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

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