May 27, 2004
Klezmer Festival in Vienna, Austria
Coming July 2nd - July 11th, 2004
For Information about this klezmer festival, see:
www.klezmore-vienna.at
Lots of American and European klezmer bands including the Strauss/Warshauer Duo, Klezmokum, Klezmatics, Streiml, Isle of Klezbos, Di Naye Kapele, Meshuge Klezmer Band, Gojim, Fleytmusik and more.
Schedule at: http://www.klezmore-vienna.at/klezmore.pdf
May 26, 2004
Koleinu Jewish Community Chorus of Boston
Spring Concert
Join Koleinu for an evening of Jewish choral music on Thursday, June 10th, 8pm at Temple Reyim in Newton. They will be performing a concert of contemporary, liturgical, folk, and Yiddish music with special guest soloist, Cantor Charles Osborne.
Currently finishing its second complete season,
Koleinu initially met in the spring of 2002. As a
community chorus, Koleinu is open to anyone interested in singing Jewish choral music. It is a non-auditioned group, currently about 60 members strong. The group was founded by Cantor Scott Sokol, Director of the Jewish Music Institute at Hebrew College and Larry
Kozinn, a community singer who had long hoped for the creation of just such a group. Koleinu is in residence at Hebrew College in Newton Centre.
According to Cantor Sokol, the Boston community is blessed with many excellent choral groups including several that focus on Jewish music. However, he and Kozinn long felt the need to offer this repertoire in a quality musical organization to all, regardless of their previous choral experience. Early in the
planning process, Sokol brought on board Carol Marton as the musical director of the group. Marton has extensive experience conducting amateur and professional choral groups in the Jewish and non-Jewish world. By all accounts, she has succeeded in creating a first-rate group in Koleinu.
Tickets to the June 10th concert at Temple Reyim will be available at the door for $10. Reyim is located at 1860 Washington Street (Rte. 16) in Newton. More information can be found on the Koleinu website: www.koleinu.com, or they can be reached at 617-559-8649 or e-mailed at koleinu@hebrewcollege.edu
DU CONCERT DE DAVID D'OR
Dimanche 27 Juin 2004 à 19h00 au Bataclanen première partie exceptionnelle ! DU CONCERT DE DAVID D'OR Les révélations musicale 2004. de nombreux artistes made in usa et Israël.... Marc Bénétasse , David Tordjman , Livnat , Yeoram Frey..Un spectacle à ne pas manquer ! Points de Vente habituels:NOGA VOYAGE: 01 43 12 10 10 / FNAC / VIRGIN / BATACLAN: 01 43 14 35 35 www.daviddor.com
JEWISH PEOPLE'S PHILHARMONIC CHORUS
("Der yidisher filharmonisher folkskhor")
SUNDAY, JUNE 6th, 2004, 2:00 PM
HEBREW UNION COLLEGE
1 West 4th St. (btw. Broadway & Mercer St.), New York, NY
BINYUMEN SCHAECHTER, CONDUCTOR
also featuring the acclaimed youth ensemble
THE PRIPETSHIK SINGERS
81st Annual Spring Concert:
"350 Years of Jewish Life in North America"
and
A Centennial Tribute to Itche Goldberg
with I. L. Peretz' "OYB NIT NOKH HEKHER"
(libretto by Goldberg, music by Maurice Rauch)
The JPPC sings almost exclusively in Yiddish; English translations
provided.
Admission: $12 for Adults; $7 Seniors, students and children
PHOTO ID IS REQUIRED FOR ALL ADULTS, AGE 18 and over
HOW TO GET THERE:
BY BUS: M5, M6 buses downtown to West 4th Street/Broadway stop.
BY SUBWAY: #6 to Astor Pl. Walk 1 block W. to Broadway, then 3 blocks S. to
W. 4th St. Make a right.
N or R train to 8th St. Walk 3 blocks S. on Broadway to W. 4th St. Make a
right.
A, B, C, D, E, F or V train to W. 4th Street. Walk E. along W. 4th St.
seven short blocks.
For more information: Jo Abrams (646) 602-2007; JPPC@nyc.rr.com
The JPPC is supported by the Harry and Celia Zuckerman Foundation, the
Forward Association, the Leonard and Evelyn Lauder Foundation and by the
generous support of audience members
David Glukh Klezmer Ensemble
Ronn Yedidia- Accordion, David Glukh- Piccolo Trumpet, Dan Auerbach-Violin, Yuval Edoot- Percussion, Eddy Khaimovich- Bass. Special guest violinist, Sony Classical Recording Artist Lara St.John. The Concert will take place on June 6, 2004 at Satalla- 37 West 26th Str. (Between Broadway and 6th Ave.) at 7PM More information about David Glukh Klezmer Ensemble and our other groups (Classical and Jazz) at http://www.glukh.com
Teresa Tova in France
Teresaa Tova and Fr餩ric Manoukian
27 mai 2004 : ?20h30 A concert in a boite de la chansons at Forum Lé¯ Ferré¬ 11 rue Barb鳬 Ivry sur Seine, Paris 01 46 72 64 68
a concert in mostly English and French
5 juin 2004 : Cercle Amical Medem, the workman circle 52 rue René‚oulanger, Paris 01 42 02 17 08
a concert mostly in Yiddish
May 23, 2004
SOULS ON FIRE COMING TO LINCOLN CENTER
SOULS ON FIRE, the critically acclaimed oratorio by ZC composer-in-residence CHARLES DAVID OSBORNE, will be making its New York debut on Thursday evening, June 17, 2004 and Lincoln Center's ALICE TULLY HALL. the World famous actor/director/producer LEONARD NIMOY, who recieved standing ovations at sold-out performances of the work in Philadelphia and Detroit, will once again be the Storyteller, with television personality JOAN GOODMAN and the composer as the narrators. MATTHEW LAZAR will conduct New York's ZAMIR CHORALE and the orchestra, with soloists to be announced.
This gala concert will be a major fundraising event on behalf of the Acadamy for Jewish Religion.
May 21, 2004
YEHUDI WYNER Music on Naxos
Yehudi Wyner, a beloved teacher here at Brandeis University, has a new CD released as part of the Milken Archive project on the Naxos label.
Naxos ID 8.559423
THE MIRROR SUITE, from music for the play by Isaac Bashevis Singer (1972-3)
PASSOVER OFFERING (1959)
TANTS UN MAYSELE (1981)
Featuring: Richard Stoltzman, clarinet; Carol Wincenc, flute; Daniel Stepner, violin; Jennifer Langham and Ronald Thomas, cello; James Guttman, double bass; Bruce Creditor, clarinet; David Taylor, bass trombone; Robert Shulz, percussion; Carol Meyer, soprano; Judi Brown Kirchner, mezzo-soprano; Matthew Kirchner, tenor; Richard Lalli, baritone; Yehudi Wyner, speaker and piano.
This release features world-premiere recordings of three evocative works by leading contemporary composer Yehudi Wyner. The Mirror, a play by Isaac Bashevis Singer, explores the interior life of a Jewish woman living in a small eastern European town. The surrealistic plot, which in terms of religious orthodoxy could be considered subversive, mixes themes of sexual repression and fantasy, presided over by a demon who haunts the woman's mirror. Wyner's atmospheric music for this drama is inspired by various Jewish traditions, including secular folk and religious song, the music of klezmer bands, and modal echoes of Sephardi and Near Eastern Jewry. Also included on this CD are two instrumental works: Passover Offering-a reflection on the biblical story-and the folklore-inspired Tants un Maysele (Dance and Little Story).
NEW INTERVIEW ON THE MILKEN ARCHIVE WEBSITE
A new interview with composer Yehudi Wyner and clarinetest Richard Stoltzman is featured on the homepage of the Milken Archive Web site.
