KlezKamp Plucked Strings and Cantorial Melodies December 21-26, 2008

Jeff Warshauer willl be teaching special hands-on workshops for plucked string players: 1) A hands-on workshop for any plucked string instrument, covering specific techniques for playing klezmer/Yiddish music, and 2) A mandolin orchestra open to plucked or struck string instrumentalists, plus singers. Also an advanced hands-on workshop for improvisers and composers (both instrumentalists and singers) addressing Jewish Cantorial modality and improvisation. KlezKamp is an amazing week of study and fun... don't miss it!
December 21-26, 2008!
http://www.livingtraditions.org/docs/index_kk.htm

Pharaoh's Daughter at Rabbis for Human Rights Event

"Second North American Conference on Judaism and Human Rights" What: Performance Host: Judy Salosky at Rabbis for Human Rights Start Time: Monday, December 8 at 8:00pm Adas Israel 2850 Quebec Street, NW Washington, DC

Job Opening in New Orleans

Tulane University through Library Associates Companies (LAC) seeks a creative, dynamic Head of Music & Media Librarian to work within the Public Services Division at an academic library located in New Orleans, LA. Reporting to the Director of Public Services, the Head of the Music and Media Librarian will play a key role in the Library’s efforts to rebuild its world-class music collections, which were heavily damaged by Hurricane Katrina. He or she will participate in committee service within the library and through professional activity help to advocate for the interests of librarians at Tulane and throughout the profession. The librarian may share reference duties with other librarians at a central Reference and Information Desk including some evening and weekend duty; and participate in the library’s instruction program. RESPONSIBILITIES:

* Develop new music and media collections in both digital and print formats;
* Act as bibliographer and liaison to the Music and Communication departments, providing reference and instructional services;
* Supervise a full-time Media Specialist who oversees the day-to-day running of the library’s music & media facility;
* Manage the development of a growing collection of audio recordings, video recordings, and other media which support the university curriculum, including a Film Studies program within the Department of Communication.
* Develop a dynamic vision for the library’s music and media resources, following national trends, current research, and the latest practices in the field;
* Participate in committee service within the library and through professional activity help to advocate for the interests of librarians at Tulane and throughout the profession;
* Some reference duties as required;
* Participate in the library’s instruction program.

QUALIFICATIONS:

* Master’s Degree in Library Science from an ALA accredited program or a significant background in music;
* Knowledge of music bibliography as evidenced by course work or experience;
* Two (2) or more years experience in reference and instruction in an academic library setting;
* Advanced degree in music or musicology or an interest or experience in film and media studies is preferred;
* Knowledge of trends in music and media librarianship including emerging digital formats;
* Familiarity with copyright, licensing and preservation issues;
* Excellent communication and teaching skills;
* Enthusiasm for an innovative and changing environment;
* Previous experience in collection development and a demonstrated skill in library instruction is preferred;
* Willingness to participate in professional development and in the shared governance of the Library and the University.

TO APPLY:

* For immediate consideration please email your cover letter and resume to Recruiter Brad Rogers at, jobs@libraryassociates.com.
* Please reference position title as the subject line of your email.
* Library Associates Companies is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer that values diversity in the workforce.

Yiddish Princess at Pete's Candy Store

Yiddish Princess at Pete's Candy Store!
"Because Yiddish was born to rock!"
Host: People for the Advancement of Yiddish Power Ballads
Start Time: Sunday, November 30 at 9:30pm
Where: Pete's Candy Store
709 Lorimer Street
Brooklyn, NY

Cyndi Lauper meets Aaron Lebedeff in 1983. Boy George shares a L'khayim with Sholem Sekunda in 1981. Molly Picon and Phil Collins have a wild affair in Kishenev around 1984 or 1985. Yiddish Chestnuts through a faux 80's filter.

Looking to reconcile your love of 80s power rock with your love of traditional Yiddish music? Your search is over. Behold, Yiddish Princess in all its Yiddish belting, guitar wailing, synthed out glory. Come on over and give thanks with us at Pete's Candy Store on the 30th. You won't be sorry.

Yiddish Princess is: Sarah Mina Gordon, vocals; Michael Winograd, synths; Avi Fox-Rosen, guitar; Jon Singer, drums.

From Italy to Broadway in SF

Sharon Bernstein and pianist Jonathan Schwartz will perform a concert
"From Italy to Broadway" on Thursday, December 11 at 7:30pm.
Jewish Community Library, San Francisco
Start Time: Thursday, December 11 at 7:30pm
Jewish Community Library
1835 Ellis Street
San Francisco, CA

A program by Jewish composers of art songs and standards, with pianist Jonathan Schwartz: sonnets from Dante's "La Vita Nova" set by Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco, Emily Dickenson poems set by Aaron Copland, Ladino folk songs set by Alberto Hemsi, and Broadway tunes by Kurt Weill, George and Ira Gershwin, Irving Berlin, Harold Arlen, and, of course, Leonard Bernstein.

Rockin Rebbetzin

The Kol Isha show is every Sunday from 11am-1pm e.s.t. live on the web www.wsia.fm and in NY and NJ its 88.9fm. This is music intended for women in the Orthodox community to enjoy.

Open Sing -- Judas Maccabaeus by Handel

Zamir Chorale of Boston invites you to its third annual Open Sing
on Sunday, Dec.7, 3:00 pm
at Temple Reyim,
1860 Washington Street., Newton, MA
Featuring choruses from Handel's Judas Maccabaeus and synagogue motets of Italian composer Salamone Rossi, presented by Prof. Joshua Jacobson.
Admission: $10; $8 for students and seniors. Tickets available at the door only.
Scores available for all participants.
Listeners welcome too!

Micha Haran in the Concert Meister Series at Baruch Performing Arts Center

Baruch Performing Arts Center Presents
The Concert Meister Series
Micha Haran
Solo Cellist & Principal Cellist of The Israel Philharmonic Orchestra for 30 years

Tuesday, November 25th at 7:00 PM

Performing Bach Suite No.1 & Kodaly Cello Sonata Op. 8
at
Engelman Recital Hall
On the South Side of East 25th Street Between Lexington & 3rd avenues
Manhattan, New York

Tickets: $30 -Call +1212.352.3101 or +1866.811.4111 or online
http://www.theatermania.com/content/show.cfm/show/149057

Details

Micha Haran, Principal Cellist of the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, returns to New York, for a Solo performance at Baruch Performing Arts Center, after 33 years
"The Israeli Cellist is an assertive player with fine technical control and musicianship that runs deep. Both in appearance and sound, he projects an intense concentration that adds greatly to his communicative strength as an artist" The New York Times, Haran's Last Solo Performance in New York

Micha Haran, Formally known as Michael Haran, (http://www.michaharan.com), is known in the Classical Music circles as the Principal Cellist of The Israel Philharmonic Orchestra under the baton of Zubin Mehta, a position he has maintained for over 30 years. He has also had a notable solo career around the world while under the management of the famous impresario, Sol Hurok, who managed the world's greatest artists, such as Arthur Rubinstein, Isaac Stern and Yitzhak Perlman. In earlier performances in New York, The New York Times praised Maestro Haran for having an "exceptional zest and a sense of color" and for "his tone sounding rich". On Tuesday, November 25th at 7:00 PM, 33 years after his last solo performance in New York City, Haran will perform the Bach Suite No. 1 for Cello Solo and the Kodaly Solo Cello Sonata Op. 8, at the Engelman Recital Hall at the Baruch Performing Arts Center in Manhattan, New York. The Baruch Performing Arts Center is located on the south side of East 25th Street between 3rd and Lexington Avenues.

