KLEZKAMP ROADSHOW

KLEZKAMP is taking the show on the road, and going to a location near, well, in the Poconos. There will be buses from various locations around New York to take you there.
July 25-August 1, 2007
Block & Hexter Vacation Center, Poyntelle, PA (Poconos)
featuring KK faculty including Henry Sapoznik, Michael Wex, Steve Weintraub, Susan Leviton, Cookie Segelstein & Mark Rubin
For more information, click here: http://www.livingtraditions.org/docs/KlezKampRoadshow2007A.pdf

Jewish Music School in Amsterdam Newsletter

Jewish Music School, Amsterdam
The Jewish Music School exclusively teaches Jewish music under professional coaching and guidance. The school offers students, irrespective of your background, a wide range of educational programs. The Jewish Music School wants to provide a hospitable environment for everyone. The educational program is aimed at all age groups, from musical forming for the youngest until education for yougsters and adults. The levels vary from amateurs to (semi)professionals. The lessons - mainly in groups - are in Dutch, English or Hebrew. The teachers have a vast experience in teaching Jewish music in all its varieties from Ashkenazim (Eastern European Jews) as well as the Sephardim (Spanish-Portuguese Jews).

Educational Program
At the moment JMS is organizing and scheduling the educational program for 2007-2008. If you would like to receive our programm, please contact:
Jewish Music School, Postbox 15894, 1001 NJ Amsterdam
Email Mail@JewishMusicSchool.nl
Mobile phone 06 166 463 75
Phone 020 624 11 32.

Time & Location
As of September 16, 2007 every sunday from 1 - 5 p.m. Closed on Jewish holidays. Muziekschool Amsterdam, department South, Bachstraat 5, Amsterdam.
JEWISH MUSIC SCHOOL Nieuwsbrief

De Jewish Music School heeft door omstandigheden lange tijd geen lessen kunnen aanbieden MAAR in samenwerking met de Muziekschool Amsterdam gaan in september 2007 de deuren weer wagenwijd open. Altijd van groot belang 'Le Dor Va Dor' van generatie op generatie.

Jewish Music School
De Jewish Music School geeft uitsluitend Joodse muzieklessen onder deskundige coaching en begeleiding. Wij bieden u en uw kinderen, ongeacht zijn of haar achtergrond, een scala aan lesprogramma's. De Jewish Music School wil iedereen een gastvrije omgeving bieden. De muzieklessen zijn voor alle leeftijdsgroepen, van muzikale vorming voor peuters en kleuters tot en met jongeren en volwassenen. De lesniveaus variëren van amateur tot en met (semi)professional. De lessen - in groepsverband - worden gegeven in het Nederlands, Engels of Hebreeuws. Onze muziekdocenten hebben ruime ervaring met Joodse muziekeducatie, met zowel die van de Ashkenazim (Oost-Europese Joden) als van de Sefardim (Spaans-Portugese Joden).

Lesprogramma
Op dit moment zijn wij bezig het lesprogramma voor het leerjaar 2007-2008 samen te stellen. Wilt u dit ontvangen dan kunt u contact opnemen met: Jewish Music School, Postbus 15894, 1001 NJ Amsterdam Email Mail@JewishMusicSchool.nl Mobiel 06 166 463 75 Tel 020 624 11 32. Wilt u meer informatie, aarzel dan niet contact met ons op te nemen!

Tijd & Locatie
Vanaf 16 september 2007 op zondag van 13.00 tot 17.00 uur, behalve op Joodse feestdagen. Muziekschool Amsterdam, afdeling Zuid, Bachstraat 5, Amsterdam.

A Tribute to John Rauch

This Sunday June 10th 2007 at 3:00pm
Yuval Ron Music and the Center for Jewish Creativity present
In Memoriam:
A Tribute to John Rauch
The late President of the Center for Jewish Culture and Creativity

with the artists:
Russel Steinberg, Vanessa Paloma, Sam Glaser, Yuval Ron Ensemble, Nabil Azzam, Stephen Macht, Sha-Rone Kushnir, Yehuda Hyman, Ofer Ben-Amots, Yale Storm, Elizabeth Schwartz, Stacie Chaiken and Bryna Weiss
Artistic Director: Yuval Ron

Script: Yehuda Hyman
Art exhibition curator: Peter Handwerker
Event Producer: Kerry Cobuccio
Sound: Sean Faye-Cullen
Produced by Yuval Ron Music (www.yuvalronmusic.com)

Where: Temple Isaiah, 10345 W. Pico Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90064
Admission: A suggested minimum donation of $15.00 - All proceeds benefit the Center for Jewish Culture and Creativity. Keep art alive.
Info and advance tickets: by phone at.: (323) 658-5824 Or email at: mtarbut@jewishcreativity.org ____________________________________________________________________ Up Coming events: July 15 - Ford Amphitheater in Hollywood: The Yuval Ron Ensemble with a symphony orchestra: . ____________________________________________________________________ Saturday, August 11, 2007 at 3pm Magdalene Cultural Arts Center presents: Music as a Catalyst for Sacred Prayer and Ecstasy A Workshop on the subject of Divine Ecstasy in Sufi and Hassidic Music facilitated by Yuval Ron Location: Magdalene Cultural Arts Center - 4822 Vineland Avenue North Hollywood, CA 91601 Admission: $25 For more information: Please call 818-760-0531