Please visit the Milken Archive website at www.milkenarchive.org
CANTOR BENZION MILLER SINGS CANTORIAL CONCERT MASTERPIECES
Milken Archive Releases
CANTOR BENZION MILLER SINGS CANTORIAL CONCERT MASTERPIECES
Naxos ID 8.559416
Featuring: Cantor Benzion Miller, Barcelona Symphony Orchestra/National Orchestra of Catalonia, conductor Elli Jaffe, Vienna Boys Choir, Chorus Viennensis
This recording of cantorial concert masterpieces celebrates a unique genre of Jewish sacred music that embodies the virtuoso cantorial tradition. With a blend of brilliant vocal technique and deep spirituality that is a prerequisite for performance of this demanding repertoire, tenor Benzion Miller, a renowned fourth-generation cantor dedicated to perpetuating this legacy, brings to life treasures from the "Golden Age" of cantor-composers in America (1920s-1940s), in completely new recordings with full symphony orchestra. Such legendary figures as David Roitman, David Kusevitsky, Moshe Ganchoff, Leib Glantz and Israel Schorr, among others, are represented by these sophisticated settings of liturgical texts that were intended for concert performance rather than rendition of prayer in the synagogue.
May 18, 2004
JCC MusicFest West Bloomfield
June 20-27 D. Dan & Betty Kahn Building on the Eugene & Marcia Applebaum Jewish Community Campus in West Bloomfield. http://www.jccdet.org/musicfest/ Tickets on sale May 10, 2004 Highlighting the musical heritage of the Jewish people through a variety of programs that educate and entertain our community, while encouraging affiliation with the Jewish Community Center.For more information or to volunteer, contact Katie Marcus at
kmarcus@jccdet.org
Shira Klein
Sunday, June 20, 1 p.m.
Sponsored by Alan & Jackie Menuck,
Jill & Craig Menuck and Dr. Phoebe & Dr. Harris Mainster
Hey Kids! Get ready for the opening night of MusicFest with a special Father's Day Treat just for families! Get up and dance with the Jewish-Bop sing-along music of Shira Kline from New York. Organizational support by Temple Kol Ami and Federation's Alliance for Jewish Education.
Check out more at www.shirlala.com.
Tickets: General Admission: $8 for adults, $4 for kids under 12
JCC Member Advance Price: $5 for adults, $2 for kids under 12
All children under the age of 3: Free
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Yale Strom: The Last Klezmer- Feld Un Shtrom
Sunday, June 20, 3 p.m.
Presented by the Workman's Circle/Arbeter Ring - The Circle of Jewish Culture
Celebrating the tenth anniversary of his renowned film "The Last Klezmer," internationally renowned artist Yale Strom will present a hand-clapping, foot-stomping musical performance interwoven with excerpts from the film and discussion about the revival of klezmer and other Jewish culture in Europe today.
"Yale Strom is a commanding bandleader and composer." - Pulse! Magazine
Check out more at http://members.aol.com/yitztyco.
Tickets: General Admission: $10, JCC and Workmen's Circle Members Advance Price: $8
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Open Night Performance
Vocolot
Sunday, June 20, 7:30 p.m.
This unique women's a cappella group from California incorporates folk and world beat to the once traditional Jewish cantorial sound. Vocolot's 1997 album "Behold" was nominated for the best World/Folk album by the Contemporary A Capella Society of America. Organizational support by Seeds of Peace and Congregation Shir Tikvah.
"Vocolot has soared like their harmonies to prominence in the contemporary a cappella world." - San Francisco Bay Guardian
Check out more at www.vocolot.com
Tickets: General Admission: $15, JCC Member Advance Price: $12
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Yiddishkayt with Elaine Serling
Monday, June 21, 1 p.m.
Location: Oak Park JCC
Local musician Elaine Serling will perform traditional Yiddish favorites and original composition.
Check out more at www.elaineserling.com.
Tickets: General Admission: $2, JCC Member Advance Price: $1
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Rockin' the Shtetl
with Seth Rogovoy
Tuesday, June 22, 2 p.m.
Nationally known Jewish music authority and critic Seth Rogovoy will present a self-contained, multi-media journey through the entire history and evolution of klezmer music, from Old World shtetls to New World nightclubs and concert halls. His highly acclaimed book, The Essential Klezmer: A Music Lover's Guide to Jewish Roots and Soul Music, will be on sale following the program. Organizational support by the Institute for Retired Professionals and JCC Annual Jewish Book Fair.
"Fascinating, Comprehensive." - DC City Paper
"A lot more than essential!" - Folk legend Arlo Guthrie
Check out more at www.berkshire.com/rogovoy.
Tickets: General Admission: $5, JCC Member Advance Price: $3
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"Side By Side By Sondheim"
Tuesday, June 22, 7 p.m.
Location: Temple Israel
Presented by Temple Israel
"Side By Side By Sondheim" features the voices of Cantor Lori Corrsin, cantorial soloist, Neil Michaels, and soprano Stephanie Michaels, in a program of music by the talented Stephen Sondheim. Relive all your Broadway favorites in this musical extravaganza.
Tickets: Free of charge, but tickets are required.
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Peter Himmelman
Wednesday, June 23, 7 p.m.
Second show! 9:30 p.m.
Location: Oak Park JCC
Emmy-nominated Peter Himmelman performs classic folk rock. His fans are drawn to the singer/songwriter's unique blend of personal insight and elements of mystical Judaism. In addition to his ten highly-acclaimed albums, he has written scores for many movies and television shows, including CBS's Judging Amy. Organizational support by Yeshivat Akiva, Young Israel Council of Metro Detroit and Aish HaTorah.
"One of rock's most wildly imaginative performers." - USA Today
Check out more at www.peterhimmelman.com.
Tickets: General Admission: $15, JCC Member Advance Price: $12
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Sarah Aroeste Band
Thursday, June 24, 7:30 p.m.
Vocalist Sarah Aroeste and her band of some of New York's hottest musicians combine traditional Ladino Mediterranean music with contemporary rock, blues and jazz. Using traditional instruments, such as oud, qanun, and darbuka alongside electric guitar, bass and drums, the band (Yoel Ben-Simhon, musical director, oud, piano, vocals; Alan Cohen, electric guitar; Emmanuel Mann, electric bass; Liron Peled, percussion) brings a fresh new face to Ladino and Sephardic music. Aroeste was recently featured on NPR as a new up-and-coming artist in the Sephardi music world.
Sponsored by Melba Winer & Family, in memory of Sidney J. Winer.
Organizational support by Keter Torah Sisterhood & SAJE (Seminars for Adult Jewish Enrichment)
"Drawing from her cool, funky background, Aroeste is determined to preserve and promote the Sephardic sound," - The Jewish Week
Check out more at www.saraharoeste.com.
Tickets: General Admission: $15, JCC Member Advance Price: $12
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Afro-Semitic Experience
Featuring David Chevan and Warren Byrd
Sunday, June 27
12 noon - Workshop
2 p.m. - Concert
12 noon: Listen to a sound check as the Afro-Semitic Experience gears up for their 2 p.m. concert. In an informal setting, band members will discuss their music and answer questions.
Followed by...
2 p.m.: Many are quick to pigeon-hole the genre of jazz. The Afro-Semitic Experience is a perfect exponent of the joyous culture clash big bang theory. Co-led by bassist David Chevan, and pianist Warren Byrd, this East Coast quintet celebrates the fusion of elements from the African-American and Jewish-American experiences.
"This sound, the common experience of two peoples, has a message - and beauty - for all people." John Barnett, Short Takes, JazzUSA.com
Workshop Tickets: Free of charge, but tickets are required.
Tickets: General Admission: $15, JCC Member Advance Price: $12
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Conversation with the Chair: Frank London
Sunday, June 27, 4:30 p.m.
Extra! Extra! Arthur Horwitz, publisher of the Detroit Jewish News, will speak with noted composer, musician and Honorary MusicFest Chair Frank London on the current state of Jewish music in America. Find out how new trends and traditional elements are redefining Jewish identity. Organizational support by the Detroit Jewish News.
"An avatar of Klezmer music, Frank London is unsurpassed in his profound depth and understanding of the roots of Jewish music...while at the same time being one of the most forward-looking of its practitioners. - Seth Rogovoy, author of The Essential Klezmer
Tickets: Free of charge, but tickets are required.