When discussing the pieces he chose for his New York concert, he says: "Bach suites are the ultimate test of being a mature performer". He has played Bach since the beginning of his career and received praises from the 1967 Geneva International Cello Competition winning the Antonio Janigro Prize for the best interpretation of Bach. Haran continues to explain that early in his career "I was not completely satisfied with my Bach conception and decided to review it from scratch." Furthermore, "I stopped performing this music for a number of years and kept studying it with different masters, especially Baroque players who had a significant influence on the way I perform these pieces. My interpretation of it is much closer to the Baroque style. I would not call it authentic. I believe that even in the Baroque period, tastes changed from one player to another and music playing was not a mere reproduction of effects but a live, vibrant and expressive interpretation of every day life". He also chose the Kodaly Sonata because it is monumental piece that uses every aspect of cello playing. "It sings, speaks and works on the imagination of the performer as well as the listener with the help of a wide range of sound colors. It should sound as if it is improvised although every note is written out. Just being able to play all the notes is an amazing technical achievement. I think that having Hungarian roots helps me to feel it in a strong instinctive way."

When Haran is not performing with the orchestra, he is touring the world as a soloist and a conductor. As a soloist he appeared with some of the world's most prestigious orchestras such as the Israel Philharmonic, Academia of Santa Cecilia, Milano R.A.I, Genova Opera, Bergen Philharmonic and has collaborated with conductors such as Paul Paray, Leonard Bernstein, Zubin Mehta, Christoff Echenbach, Charles Dutoit, Genadi Rozdestvensky, Raphael Frubeck de Burgos, Mendi Rodan, Daniel Oren and Aldo Ceccato. He also performed as a soloist without a conductor in concertos by classical composers with I.P.O, Orquesta Sinfonica de Chile, Cordoba Chamber Orchestra and Rishon Symphony Orchestra. As a conductor he appeared with the I.P.O, Jerusalem Symphony, Israel Chamber Orchestra, Cordoba Chamber Orchestra, Pro Arte- Brazil and ensembles Philocamera and Kaprizma. Haran principal teachers were Andre Navarra and Bernard Greenhouse, he also studied chamber music with violinist Joseph Calvet and conducting with Aldo Ceccato.

Live at YIVO: Andy Statman Trio

"Live at YIVO: Andy Statman Trio" on Tuesday, November 25 at 7:00pm.

A Concert with the "Legendary Clarinet and Mandolin Virtuoso Andy Statman fuses Klezmer, Bluegrass & Jazz " at YIVO:
Center for Jewish History
15 West 16th Street
New York, NY
Start Time: Tuesday, November 25 at 7:00pm

CHOIRS AND CANTORS BRING ON THE LIGHT THIS CHANUKAH

Over 200 adults and children will celebrate Chanukah, the Festival of Lights, in concert, 3 P.M., Sunday, December 14, 2008 as Congregation Rodeph Sholom of Manhattan hosts its unique, multigenerational Festival of Choirs. The ninth annual concert will feature cantors and their volunteer adult and children’s choirs from all over the New York metropolitan area. This year, the first night of Chanukah is Sunday, December 21, 2008.

“There is nothing as special as seeing the young and the young-at-heart join together in song to celebrate the festival of Chanukah,” according to Congregation Rodeph Sholom’s Senior Cantor, Rebecca Garfein. “We are thrilled to present the ninth annual Festival of Choirs to the New York community.”

Highlights of the concert will include the multigenerational 200-voiced combined choir singing an arrangement of Peter Yarrow’s song (of Peter Paul and Mary fame),“Light One Candle,” and the concert’s finale, “Bring on the Light,” a piece by composer, singer and actor, Danny Maseng, that was commissioned by Congregation Rodeph Sholom for the Festival of Choirs in 2001. Additionally, the combined children’s choir will perform, “Raise up the Menorah” written by Rodeph Sholom musician and congregant, Eliot Bailen and students from the Rodeph Sholom Day School and Religious School.

A Festival of Choirs is free of charge and open to the entire community.

Congregation Rodeph Sholom is located at 7 West 83rd Street off of Central Park West in Manhattan. For more information about this concert, please call 646-454-3039.

Cantor Garfein will be joined in concert by Rodeph Sholom’s Assistant Cantor, Shayna Peavey and Student Cantors, Jennifer Strauss-Klein and Katie Oringel. Also participating in the concert will be Cantor Angela Warnick-Buchdahl and Cantor Elizabeth Sacks, Central Synagogue, Manhattan; Cantor Judith Rowland and Cantor Todd Kipnis, Temple Shaaray Tefila, Manhattan; Cantor Janet Leuchter and Music Director, Rose Moskowitz, Congregation Beth Elohim, Brooklyn, NY; Cantor Claire Franco, Community Synagogue, Port Washington, New York; Cantor Fredda Mendelson and Music Director, Jayson Rodovsky, Larchmont Temple, Larchmont, New York and Student Cantors Arik Luck and Aaron Kaplan, Manhattan.

Accompanying the cantors and choirs will be Rodeph Sholom Organist and arranger, J. David Williams. Joining Mr. Williams will be the “Festival of Choirs” combo: John Hadfield, percussion, Susan Rotholz, flute, Eliot Bailen, guitar and cello and Daniel Freeman upright bass.

Beyond Boundaries: Klezmer Music in the 21st Century 2008

Beyond Boundaries: Klezmer Music in the 21st Century Looks at the State of the Art of Klezmer through Discussion and Performance

On December 16, the Center for Jewish Studies and the Martin E. Segal Theatre Center of the CUNY Graduate Center will present Beyond Boundaries: Klezmer Music in the 21st Century. Featuring distinguished klezmer performers, scholars, cultural commentators, and composers, the program includes an afternoon symposium with music (at 3:00 p.m.) and an evening concert (at 7:00 p.m.). This event is part of the Beyond Boundaries Series in Jewish Music, launched by the Center for Jewish Studies in Spring 2008. The series explores aspects of Jewish music from multiple perspectives—geographical, cultural, and musical. The Graduate Center is located at 365 Fifth Avenue between 34th and 35th Streets.

