New Faces Old Souls and more CDs Released

Leah Epstein is a song writer living in Israel since making Aliya from Chicago in 1981. She lives on Moshav Keshet, an orthodox community in the Golan. Her Hebrew and English songs are wistful, and at the same time religious and personal. The music itself is heavily influenced from a 'time capsule' of American song from some 30 years ago, such as American folk, Carole King or Joni Mitchell. There are some highly personal songs, such as "Child of the Heights" dedicated to her son killed in a car accident, and other of her texts are more universally and politically themed. The CDs, Nof Mushlam (A Perfect View), and New Faces, Old Souls, are available at Moria Books and Music in the Old City and through cdbaby.com. Leah can be reached by email at leah_epstein@walla.com. While Mrs. Epstein is an amateur musician and singer, her songs, intended for women only, will have meaning for encapsulating her experiences, her attitudes, and this period and of her life and times.

Shostakovich at 100 Held in LA

Shostakovich at 100 - A Community Concert
Wednesday, June 7, 2006 at 8:00 p.m.
Valley Beth Shalom, 15739 Ventura Boulevard, Encino 91436

Celebrating the centennial of Russia's leading 20th century composer, The Jewish Music Commission of Los Angeles (JMCLA) presents a free community concert. Featuring special guest Joseph Dorfman, concert pianist, composer, and Shostakovich scholar at Buchman-Mehta School of Music (Tel Aviv University), the concert will showcase performances by Barry Gold (cello), Mark Kashper (violin), David Kasap (accordion), Hila Plitmann (soprano), Alma Mora (mezzo-soprano), Mark Saltzman (tenor) and Neal Brostoff (piano). Dorfman will perform his "Trio, in Memoriam Dimitri Shostakovich" (1976). Shostakovich's "From Jewish Folk Poetry," op. 79 (1948), written at the height of Soviet cultural repression and featuring Russian translations of Yiddish folk poetry, will also be performed. For more information, please call (818) 907-7194 or visit www.jmcla.org.

Rabbi Henkin releases Shirei Nefesh CD

Rabbi Yehuda Henkin from Jerusalem sent a copy of his new CD, Shirei Nefesh Yehuda, to JMWC. All the music is composed by Rabbi Henkin and sung by Yaron Bar. The rabbi has produced an album of singable and pleasant religious melodies with nice arrangements. Contact information is Henkin@012.net.il and FAX (02) 652-1473.

Modern American Jewish Composers at Kane Street

The Forward had an interesting article about a recent event held at the Kane Street Synagogue in Brooklyn this past week. Jewish contemporary classical composers had some of their works performed, with composers Samuel Adler and Ursula Mamlok speaking at the event.
http://www.forward.com/articles/7830

HaZamir Celebrates Landmark Concert

The Hazamir JHSC sends this newstory about a landmark concert held May 21 in New York City:
HaZamir: The International Jewish High School Choir, broke new ground as it celebrated its bar mitzvah with a Weekend Festival and Concert May 19-21st. Founder and Director Matthew Lazar welcomed nearly 1,000 audience members in a concert that reached a new height for the HaZamir movement. More than 200 singers from choirs across the globe came together in a unique blend of Shabbat, singing, and synergy for an unparalleled weekend.

The Gala Concert at Lincoln Center's Alice Tully Hall featured two world premieres especially commisioned for HaZamir by composers Nick Page and Meir Finkelstein.

The concert also saw HaZamir alumni from the past 13 years of the program conducted by Cantor Charles Osborne. They emerged from the hall's wings in false grey beards and wigs to emphasize age, providing a comical moment for the attendees. HaZamir choirs from Baltimore, Boston, Cleveland, Houston, Los Angeles, Manhattan, Montreal, New Brunswick NJ, Northern NJ, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Providence and Israel came together for a Shabbaton, comraderie, rehearsal and final concert.

Joel Rubin tonight at the Center for Jewish History

Tuesday, May 30, 2006 , 7pm
"More Famous than the Beatles: Klezmorim as Negotiators of Change in 19th and 20th century Poland"
Vladimir and Pearl Heifetz and Joseph Kremen Memorial Lecture
Dr. Joel E. Rubin, Syracuse University
at: The Center for Jewish History
15 West 16th Street, NYC

Music in Our Time

June 11, 2006 at 3:00pm
at the Center for Jewish History
A concert of music by contemporary Jewish composers. The music of Samuel Adler, Gerald Cohen, Miriam Gideon, Simon Sargon, and Mark Zukerman, will be performed by Sahan Arzruni, piano; Cantor Lawrence Avery, tenor; Eileen Clark, soprano; Ilana Davidson, soprano; Stephen Gosling, piano; Laura Leon, piano; Carol Wincenc, flute; Mimi Stern-Wolfe, piano, and Dan Zhu, violin.
presented by AJHS and ASJM
15 West 16th Street, NYC
Admission: $12/$6 for AJHS

HABRERA HATIVEET at MJH in NY

Wednesday, June 14, 2006 at 7:00PM
HABRERA HATIVEET featuring SHLOMO BAR
Annual Jack Calderon Memorial Concert
Admission: $18 general, $15 seniors, $10 students, ASF/SH and Museum members. Buy tickets online at www.mjhnyc.org or call the Museum's box office at 646-437-4202 at the Museum of Jewish Heritage -- A Living Memorial to the Holocaust, 36 Battery Place in Lower Manhattan.