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Golem featuring Frank London
Sunday, June 27, 7:30 p.m.
Sponsored by Francee & Benson Ford
Frank will perform with Golem, a Klezmer band that describes its style as "Shtetl Punk." Filled with edgy Greenwich Village Eastern European influences, their sound is a rollicking stomp trhough Jewish culture. Organizational Support by Congregation Beth Ahm, Sholem Aleichem Institute and the Charles & Frances Driker Yiddish Culture Fund.
"One of the finest bands of the younger generation of klezmorim." - Tonic Magazine
Check out more at www.franklondon.com or www.golemrocks.com.
Tickets: General Admission: $15, JCC Member Advance Price: $12
PSANTERIN CD set
PSANTERIN is the first Israeli music anthology published on CDs (2003) by the Israel Composers League and the Israeli Music Center. The set has 9 CDs of Israeli Music from the 1920's through the end of the 20th century with 72 works for piano composed between 1923 and the end of the previous century.
The League website states: "The collection opens with works of first generation of composers in Israel: Joel Engel, Paul Ben-Haim, Menahem Avidom, Yehoyachin Stutchewsky and others. It continues with first generation composers of statehood (Mordechai Seter, Oeden Partos and others) going as far as the younger generation of today's composers (Yoram Meyuchas, Gil Shohat and others).
All works included (except one) have been studio-recorded. Each CD features one of the following pianists: Liora Ziv-Li, Allan Sternfield, Ora Rotem-Nelken, Herut Israeli, Tomer Lev, Michal Tal, Natasha Tadson, Yuval Admoni and Astrith Baltsan. (The last CD includes pianists Allon Goldstein and Allan Sternfield.)"
The Anthology can be purchased at the Israeli Music Center (IMC), 55 Begin Rd. Tel Aviv, Israel.
For Mail order please call or fax to: 972-(0)3-562 1282
Email: icl@zahav.net.il
Price for the complete 9 CD set is $95 (with additional $5 mailing charges).
Price for a single CD is $15 (with additional $3 mailing charges).
The Gerard Edery Ensemble
The Gerard Edery Ensemble will be presenting "Treasures of Sephardic Song" this Thursday evening, May 20, at Congregation Rodeph Sholom (7 West 83rd St., New York). The performance will begin at 7:30 PM and ticket prices range from $36 for preferred seating, $18 for general admission and $12 for students and seniors. To reserve tickets or for more concert information please call 212-362-8800 x 8108.
4th Open Workshop of MUSICNETWORK
Call for Proposal, Papers, Expositions
Integration of Music in Multimedia Applications
http://www.interactivemusi
cnetwork.org/events/Fourth_OpenWorkshop_2004/MUSICNETWORK-4th-Open-Works
hop-plan-v1-2.html
http://www.interactivemusicnetwork.org/
Read on for more information:
Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain
15th-16th September 2004
You are invited to participate at the Workshop and to contribute to the
sessions.
With the support of the European Commission, the MUSICNETWORK project
has
been created to explore the applications and integration of interactive
multimedia technologies for Music, enabling inter- and
trans-disciplinary
collaborations and networking, bridging many important sectors,
including
cultural, commercial, industrial, research and academic. End users are
discovering the multimedia experience, and thus, traditional music
models
are going to be overcome and replaced by their integration with
multimedia,
audiovisual and cross media. Thus the aim is to put together industry
actors and innovative technology providers to help the music industry to
overcome the present problems with the innovation.
The theme of the 4th Open Workshop is the Integration of Music in
Multimedia applications. Currently many new music-related applications
are
strongly impacting and attracting the market. Most of them will become
more
and more widespread in a short time due to users’ demand. Among most
addressed sectors the one presenting more notable form of integration
between music and multimedia there are:
· music education (notation tools integrating multimedia,
educational paradigms, tools, distance learning, mobile learning, etc.);
· music management in libraries (modeling, navigation, metadata,
content description, etc., MPEG-7),
· entertainment (animation, synchronisation, etc., SMIL );
· music and multimedia music distribution and protection
(watermarking, fingerprint, MPEG-21);
· valorization of cultural heritage (modeling, restring, etc.);
· electronic consumer applications: piano keyboards with
symbolic
music representation and audiovisual capabilities, electronic lecterns,
i-TV;
· mobile applications for education and entertainment (cellular
phones, PDA, tablet PC, etc.).
In the current Internet and Multimedia age other applications are
strongly
attracting market attention and most of them will become soon widespread
in
short time. The integration of symbolic music representation in MPEG
could
completely satisfy users’ requirements for properly handling such issue
into tools, allowing to integrate into a single model the powerful one
of
MPEG for multimedia, representation, coding and playback.
The integration of symbolic music representation with MPEG or other
multimedia standards will open the way for a large number of new
applications and markets related to the above applications. This
initiative
may increase the current market for symbolic music representation, which
is
mainly dedicated to sheet music production. It may also open the path to
creating very interesting new applications, and to increase the power
and
flexibility of those applications that already use both multimedia and
symbolic music representation. MPEG has relevant standards in this area
such as MPEG-4 for the audio visual objects, MPEG-7 for the description
of
audio visual content for archives, and MPEG-21 for the Digital Rights
Management and distribution of digital audiovisual.
At present, there is a lack of an integrated Music
Notation/Representation
standard with multimedia. The aim of this workshop is to make a further
step towards a proper standardizing of a Music Notation/Representation
Model. The MUSICNETWORK has worked very hard to create the conditions
for a
Call for Proposals/Technologies within MPEG with the aim of exploiting
the
MPEG framework for integrating Music Notation/Representation in several
innovative applications. As a results an MPEG Ad Hoc Group on Symbolic
Music Representation has been created, a large set of requirements and
innovative applications have been identified and a call for technology
can
be launched. All this material can be recovered from:
·
To this end, the next Open Workshop of the MUSICNETWORK will be mainly
focused on the integration of MUSIC and MULTIMEDIA in an effective CROSS
MEDIA. Several different formats and media may share the same
information
and grant navigation, synchronization and stable relationships
establishment.
The 4th Open Workshop will be organized around the following sections.
For
each section we are open to receive proposals and contributions:
· Applications and Technical papers, chairs: Jerome Barthelemy
(IRCAM,
Submission of your proposal by 28th of May 2004
* To be sent at the corresponding chairs (see email addresses
above),
in MS-WORD or PDF formats
* To be also sent at
Jérôme Barthélemy
jerome.barthelemy@ircam.fr
01 44 78 15 53
Institut de Recherche et de Coordination Acoustique/Musique
Jason RosenIblatt and Adrianne Greenbaum of Shtreiml and FleytMuzik
Jason RosenIblatt and Adrianne Greenbaum of Shtreiml and FleytMuzik hope that y'all will come down to Satalla and spend a blast of an evening with us on May 23 at 7:00. Dancing to be sure, we promise! And CD's a-plenty....
Located at:
37 West 26th St.
(6th/Broadway)
212.576.1155
Parking is fairly easy for the patient, and not so difficult for the not-so-patient...
Visit www.satalla.com for further info. Only $12 cover for the entire evening! (+ a minimal food/drink cover as well...)
Two Internationally known super-groups of klezmer: FleytMuzik and
Shreiml! Both on the same night! A rare opportunity to hear both
traditional and new klez at its very best!
The incredible flutist, Adrianne Greenbaum on vintage instruments, with monster tsimblist
Pete Rushefsky, phenomenal fiddler, Lisa Gutkin and multi-talented bassist Paul
Morrissett, begin the double bill with "FleytMuzik", the freshest, traditional
klezmer currently rocking both the flute and klezmer scene! "Adrianne's flute playing
is inspired. It rocks.This is the sort of playing that makes clear how much of a
difference amazing musicianship makes." FleytMuzik is fresh, marvelously joyous
and soulful at once - it's everything the best klezmer music, and the best music per se,
should be; music that not only the ears listen to but the heart as well, and music that
delights both." http://www.klezmerflute.com
While firmly in touch with the roots of Klezmer music, Shtreiml
performs an electric mix of the centuries old genre. The group
features, Jason Rosenblatt on diatonic harmonica, the inimitable Josh
Dolgin (aka SoCalled) on accordion, Philly's queen of the slide
trombone, Rachel Lemisch, and batteur extraordianire Thierry
Arsenault. Shtreiml showcases Jason Rosenblatt's unique ability to
play chromatically on the 10-hole diatonic harmonica or "blues harp."