The afternoon symposium at 3:00 p.m. will consider the current state of klezmer music and its implications for the 21st century. Moderated by Dr. Marsha Dubrow, resident scholar in Jewish music at the Center for Jewish Studies, the symposium features noted klezmer experts Alicia Svigals, Hankus Netsky, Yale Strom, Joel Rubin, Eve Sicular, Seth Rogovoy, and composer Stephen Dankner. A series of presentations will be followed by eclectic conversations about klezmer as a world-music genre with a long history and an evolving future.



The evening concert at 7:00 p.m. will feature renowned klezmer ethnographer and performing artist Yale Strom and his band Hot Pstromi, joined by illustrious performers from the afternoon symposium. In addition, internationally-acclaimed cellist Matt Haimovitz will perform Stephen Dankner’s Klezmer Fantasy, a boundary-crossing, contemporary classical work that incorporates various klezmer elements, as well as a work by Strom (The Ram’s Daughter, arranged for cello and piano). Accompanying Haimovitz will be Geoffrey Burlson, a faculty member at Hunter College, CUNY and Princeton University.

Further information on the Graduate Center and its programs can be found at www.gc.cuny.edu Klezmer has a history of many centuries, but its revival in the late 20th century has inspired countless musicians to combine klezmer with various types of music including classical, jazz, hip-hop, reggae, and other pop genres. The panelists will explore the current klezmer scene, not only in America, but in Europe, Israel, and beyond, as they consider the prospects of klezmer for future generations of musicians and audiences.



Strom will also present brief film clips from his forthcoming documentary, A Great Day on Eldridge Street, about the gathering in 2007 of more than 100 klezmer musicians at the historic Eldridge Street Synagogue in Lower Manhattan to celebrate klezmer music-making and its rich history.

Bios of Symposium Participants:


Alicia Svigals -- one of the world’s leading klezmer fiddlers and a founder of the Grammy-winning Klezmatics. She has played with and written for violinist Itzhak Perlman, the Kronos Quartet, playwrights Tony Kushner and Eve Ensler, the late poet Allen Ginsburg, Robert Plant and Jimmy Page of Led Zeppelin, singer/songwriter Debbie Friedman, Hasidic superstars Avraham Fried, and many others. She has appeared on David Letterman, MTV, Good Morning America, PBS’s Great Performances, and on NPR’s Prairie Home Companion, Weekend Edition and New Sounds.

Dr. Hankus Netsky -- multi-instrumentalist, composer, and scholar, vice president for education at the National Yiddish Book Center in Amherst, Massachusetts, and chair of the Contemporary Improvisation Department at the New England Conservatory in Boston. Netsky is a founder and director of the Klezmer Conservatory Band, an internationally renowned Yiddish music ensemble, and serves as research director of the Klezmer Conservatory Foundation, dedicated to the preservation and perpetuation of Yiddish and klezmer music traditions. He collaborated with violinist Itzhak Perlman on In the Fiddler’s House, a video, recording, and touring project which culminated in a PBS documentary and two EMI CD releases.

Yale Strom -- violinist, composer, filmmaker, writer, photographer, and playwright. Strom is a pioneer among revivalists in conducting extensive field research in Central and Eastern Europe and the Balkans among the Jewish and Rom communities. He is the author of The Book of Klezmer: The History, the Music, the Folklore (2002), The Absolutely Complete Klezmer Songbook (2006), and, most recently, his first children’s book, The Wedding that Saved a Town (2008), based upon a true klezmer story. His award-winning documentary films include The Last Klezmer, L’Chaim Comrade Stalin!, and Klezmer on Fish Street. Currently, Strom is artist-in-residence in the Jewish Studies Program at San Diego State University.

Dr. Joel Rubin -- internationally acclaimed performer of Jewish instrumental klezmer and Hasidic music. In addition to performances with traditional musicians such as the Epstein Brothers (USA) and Moshe Berlin (Israel), he founded and played clarinet with some of the most internationally respected klezmer ensembles, including the Joel Rubin Jewish Music Ensemble and Brave Old World. Rubin’s fifth solo album, Midnight Prayer, came out in 2007 on Traditional Crossroads. He has concertized throughout Europe, North America, and Asia and taught master classes and workshops at many universities including Yale and Syracuse, and for the Israeli and Berlin Ministries of Education. Rubin wrote the first full-length doctoral thesis on Jewish instrumental klezmer music (City University of London, 2001), as well as numerous books and articles on klezmer and Jewish music traditions.

Seth Rogovoy -- writer, award-winning critic, author, lecturer, teacher and radio commentator. Rogovoy is the author of The Essential Klezmer: A Music Lover’s Guide to Jewish Roots and Soul Music (2000) and editor-in-chief of Berkshire Living, an award-winning regional lifestyle and culture magazine. As a cultural journalist, Rogovoy served for nearly 20 years as a rock and jazz critic for the Berkshire Eagle and writes frequently for Jewish publications including the Forward, Hadassah Magazine and the Berkshire Jewish Voice. His cultural commentary can be heard on WAMC Northeast Public Radio Network.

Eve Sicular – drummer, bandleader and film scholar. Sicular founded Metropolitan Klezmer Octet in 1994 and the all-female Isle of Klezbos sextet in 1998. Her groups have appeared on CNN’s Worldbeat, PBS, NPR, and on multiple tours in Europe and North America. She has produced five internationally acclaimed CDs for both her bands. As a film scholar, she worked on MoMA’s series Bridge of Light: Yiddish Film Between Two Worlds, and subsequently curated the film and photo archive department at the Yivo Institute at the Center for Jewish History in New York City. Her writings have been published widely, including in the anthologies When Joseph Met Molly and Queer Jews and in the magazines Lilith, Mix and Davka.

Dr. Stephen Dankner -- composer and music commentator. Dankner received his D.M.A. from the Juilliard School, where he studied with Vincent Persichetti and Roger Sessions. He has composed nine symphonies, ten string quartets, and much more vocal, choral, choral chamber, and orchestral music. From 2004-2008, he was composer-in-residence with the Louisiana Philharmonic. With his Ninth Symphony premiere in March 2010, the orchestra will have premiered six of Dankner’s symphonies. He has had residences at Yaddo, the Millay Colony, and the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts. Dankner has received five commissions from the Albany Symphony including The Klezmer Fantasy, which he composed for cellist Matt Haimovitz in 2007.

Bios of Evening Concert Performers:
Cellist Matt Haimovitz made his debut in 1984 at the age of 13 as soloist with Zubin Mehta and the Israel Philharmonic. At 17, he made his first recording with James Levine and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra for Deutsche Grammophon. Haimovitz has since gone on to perform with such orchestras as the Berlin Philharmonic with James Levine, the New York Philharmonic with Zubin Mehta, the English Chamber Orchestra with Daniel Barneboim, the Boston Symphony Orchestra with Leonard Slatkin, and the Cleveland Orchestra with Charles Dutoit. Born in Israel, Haimovitz has been honored with numerous awards and is the first cellist ever to receive the prestigious Premio Internazionale “Accademia Musicale Chigiana” (1999). He has recorded extensively for ten years as an exclusive artist with Deutsche Grammophone, and, since 2000, on Oxingale Records, the label he co-founded. Haimovitz has been featured in publications including Newsweek and the New Yorker, and has been the subject of full-length televised features on CBS’s Sunday Morning, PBS’s Salute to the Arts and Nova.