One of the most dynamic ensembles in world music, Habrera Hativeet’s very formation in 1977 was a bold experiment in diversity that fused together artists with authentic Sephardic, African, Indian and Middle Eastern roots, time-honored songs from Andalusian Spain, Yemen, and Morocco, Hasidic chants from Eastern Europe, and contemporary Israeli poetry. Twenty-nine years later, "The Natural Gathering" still possesses a seemingly bottomless reservoir of uncompromising energy and creativity.

Shalshelet Second International Music Festival

Winning Composers Spanning the Globe Featured At Shalshelet s Second International Music Festival

CHEVY CHASE, MARYLAND -- Shalshelet: The Foundation for New Jewish Liturgical Music, announced the names of the 28 composers whose 36 compositions will be presented during the Second International Festival of New Jewish Liturgical Music on Sunday, June 11 at Ohr Kodesh Congregation in Chevy Chase, Maryland (8300 Meadowbrook Lane). The 7 p.m. concert will feature 15 of these liturgical works, and the day-long Festival, beginning at 10 a.m., will showcase the remainder of the compositions.

Tickets: In advance concert only: $20; workshops & brunch: $30; concert and workshops & brunch: $40. Purchase tickets: send a check payable to Shalshelet, PO Box 15836, Chevy Chase, MD 20825 or www.shalshelet.org. At the door additional $5 for each event.

Building on the success of the inaugural Festival in November 2004, this year s submissions totaled more than 300 from 107 composers across the U.S., as well as Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Israel and Uganda. The winning composers comprise a diverse group geographically and musically, and in their Jewish affiliations and practices -- Rabbis and Cantors, teachers and students, and those with primary occupations outside the Jewish and music worlds. The compositions include tunes for congregational singing, cantorial solos, and choral pieces in styles ranging from Hasidic to jazz, classical, South American and American pop.

I am in awe, overwhelmed with delight, said Hazzan Dr. Ramón Tasat, Shalshelet s president. That the numbers have doubled this year twice as many submissions by twice as many composers this is nothing short of amazing. It is a testament to the contribution Shalshelet continues to make as an essential outlet for liturgical music, he added.

Shalshelet encourages submissions (using a blind review process) from amateur and professional musicians. The music review committee consists of three highly accomplished musicians -- Hazzan Dr. Ramón Tasat, Hazzan Natasha J. Hirschhorn and Dr. Norma Brooks. (committee members bios attached)

The Festival is designed to provide an opportunity for the audience to hear traditional Jewish texts in fresh musical settings, and to learn from the composers. This year s program includes a Sunday evening concert and Sunday morning workshops with composers, focusing on four liturgical themes: Shabbat, Psalms (Tehillim), Days of Awe (Yamim Noraim) and Unusual Texts. The Sunday morning presentations and brunch allow for lively discussions of the creative process and musical approaches to text.

Shalshelet (Hebrew for chain ) was established as a non-profit in 2003 to encourage the creation of original Jewish liturgical music. The Foundation s mission is to build bridges within the Jewish community and beyond, by exposing a wider audience to Jewish religious music in creative ways.

Nashir Features Yehezkel Braun works at Merkin Hall in NYC

On Sunday, June 18, at 8:00 pm, Nashir! The Rottenberg Chorale will present its 30th annual concert at Merkin Concert Hall, 129 West 67th Street, New York. The eclectic program features works by Israel Prize-winning composer Yehezkel Braun as well as works of other composers from Renaissance to the present. Tickets are $23 (preferred seating), $19 (general admission) and $16 (seniors/students). For further information, contact Benjamin Gruder, Choral Director, at beninabox@juno.com or Merkin Concert Hall (212-501-3330).

PITTSBURGH JEWISH MUSIC FESTIVAL 2006

"The Jewish Year in Melody" is the theme for the 2006 Pittsburgh Jewish Music Festival. There are several events happening at differnt venues and dates, including:
Wednesday, May 31, 2006
'From Shabbat to the High Holy Days'
at the Pittsburgh Katz-JCC at 8:00 PM

Sunday, June 4, 2006
Tribute to Shlomo Carlebach
featuring Neshama Carlebach and her band at Congregation Beth Shalom at 7:30 PM
Tuesday, June 6, 2006
Songs for the Seasons
at Rodeph Shalom Congregation at 8:00 PM


The Pittsburgh Jewish Music Festival is unique in its devotion to Jewish-themed classical music by Jewish composers and influenced by Jewish musical traditions. More information about the festival is available at: http://www.pjmf.net/

Tickets can be ordered from ProArts Ticket Service at: http://www.proartstickets.org/

SISTERS OF SHEYNVILLE CELEBRATE THE START OF SUMMER

Toronto, Ontario: The high-energy female sextet Sisters of Sheynville
will be performing their upbeat Yiddish, English and original material at the Al Green Theatre located in the Miles Nadal Jewish Community Centre, Thursday May 25, 2006, at 8:30pm.
The Sisters are: Lenka Lichtenberg and Isabel Fryszberg (vocals), Fern Lindzon (vocals and piano), Kinneret Sagee (clarinet, Lorie Wolf (drums), and Rachel Melas (double bass).
Tickets are available $12 in advance and $15 at the door, Sun - Fri
(8:30am until evening hours) -from the Front Desk at the MNjcc, (Bloor & Spadina)
or at the door one hour before the performance.
FOR MORE TICKET INFORMATION CONTACT the Al Green Theatre Info Line at 416 924-6277 ext. 143 or email harriet@mnjcc.org.