Rosenblatt, a Howard Levy protege, bends, twists and coaxes all manner
of Jewish-inflected sounds from the instrument most often associated
with the blues. http://www.shtreiml.com
Maxwell Street Klezmer Band Free Summer Concerts
Starting in June, and going through August:
Sun., June 13, 45 min. between 11:30-1:30, TBA
Greater Chicago Jewish Folk Arts Festival
Saint Paul Woods, s. of Dempster at Lehigh, Morton Grove
Thurs., June 17, 6:00-6:45 PM, Children's Concert
Chicago Children's Museum, Navy Pier - 700 E. Grand Avenue
Friday, June 18, 1:00-1:45 PM, Children's Concert, Chicago Children's Museum
Navy Pier - 700 E. Grand Avenue
Thurs., June 24, 7:30 PM, Concert and Dinner Dance
Zhivago Restaurant, 9925 Gross Point Rd., Skokie, IL (847) 982-1400
$16 PP minimum order, no cover charge, reservations recommended
And still more venues in later summer:
Sun., July 4: Two parades on Independence Day:
10:00 AM Highland Park
2:00 PM Evanston
Sun., July 18, 3:00-4:00 PM, Evanston Ethnic Arts Festival
Dawes Park, Sheridan Rd. at Church Street, Evanston
Wed., July 28, 7:30-9:00 PM, Village of River Grove Summer Concert
Gazebo at River Front Park, 8600 W. Grand
Thurs., Aug. 5, 7:00-9:00 PM, Summer Concert, Village of Hoffman Estates,
Prairie Stone, 59 and 1-90
Sun., Aug. 29, 6:00-7:30 PM, Lincolnwood Summer Concert Series, Proesel Park,
Lincoln and Kostner Avenues
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
Golden Age of Chazzanut new CD set
2 CDs set of Rare Cantorials on sale through the month of May for $17.98 . through Hatikvah music http://www.hatikvahmusic.com This 2 CD set features some of the greatest cantors from the Golden Age of Chazunot. Most of these cantors have been available on CD only on compilations, and many have NEVER been available on an any CD until now. This 2 CD set consisting of approximately an hour and a half features the following Cantors: Kapov-Kagan, Alter Yehiel Karniol, David Roitman, Shlomo Rothstein, Moshe Surkis, Zvee Aroni, Herman Borenstein, Shlomo Pinkasovitz, Leon Cortilli, Alexander Sirota, Leib Glantz, Berele Chagy, and Shlomo Kupfer.AFRO-SEMITIC EXPERIENCE
UPCOMING DATES:
Wednesday, May 19, the AFRO-SEMITIC EXPERIENCE 8:00 p.m. at the Greater New Haven Jewish Community Center, 360 Amity Road, Woodbridge, Connecticut, for more information call Shelley Gans 203-387-2522 x206.
more....
Monday, June 7, the AFRO-SEMITIC EXPERIENCE 8:30 p.m. at the Buttonwood Tree with Will Bartlett on reeds and percussion, Warren Byrd on piano, Alvin Carter, Jr., on drums, Mixashawn.com on tenor saxophone, Stacy Phillips on dobro and violin and Baba David Coleman on African drums and percussion. The Buttonwood Tree is located at 605 Main Street in Middletown and the phone number is (860) 347-4957.
Saturday, June 13 the AFRO-SEMITIC EXPERIENCE Cantor's Concert, Congregation Mishkan Israel with special guests Cantor Jack Mendelson and Cantor Shoshana Lash. A special fundraising concert for the synagogue where the Afro-Semitic Experience gave its first performance seven years ago. 785 Ridge Road, Hamden, Connecticut, for more information and tickets 203-288-3877.
Saturday, June 19, the AFRO-SEMITIC EXPERIENCE, 9:00 p.m. (time approximate after sundown), Temple Beth-El, 118 Grand Avenue, Poughkeepsie, New York, for more information please call: 845-454-0570.
Film: DIVAN
Pearl Gluck's film with music by Frank London will be
shown again at the Museum of Fine Arts on Thursday, June 24, 8pm & Sunday,
June 27, 2pm. Worth seeing (and the music is good!).
From Jewish Film Festival's press release:
DIVAN
Pearl Gluck
USA/Hungary, 2003
77 min., Video
English/Yiddish/Hungarian w/subtitles
Director Pearl Gluck takes a renegade approach to healing a personal breach
with her father. Raised in a Hassidic Jewish community in Brooklyn, she
travels to her family's homeland, Hungary. She searches for a
turn-of-the-century family heirloom, a couch upon which revered rebbes once
slept. Bringing back this couch, or divan, she hopes, will compensate her
father for the fact that she did not get married and return to the Hassidic
world. En route to the ancestral divan, Pearl encounters a colorful cast of
characters. A chorus of Pearl's friends, all former Orthodox Jews actively
reclaiming Jewish culture, frame the tale. Divan is a marvelous visual
parable in which reupholstering a couch stands as a means of reclaiming
family heritage.
First CD by SUKKE
World Music Network in London will release the first CD by SUKKE, a European
klezmer band, on June 28, 2004, worldwide. SUKKE is:
Merlin Shepherd (England) clarinet, mandola and backing-vocals
Sanne Moericke (Netherlands) accordion and backing-vocals
Heiko Lehmann (Germany) upright bass, guitar and vocals
The CD contains traditional and new original instrumental repertoire as well
as new original songs with Yiddish and English lyrics by Toronto-based
avantgardist Michael Wex. For more details please visit www.sukke.de
Vienna: The City of Jews & Music
The Leo Baeck Institute presents: The Cantors Concert
Sunday, June 13, 2004
3:00 PM
Featuring
Cantor Erik L. F. Contzius (Temple Israel of New Rochelle, NY)
Cantor Rebecca Garfein (Temple Rodeph Sholom, NYC)
Dr. Bruce Ruben (Temple Shaaray Tefila, NYC)
at Leo Back Institute
Auditorium, Center for Jewish History
15 West 16th St.
New York, NY
A concert of the music of Vienna and Germany:
Sulzer, Lewandowski, Kirschner, and Kellerman.
for Tickets: CJH Box Office: 917-606-8200
Admission: $10 LBI Members, $15 Non-Members
Cantor Erik L. F. Contzius
Temple Israel of New Rochelle
http://tinr.org/
http://rozhinke.org/
CONCERTS OF THE JEWISH PEOPLES PHILHARMONIC CHORUS (JPPC)
DATE: Wednesday, May 19, 2004, 8:00 PM
PLACE: Highland Park Conservative Temple And Center,
South 3rd and Benner Streets, Highland Park, New Jersey 08904
final event in EXPO '04 - The Jewish Immigrant, Hope and Fulfillment,
1880 -1929
PERFORMANCE LENGTH: 1 hour
INFO: 732-545-6482 (Temple office); www.hpctc.net
more concerts....
DATE: Sunday, May 23, 2004, 1:30 PM Jewish time
PLACE: Sholem Aleichem Cultural Center
3301 Bainbridge Avenue (corner 208 St), Bronx, New York 10467
EVENT: WORLD PREMIERE, FROM KINEHORA TO KUNI-AYLAND
in honor of 350 years of Jewish life in North America (1654-2004) -
A musical revue of songs about the Jewish experience in America,
including hilarious songs from Second Avenue and the Yiddish vaudeville,
written by Leo Fuchs, Aaron Lebedeff, Menashe Skulnik and others,
as well as some relevant songs I composed for off-Broadway.
