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.