Celebrate the start of Summer at the MNjcc with the sensational all-women Yiddish band The Sisters of Sheynville.Come and enjoy a fun-filled night of foot-stomping swing and klez tunes, arranged with zest and imagination that will make you smile and dance - and a Yiddish dance animator will show you the steps!This month, the band is celebrating its first birthday - a culmination of a busy year which has seen the band push the boundaries of their vintage Yiddish swing to include more jazz, improvisation, and original material centered around lush 3-part harmonies. Notable performances in often sold out houses include Distillery Jazz and Toronto City Roots festivals, Leah Posluns Theatre, the Rex Jazz Bar and the Toronto Centre for The Arts.

Joel E. Rubin Presents at CJH

The Vladimir and Pearl Heifetz and Joseph Kremen Memorial Lecture
"More Famous than the Beatles: Klezmorim as Negotiators of Change in 19th and 20th century Poland"
Dr. Joel E. Rubin, Syracuse University
May 30, 2006 at 7:00pm
Center for Jewish History
15 West 16 Street
New York, NY 10011
Kovno Room
Please contact the CJH Theater Box Office
phone: (917) 606-8200
email: boxoffice@cjh.org

ELEONORE BIEZUNSKI & THE KLEZMOGRAPHERS

Eleonore Biezunski and The Klezmographers will be performing at the Barbes this Sunday May 21st at 7:00pm
Featuring Pete Rushefsky - tsimbl; Samuel Maquin - clarinet; Eleonore Biezunski - fiddle and special guest Laurent d'Aumale - voice
BARBES is located 376 9th St. (corner of 6th Ave.) Park Slope, Brooklyn 718.965.9177

First European Cantors Convention, London

First London Cantors Convention
Sunday 25 - Wednesday 28 June 2006
Central Synagogue, 36 Hallam Street, W1W 6NW
An unrivalled opportunity for practising and aspiring cantors from the UK, Europe and further afield to share expertise and experience, learn new melodies and be inspired by some of the greatest cantors in the world who will be our honoured guests. Please read more!

Great Cantors present at the convention will include:
Joseph Malovany, Fifth Avenue Synagogue and Distinguished Professor of Liturgical Music, Yeshiva University New York, as well as Dean of the Academy of Jewish Music, Moscow; Alberto Mizrahi , Chief Cantor, Anshe Emet Synagogue, Chicago and on the faculty of the HL Miller Cantorial School, New York, Anshe Emet Synagogue, Chicago; Arie L Subar, Chief Cantor, Beth Ora Synagogue, Montreal and on the Board of the Cantorial Council of America; Shmuel Barzilai Chief Cantor, Jewish Community, Vienna

With leading British cantors they will present workshops, illustrated talks, round table discussions and masterclasses on selections from the Sabbath liturgy. They will share great congregational melodies and matters of concern to the practicing chazan. There will be informal singing and discussion sessions in the evenings.

The convention is presented by the Jewish Music Institute in collaboration with Central Synagogue, London a under the direction of Stephen Glass, Director of Music at Congregation Shaar Hashomayim, Montreal

Attendance at the Cantors Convention includes a free ticket to the opening concert: Cantors in Concert
Sunday 25 June
8.00pm
Queen Elizabeth Hall, London
Fourteen cantors will exemplify the art of the cantor with the gentlemen of the Choir of London accompanied and introduced by Stephen Glass. (Public booking at www.rfh.org.uk or 08703 400 800)

Convention information and on-line registration www.jmi.org.uk
Or telephone the Jewish Music Institute on +44 (0)20 8909 2445

Sunday 3.00pm rehearsal 8.00pm (concert)
Monday and Tuesday 9.30 am - 10.00pm
Wed 9.30am - 6.00pm
full rate £165, student rate £120
daily rate £45, student daily rate £35
(includes light lunch - suppers will be provided at a small extra cost Accommodation not included - a list of hotels at all prices in the area on request)

"Words are the language of the mind, but song is the language of the soul.. The renewal of Jewish synagogue music in our time is one of the most exciting and moving developments in recent years. I welcome this first London Cantors Convention and the untiring work by Stephen Glass and JMI in collaboration with Central Synagogue. I feel sure it will give all our cantors renewed vigour and increase their ability to inspire. I send my blessing and hope that you will find the experience enriching and exhilarating".
--Chief Rabbi Sir Jonathan Sacks

Psalmsensation: a multi-ethnic concert experience

The Zamir Chorale of Boston presents:
Psalmsensation: a multi-ethnic concert experience
Sunday, June 4, 2006, 7:30 pm, Sanders Theatre, Cambridge.
For tickets and program information: www.zamir.org
or call 617/244-6333

Once again, Artistic Director Joshua Jacobson has worked his programming magic. From romantic to rhythmic, from ancient to contemporary, psalms -- like you've never heard them before! Join Zamir for a transcendent evening of psalm settings from Israel, France, the U.S., Morocco, Syria, Turkey, Italy, Brazil, and featuring a rousing medley from African-American gospel traditions.