PERFORMANCE LENGTH: 1 hour
ADMISSION: $3.50; Students and Members: Free
INFO: 718-881-6555; BSchaechter@nyc.rr.com
DATE: Sunday, June 6, 2004, 2:00 PM
PLACE: Hebrew Union College, 1 West 4 St. (West of Broadway),
New York, New York 10012
EVENT: 81ST ANNUAL SPRING CONCERT OF THE JEWISH PEOPLES PHILHARMONIC CHORUS
The concert includes the musical adaptation of the classic Chasidic tale by
I.L. Peretz
OYB NIT NOKH HEKHER
With libretto by Itche Goldberg and music by Maurice Rauch
in honor of Goldberg's 100th birthday (born 1904)
and commemorating 10 years since Rauch's passing (1994).
The concert also includes selections celebrating 350 years
of a Jewish presence in North America (1654-2004),
including hits from the Second Avenue Yiddish theatre
The bill also features THE PRIPETSHIK SINGERS performing a few numbers.
PERFORMANCE LENGTH: Full concert with intermission
ADMISSION: $12 for adults, $7 for seniors, students and children
INFO: 646-602-2007 Jo Abrams; JPPC@nyc.rr.com
"Celebrating Jewish Music Series"
May 17th - Monday, 7:30 pm
La Jolla, CA
San Diego Center for Jewish Culture
David & Dorothea Garfield Theatre
For Tickets (858) 362-1348
www.lfjcc.org/musicseries.shtml#divahn
more....
June 6th -Sunday, 5:30 pm
Brentwood, CA
Wadsworth Theatre
Theodore Bikel: The First 80 Years
An evening of song, dance and spirit in his honor
Featuring Divahn and
legendary performers including:
Peter Yarrow - Leonard Nimoy
The Klezmatics - Mike Burstyn
Larry Miller - Ed Asner
Billy Jonas - Mare Winningham
Ornili Azulay - Pastor Andrae' Crouch
All proceeds benefit
www.divahn.com
May 13, 2004
Chava Alberstein at 92nd Street Y
May 19 at 8:00pm is the Chava Alberstein concert featuring music fro her new CD "End of the Holiday", which is her 54th recording. It is a collection of musical sketches reflecting life in modern Tel Aviv. For more info go to www.92Y.org The Y announces that ...
"Two days before the concert at the 92nd Street Y, Alberstein is scheduled to receive a lifetime achievement award from the YIVO Institute for Jewish Research in New York. Yediot Aharonot, Israel's largest daily, named Alberstin the most important female musician in Israel's history. She is a six-time winner of the Kinor David prize, Israel's Grammy Award. She also has established herself as a world-music performer whose influences range from Pete Seeger and Jacques Brel to the music of Greece, North Africa, the Middle East and South America."
KOL B'SEDER 30TH ANNIVERSARY CONCERT
On Sunday May 23 at 7:00 p.m. Temple Sinai of Sharon, MA is "KOL B'SEDER and FRIENDS", an evening of
unforgettable music featuring the duo "Shirav" (Rabbis David Paskin and
Menachem Creditor), Rabbi David Wolfman, Cantor Judith Seplowin, "The
Freilech Band" (oy, can they rock!) from Temple Isaiah of Lexington,
MA, with special guest Doug Cotler. Sharon is 10 minutes from I-95,
just a half hour south of Boston, and an easy drive from much of New
England. General admission tickets are $18 at the door ($15 in advance
if you call 781 784-6081). Reserved seating is available. All
proceeds will benefit Temple Sinai and the American Conference of
Cantors.
Full information is at web site:
www.temple-sinai.com
Alexandria Kleztet Summer Concert Season
Saturday, May 15, The Alexandria Kleztet will be playing for the first ever Bethesda Fine Arts Festival at the main stage, located at the corner of Norfolk and Cordell Avenues right in downtown Bethesda, MD, from 4:30 pm until 6 pm. It's free, and in addition to boppin' to the beat, you can check out the wares of over 120 local artists! For more information, go the following website: http://www.bethesda.org/arts/artsfestival.htm
May 11, 2004
Meira Warshauer’s “We Are Dreamers”
Music by Meira Warshauer Featured in South Carolina Symphonic Chorale Concert on May 16 Meira Warshauer’s “We Are Dreamers” will be featured in a special concert, “Home Sweet Carolina”, presented by the South Carolina Symphonic Chorale, Timothy Koch, Music Director and Conductor, on Sunday, May 16, 2004, 3 PM at Washington Street Methodist Church, 1401 Washington Street, Columbia South Carolina. Tickets for the May 16 concert are $10, $8(seniors) and $6(children). For reservations and more concert information, please call the CCS at (803) 933-9060.This concert will present sacred and secular choral music of four of the Carolina’s finest composers, including Dan Locklair of Winston-Salem, N.C., Ms. Warshauer of Columbia, S.C., Trevor Weston of Charleston, S.C. and Larry Shackley of Columbia. The South Carolina Symphonic Chorale, formerly the Columbia Choral Society, is a nonprofit organization that performs a variety of concert material, from Broadway Favorites to the Brahms Requiem and their "Messiah" sing-a-long. Learn more about them at their website - http://www.geocities.com/columbiachoral/. Meira Warshauer’s “We Are Dreamers”, for SATB chorus, clarinet, percussion and piano, was commissioned in honor of the 50th anniversary of the state of Israel. The text is Psalm 126, whose theme is the return of exiles to Zion. This psalm, sung after festive meals on Sabbath and holidays, has sustained generations of Jews in exile. The work was commissioned by a consortium of Jewish choral ensembles led by Zamir Chorale of Boston, along with the Rottenberg Chorale of New York; Gratz College Choir of Pennsylvania; Zemer Chai of Washington, DC; and Kol Dodi of New Jersey. The melodies, from Yemen, Morocco, and Greece/Salonika were found at the National Sound Archives of the Jewish National and University Library, Jerusalem, Israel. Ms. Warshauer’s compositions have been performed and recorded to critical acclaim throughout the United States and in Israel, Europe, and Asia. A graduate of Harvard, New England Conservatory of Music, and the University of South Carolina, Dr. Warshauer studied composition with Mario Davidovsky, Jacob Druckman, William Thomas McKinley, and Gordon Goodwin. She has received numerous awards from ASCAP as well as the America Music Center, Meet the Composer, and the South Carolina Arts Commission. In 2000, she received the first Art and Cultural Achievement Award from the Jewish Historical Society of S. Carolina. Ms. Warshauer is an Associate Music Faculty member at Columbia College, Columbia, South Carolina. Her CDs include the soundtrack to the documentary “Land of Promise: The Jews of South Carolina” and "Spirals of Light", chamber music and poetry (by Ani Tuzman) on themes of enlightenment, on the Kol Meira label and "Revelation" for orchestra, included on the MMC CD “Robert Black Conducts”. Her music is published by Oxford University Press, MMB Music and Transcontinental. Her latest Bracha Newsletter is online at http://www.jamesarts.com/releases/march04/MW_nws_030904.htm. You can find much more about her at - http://home.sc.rr.com/meirawarshauer/ For more information about Meira Warshauer, please contact Jeffrey James Arts Consulting at 516-797-9166 or jamesarts@worldnet.att.net.
May 07, 2004
Yoel Ben-Simhon and The Sultana Ensemble CD
Thursday May 13th @ 8PM
Satalla on 37 West 26th Street (b/t 6th Ave. & B'way)
$12 at the door (no minimum cover)
Yoel Ben-Simhon and The Sultana Ensemble CD Release Party !!! A night full of music and dance!!! Yoel's music is greatly inspired by childhood memories from the Moroccan Synagogue in Israel and incorporates some traditional hymns. He sings in Hebrew and Arabic.