Pianist Geoffrey Burlson has performed to wide acclaim throughout Europe and North America. He is equally active as a recitalist, concerto soloist, chamber musician and jazz performer. The New York Times has hailed Burleson’s solo performances as “vibrant and compelling,” praising his “rhythmic brio, projection of rhapsodic qualities, appropriate sense of spontaneity, and rich colorings.” Burlson made his New York City solo recital debut at Merkin Hall in 2000, sponsored by the League of Composers/ISCM. He has recorded the complete piano sonatas of Vincent Persichetti. Upcoming releases include Messiaen’s Quartet for the End of Time, Roy Harris’s Complete Piano Works for Naxos, and Odd Couple, a program of American cello and piano works with cellist Matt Haimovitz, featuring the Barber and Carter sonatas, as well as pieces by David Sanford and Augusta Reed Thomas. Burlson teaches piano at Princeton University, and is assistant professor of music and director of piano studies at Hunter College, CUNY. (See bio for performer Yale Strom under symposium participants.)

The Graduate Center is devoted primarily to doctoral studies and awards most of the City University of New York’s Ph.D.s. An internationally recognized center for advanced studies and a national model for public doctoral education, the school offers more than thirty doctoral programs as well as a number of master’s programs. Many of its faculty members are among the world’s leading scholars in their respective fields, and its alumni hold major positions in industry and government, as well as in academia. The Graduate Center is also home to more than thirty interdisciplinary research centers and institutes focused on areas of compelling social, civic, cultural, and scientific concerns. Located in a landmark Fifth Avenue building, the Graduate Center has become a vital part of New York City’s intellectual and cultural life with its extensive array of public lectures, exhibitions, concerts, and theatrical events. Further information on the Graduate Center and its programs can be found at www.gc.cuny.edu

PEY DALID with Special Guests Aryeh Kunstler & Friends

SATURDAY NOVEMBER 22nd
DOORS OPEN 8:30pm $12
PEY DALID returns to the cafe with their infectious melodies, heartfelt vocals and grooving rhythms. Ready to uplift your soul! http://www.myspace.com/peydalid
The Jewish Music Cafe
401 9th street (between 6th & 7th Avenues) Park Slope Brooklyn

Cool Jew Artist Showcase at Manhattan JCC

Thu, Nov 20, 2008
7:30 PM
Cool Jew

This "extreme book signing" will celebrate the launch of Cool Jew with an unprecedented concert of New York talent. Lisa will perform spoken word from her book, followed by an artists' showcase. Special guests include Dov Rosenblatt of Blue Fringe, Y Love and Diwon, Rav Shmuel, Chana Rothman, Basya Schecter of Pharoah's Daughter, the Goddess Pearlman of Nice Jewish Girls Gone Bad, Naomi Less of Jewish Chicks Rock, Sarah Aroeste and her Ladino rock band, Michelle Citrin aka Rosh Hashanah Girl, Yoshie Fruchter, and spoken word performance by poet/novelist/memoirist Matthue Roth. Artists will be available to autograph CDs and books for sale, fun kosher foods will be available, a marketplace will feature Heebster swag, and a charity raffle will raise money for the One Family Fund for Israeli victims of terror.

Free Member
Free Non-Member
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Location: The JCC in Manhattan, 334 Amsterdam Ave. at 76th St. (Program room assignments will be available at the JCC Customer Service Desk, in the lobby of the Samuel Priest Rose Building.)

Lights Celebrate Hanukkah on a PBS Station as Close as Your TV

Lights Celebrate Hanukkah Live in Concert is a high-definition special feature on PBS with a distinguished, diverse and dynamic ensemble of musical performers in celebration of the Jewish Festival of Lights. Craig Taubman hosts a musical extravaganza featuring the likes of the Grammy Award-winning Klezmatics; cantor/tenor Alberto Mizrahi (first introduced in CANTORS: A FAITH IN SONG); top-selling jazz artist Dave Koz; soulful and dynamic Joshua Nelson; Emmy Award-winning actress Mare Winningham; rising star Michelle Citrin and others.

For Dates and Times, look for your local PBS station here:
http://www.craignco.com/lights/airdates.html

Lights: Celebrate Hanukkah Live In Concert offers a diverse and joyous new way of looking at the holiday for all generations. Grammy winners The Klezmatics share songs from their hit Hanukkah album featuring lyrics by Woody Guthrie with high energy and old country charm, while Cantor Alberto Mizrahi - the “Jewish Pavarotti” familiar to PBS audiences from the special “Cantors: A Faith in Song” - wows the audience with his Middle-Eastern rendition of “Ocho Kandelikas.” In a brilliant blending of tradition and innovation, Mizrahi also performs a collaborative number with the award winning Keshet Chayim dance ensemble. Michelle Citrin, whose YouTube videos “Rosh Hashanah Girl” and “Twenty Things to Do with Matzah” have received millions of hits, gets the crowd singing along to Peter Yarrow’s “Light One Candle.” Emmy Award winner Mare Winningham, a recent convert to Judaism, tells her unique story through “A Convert Jig,” while Grammy nominee and top-selling saxophonist Dave Koz transforms “Somewhere Over the Rainbow” into a song about hope - and a potential new Hanukkah classic

Multi-instrumentalist Josh Nelson leads a children’s choir in the moving ballad “L’Dor Vador,” Gospel singer Joshua “The Prince” Nelson puts a new spin on “I Have A Little Dreidel,” and Rabbi David Wolpe (named the #1 pulpit rabbi in America by Newsweek in 2008) adds to the proceedings with touches of inspiration throughout the program. Taubman performs a number of songs including his original compositions “Shehechianu” (with his sister, Cantor Caren Glasser), “Holy Ground” (with the dance troupe BodyTraffic), and the traditional melody “Maoz Tzur” (a duet with multi-Grammy winner Laurence Juber).