The Zemel Choir Celebrates in Song

CELEBRATE WITH SONG– The Zemel Choir, in association with Jewish Music Institute and the BBC "Play it Again" campaign

Do you enjoy singing?
Would you like to sing in a choir?
Join The ZEMEL Choir together with Pandemonium and the JFS Choir for workshops 10 June (:& a concert 17 June St John's, Smith Square 7.30pm. They specially welcome people who have experience of singing, but have never had the opportunity to join a choir – also experienced choristers - both Jewish and non-Jewish - who would like to experience the rich tradition of Jewish choral music. If you would like to sing in one of these groups, and to experience the pleasure of singing Jewish choral music, please enrol 020 8236 0317 (evenings), or e-mail celebratewithsong@hotmail.com

Workshops:
10 June 10am-5.45pm
Dragon Hall, 17 Stukeley Street, London WC2B 5LT
Workshops for Intermediate and Experienced choral groups Massed choir workshop Vocal workshop with acclaimed choral conductor Mike Brewer Cost for Workshop participants: £30 (including concert ticket)

Concert
17th June 2007 7.30pm
St John’s, Smith Square, London SW1P 3HA
Featuring performances by the Zemel Choir, Pandemonium (a choir for young adults) and the JFS Choir. It will also feature performances by choral groups formed specially for the occasion, and by a massed choir consisting of all the workshop participants and other choristers. Concert Tickets £8 - £17 £8. £12, £17 (concessions -10%) from the Box Office, 020 7222 1061.

Visit our website at www.the- zemel-choir.org or phone our membership secretary on +44 (0)20-8868 8423.

Celebrate with Song is a new venture by the Zemel Choir, promoted in association with JMI and the BBC "Play it Again" Campaign. It aims to encourage participation in Jewish choral music amongst adults of all ages, and of varying experience. Supported by the Harold Hyam Wingate Foundation

The Zemel Choir, established in the UK by Dudley Cohen in 1955, is proud of its international reputation as one of the world s finest mixed voice Jewish choirs. Our wide ranging repertoire embraces all the traditional Jewish cultures, Ashkenazi, Sephardi, Yiddish and Israeli. ZC regularly performs in major venues throughout the U.K. and overseas, and besides singing well known favourites, are particularly proud to present new music, often specially commissioned, from contemporary composers.

TV and Radio appearances in the UK include:

2005- BBC1 TV Songs of Praise Holocaust Day broadcast.
2001- Radio 4 s Holocaust Day edition of Sunday Worship
1990-The Expressions of Reconciliation and Hope service in York Minster.
1986- Live television and radio broadcast of Kaddish for Terezin from Canterbury Cathedral.

Over the years the Zemel Choir have made many recordings, the most recent of which The English Tradition of Jewish Choral Music conducted by Robert Max with Cantor Moshe Haschel was described as a fascinating and beautifully performed selection of synagogue music from the 19th and 20th centuries .

The Zemel Choir have recently completed a European Tour and have in the past performed in the U.S.A., Canada, Israel, and Eastern and Western Europe, and in 1993 participated in the Polish Holocaust Memorial ceremonies in Warsaw and Treblinka to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising. At the 1996 Zimriyah Choral Festival in Jerusalem the Choir was invited to sing at the opening ceremony concert which was broadcast live on Israel Radio.

Plans for the near future include 3 concerts in London before the end of 2006 and beyond that a possible tour of Western Europe in the spring of 2007.

The Choir has maintained its reputation as a result of professional musical direction, and a strong commitment to rehearsals by its members. We come together not only to sing, but to be part of a warm and friendly social group. We are always happy to welcome new members, and to find out more about us, visit our website at www.the- zemel-choir.org or phone our membership secretary on +44 (0)20-8868 8423.

Music in Our Time: A Concert of Music by Contemporary Jewish Composers

The American Society for Jewish Music presents:
June 10, 2007, 5:30 pm
Music in Our Time: A Concert of Music by Contemporary Jewish Composers

Composers include Leo Kraft, Joel Mandelbaum, and Yehudi Wyner.
Center for Jewish History
15 West 16th Street
New York, NY 10011
Admission: $12/$6 ASJM/AJHS/CJH members, seniors
Please contact the CJH Theater Box Office
phone: (917) 606-8200
email: boxoffice@cjh.org

Vampire Suit reunites in Brooklyn June 22nd

After a long break spent pursuing other activities, the members of Vampire Suit reunite at their favorite venue. The band will play on June 22nd at Barbes, 376 9th St., Park Slope, Brooklyn, at 8pm.

As the group's leader and composer, Jay Vilnai brings to Vampire Suit his wide palette experiences as a musician in New York, having shared the stage with such diverse figures as Klezmer great Frank London, Brazilian percussionist Jorge Martins and saxophonist Roy Nathanson, and having played anything from traditional jazz to Balkan music, Klezmer to Schoenberg, free improv to cabaret shows.



