: Traditional Jewish Melodies Arranged for Guitar– Solos and Duets

By Ellen S. Whitaker

Ellen S. Whitaker, a guitar teacher in North Carolina, has created an excellent book of guitar arrangements of Jewish favorite melodies. The book is intended for intermediate to advanced guitar players, with a few easier pieces. It includes a key to the guitar notation used in the work, the texts to the songs in transliteration, occasionally in Hebrew text, with English and an annotation about the meaning of the song along with performance notes about each piece. The guitar music, both solos and duets are presented in a separate section, which is an excellent arrangement of the book for learning and performance. The end of the collection includes an appendix explaining the Jewish modes, a second appendix linking each piece with the mode used, a glossary of each of the musical terms, a bibliography and discography.…
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Obits

Popular Singer Eydie Gorme Dead at 84

Eydie Gorme and Steve Lawrence were household words in the era of Ed Sullivan’s TV show and the heyday of the Tonight Show. Articles about her life are hitting all the major media and here are links to some items about this iconic American-Jewish singer of mid-century America.

http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-207_162-57597995/singer-eydie-gorme-dies-at-84/

Steve and Edie Official Website:
http://www.steveandeydie.com/

Wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eydie_Gorm%C3%A9

Concerts, Klezmer

Yiddishkeit Klezmer Ensemble

Sunday, May 26, 2013
11:00am until 2:00pm

at City Winery 155 Varick St, NYC
The Yiddishkeit Klezmer Ensemble (from the Pioneer Valley of Central/Western Massachusetts) will perform a concert of original and traditional Klezmer music.
Brian Bender – trombone, accordion, vocals, piano, poyk
Anna Sobel – fiddle, poyk, dumbek, piano, vocals, storytelling, puppetry
Special Guests:
Sruli Dresdner – clarinet, accordion, poyk, vocals
Lisa Mayer – fiddle, vocals

Tickets are $10.
Food is available at the venue.

www.citywinery.com/newyork/yiddishkeit-klezmer-ensemble-5-26.html
The Yiddishkeit Klezmer Ensemble has recently released a CD entitled “A Freylekhs Far Ale”. More info at:
www.yiddishkeitklezmer.com/sound%20clips.html

Awards

West Bank Story wins Oscar for Best Live Action Short

Here’s a letter just received from the musical group Yuval Ron about the Oscar awarded last night:

Dear All,
I am thrilled to share with you the news that tonight we won an Oscar
for Best Live Action Short FIlm for the film West Bank Story,
directed by Ari Sandel.
This is a great victory for us as the film is a musical and the music
(the songs and the score which I composed) has a central and very
important role in the film (as in any musical).
I am so glad for this award because this film was created to revive
hope for peace between Israelis and Palestinians. The film was
successful in bringing out the humanity in both sides, and
highlighted the courageous few who overcome the bias, follow true
love and struggle for peace.…
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Concerts

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

Artists Bands & Performers, Biographies, Women in Jewish Music

Swados, Elizabeth

Composer, playwright, orchestrator, director, and author of 6 children’s books and over directed over 30 plays. Born February 5, 1951 in Buffalo, NY. She went to Bennington College studying classical music. In the 1960s she was an activist playing folk music at political events and in coffeehouses. Winner of 3 Obie Awards and 5 Tony Award nominations. She won Outer Critics Circle Awards, a PEN Citation, and an Anne Frank National Foundation for Jewish Culture award. She also received a Ford Foundation Fellowship, a Guggenheim, a Covenant and a Spielberg grant. Composed music for the American Repertory Theatre including The Merchant of Venice, The Good Woman of Setzuanand Jacques and His Master. She wrote some Broadway shows, incidental music for film and television productions.…
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Musicals, Yiddish or Folk

Audition for the Harvard Yiddish Players’ Fall Production of Shulamis

ShulamithAudition for the Harvard Yiddish Players’ Fall Production of Shulamis
Love. Deception. Revenge. Yiddish.
AUDITION FOR THE HARVARD YIDDISH PLAYERS’ FALL PRODUCTION OF SHULAMIS! Audition for Harvard’s landmark production of the most popular Yiddish play of all time – Shulamis: a timeless Biblical operetta of love and deception, of the price of …revenge and the power of forgiveness. Our production will feature a new translation, a new musical score, a live orchestra, masks, avant-garde design elements, and innovative choreography. Songs will be performed in Yiddish (with supertitles), while the dialogue will be in English. NO PREVIOUS KNOWLEDGE OF YIDDISH REQUIRED. Actors and singers, please come prepared with a song (ideally a musical theater or opera selection). Dancers are encouraged to audition for our dance-only corps. We are looking for actors, dancers, and singers of all ages and backgrounds for a large ensemble cast.…
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Call for Participation, Yiddish or Folk

Der Idisher Idol

International Festival of Composition and Interpretation of Yiddish Songs
will be held in Mexico City June 14, 2015.
Call for singers and composers!
The deadline for entry, to submit a video is April 13, 2015.
– The sign-up period closes on April 13, 2015. Contestants will be able to sign up through the official website: www.deridisheridol.com

Participation is open without restriction to age or gender, to singles or groups of Jewish communities.It is not even necessary to know Yiddish to participate! For full information, see the website of Der Idisher Idol at: http://www.deridisheridol.com/en/index.html
The website includes the rules for submission and registration for the competitions.

Clubs, Concerts, Klezmer, WHERE: USA_NewEngland, Yiddish or Folk

Di bostoner klezmer Plus Kaplan and Rushefsky

–Boston–
Shed those winter blues at a lively concert on the first day of spring, Sunday, March 20, 2:30 P.M. at the intimate concert space at the Zeitgeist Gallery, 1353 Cambridge St. in Inman Square, Cambridge, MA (617-876-6060)

In a double bill of dynamic klezmer music and Yiddish song, two
up-and-coming groups will present material from their new CDs.
Di bostoner klezmer is the dynamic trio which plays rarely-heard and newly composed music, including a suite for melodica written by Brian Bender. Their accordionist, Christina Crowder is a former member of the world-famous di naye kapelye. Hankus (Klezmer Conservatory Band) Netsky says the group “breathes new life into traditional, old-country klezmer!”

The acclaimed duo Kaplan and Rushefsky bring to life rarely heard gems of traditional and original Yiddish song accompanied by the tsimbl and balaban.…
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