Song and Artist List:
• Hanukah Gelt- The Klezmatics
• Mi Yimalel- Craig Taubman, The Tribe and Alberto Mizrahi
• The Blessings - Alberto Mizrahi
• Shehechianu- Craig Taubman and Caren Glasser
• Od’cha- Alberto Mizrahi
• Lights- Rabbi David Wolpe
• Light One Candle- Michelle Citrin
• I Have A Little Dreidl- Joshua Nelson
• Ocho Kandelikas- Alberto Mizrahi
• Hope- Rabbi David Wolpe
• Holy Ground- Craig Taubman and BodyTraffic
• Somewhere Over the Rainbow- Dave Koz
• Ale Brider- The Klezmatics
• Hiney Ma Tov- Joshua Nelson
• Hanukah’s Flame- The Klezmatics
• A Convert Jig- Mare Winningham
• Maoz Tzur- Laurence Juber and Craig Taubman
• L’dor Vador- Josh Nelson with Sinai Temple and Temple Aliyah Youth Choirs
• Hanukah ‘o Hanukah- The Cast

Songs from My Grandmother's FBI Files

J. Edgar Klezmer: Songs from My Grandmother's FBI Files
"musical documentary theater experiment" Performance
Eve Sicular & Isle of Klezbos
Start Time: Monday, November 24 at 8:00pm
End Time: Monday, November 24 at 9:30pm
Where: The NEW Dixon Place, main theater space!
161 Chrystie Street (next to, yes: Sammy's Roumanian...)
New York, NY

Judith Wachs of Voice of the Turtle Dies at 70

We are saddened to report that Judith Wachs, the founder of the Voice of the Turtle, the music group devoted to Sephardic music, died in Cambridge, MA on October 9, 2008 of cancer. Starting out first with just one music volume she found at Harvard, Judith painstakingly researched and recreated songs that told the stories of the exile and survival of the Sephardic Jews expelled from Spain in the 15th century. She interviewed elderly Sephardic people in Israel, and did research at the Jewish National Library in Jerusalem. Her Boston-based group of four, produced recordings such as Balkan Vistas--Spanish Dreams, From the Shores of the Golden Horn, The Sword of the Dove, Bridges of Song:Music of the Spanish Jews of Morocco, and Circle of Fire: A Hanukkah Concert Live! An obituary appeared in the Boston Globe. There is also an interview with Ms. Wachs at RootsWorld http://www.rootsworld.com/interview/vot.html

Sephardic Music Comes to Light

Joel Bresler announces the launch of his website on Sephardic Music: A Century of Recordings, www.sephardicmusic.org. The site chronicles the first 100 years of commercial Sephardic recordings. It includes survey articles on the 78 and modern eras, a comprehensive discography of Sephardic 78s, and a sample of what a future discography of modern-era recordings could look like. Visit this site to learn about Sephardic repertory and performance practices, and hear clips of famous Sephardi singers and musicians. The site provides access to information by label, by song and by artist. There are many images of covers and performers. The site also provides sound recordings divided into time periods. This site will prove especially useful in the years to come to anyone with an interest in music of the Sephardic Jewish community.

Pro Musica Hebraica at Kennedy Center in Washington

Pro Musica Hebraica is devoted to presenting Jewish classical music — much of it lost, forgotten, or rarely performed — in a concert-hall setting. On November 18, 2008, the ARC Ensemble of Canada's Royal Conservatory of Music presents works by Mieczysław Weinberg, Szymon Laks, and Sergei Prokofiev all composed in the aftermath of world war.
Tuesday, November 18, 2008
The Terrace Theater
The Kennedy Center
Washington, DC
7:30 PM
http://promusicahebraica.org/index.html
ARC Ensemble

ARC is the ensemble-in-residence of Canada's Royal Conservatory of Music; its members are all soloists and chamber musicians and senior faculty members of the Glenn Gould School, the Conservatory's professional training division. Since its creation in 2002, ARC has presented a number of highly successful concert series and symposia in Toronto, including explorations of music of the Holocaust - Music Reborn; programmes of British chamber music from the early 20th century, and a series devoted to chamber music by film composers - Reel Music. These projects have all been broadcast by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation and by National Public Radio, throughout North America.

MAGEVET CONCERT

Temple Beth Sholom of Stratford and Congregation Sinai of Milford take pleasure in announcing a joint venture – The Magevet Concert.

For those who are asking “Ma Zeh”, or what is Magevet? Magevet is a cappella group that originated at Yale University in the spring of 1993 and has weathered the test of time. Their repertoire spans the Jewish Universe from Hebrew, Yiddish and Ladino ballards to Ugandan Jewish tunes.

Sunday, November 16th at 2:00 PM
Temple Beth Sholom 275 Huntington Road, Stratford, Connecticut
Advance Tickets: Adults $12 – Children (ages 4-13) $10 – ages 3 and under (on lap) Free
Advance Order of 10 Tickets - $100 Tickets at Door (ages 4 and above) $15
Contact for reservations: 203-378-6175 or 203-301-0558
Email: info@bethsholomstratford.org or congsinai@aol.com

Please gather your friends and family to join us for an inexpensive and enjoyable afternoon to listen to some of your old favorites, some of what are to become your new favorites and some of them sung like you have never heard before.

New Klezmer Fiddle book released by Ilana Cravitz

Ilana Cravitz has released a new book exploring traditional klezmer music. It's a teaching guide, accompanied by a CD, and helps the student delve into the style of klezmer playing. Seckund and bass parts pull out for handy playing with friends. Cravitz explains bowing techniques, includes a brief history of klezmer, and the modes of each piece. Each of the sixteen tunes has a listening track to help learn performance technique. She also gives suggestions for effective variations and interpretations from the written score. In the appendix is a helpful chart explaining the dance style that goes with the various tunes, a Yiddish glossary and pronunciation guide, a bibliography and a discography. She also gives helpful suggestions about arranging melodies in sets, or groups of tunes that will work well together without a break. This book can be offered by teachers or be used as a self-study for learning klezmer music. This item, published by the music division of Oxford University Press, has a very nice clear and readable print style. The tune selections consist of the currently played repertoire and are intended for intermediate to advanced players who already have a fairly good mastery of general violin technique. This score and CD set is recommended for home use as well as for purchase by college music libraries. The item can be purchased throught the Oxford University Press website.

Amsterdams Synaogaal Koor at Podium Twente in December

Amsterdams Synagogaal Koor
will appear as part of the 11th Jewish Music Festival in Amsterdam, co-sponsored by the WIZO in December Singer Lucette van den Berg will appear on Dec. 20 singing Yiddish songs, a klezmer workshop will be held on Dec. 21 in the morning at Synagoge Enschede led byAnton Molenaar, and the concert by the choir at noon featuring western chazzanut with choir.

For more information:

zangeres Lucette van den Berg. Van den Berg heeft een uitzonderlijk warme, expressieve stem en een grote passie voor Jiddische muziek. Lucette is met het Jiddische repertoire veelvuldig te zien op grote festivals en in zalen als het Amsterdamse Concertgebouw, Muziekcentrum en Kavehoyz in New York. Zij oogst veel succes met haar openhartige, hartverwarmende en poëtische vertolking van Joodse liederen, een genre dat Lucette beschouwt als haar ‘roots’. In maart 2005 kwam haar debuut-cd ‘Zing shtil/ yiddish songs’ uit die door de pers met veel lof is ontvangen. In 1996 won Lucette dankzij haar poëtische kracht en bijzondere stemgeluid de tweede prijs bij het Euregio Vocalisten Concours.