The music has enduring beauty that touches on the heart of the Middle East's musical culture while exhibiting western flair. Open improvisations and the spirit of the belly dance coexist, encouraging the traditional undulated hip movements as a supplement to the solid instrumentation....
-Frank Rubolino, Cadence Magazine

Also in play is Vilnai's unique musical heritage as a Russian-Romanian-Polish descendant raised in Jerusalem around a mix of contemporary and traditional Jewish and Arab music, with a soul for rock n'roll and a BFA in jazz. Couple that with a passion for Bartok and Stravinsky and you end up with all original music that draws on all those influences to create something akin to traditional music for a generation that hails from so many traditions. Balkan and Middle-Eastern rhythms are prominent, backed by 20th century composing concepts and jazz improvising.

'Vilnai and his vampires get high marks for their utter unpredictability from track to track, their sheer joy they get from and give to the music and the various textures and sounds that emerge.'
- Budd Kopman, All About Jazz

The result is a highly personal musical texture that takes you from the tribal dances of North Africa to the marshes of the Balkans. A musical journey that is at once personal and global, music that is at the same time unmistakably modern, yet feels old and familiar.

'If Bram Stoker's imaginary Transylvania had a jazz scene, the music might sound something like this.'
-Jazz Review

To help create that sound Vampire Suit draws on the talents of young New York musicians that have had experience in different musical settings and cultures. Collaborators Skye Steele (violin), Gary Pickard (sax), Mike Savino (bass) and Rich Stein (percussion) are all adept at a variety of traditions, and well-traveled in the jazz, rock and world scenes in New York and around the globe. They each bring their sensibility to Vampire Suit's far-reaching music, while the compositions are constructed to showcase their talents and abilities.

DYB tells the story their way

This might not be the way some musicologists might tell the story, but those invested in this topic should read it.
Here's the pitch and how they tell it::

" What do Matisyahu, Blue Fringe, Klezmatics, Moshav Band, and Soul Farm all have in common?

Their direct connection to The Diaspora Yeshiva Band, the band that invented Jewish Rock!

The Diaspora Yeshiva Band¹s recordings signify, perhaps, the most influential change in modern Jewish music history. Here is an exclusive, fascinating and informative article about a history-making group, and the major fore-runners of today¹s Jewish music by one of the original founding members.

A fascinating article about the history of modern Jewish music and the influence of The Diaspora Yeshiva Band on most of today¹s Jewish music groups can be found by clicking on this link:
http://www.jewishmag.com/114mag/band/band.htm "

SHIRAH, Community Chorus on the Palisades

13---Celebrate our Bar Mitzvah Year with a Gala Concert

Conductor & Accompanist:
Matthew Lazar, Founding Director & Conductor
Beth Robin, Pianist/Accompanist

Music Performed:
Sacred and Secular (the full spectrum) in Hebrew, English, Yiddish and Ladino
Location:
Jewish Community Center on the Palisades
411 East Clinton Avenue
Tenafly, New Jersey 07670
www.jccotp.org for the JCC
201-569-7900
SHIRAH's own WebSite: www.shirah.citymax.com

Active Season:
After the High Hoilidays (September or October, depending on the year)
through June (second Sunday).
2 Semesters---Fall and Spring

Performing Schedule:
December (Chanukah), June (second Sunday), July (North American Jewish Choral Festival, Kerhonkson, NY)---second Tuesday

History:
Formed in January, 1995, with the generous support of its founding patrons, Bernard and Ruth Weinflash, as a regional chorus specializing in the performance of the full spectrum of Jewish music. Sponsored by the JCC on the Palisades/Thurnauer School of Music,its roster includes a multigenerational blend of amateur and professiional singers from the northern New Jersey/New York metropolitan area. SHIRAH performs regularly at the JCC on the Palisades and has been featured in many concerts in the United States and Israel, including Avery Fisher Hall, the New Jersey and Bergen Performing Arts Centers in Newark and Englewood and the Colden Center, featuring the World Premiere of "The Scroll" by Dov Selzer with the Queens Symphony. SHIRAH also performs annually at the North American Jewish Choral Festival and was featured in the Opening Ceremonies of the JCC Maccabi Games in East Rutherford at the Continental Airlines Arena. In addition, SHIRAH has given concerts for organizations and synagogues in the tri-state area and released its first CD in honor of their 10th anniversary .

Music Series of the Perishable Theater in Providence

The Live/Whirled Acoustic Music Series of the Perishable Theater, Music Director - Marilyn Mair presents:
Bob Moses, percussion with Fishel Bresler, clarinet & mandolin, & Shelley Katsh, piano & accordion,
in a program of jazz, klezmer, and original music, presented in an informal concert setting, to be followed by a jam session.

Sunday, June 10th, 3:00 PM
at the Perishable Theater,
95 Empire Street,
Providence RI
Admission $8

Audience members are invited to bring acoustic instruments for the jam session that will follow the concert.
Concert Information or reservations: 401-331-2695 x101 www.perishable.org photo credits- Fishel Bresler & Shelley Katsh: Irving Shild; Bob Moses: Elianna Bresler,