Creating an innovative and rich sound that interweaves East and West into a fascinating musical experience; combining the many strands of Mediterranean music with new world Jazz, flamenco and other exciting sounds and rhythms, they bring to the stage a powerful performance. Featuring: Yoel Ben-Simhon, Jay Rodriguez, Leane Darling, Hicham Chami, Yossi Fine, Tomer Tzur and Ramzi Eldlibi. And special guests: Smadar Levi, Shai Bachar, George Mordechai, Carlos Revollar, Gisele Revollar and Dorit Konig.
SULTANA MUSIC
www.sultanamusic.com
yoel@sultanamusic.com
Tel. 917-952-2544
May 06, 2004
I-TAL-YAH: SONGS FROM THE 'ISLAND OF THE DIVINE DEW'
The American Sephardi Federation with Sephardic House invites you to for I-TAL-YAH: SONGS FROM THE 'ISLAND OF THE DIVINE DEW' , AN ITALIAN JEWISH MUSICAL JOURNEY
Curated by Francesco Spagnolo and Directed by Leon Hyman
Saturday, May 15, 2004, at 9:30 PM
Congregation Shearith Israel
70th Street and Central Park West
A concert of Italian Jewish musical pieces from the 17th, 18th, 19th and 20th centuries, inspired by Baroque, operatic, choral and folk musical styles, and representing the richness of Italian Jewish cultural identity throughout the centuries.
For reservations, please call the American Sephardi Federation at
212-294-8350
Light Italian dessert specialties will be served after the concert.
More info...
The program will include baroque pieces by Salomone Rossi, a Portuguese repertoire of Italian origins, and several holiday songs in Italian- Judeo dialects from different regions.
Leon Hyman is a noted conductor whose career has encompassed the areas of orchestra, ballet, chorus, opera and theater. He has conducted operas in New York and Dallas, the Tokyo production of West Side Story (directed by
Jerome Robbins) and other musicals. He has extensive experience conducting both large and small choral ensembles including 25 years as director of the Montclair State University Chorus. In New York, Mr. Hyman has been Choirmaster at Congregation Shearith Israel since 1955. He co-founded the New Philharmonic of New Jersey where he currently serves as music director and conductor.
Participation: $35 per person
Neil Sedaka interview in Hadassah Magazine
Hadassah Magazine has an article about Neil Sedaka and his new Yiddish album and his upcoming concert at Carnegie Hall with the Klezmatics. http://www.hadassah.org/pageframe.asp?section=news&page=per.html&header=per&size=50 If you can't read this online, it's in available in the May, 2004 issue of Hadassah Magazine.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. Much of the music
on this CD is recorded for the first time. The instruments used on this
recording are largely 19th Century versions of the violin, viola, 3
stringed bass, basy (3 stringed polish folk cello), bayan (early
chromatic button accordion), tsimbl (Jewish hammered dulcimer) and
baraban (Jewish bass drum). Website: www.goldenhorn.com more about Veretski Pass...
There is a stunning suite of Crimean Tatar music which is both haunting
and virtuosic. The Crimean Tatars are considered one of the three
indigenous peoples of the Crimean Peninsula. Hoping to strip the Crimean
Tatars of their ethnicity, Stalin eliminated close to half of their
population and decimated their cultural institutions. The Tatars
therefore viewed the German occupation of Crimea as their last hope of
survival. The Nazis in turn saw this as a unique opportunity to turn
other Russian minorities against Stalin, so they declared the Tatars a
people and recorded their folk music on 78 r.p.m discs. These recordings
were made available to Verestki Pass by Prof. Martin Schwartz (from the
collection of Dr. Zev Feldman) and reappear here for the first time in a
new interpretation.
There is also a rare Karaite song, followed by improvisations and a
pyrotechnic fiddle song performed on a scordatura violin. The Karaite
Jews accept only the written word of the Old Testament and reject the
rabbinical Oral Commentaries. As a people, they have also been brutally
subjugated by their neighbors and spurned by the Jewish Community at
large. Their music has been kept close to their culture.
There are also original compositions, a suite with a bass and viola duet,
traditional Jewish and Ukrainian dance tunes all accompanied by booklet
with rich photographs and finely wrought essays by each of the members of
the trio, making this album a treasure trove of sound and word. This is
truly a creative and powerful use of a small group of players who make
music reminiscent of raucous and confident village musicians, nothing
short of a redefinition of the genre we now call klezmer.
GOLDEN HORN RECORDS is a World Music and Jazz label established in 1995
and based in California.
For more information on Veretski Pass, please contact GOLDEN HORN RECORDS.
Golden Horn Records
P.O. Box 5776, Walnut Creek, CA 94596
1-925-930-7184, Fax: 1-925-938-8447
E-mail: info@goldenhorn.com
Website: www.goldenhorn.com
RecKlez for Lag Ba'Omer in Cambridge
RecKlez, the Harvard Klezmer Band, will be performing THIS Sunday, May 9 (Lag b'Omer) at Harvard Hillel (52 Mt. Auburn St in Cambridge, Massachusetts.)
The afternoon of Jewish music featuring Harvard's Jewish a cappella group, Mizmor Shir, and RecKlez: Harvard Klezmer Band, begins at 4:00 PM. Come listen to a rich variety of modern and traditional melodies and stay for dancing. The Klezmer part of the concert will probably begin at 4:45.
Free Admission.
Lag Ba'Omer Music Online
The Jewish National and University Library (JNUL) is pleased to offer
access to a new sample of digitized music from its National Sound
Archives. The Lag Ba'omer selection includes versions of Bar Yohai
piyyutim and other songs from various Jewish communities as well as
Klezmer melodies for the pilgrimage to Miron.
The recordings can be accessed at:
http://jnul.huji.ac.il/dl/music/lagbaomer
Chava Alberstein at 92nd Street Y in NY
Date & Time: Wed, May 19, 2004, 8:00pm
Location: 92nd Street at Lexington Avenue Directions
Venue: Kaufmann Concert Hall Seating Chart
Price: $45.00 Orchestra / $45.00 Balcony
"It’s no exaggeration to say Chava Alberstein is Israel’s greatest singer. Her smoldering blend of folk and pop music have dominated the Israeli music scene for over 30 years. She has recorded more than 50 albums and has appeared on stage, screen and television. Her songs reflect the very essence of Israeli life, but also touch the hearts and souls of audiences from every corner of the world."
TORONTO JEWISH FOLK CHOIR’S 78TH SPRING CONCERT
Choir with BEYOND THE PALE, SUNDAY, MAY 16
The Toronto Jewish Folk Choir adds the infectious klezmer sounds of Beyond the Pale to its 78th annual spring concert Sunday, May 16, 3 p.m. at Lawrence Park Collegiate, Lawrence Ave. W., two blocks east of Avenue Road (limited free parking at the school).
Tickets, $22 ($18 seniors and students; children under 12 free; group rates on request), are available at the door, or in advance from Jewish bookstores, or by calling 416-489-7681. More information is at http://www.winchevskycentre.org/choir.html and...
Now in his second year as conductor, Alexander Veprinsky directs the Choir, soloists and Beyond the Pale in an afternoon of memorable melody. Soloists are soprano Miriam Eskin, tenor Mark Fox and bass Herman Rombouts. Pianist is Lina Zemelman.
Highlight is the choral ballade Benyomin der driter (Benjamin the Third) by Max Helfman (1901-63), a musical adaptation of the classic novel by the “Grandfather of Yiddish Literature,” Mendele Moikher Sforim. Maestro Veprinsky has created an original orchestration for the musicians. TV personality Larry Solway will knit the sections together with narration in both English and Yiddish - his first venture into Yiddish narration.
Also on the program is an eclectic mix of songs on Jewish themes, in Yiddish, Hebrew, Judeo-Spanish, Russian and English.
The concert is dedicated to the memory of three people associated with the choir, who died in February 2004 – Canada’s music man Nicholas Goldschmidt, who showcased the Choir in three music festivals in recent years; long-time Toronto Symphony Orchestra cellist Robert Spergel, who arranged a spiritual the Choir performed in 2003; and Bella Shek, who was an ardent singer and executive member from her arrival in Canada in 1934 until into her 90s, and who died just short of her 103rd birthday.