Geheel in de traditie zal op zondagochtend het koorconcert plaatsvinden. Dit jaar zal het Amsterdams Synagogaal Koor acte de présence geven. Het koor, in 1985 geformeerd ter gelegenheid van het 350-jarig bestaan van de Nederlands Israëlitische Hoofdsynagoge, heeft inmiddels een staat van dienst in haar bijdrage aan de verdere verrijking van de Nederlandse synagoge-cultuur. De West-Europese chazzanut (cantoriale muziek) is de basis voor het repertoire van het Amsterdams Synagogaal Koor; een muziekcultuur waarvoor specifieke kennis van de Joodse liturgie zeker niet noodzakelijk is om de melodieën vol van geloof, liefde en verlangen te waarderen.

locatie Synagoge Enschede
aanvang zondag 21 december 2008 12:00 uur
genre Wereldmuziek
serie - normale prijs € 15,00
jeugd/jongeren € 11,00
65 plus € 12,50

New Yiddish Rep

New Yiddish Rep presents:
Straight from the former Soviet Union
Psoy Oy Oy!!!
At home in the global diaspora, four fun filled evenings of stories, songs and mishigass, with poet-singer-songwriter- performance artist and fellow traveler Psoy Korolenko. To Psoy the Jewish experience is not only a personal story, but also a metaphor of transcultural identity and ultimate otherness. He sings and tumults in English, Russian, French, and Yiddish.
Saturday, November 15th at 10 PM
Saturday, December 13th at 8 PM
Saturday, January 3rd, at 8 PM
Saturday, January 10th at 8 PM

Community Synagogue
325 E. 6th Street
Between 1st and 2nd Avenues
NYC
Trains: F to 2nd Ave., 6 to Astor Place, L to 1st Ave., Q to 8th St.
Admission: Donate as you exit.
Reservations: 917 670-1631 on line: newyiddishrep.org Psoy Korolenko, charismatic Russian/Jewish multilingual poet- singer, performance artist, and fellow traveler in the global diaspora, brings his talents to the New Yiddish Rep s stage in a series of four appearances. His unique one-man show balances folk, klezmer, rap, sound poetry and intellectual cabaret/comedy. As a writer and scholar he is known for his interest in otherness, diaspora, territory, minorities, and borderlines. The Jewish experience is to him not only a personal story, but also a metaphor of transcultural identity and ultimate otherness. He sings in English, Russian, French, and Yiddish. Two of his eight CDs recontextualise klezmer - 'Un Vo Iz Der Onheyb Fun Foterland' ("Where is the beginning of the Fatherland"-Soviet Pop Classics in Yiddish translation and Klezmer arrangements, with the All Stars Klezmer Band, Russia - Urkaine - Germany, 2006) and 'The Unternationale' (with Daniel Kahn, US/Germany and Oy Division, Israel, 2008). Recently, he has been working with Alena Arenkova and Yana Ovrutskaya on a new CD of Yiddish songs set to Kadia Molodovsky's poems. A Phd. in Slavic literature, he has been a participant, and guest and lecturer at many Klezfests in Russia and took part in the program 'East Meets West' at Klezkanada-2006. He participated in the Festival of Jewish Culture in Krakov (2005) presenting a show together with Kharkov Klezmer Band. He often performs all over Russia, as well as in Israel and the USA.

Saturday, November 15, at 10 PM
TUMID ZOL ZAYN DER ZUN HOYKH:
An Evening of Soviet Pop Hits in Yiddish, translated by Ayzik Bargteyl and Arn Vergelis, original Soviet Yiddish songs, Jewish songs by Psoy, Ayzik Bargteyl and other contemporary authors in English, Yiddish and Russian. In memory of Ayzik Bargteyl, z''l, the Yiddish poet and translator from Perm, Russia.

Saturday, December 13, at 8 PM
SPELL-ART. Foreign Element in Songs.
The focus is the use of foreign languages in Yiddish songs, as well as the use of Yiddish references in a non-Yiddish performance. The influence of musically 'foreign' elements is represented as well.

Saturday, January 3, at 8 PM
TSU VOS YIDDISH, AZ MIR ZAYNEN SAY-VI YIDN?
Yiddish, Russian, English and Gibberish songs by Psoy Korolenko and his new remakes of Tumbalalaika, Hava Nagila, Abi Gezunt, Ba Mir Bistu Sheyn and other Yiddish 'Default' Hits... And more!

Saturday January 10th at 8 PM
DI VELT DURKH YIDISHE OYGN (The World through Jewish Eyes).
International Hits in Jewish/Yiddish Culture. Music & Video.

New Yiddish Rep gladly accepts donations after the show. There is no admission charge.

A Test of Faith

A Test of Faith, a One-Act Opera
Erev Shabbat
Friday, November 21st, 2008 - 8:00 PM
Free to the Public
Valley Beth Shalom, 15739 Ventura Blvd, Encino, CA

"Test of Faith" is an award-winning one-act opera based on of the Bible's most dramatic stories, the story of the Akedah, the near-sacrifice of Isaac. Renowned opera stars Jonathan Mack and Ron Li-Paz will take the roles of God and Abraham; Jonathan Zur is Isaac. Lawrence Goldberg, the composer, will conduct.

Following the performance, Rabbi Edward Feinstein, Senior Rabbi at Valley Beth Shalom, will engage the composer and the performers in a discussion of the opera and the story of the Akedah, and its impact on world religions.

BORSCHT AND GRITS in MD

BORSCHT AND GRITS COMBINE when Margot leverett and the Klezmer Mountain Boys perform at Temple Emanuel in Reisterstown, MD, November 23rd.

“Borscht and grits never tasted so good.” That’s a critic’s comment about the magical combination of traditional Yiddish klezmer music with the foot-stompin’ rhythms of bluegrass, as performed by Margot Leverett and the Klezmer Mountain Boys. The internationally acclaimed quintet will present a benefit concert Sunday, Nov. 23rd, at 4 pm, at Temple Emanuel, 909 Berrymans Lane, in Reisterstown.

Playing with the band will be Steve Mandell (who lives in Pikesville), one of the two musicians who did the soundtrack for the Dueling Banjos segment in the film Deliverance. And Mike Munford, a local banjo master is also expected to attend.

Members of the audience will be able to jam with the artists toward the end of the concert, and enjoy a free wine and cheese reception afterwards.

All tickets will be available at Temple Emanuel before the performance. For more information call Linda at 410-521-7461 (or TEconcerttix@gmail.com) Advance general admission: $36; Seniors (60+) $25; Students $15. Day of concert: $5 surcharge. Special group rates are available. To charge tickets on Visa or MasterCard call Linda at 410-521-7461. Checks should be made out to Temple Emanuel (memo line: Klezmer Meets Bluegrass) and mailed or brought to the synagogue, 909 Berrymans Lane, Reisterstown, MD 21136.