Cantorial Summer School Progressive Tradition 2006

The Sabbath in the Progressive Tradition
L'chu N'ran'nah L'Adonai - Come let us sing to the Eternal One!
A four-day intensive course for synagogue musicians, worship leaders, choir directors, and all lovers of Jewish music.
Course Director, Cantor Josee Wolff (New York)
Sunday 18 June - Wednesday 21 June 2006
Daily 10.30am - 5.30pm
West London Synagogue, 33 Seymour Place, London, W1
Full rate: £165 students rate £120. Daily rate: £45
Registration and more details Tel: 020 8909 2445
e-mail: jewishmusic@jmi.org.uk
Website: www.jmi.org.uk

Josée Wolf the charismatic cantor of New York returns by popular demand to look intensively at the Sabbath in the progressive tradition. She says: During this course we will:

* Study the history and structure of Shabbat liturgy
* explore the use of traditional synagogue modes in contemporary worship
* learn congregational melodies for the Kabbalat Shabbat service
* discuss integration of choirs into the services
* experience how music can be midrash
* and much more...

Come and refine your skills, share your experience and learn some new music that is guaranteed to enhance the services in your synagogue.
A must for anyone leading services on Shabbat.
Full rate: £165 students rate £120. Daily rate: £45
Registration and more details Tel: 020 8909 2445
e-mail: jewishmusic@jmi.org.uk
Website: http://www.jmi.org.uk/

Kavehoyz with Yuri Vedenyapan

The young Yiddish singer from Moscow, Yuri Vedenyapan, will perform at the monthly Kavehoyz of the Congress for Jewish Culture on May 25, 2006. Yuri is a graduate student in the Yiddish department at Columbia. The concert takes place at the Congress, 25 E. 21st Manhattan, Admission: $8 includes coffee and cake. Information: 212-505-8040.

KLEZMER-PARIS 2006 in July

The Parizer yidish-tsenter - Medem Bibliotek is pleased to inform all lovers of Klezmer music, Yiddish song, dance... and also junior musicians that, this year, our 4th annual klezfest "KLEZMER-PARIS 2006" is going to be held in Paris, July, 6 to 10.
INFORMATION AND REGISTRATION
Maison de la culture yiddish - Bibliothèque Medem 18, passage Saint-Pierre Amelot - 75011 PARIS - FRANCE
Tél. : 00 33 1 47 00 14 00 / Fax : 00 33 1 47 00 14 47
www.yiddishweb.com

This intensive training course is for those who wish to develop their playing style and share this pleasure with others musicians so that Klezmer is not only concert music, but stays a living and popular music.

PROGRAM
Music, songs and dance workshops, conferences, master classes, jam, performances... Some of those will be open to all (musicians and non-musicians).

COURSE TEAM DAVID KRAKAUER : clarinet founder of David Krakauer's Klezmer Madness , he guests numerous groups including the prestigious Kronos Quartet.

JOSH DOLGIN (alias DJ SoCalled): accordion, piano, machines (beats, loops, samples) manipulator of digital and analogical rhythms, he has made himself the champion of an improbable yiddish hip-hop from Montreal to New York!

YANKL FALK: clarinet, voice member of the hungarian group Di Naye Kapelye he is also the director of a number of bands and a consultant in the theatre and movie industry.

BOB COHEN: fiddle, mandolin went to Hungary to do research on the musical history of the carpathian region. He created the Di Naye Kapelye & Budapest Klezmer Band groups and has played with Budowitz .

SHURA LIPOVSKY: voice, dance is recognized by her peers as one of the major artists of yiddish songs which she contextualises historically to illustrate their place in yiddish culture. Shell will also conduct a dance course in hasidic wisdom through movement, as she has already done in Europe, Russia, United States and Canada.

JOSHUA HOROWITZ : accordion, cymbalom now with Veretski Pass and formerly with Budowitz , he is the ethno-musicologist and theoretician of his generation.

SUZAN WATTS : trumpet from the 4th. generation of a klezmer family, she has played alongside the stars of klezmer and leads the Fabulous Shpilkes group.

MARTHE DESROSIERES:flute, picolo, clarinet music workshop coordinator, she will help initiate the younger players to this music.

WORKSHOP OPEN TO ALL
Courses in French and English

Musicians: for those with sufficient mastery of their instruments to be able to be at ease learning of music. Sheet music will be provided but the work will be done by ear.

Singers: who will be able to further their knowledge of yiddish folklore, of the Hazanut , and of the interaction between yiddish songs and klezmer music. Special workshop.

Dancers: all levels, beginners to professional.

Juniors: specific classes of music, song and dance reserved to the young (9/13 years old) with a minimum of 3 years instrumental experience. Participants need to bring their own instruments and parents are also invited to participate in their classes.

SCHEDULE
Days: 10am- 6pm.
Evenings: meetings, film projections, jam sessions, end of course party...