Conductor Alexander Veprinsky graduated from the Mykola Lysenko Lviv State Conservatory in Ukraine in operatic and symphonic conducting. He is also a gifted pianist and arranger. Arriving in Canada in 1993, he became assistant conductor, and in 1995 musical director, of Toronto’s Shevchenko Ensemble and the driving force behind its School of Performing Arts, founded in 1996. He joined the Folk Choir in 2002.
The TJFC gratefully acknowledges the support of the Toronto Arts Council, the Ben and Hilda Katz Foundation, the Miransky Fund of the Jewish Federation of Greater Toronto, and Brina Harris
May 02, 2004
Kabala by Matthew Fields
Turning elements from "Chad Gadya" interleaved with Rosh Hashanah themes in a trombone brass quartet canonic segment is only one of the many interesting twists of the compositions of Matthew H. Fields recording Kabala. Fields has several 'classical' music pieces all with extremely unusual uses of Jewish thematic content. The above description comes from "Call of the Shofar" (1992) which is set for tenor trombones, and bass trombone. And I'll bet you've never heard a carillon performing the Sh'ma as the base tune (cantus firmus) of a toccata. "A carillon is a frame of beams and girder to which 23 or more bells are bolted" ...so it's something like playing a xylophone and organ at the same time, only bells ringing...of course that's not the end... Then there's Kabala (1993) which is an intriguing composition for clarinet, viola and piano, and a mood piece I liked a lot for it's mystery and lyrical qualities. This is all available on MMC 2087 Recording http://www.mmcrecordings.com/detail.asp?id=87. To learn more about Matthew Field, visit the composer's website: http://www-personal.umich.edu/~fields/complist.html This is all pretty good music and especially for those who are fans of new compositions that's not too dissonant or pointillistic, but has strong interest, with an eye on beauty of sound, you will defintiely enjoy this composer's music.Hodu Lashem by Devora Gila
Devora Gila
Israeli. Singer/Songwriter. Devora Gila, a frum vocalist, whose recordings are marked for "women only", has one of the hippest religious recordings around, Hodu Lashem (2003). Devora has a wonderful, sweet voice. Her co-producer, Naor Carmi also worked on the arrangements which utilize not only contemporary settings, but a variety of styles from Israel-- from modern, to Arab, to classical guitar and Spanish influenced, to contemporary-easy. Particularly nice is the original song "Beloved", based on Song of Songs. Devora's CD is accessible music for anyone and is available at CD Baby http://www.cdbaby.com/devoragila. She can be contacted at hodulashem@yahoo.com
May 01, 2004
Sefirah Concert
Cantor's World is sponsoring the Sefirah Concert, Sunday, May 2, 2004 on Manhattan's Lower East Side, 7:30pm at the Bialystoker Synagogue, 7-11 Willet Street, Lower East Side, Manhattan, NY. $25 general admission. Pinchas Cohen, Yaakov Motzen, Moshe Shulhoff, Moshe Stern, Matthew Lazar and Choir. For more information see http://www.cantorsworld.comAt the Sefirah Concert, it's all coming back together in one night of special performances-- a selection of traditional evening litrugy with an accent on the Sefirah, the 49-day period between Passover and shavuot, sung by today's foremost cantors.
Gili Sharett at Carnegie Hall
Israeli born bassoonist Gili Sharett will be performing a recital at Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall, 57th Street & 7th Avenue in NYC, on Sunday, May 9, 2004, at 5:30 pm. The program will be featuring three premieres, Sonata by the Israeli composer Yehezkel Braun, winner of the Israel prize, another premiers by the young Israeli composer and pianist Noam Sivan, who recently had the Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra play his symphony and a Lullaby by the Jewish American composer, Sheila Silver. Tickets are $20 each'Mit der kale tantsn'
Khupe's first CD, a live recording from 1999, is available in the US. It's called 'Mit der kale tantsn'. Available through CD Baby. http://www.cdbaby.com/khupe2FROM KINEHORA TO KUNI-AYLAND
SUNDAY, MAY 23rd, 2004, 1:30 PM
SHOLEM ALEICHEM CULTURAL CENTER
3301 Bainbridge Avenue, corner 208th Street, Bronx, NY, 10467
WORLD PREMIERE of
FROM KINEHORA TO KUNI-AYLAND
in honor of 350 years of Jewish life in North America (1654-2004)
conceived and performed by
BINYUMEN SCHAECHTER
A musical revue of songs about the Jewish experience in America,
including hilarious songs from Second Avenue and the Yiddish vaudeville,
written by Leo Fuchs, Aaron Lebedeff, Menashe Skulnik and others,
as well as some Schaechter songs composed for and performed off-Broadway
SONGS ARE IN YIDDISH, ENGLISH and YINGLISH
GENERAL ADMISSION: $3.50 for adults; free for children, students and
members
Refreshments will be served.
By train: 1) "D" to 205 St, Bronx; escalator to 206 St. exit; walk up Bainbridge Ave. 3 blocks. 2) "4" to Mosholu Pkwy; walk north on Jerome Avenue 1 block to 210 St, east to Bainbridge Ave, right 1 block. By car: Bronx River Parkway to Gun Hill Road exit. Go west 1/2 mile up Gun Hill Rd. to Bainbridge Ave. (Montefiore Hospital will be on the left). Make a left onto Bainbridge for two blocks. The Sholem Aleichem Center will be on the right. INFORMATION: call (718) 881-6555; e-mail BSchaechter@nyc.rr.com
KHEVRE live @ Zeitgeist Gallery
KHEVRE live @ zeitgeist gallery, Cambridge, MA
Thursday, May 6th
10pm, $5
www.zeitgeist-gallery.org*
KHEVRE:
michael winograd- reeds
dana sandler- vocals
eylem basaldi- violin
carmen staaf- piano/accordion
jorge roeder- bass
richie barshay- drums
Khevre invites you all to KHEVRE's show Thursday, May 6 at the Zeitgeist Gallery in Cambridge, MA. The last show there was such a success they will be playing new material, including even more 20th century Yiddish poetry set to music. They will also be performing music from the upcoming record.
Matisyahu Lag Ba'Omer Boat Cruise
Matisyahu Lag Ba'Omer Boat CruiseSat, 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!
Tickets are going quick for Matisyahu on a BOAT! and we are very much expecting it to sell out, so please get your tickets soon at www.rocksoff.com. ...and please spread the word to your friends up north Matisyahu in CANADIA! Sun, May 9th, 2004: Lagstock Pierre-Elliott Trudeau Park Montreal, Canada 5PM, FREE ...mark your calendars now for Thursday night July 1st - the biggest NY event JDUB has ever put together, with the help of some good friends of course: The Unity Sessions at Celebrate Brooklyn - Prospect Park Bandshell, Brooklyn featuring internationally renown Israeli, Jewish, Arab, and Muslim hip hop and middle eastern musicians for a night of cross cultural musical dialogue you don't want to miss. FREE. Presented with Aliza Rabinoff, Brooklyn Jews, & Storahtelling, with a shout out to Awake Zion and Chosen Couture. For sponsorship opportunities, please email jacob@jdubrecords.org Peace out. JDUB Records * 7 East 10th Street, 4th Floor * New York, NY 10003 * www.jdubrecords.org *info@jdubrecords.org
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!
Take Mass Pike to Exit 9, Sturbridge. Take first exit after tollbooth. Make a left at the first light, Route 131 East to Southbridge. Go four miles on Rt. 131 to Main Street, Southbridge. The library is on the Main Street in the center of town, immediately after the brick [lehavdil] Baptist Church. Turn left onto Foster Street to the parking lot behind the library.
or take the Auburn exit (Exit 10) off the Mass Pike to Route 20 West and then Route 169 south to Southbridge. Follow Route 169 six miles. After the Southbridge Police Station (on your right), go past the green, turn right at the rotary to Main Street, Southbridge. The Library is on Main Street at the corner of Foster Street to the parking lot behind the library.