Ms. Leverett also will autograph and celebrate the release of her new CD, "2nd Avenue Square Dance", on the Traditional Crossroads label, which will be available for sale.

Although klezmer and bluegrass are worlds apart, according to Ms. Leverett, she explores their shared musical spirit, combining Appalachian and southern fiddle tunes by Bill Monroe, with klezmer melodies from pre-war Russia and Eastern Europe, some of them newly discovered. “The resulting medleys and improvisations are at once raw, funny, soulful and foot-stomping,” according to Ms. Leverett’s website, where samples of the group’s playing can also be heard: www.KlezmerMountainBoys.com.

Advance general admission: $36; Seniors (60+) $25; Students $15. Day of concert: $5 surcharge. Special group rates are available. To charge tickets on Visa or MasterCard call Linda at 410-521-7461. Checks should be made out to Temple Emanuel (memo line: Klezmer Meets Bluegrass) and mailed or brought to the synagogue, 909 Berrymans Lane, Reisterstown, MD 21136. All tickets will be available at Temple Emanuel before the performance. For more information call Linda at 410-521-7461 (or TEconcerttix@gmail.com)

Poykler's Shloft Lied new CD from Matt Temkin

Matt Temkin's Yiddishe Jam Band CD Release Show and Party Wednesday, November 12, 7pm

Join drummer Matt Temkin as he celebrates the release of his band's debut CD, Poykler's Shloft Lied, in which they explore the intersection of large combo Jazz and Yiddish dance music.

The event will take place at:
Stephen Wise Free Synagogue
30 W. 68th St.
New York, NY 10023.

For information, please call 212-877-4050 or visit us at:
www.swfs.org.

Classical Music in Israel

For those living in or visiting Israel, there is now a website devoted to listing concerts of classical music. This website will prove useful in planning any trip. The site also has links to major Israeli orchestras, choirs, ensembles and some individual performers. The site features a forward looking calendar, a "music-makers" mart where performers can try to match with organizations needing musicians, and a "market-place" which is something of a classified ads section. The site is an outgrowth of the newsletter "Living in Harmony". http://www.classical-music-israel.com/

Guitar Arrangements for Jewish Melodies

Ellen S. Whitaker, a guitar teacher in North Carolina, has created an excellent book of guitar arrangements of Jewish favorite melodies. The book is intended for intermediate to advanced guitar players, with a few easier pieces. It includes a key to the guitar notation used in the work, the texts to the songs in transliteration, occasionally in Hebrew text, with English and an annotation about the meaning of the song along with performance notes about each piece. The guitar music, both solos and duets are presented in a separate section, which is an excellent arrangement of the book for learning and performance. The end of the collection includes an appendix explaining the Jewish modes, a second appendix linking each piece with the mode used, a glossary of each of the musical terms, a bibliography and discography. The thoroughness of this work is to be admired. A student new to Jewish music would gain an enormous amount of insight, and those who are familiar with the songs already will have a set of well done arrangements with suggested performance practice. JMWC recommends this book not only to individuals, but to teachers, schools and colleges for purchase. For more information and to preview some of the arrangements, go to: http://www.lulu.com/content/3660520. To learn more about Ellen Whitaker, view her website at: http://www.ellenwhitakerguitar.com/Home_Page.html

'MUSIJEUNES' in Switzerland

'MUSIJEUNES' organise prochainement un grand week-end KLEZMER:

Vendredi 21 novembre à 20h:
Concert avec: HOTEGEZUGT et la chanteuse Hélène ENGEL
Salle Paroissiale St-François, 16 av. Petit-Senn à Chêne-Bourg
Entrée libre, chapeau la sortie

et

Samedi 22 et dimanche 23 novembre:
ATELIER KLEZMER
ouvert aux musiciens de tous niveaux, animé par Michel Borzykowski (instr. à vent et danse), Pier-Yves Têtu (accordéon), Bianca Favez (violon) et Hélène Engel (chant, danse).

Enseignement par petits groupes samedi de 13h30 à 18h et dimanche de 9h à 15h. Audition des élèves (publique, entrée libre) dimanche à 16h.
Coût: 130.- Frs (110.- pour élèves de l'Accademis d'Archi), 2 repas inclus.
Renseignements:
Michel Borzykowski
Tél. 022 755 41 23
borzy@freesurf.ch
site klezmer: http://borzykowski.users.ch

Yuval Ron Ensemble Fall 2008 Tours

Nov. 4-9, 2008 - Houston, TX : Yuval Ron Ensemble - City wide Residency

Nov. 16, 2008 - San Pedro, CA: Yuval Ron on the Music of the Golden Age of Spain

Dec. 6, 2008 - Arcadia, CA: The Yuval Ron Ensemble in Concert "Light in the Darkness"

Dec 7, 2008 - Alhambra, CA: Muslim, Jewish and Christian harmony in Spain

details.... Tuesday, November 4 - Sunday, November 9
The JCC presents:
Yuval Ron Ensemble in a week long residency
in universities, hospital, chapels,
community centers and public schools.
Location: Houston , TX

2 events open to the wide public (please forward to your friends in Houston):

Thursday, November 6, 12pm
Sephardic Jewish Music Traditions
A Lecture- Demonstration with Yuval Ron Ensemble
featuring vocalist Smadar Levi

Location: Rothko Chapel 1409 Sul Ross Street, Houston, TX 77006
Admission: FREE
Parking: park along the street
For more information: Brittany Horwitt 713-729-3200 ext. 3327

Sunday, November 8, 2008, 8pm
The JCC Houston Presents:
The Yuval Ron Ensemble
performing
The Lost Soul of Spain Music and Dance of the Sephardic Jews

Featuring two stunning guest performers:
Israeli-Tunisian singer
Smadar Levi

and
Israeli-Moroccan dancer
Maya Karasso

Yuval Ron presents a preview concert of the music to be played by his international ensemble for the King of Morocco, at the International Sacred Music of Fez in June 2009. The program will feature Hebrew and Ladino songs from Morocco, Andalusia, Bosnia, and Israel. Woven in between the songs are travel stories, kabalistic interpretations, and personal anecdotes of the life and culture, out of which grew the fruit of Sephardic music.
Location: Jewish Community Center of Houston,
5601 S. Braeswood,
Houston, TX 77096
Admission: $15 JCC Member $20 Public
Contact for tickets: Box office 713-551-7255
Parking: in the JCC parking lot
More information: Brittany Horwitt 713-729-3200 ext. 3327



Sunday, November 16, 2008, 7pm
YUVAL RON “MUSIC OF THE GOLDEN AGE OF SPAIN”
A Lecture / Storytelling Concert

Learn the fascinating journey of the Oud (Middle Eastern Lute) from Baghdad, Iraq to Andalusia, Spain and the amazing master musician who changed the music of Europe. A lecture and demonstration of the Jewish and Arabic music that originated in Andalusia, and the 600 years of Moorish Arab role in Spain, as well as the mutual influences between these traditions and the Christian music tradition of Spain.