INFORMATION AND REGISTRATION
Maison de la culture yiddish - Bibliothèque Medem 18, passage Saint-Pierre Amelot - 75011 PARIS - FRANCE
Tél. : 00 33 1 47 00 14 00 / Fax : 00 33 1 47 00 14 47
www.yiddishweb.com

Ensemble Meitar Summer Concerts

Amit Dolberg, pianist and the founder of the international ensemble for Israeli Contemporary Music and Jewish Clasical Music, Ensemble Meitar, announces some of their upcoming concerts.
22.6.2006 - 'White Night' Festival, Einav Center, Tel Aviv
1.7.2006 - Michelstadt, Germany
8.7.2006 - 'New Sounds', Israeli Composers League, Einav Center, Tel Aviv
For details, locations and times, see their websitehttp://www.meitar.net/eng_index.php

KLEZFEST ST. PETERSBURG 2006

The Center for Jewish Music of the Jewish Community Center of St. Petersburg is proud to announce "KlezFest St. Petersburg 2006," an international seminar on the traditional music of Eastern European Jewry, to be held June 17-22, 2006 in St. Petersburg, Russia.

"KlezFest St. Petersburg," now in its 10th year, is the oldest klezmer seminar in Russia. The 2006 festival will include master-classes on Yiddish folk songs and klezmer music, workshops on Yiddish folklore and Yiddish dance, lectures, concerts, and two excursions: "Jewish St. Petersburg" and "Rivers and Canals of St. Petersburg." Our staff will include world-famous musicians -- from New York, the violinist, accordion player, vocalist, ethnomusicologist and the world's leading expert on Yiddish dance, Michael Alpert; also from New York, the vocalist from the famous Klezmatics group, Lorin Sklamberg; from Berlin, the outstanding klezmer clarinetist, Christian Dawid, from Montreal, the master of hip-hop klezmer, composer, vocalist and DJ Josh "Socalled" Dolgin, and others.

"KlezFest St. Petersburg," dedicated to bringing klezmer music and Yiddish culture back to the land of their birth, includes Jewish musicians from the vibrant centers of the Jewish renaissance throughout the former Soviet Union.

This year again we are pleased to announce a special program for lovers of Yiddish music and culture from other parts of the globe. We are asking for a contribution of $700. This sum will include food and lodging in St. Petersburg for 6 days and the entire seminar program, including interpreters when needed, concerts and two excursions. Participants will pay for their own transportation to St. Petersburg.

For more information, please contact the Jewish Community Center of St. Petersburg via e-mail <frenk@lea.spb.su> or visit our site <www.klezfest.ru>.

For advice on travel and visa arrangements, contact our American sponsor, the Jewish Community Development Fund in Russia and Ukraine, a project of the American Jewish World Service (New York), via telephone: (+1-212) 273-1642, or e-mail: .

Join us at "KlezFest St. Petersburg" this summer! If you haven't been on the Neva River during White Nights with Russian klezmorim, you haven't lived!

Klezmer Workshop with Jeff Warschauer

Free Open House Tuesday, May 16, 2006 from 7-9 PM
Followed by a 5-week session - Tuesdays - May 23, 30
and June 6, 13 and 20

Hands-On Workshop
- Study with an internationally recognized master instructor
- Learn tunes from the diverse klezmer tradition
- Work in ensembles with other instrumentalists
- Develop tools for improvisation
- Guest instructors from the cutting edge of the contemporary klezmer scene
- Open to players of any instrument who play and read music at least an intermediate level.

The open house and all sessions will take place at the Workmen's Circle, 45 East 33rd Street (between Park and Madison), Manhattan.

Members: $25 per session
Non-members $30 per session

For more information contact:

Lisa Stein
New York Regional Director
Workmen's Circle
45 E. 33rd Street
New York, NY 10016
212-889-6800 x271
212-532-7518 - fax
lwstein@circle.org
www.circle.org

Jewish Cinema in Geneva

Ciné - Concert exceptionnel !
Le "Sound & Light Cinematic Duo":
Merlin SHEPHERD: clarinettes & Polina SHEPHERD: piano
accompagne la projection de
films juifs d'Ukraine de 1910 à 1945
dimanche 21 mai 2006 à 18h15
à l'Aula du Collège des Colombières, route de St-Loup à Versoix.
Train depuis Genève (billet Unireso à 3 FS)
facilité de parking et d'accès aux personnes handicapées.

Les archives "Yuri Morozov" de Kiev recèlent les premières représentations cinématographiques de la vie des Juifs d'Europe de l'Est. Films muets en noir et blanc, documentaires, films de propagande ou à scénario, ils montrent la vie quotidienne des Juifs d'Ukraine et décrivent leurs préoccupations morales, religieuses et politiques au début du vingtième siècle sous un angle critique, tragique ou comique. Beaucoup de ces films n'ont jamais été projetés en dehors d'Ukraine et certains étaient censurés depuis plus de 80 ans.

Comme aux débuts du septième art, Merlin et Polina Shepherd, accompagnent magnifiquement cette série de documents historiques étonnants. Grâce à leur talent et à leur expérience musicale, ils font revivre ces films comme par magie, en utilisant des morceaux de musique juive traditionnelle et des compositions originales.

Ce voyage exceptionnel dans l'art et l'histoire nous fera toucher, par le son et l'image, l'essence de l'âme juive - la "yiddishkeyt" - au passé et au présent.

