WHERE: USA_Northwest

Concerts, WHERE: USA_Northwest

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.…
CONTINUE READING >

Concerts, WHERE: USA_Northwest

Music as a Bridge to Oneness

Tuesday, April 15, 2008 3pm
Seeds of Compassion Presents
MUSIC AS A BRIDGE TO ONENESS
A Talk and Demonstration by Yuval Ron

How music connects us to the divine to Oneness and to the spiritual
and mystical side of life. A discussion of ways to teach unity and
tolerance using music as a platform for meeting your opponent, your
neighbor and the other. With live demonstration on the Oud.

Location: Center House Stage, Seattle Center,
305 Harrison Street,
Seattle, WA 98109
Admission: FREE and open to the public
For More Information: http://seedsofcompassion.net/event/concert/concert2.asp

Classical or Jewish art music, WHERE: USA_Northwest

Jay Gottlieb in Seattle performing Messiaen

Northwest Mahler Orchestra
Sunday, September 9, 2007 at 7:00 p.m.
Benaroya Hall, 200 University Street, Seattle, WA

First Seattle performance !
Olivier Messiaen’s Turangalîla Symphony

Northwest Mahler Orchestra
Geoffrey Simon, conductor
Jay Gottlieb, piano solo
Thomas Bloch, ondes Martenot solo

Presented by the Northwest Mahler Festival, Seattle
Information: www.nwmahlerorchestra.org

Concerts, Holiday, Klezmer, WHERE: USA_Northwest

Woody Guthrie’s Happy Joyous Hanukkah Tour

The Klezmatics will be in conert for a Woody Guthrie music performance to bring Happy Hanukkah music to Washington state.
When: December 12, 7:30pm
Where: Kirkland Performance Center
350 Kirkland Avenue
Kirkland, WA 98033
Info: Adult $36 Senior $32.50 Youth $15 Group $32
All tickets subject to a $1.00 service fee
(Youth is 25 and younger; Senior is 62 and older)
For information call Kirkland Performance Center at
(425) 893-9900 or visit www.kpcenter.org
Taking advantage of a rare opportunity, Kirkland Performance Center
welcomes The Klezmatics to their 2006-2007 line-up midseason. The
Klezmatics will perform Woody Guthrie’s Happy Joyous Hanukkah Tour at
KPC December 12.
The Klezmatics will be presenting a contagious celebration of Hanukkah,
marrying their soulful and ebullient Jewish roots to Woody Guthrie’s
poignantly mesmerizing and newly discovered lyrics.…
CONTINUE READING >

Children, Concerts, Klezmer, WHERE: USA_Northwest

Klezmer for Kids! in Seattle

It’s in Seattle — at Hertzl-Ner Tamid –(2 concerts): Klezmer for Kids!
With the Strauss/Warschauer Duo
Sunday, January 22
11 AM to 12 PM
Admission $5.00 per person

Klezmer for Kids!
A fun and participatory introduction to the world of klezmer music and
Yiddish culture for school audiences of all ages and backgrounds. Students sing,
dance, and ask and answer questions.

And later that same day:

The Strauss/Warschauer Duo in Concert
An interactive experience of klezmer music, Yiddish song and culture.
January 22. 2006
2 to 3:30 PM
$10/adults; $7/kids & seniors

Both concerts will take place at Herzl-Ner Tamid, Mercer Island, 3700 East
Mercer Way.
For more information: 206 232-8555 or email tzachi@h-nt.org