Location: Grand Vision Event Center,
434 W. 6th St. San Pedro 90731
Admission: $15 in advance $17 at the door
For tickets and more information: www.grandvision.org



Saturday, December 6, 2008, 7:30pm

Shaari Tora Congregation presents
Light in the Darkness

The Yuval Ron Ensemble in Concert
featuring
Israeli-Yemenite vocalist Maya Haddi

An evening of devotional Hebrew music of the various ethnic Jewish communities ("Edot") of Israel including the Jewish Yemenite, Jewish Moroccan, Ashkenazi (East European Jewish), Jewish-Bukhari and Iraqi- Jewish music traditions. A celebration of music, dance and story telling in honor of Hanukkah, Festival of Lights. The concert will begin with a Havdala ritual led by Rabbi Michael Barcley.
Location: Shaari Tora, 550 S. Second Ave
Arcadia CA 91006
Admission: $25.00 for reserved seats $15.00 for general admission
For more information and reservations: (626) 445-0810 Please leave a message if no one answers
or email office@shaareitorah.org or president@shaareitorah.org
Parking: Free on site and on surrounding streets.
Please do not block driveways or fire hydrants.
Havdalah will be at 7:00pm with the concert starting at 7:30pm.



Sunday, December 7, 2008, 4pm
The Center for the Visual & Performing Arts
presents
Muslim, Jewish and Christian Harmony
in the Golden Age of Spain

Lecture Demonstration
by
Yuval Ron
Location: The Performing Arts Center at Sage Granada Park United Methodist Church
1850 W. Hellman Avenue Alhambra, CA 91803
Admission: Suggested donation $10 in advance, $15 at the door.
For tickets and more information: (626) 230-5435 or bizwind@yahoo.com



Up Coming Events in 2009:
May 23 - June 4, 2009
Spiritual Musical Journey Tour to Morocco
with the The Yuval Ron Ensemble

Yuval and the entire Ensemble invite you to travel with them to meet the tribal musicians and dancers of Morocco and to share this extraordinary musical experience. Together we will explore the wonders of this ancient civilization and its many mystical music and dance traditions.
Monday, June 1, 2009, 4:30 pm
Fez Sacred Music Presents
The Yuval Ron Ensemble in Concert featuring vocalist Najwa Gibran
Location: Batha Museum of Moroccan Arts, Fez, Morocco
For more information: http://www.fesfestival.com/2008/index.php

www.yuvalronmusic.com
www.myspace.com/yuvalronensemble
www.myspace.com/yuvalron

Hop to Klezmer Workshops in London

Sunday 9 November 2008
Klezmer Workshop
12 - 1pm
London Klezmer Session
1 - 4pm
The Cross Kings, 126 York Way, N1
London klezmer session every second Sunday of the month. Bring an instrument and a tune, or just come to shmooze & booze. The pub does great food and has comfy sofas, too...
Info and tunes http://www.ilanacravitz.com/jams.html .
Next date: Sunday 21 December (NB DATE IS THIRD SUNDAY OF THE MONTH!)
Workshop £5; Jam £1.


Sunday 23 November 2008
5.30 - 9pm
Klezmer Barn Dance
Amersham Common Village Hall, 24 White Lion Road, Amersham HP7 9JD

Come along and dance your socks off at this fun event for grown-ups, kids and all those in-between. With dance leading from Ilana Cravitz and live music from the Hopkele House Band: Susi Evans (clarinet), Matt Bacon (guitar) and Paul Moylan (bass).
Information and bookings: 07879 625850.
Tickets £14 adults, £6 for children under 12; £30 for family (2 adults + 2 children under 12)
First dance: 6pm; food from 6.45pm.
Getting there: http://maps.google.co.uk to Amersham Common Village Hall

Monday 24 November 2008
7.30 - 9.30pm
NEW London Klezmer Orchestra
Inn on the Green, 3 Thorpe Close,
Ladbroke Grove,
London W10 5XL
Join a Klezmer Orchestra that meets every couple of weeks in Ladbroke Grove. Next date: 15 December.
Info: William Millis: e-mail:-williamillis@hotmail.com; 020 8969 7019
Sessions £4 each

From Ladbroke Grove tube: cross over & walk under the motorway to your left-then turn right into Thorpe Close. Look for a balcony & come upstairs. Buses: 7, 15, 23, 52, 295 & 452.

Wednesday 3 December 2008
from 7pm

Winter warmer: klezmer, mulled wine and new books at Pages of Hackney
Pages of Hackney, 70 Lower Clapton Road, London E5
Pop in to Hackney's newest independent bookshop and enjoy live klezmer music with Ilana Cravitz (violin) and James Siverly (accordion), hot drinks and an opportunity to browse the latest titles and buy presents in a convivial environment. Buy Ilana's book and support your local bookseller at the same time!
Free entry



Sunday 25 January 2009
Doors open 7.15pm. First dance at 7.45

Hopkele!
Klezmer dance with live band
Cecil Sharp House, 2 Regents Park Road, London NW1 7AY
The popular klezmer keilidh returns for a third annual jamboree. Guy Schalom leads and teaches Yiddish dances, with Ilana Cravitz on fiddle and the Hopkele House Band. See Hopkele Productions homepage

Tickets £12 full price; £8 concs. Online booking with e-tickets, or postal booking via 0771 494 5971 opens 15 November 2008.

Bernstein: A Jewish Legacy

The Center for Jewish History, the American Society for Jewish Music
and the American Jewish Historical Society present:

Thursday, November 6 at 8:00p.m.

Bernstein: A Jewish Legacy

An encore performance of the recently sold-out program at The Jewish Museum and
part of the city-wide festival Bernstein: The Best of all Possible Worlds.
The concert of mostly unknown Bernstein works on Jewish themes, narrated by Jack
Gottlieb, Bernstein's longtime editor, sheds new light on some of the composer's
more celebrated pieces. A number cut from West Side Story, lyrics by Stephen Sondheim,
combined with another piece from an abandoned project with lyrics by Betty Comden
and Adolph Green, reveals a surprising transformation as a choral setting in Hebrew.
Among the other works are world premieres of "A Choral Quilt" (arranged by Gottlieb)
and a song Bernstein wrote in reaction to anti-Semitism. Photographs and video
from the maestro's personal and professional life are also featured.

Artists include vocalists Janice Meyerson, Robert Abelson, Heather Buck, Andres
Felipe Aristizabal, the piano duo of Eric Birk and Bernadette Hoke, and the Amor
Artis Chamber Choir and soloists conducted by Johannes Somary.
This performance made possible by a generous gift from Rosalind Devon and Sandy
Batkin.

Thursday,

November 6

at 8:00p.m.

Bernstein:
A Jewish Legacy

Admission:

$25, including champagne toast immediately following the performance
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For all reservations and inquiries, please call SmartTix

at 212-868-4444

or visit

www.smarttix.com
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