Billets: 25 Frs
Membres AMJ et Ecole & Quartier: 20 Frs
AVS; chômeurs, AI, étudiants: 15 Frs
Enfants en dessous de 12 ans: gratuit
Organisation: Les Amis de la Musique Juive www.amj.ch & tél: 022 755 41 23
CinéVersoix: www.cineversoix.ch & tél: 022 755 27 18
Ecole et Quartier www.aeqv.ch & tél: 022 388 24 44

Los Angeles Jewish Symphony and More

Three upcoming events for folks in California are coming up with the Los Angeles Jewish Symphony at the center of things. Starting next weekend is Event No. 1:

Shirat Hayam -- Song of the Sea
A fundraiser for the Malibu Jewish Center & Synagogue.
Saturday, May 13, 2006, 8:00 PM

Location:
Malibu Jewish Center & Synagogue
24855 Pacific Coast Highway
Malibu, CA
www.mjcs.org

An extraordinary event in our new synagogue featuring Cantor Marcelo Gindlin, Cantor Mariana Gindlin & the MJC&S Choir in concert with the Los Angeles Jewish Symphony conducted by Dr. Noreen Green. Dessert reception to follow.
For tickets, call (310) 456-2178
General Admission $65; Sponsorship $1,800 and $1,000
More LAJS events:

3rd Annual Post Golf Tournament Concert and Dinner Reception Silent Auction and Raffle Drawing
Los Angeles Jewish Symphony, Dr. Noreen Green, Artistic Director/Conductor
Guest Artist -- Yuval Ron, oud player, specializing in the exotic sounds of the Middle East.

Location:
Woodland Hills Country Club
21150 Dumetz Rd.
Woodland Hills, CA 91364
www.lajewishsymphony.com

Monday, June 26, 2006

5:00 PM Silent Auction
6:00 PM Dinner Reception
7:00 PM Concert
7:45 PM Grand Raffle Prize Drawing

$50 per person (inclusive)
For reservations call (818) 728-1923

AND also:

The Los Angeles Jewish Symphony presents
Ahava, From Israel With Love
Featuring Chen Zimbalista
Sunday July 9, 7:30pm

Location:

Ford Amphitheatre
just off the 101 (Hollywood) freeway across from the Hollywood Bowl and south of Universal Studios.
www.FordAmphitheater.org
For tickets call (323) 461-3673

Experience Israel's dynamic musical culture: classical and pop selections influenced by folk sounds of Eastern Europe, the Mediterranean and the Middle East. The "totally charismatic" (Jerusalem Post) Chen Zimbalista guest stars on marimba. Alon Reuven solos on french horn.
Tickets: $36, $25
Full-time students and children 12 & under $12

For more information about any of these events, contact: Los Angeles Jewish Symphony Email: lajewishsymphony@sbcglobal.net or Tel: (818) 728-1923 or Fax: (818) 995-0526

2006 GREATER CHICAGO JEWISH FESTIVAL

A real festival...the 2006 GREATER CHICAGO JEWISH FESTIVAL
WHEN: Sunday, June 11
WHERE: the Forest Preserve at Oakton (8000 N) and Lehigh (6300 W) in Morton Grove
TIME: 11:00am 6:00 pm
PARKING: free parking next to the Festival grounds
WEBSITE: www.jewishfestival.org
PHONE: 847.933.3000
RAIN LOCATION: Niles West High School, 5701 Oakton, Skokie

The 2006 Greater Chicago Jewish Festival, the heart and soul of Jewish Chicago, will be held on Sunday, June 11, at the Forest Preserve at Oakton (8000 N) and Lehigh (6300 W) in Morton Grove, from 11am-6pm. The multi-talented singer, songwriter Lisa Loeb will headline as part of continuous music and dance throughout the day.

Unique in its celebration of Jewish culture in America, the festival seeks to combine all aspects of the Chicagoland Jewish community. Four stages of music and dance create a vibrant background for over 40,000 attendees, who also can wander through the extensive art bazaar featuring artists from the U.S. and Israel.

Several acts are new to the festival this year. In addition to Lisa Loeb, the Jewish rock band, Blue Fringe, will perform, and the Urban Tunells Klezmerband is coming all the way from Norway for their first American appearance. Past Festival favorites such as Debbie Friedman, Stuart Rosenberg, Jeff Klepper and Rabbi Joe Black are returning to entertain their fans.

Representing the backbone of the Jewish community will be over 80 booths of co-sponsoring Jewish organizations reflecting the community's interests and diversity. Nearby visitors can browse in the Book Shuk, where visiting authors will sign their latest works.

With their parents in tow, children will revel at the Hands-On tent and the kids stage.

Everyone will enjoy the strictly kosher food court, which features several cooking demonstrations in addition to falafel, pizza, ice cream and more.

The Festival has something for everyone--teens, adults, children and seniors; families, singles and groups of friends; cultural, religious or secular Jews; those interested in any part of Jewish life. "The Festival provides an opportunity for our community to come together to celebrate Jewish culture rather than the crises which punctuate our lives," commented Michael Lorge, the Festival's founder and executive director.

The all-day Festival, the largest Jewish cultural event in Chicago, is produced by the Jewish POCET, an all volunteer, non-profit organization dedicated to creating quality events for the Chicago Jewish community. Free parking next to the Festival grounds.