Dena Ressler
di bostoner klezmer
P.O. Box 400331
Cambridge, MA 02140
phone and fax: 781-643-1957
email: klezmer@yiddishmusic.com
website: www.yiddishmusic.com
The Chassidic Jazz Project
The Chassidic Jazz Project will be having their season finale. Performance features Carlos Averhoff, Tom Lippincott, Debbie Spring, Barbara Corcillo, Dave Wertman and Reuben Hoch.Sunday May 2, 2004, 2-4pm
Live at Greynolds Park
Mosaic Music Series
17530 W. Dixie Hwy.
North Miami Beach
305 480-1717/ 305 755-5455
Admission is Free
www.chassidicjazz.com
Come celebrate Lag B'Omer with Sruli and Lisa!
Lag B'Omer" Concert and Dance Party with Sruli and Lisa's Klezssidic Jam Band! Sunday, May 9. 7pm. NY. at
Satalla
37 West 26th St.
(6th/Broadway)
212.576.1155
Admission $12
Join Sruli and Lisa and friends for a Lag B'Omer Hulya-- with some of the most exciting Klezmer and Hassidic melodies ever heard! Multi-instrumentalists and vocalists Sruli and Lisa play the clarinet, violin, accordion, bass recorder, cello and drum, and perform and teach Klezmer and Hasidic music and dance all over the world.
"Superb musicians!" --The Los Angeles Times
Lag B'Omer in Ithaca, NY
Ithaca: On Saturday, May 8th, promptly at 10 pm (after Shabbat), the Carriage House Café will present an evening of Jewish instrumental Klezmer music and Hasidic song as a part of the 'Crossing Borders' multi-cultural radio concert series, soon to be aired regularly on WVBR. Featured artists include Joel Rubin (clarinet, musical direction), Pete Rushefsky (tsimbl -- Eastern European Jewish hammered dulcimer), Rabbi Eli Silberstein (song and story) and The Cornell Klezmer Ensemble. The concert will be in honor of the Jewish festival of Lag Ba'Omer, which begins at sundown on that day. Lag Ba'Omer marks the 33rd day of the seven-week partial mourning period between the holidays of Pesach (Passover) and Shavuot, and is only day during this period where weddings, dancing and public performances of music are allowed to take place according to traditional Judaism.
Joel Rubin is currently a Mellon Humanities Post-Doctoral Fellow in the
Music Department at Cornell University. For over two decades he has been one
of the leading figures in the klezmer movement as performer, scholar, author
and educator. Rubin directs the internationally acclaimed Joel Rubin Jewish
Music Ensemble, and was a founder of Brave Old World. He has documented the
music of traditional musicians such as the Epstein Brothers, recipients of
the prestigious National Heritage Fellowship from the NEA in 1998, and Moshe
Berlin, Israel's most prominent klezmer clarinetist, performing together
with them. Rubin studied with Richard Stoltzman and Kalmen Opperman and
holds a Ph.D. in ethnomusicology from City University (London).
Rubin is joined by Pete Rushefsky of Syracuse and Rabbi Eli Silberstein of
Ithaca in a performance of Eastern European klezmer music and hasidic
nigunim. Rushefsky is a leading revivalist of the tsimbl. Rabbi Silberstein
has played an integral role in Ithaca's spiritual life for over two decades,
and is an acknowledged expert on hasidic nigunim. Also featured on the
program will be the newly formed Cornell Klezmer Ensemble under Rubin's
direction. The ensemble, made up of Cornell students, staff and faculty,
Ithaca College students, and other members of the Ithaca community, will be
performing music representing the New York and Philadelphia klezmer
traditions, drawing on repertoire as it was performed there during the 1910s
and 1920s.
The performance begins promptly at 10 PM (after sunset) and will be recorded
for a future broadcast of "Crossing Borders", a multi-cultural concert
series that will begin airing weekly in June on 93.5FM, WVBR. The series
will take place at the newly renovated Carriage House Café and will
eventually be broadcast live. Denice Karamardian is the host of the series.
Radio personality Aron Gutman will co-host for the Klezmer presentation.
The Carriage House Café will officially open for business in September of
2004. The mission of the Café is to promote multi-cultural exchange and
awareness by providing hospitality and entertainment to the local and
international community through cultural presentation of arts, music,
cuisine and educational programming (often in collaboration with various
community, corporate and university partners). The Carriage House Café is
located at 304 Stewart Avenue, Ithaca.
Contact: Denice Karamardian, (607) 275-0021
"On the Paths:
The new CD by Rebecca Kaplan and Pete Rushefsky, "On the Paths: Yiddish songs with Tsimbl", will be featured on the musical presentation this week on the Yiddish Forward radio hour, WMCA 570 AM, Sat. nite 9:00 PM, May 1. you can download it a couple of days later at 1050WEVD.com , click "click programs"."Music of our Heritage - from Classics to Klezmer"
Kerem Shalom in Concord, MA will be featuring their annual concert "Music of our Heritage - from Classics to Klezmer" Sunday, May 2 , at 7:30 P.M. Featured will be Rosalie Gerut along with Hankus Netsky, Ilene Stahl and Andy Blickenderfer. Congregation Kerem Shalom, 659 Elm Street, Concord, MA. Tickets for the event are $15 ($10 for children under 13) and are available only at the door. More detailed directions can be found at: http://www.keremshalom.org/direction.htm
"Music of our heritage", Concord, MA, May 2 Four of greater Boston’s best-known Klezmer musicians — Rosalie Gerut, Hankus Netsky, Ilene Stahl, and Andrew Blickenderfer — will come together for a concert titled “Music of Our Heritage: From Classics to Klez” on Sunday, May 2 at 7:30 pm. The concert is being sponsored by and is being held at Congregation Kerem Shalom, which is located at 659 Elm Street in Concord, near the Concord rotary on Route 2.
Casco Bay Tummlers in Cambridge
If you're in the Boston area and looking for a fun Jewish dance/music event this Sunday afternoon, come check out the Casco Bay Tummlers, Maine's
premier klezmer band, at the All Asia Cafe in Central Square, Cambridge.
they'll be doing a lively combination of klezmer standards, original
compositions, and Balkan and Israeli dance tunes.
All Asia Cafe
334 Mass Ave, Cambridge
2:00 - 4:30
$5 (suggested)
For more info: (617) 497-1544 (cafe)
Web site: www.cascobaytummlers.com
Listen to us at: http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/cbtummlers
CANTORS: A FAITH IN SONG.
TV Matters has a new production recorded live in Amsterdam's historic, 17th Century, Portuguese Synagogue. The concert features three of the world's greatest cantors in a program of inspiring Jewish secular and religious song. Performing with a 46 piece orchestra and 16 voice choir are Alberto Mizrahi of the renowned Anshe Emet Synagogue, Chicago, Naftali Herstik of Great Synagogue Jerusalem and Benzion Miller of Young Israel Beth-El of Borough Park, New York. To purchase the CD or DVD of CANTORS: A FAITH IN SONG on CD or DVD or to find out more about up-coming tours, please visit the cantors at http://www.thecantors.comJewish Music Commission of Los Angeles Spring Concert
FREE TO THE COMMUNITY The Jewish Music Commission of Los Angeles is proud to
present Hazzan Ron Li-Paz in a concert of operatic arias, classical songs
and music from Israel and the synagogue. Joining Ron in this concert
will be his wife, Bronwen Li-Paz, performing works by contemporary Jewish
composers including Jack Bielan and Aminadav Aloni. All are invited to the
ARTISTS’ RECEPTION following the performance.
Wednesday, May 19, 2004 7:30 PM
Valley Beth Shalom
15739 Ventura Boulevard Encino, CA 91436
www.vbs.org
For more information please call (818) 788-6000 or e-mail jmcla@socal.rr.com
Ron Li-Paz has been the cantor of Valley Outreach Synagogue in Los Angeles since 1996. Ron divides his time between the synagogue and the operatic and concert stages, having performed in the major opera houses and concert halls of England, Belgium, France, Holland, Germany, Italy and the United States.
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