For more information or to volunteer for the Festival please call 847-933-3000 or visit at www.jewishfestival.org

7th WASHINGTON JEWISH MUSIC FESTIVAL

The Seventh WASHINGTON JEWISH MUSIC FESTIVAL is coming soon, on May 16 -24, 2006. Events are being held in various locations, so look at the calendar for times, places and prices. See the Calendar for more information:

Calendar:

TUESDAY, MAY 16 8PM
OPENING NIGHT
Bring in Da Klez, Bring in Da Funk
NEW ORLEANS KLEZMER ALL-STARS
Opening Act: Vulgar Bulgars
Aaron and Cecile Goldman Theater
Advance Tickets: General: $20
Member, Senior, Student Price: $14
At the Door: General: $25
Member, Senior, Student Price: $16

WEDNESDAY, MAY 17 10AM
Klez for Kids
NEW ORLEANS KLEZMER ALL-STARS
Aaron and Cecile Goldman Theater
RSVP to music@djcc.org or 202-777-3250
FREE

WEDNESDAY, MAY 17 8 10PM
PEACE CAFÉ OPEN MIC
Busboys & Poets, 2021 14th Street NW
RSVP to music@djcc.org or 202-777-3250
FREE

THURSDAY, MAY 18 7:30PM
Kabbalah Kirtan
YOFIYAH
Ina and Jack Kay Community Hall
Advance Tickets: General: $15
Member, Senior, Student Price: $10
At the Door: General: $20
Member, Senior, Student Price: $14

SATURDAY, MAY 20 10PM 1AM
Balagan Boogaloo Party
DJ HANDLER, DJ SHOTNEZ, & Y-LOVE
Bourbon (formerly Blue Room)
-- 2321 18th Street NW
$10 (at the door and in advance)

SUNDAY, MAY 21 11AM
Variations on a Theme: Jazz Brunch and Discussion
MARILYN LERNER AND ADRIENNE COOPER
Ina and Jack Kay Community Hall
Advance Tickets: General: $20
Member, Senior, Student Price: $14
At the Door: General: $25
Member, Senior, Student Price: $16

SUNDAY, MAY 21 NOON & 2PM
SPRING ON THE STEPS
16th Street Steps outside the J
FREE

SUNDAY, MAY 21 1PM
PANEL DISCUSSION: WHAT S UP WITH JEWISH & HIP HOP?
Steve Stein, dj handler and Y-Love
Ina and Jack Kay Community Hall
RSVP to music@djcc.org or 202-777-3250
FREE

SUNDAY, MAY 21 7PM
Rhythm and Jazz: On the Edge of the Afro-Semitic Diaspora
HASIDIC NEW WAVE AND YAKAR RHYTHMS
The Carnegie Institution of Washington
-- 1530 P Street NW
Advance Tickets: General: $15
Member, Senior, Student Price: $10
Under 10: $5
At the Door: General: $20
Member, Senior, Student Price: $14
Under 10: $7

MONDAY, MAY 22 7:30PM
Masada Rock
RASHANIM
Aaron and Cecile Goldman Theater
Advance Tickets: General: $15
Member, Senior, Student Price: $10
At the Door: General: $20
Member, Senior, Student Price: $14

TUESDAY, MAY 23 7:30PM
Encore Screening of
A CANTOR S TALE
Aaron and Cecile Goldman Theater
Advance Tickets: General: $8.50
Member, Senior, Student Price: $7
At the Door: General: $10
Member, Senior, Student Price: $9

WEDNESDAY, MAY 24 8PM
CLOSING NIGHT
Voice Like Henna
MICHAL COHEN
Opening Act: Sam Seguito Turner s Dom Pakka Chikki
Post-Concert Reception
Aaron and Cecile Goldman Theater
Advance Tickets: General: $20
Member, Senior, Student Price: $14
At the Door: General: $25
Member, Senior, Student Price: $16

A Tapestry of Jewish Music by Gerald Cohen

Sunday, May 7, 4:00 pm: Lawrenceville, NJ
Performance of V'higad'ta L'vincha (Passover Cantata)
A Tapestry of Jewish Music: Princeton Pro Musica, Frances Fowler Slade, Music Director; and Sharim V'Sharot, Elayne Robinson Grossman, Music Director.
Adath Israel Congregation, 1958 Lawrenceville Road, Lawrenceville NJ.
Pre-concert forum with conductors and composer 3 p.m., made possible with a grant from Meet The Composer's Creative Connections Fund.
http://www.princetonpromusica.org/season.html
http://www.meetthecomposer.org/programs/eventcalendar.htm
For more events

More music of Gerald Cohen:
Wednesday, May 24, 7:30 pm: New York City
Premiere of Lo, body and soul-this land (to poetry of Walt Whitman)
The New York Society for Ethical Culture, 2 West 64th St. NY, NY
Part of the Ninth Annual Children's Aid Society Chorus Spring Concert. Over 300 children from 15 different CAS choruses will perform; on the program will be music spanning from classical to folk and pop classics, as well as the World Premieres of new choral works from the 2005-2006 CAS Chorus Composition Grant recipients, Gerald Cohen and Mary Feinsinger.
www.childrensaidsociety.org/chorus/chor_events/209069/3482471
http://www.childrensaidsociety.org/chorus/comp_grant/recip_bios

Tuesday, June 6, 8:00 pm: Pittsburgh, PA
Performance of excerpts of V'higad'ta L'vincha and several other of Gerald Cohen compositions, at the Pittsburgh Jewish Music Festival "Songs for the Seasons" concert; Levy Hall, Rodef Shalom Congregation, 4905 Fifth Ave., Pittsburgh, PA
http://www.pjmf.net/concerts.php

Thursday, June 8, 8:00 pm: Bethesda, MD
Premiere of Meditation and Celebration (settings of Psalms 33 and 100) commissioned by Zemer Chai, the Washington, DC Jewish Community Chorus, Eleanor Epstein, conductor, in honor of their 30th anniversary. Adat Shalom Reconstructionist Congregation, 7727 Persimmon Tree Lane, Bethesda, MD
http://www.zemerchai.org/dspSchedule.cfm

Sunday, June 11, 3:00 pm: New York City
Performance of Excerpts of Sarah and Hagar
Scenes from the opera: music by Gerald Cohen, libretto by Charles Kondek
at a concert of the American Society for Jewish Music
Cast: Ilana Davidson (Hagar); Elizabeth Shammash (Sarah) Robert Gardner (Avraham)
Center for Jewish History, 15 West 16th Street, Manhattan; Admission: $8 for information, call the American Society for Jewish Music: 212-294-8328
http://www.jewishmusic-asjm.org

Lazar Weiner's Yiddish Art Songs Come to Life on New CD Release

The Milken Archive of American Jewish Music has released another CD. This one is "The Art of Yiddish Song" with 32 songs by Lazare Weiner. [8.559443]. You can read a complete discription released by the Milken Archive about the recording. http://www.milkenarchive.org/articles/articles.taf?function=detail&id=112
Often referred to as "America's Jewish Schubert", Weiner's exquisite songs are a pinnacle of Yiddish art song (lider). This recording shows his mastery of craftsmanship, connection to the language, and complete immersion in the depths of meaning in Jewish culture. The performers are top drawer, and so the recording is a "must" for anyone interested in Yiddish art music, or generally in good lieder.

Max Stern's Messer Marco Polo at New York City Opera VOX Showcase

VOX: Showcasing American Composers 2006
Produced by New York City Opera
Presented by the Skirball Center for the Performing Arts, New York University
566 LaGuardia Place (Washington Square Park South)
May 6 – 7, 2006
FREE
Sunday, MAY 7, 4:30 – 5:30 pm
Stephen Andrew Taylor, Paradises Lost, libretto by Kate Gale
Max Stern, Messer Marco Polo

Directions to Skirball Center:
The Skirball Center is located at 566 LaGuardia Place at Washington Square Park South, within a few blocks of most subway lines, including West 4th St. (A, C, E, F, V, and S), 8th Street (N, R, W), Astor Place (6) and Christopher Street (1).

Many opera composers only get to hear their works through their computer speakers. But since 1999, New York City Opera has offered American composers the opportunity to hear their compositions with a full orchestra and superb young singers. VOX is the only program of its kind in the country, and it has offered audiences the first chance to hear works by composers such as Mark Adamo, Charles Wuorinen, Richard Danielpour, and Michael John LaChiusa that have gone on to define an American musical voice.

This May, City Opera brings the VOX Showcase downtown to New York University's Skirball Center, an intimate new theater devoted to developing young audiences for live performances. The City Opera Orchestra will play excerpts from twelve innovative new works by both established and emerging composers.

Discussions with the composers and other exciting events will make up a festival that is free and open to the public.

The full schedule:
SCHEDULE OF EVENTS

MAY 6

12:00 – 1:30 pm
Panel Discussion: Transforming Literature into Opera
Moderator: Mark Adamo
Participants: Russell Banks, Frank Corsaro, Kate Gale, Herschel Garfein, Christopher Hawes, Philip Littell

2 – 3 pm
Herschel Garfein, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead
Robert Carl, Harmony, libretto by Russell Banks

3:15 – 4:15
Martin Hennessy, Letter to E. 11th St., libretto by Mark Campbell
H. Leslie Adams, Blake, libretto by Daniel Mayers

4:30 – 5:30
William Kraft, Red Azalea, libretto by Christopher Hawes
Thomas Pasatieri, Frau Margot, libretto by Frank Corsaro

8:00 – 10:00 pm
VOX On The Edge
Readings of new works by Center for Contemporary Opera, Music Theater Group, Encompass New Opera Theatre, and American Opera Projects

MAY 7

12:00 – 1:30 pm
Panel Discussion: Opera Electronica
Moderator: Tod Machover
Participants: Mason Bates, Justine F. Chen, Anne LeBaron, Stephen Andrew Taylor

2 – 3 pm
Jenny O. Johnson, Leaving Santa Monica
Mason Bates, California Fictions

3:15 – 4:15
Justine F. Chen, The Maiden Tower
Anne LeBaron, Crescent City, libretto by Philip Littell

4:30 – 5:30 pm
Stephen Andrew Taylor, Paradises Lost, libretto by Kate Gale
Max Stern, Messer Marco Polo