Katchko: Three Generations of Cantorial Art

Deborah Katchko-Gray announces the release of the compilaton Katchko: 3 Generations of Cantorial Art, featuring the music of Adolph Katchko, and including a CD of music sung by Cantor Katchko-Gray. The book is a combination of scholarly articles about the lives and work of Cantor Adolph Katchko (1866-1958) and CantorTheodore Katchko (1927-1997) and music. Essays on the nature of the cantorate, and transcripts of talks given by the cantors, as well as still photos from the film "The Voice of Israel", family memorabila, letters, programs, and testimonials, all lend to the interesting archival presentation in the work. In addition to this background material, the important musical works of Adoph Katchko are presented in score with guitar chords in "female friendly" vocal ranges. These vocal arrangements by Deborah allow this music to become available to everyone, including modern female cantors who wish to sing the music of the "Golden Age" of cantors. The collection is published by Tara Publications and is available at http://www.jewishmusic.com/

Israel Women Composers Forum

This website is in English and Hebrew. It lists Israeli women composers and a catalog of their musical works, with links to composer homepages, and news and events..
http://www.womencomposers.org.il/default.asp

SUMMERNIGHTS FOUR-CONCERT SERIES AT THE JEWISH MUSEUM

Margot Leverett kicks off the series, beginning Thursday July 2nd at 7:30pm

NEW YORK, NY - The Jewish Museum's popular SummerNights program returns, presenting live world music in a concert setting on four Thursdays in July. Each concert begins at 7:30 pm. Margot Leverett and the Klezmer Mountain Boys, performing their unique mix of bluegrass and klezmer, kick off SummerNights on July 2. This cosmopolitan concert series features critically acclaimed musicians offering innovative interpretations of music from all over the world. Other scheduled performers include Musette Explosion with accordionist Will Holshouser and guitarist Matt Munisteri echoing on French jazz of the 1930s and 40s with fiery improvisations; the virtuosic brass band music of SLAVIC SOUL PARTY!; and Ljova and the Kontraband performing a mix of Eastern-European melodies, Latin rhythms and jazz-inspired improvisations. The Jewish Museum is located at Fifth Avenue at 92nd Street, Manhattan.

Tickets for each concert are $15 for the general public; $12 for students and seniors; and $10 for Jewish Museum members. For further information regarding programs at The Jewish Museum, the public may call 212.423.3337 or visit http://www.thejewishmuseumorg/

SUMMERNIGHTS CONCERT SERIES SCHEDULE

July 2, 7:30 pm
MARGOT LEVERETT AND THE KLEZMER MOUNTAIN BOYS

This ensemble combines Appalachian and southern fiddle tunes with Eastern European klezmer melodies to create a soulful sound and a foot-stomping good time. Virtuoso clarinetist Margot Leverett adds depth and complexity to the raw and spirited energy of The Klezmer Mountain Boys.

The Klezmer Mountain Boys - bandleader and clarinetist Margot Leverett, bassist Marty Confurius, guitarist Joe Selly, fiddler Kenny Kosek, and mandolinist Barry Mitterhoff - create a danceable and beautiful blend that draws and delights audiences of all ages. Founded by Margot Leverett (an original member of the Klezmatics) and Barry Mitterhoff (Hot Tuna), and the band has been featured at the Chicago World Music Festival and the Louisville Performing Arts Center.

July 9, 7:30 pm
MUSETTE EXPLOSION

Accordionist Will Holshouser and guitarist Matt Munisteri play musette and swing, echoing French jazz with an emphasis on fiery improvisation, drawing on uptempo music from the 1920s-1940s.

Musette Explosion explores the music of the great French accordionists of the 1930s and 40s (including Gus Viseur, Tony Murena, Jo Privat and others) who along with guitarists such as Django Reinhardt borrowed from American jazz to create Gypsy swing and other delightful hybrids, injecting the dance music of their time with excitement and unparalleled musical creativity.

July 16, 7:30 pm
SLAVIC SOUL PARTY!

The musicians of Slavic Soul Party!- featuring Jacob Garchik, John Carlson, Brian Drye, Peter Stan, Ben Holmes, Ron Caswell, Matt Moran and Oscar Noriega - forge virtuosic new brass band music, melding Gypsy, East European, Mexican, and Asian immigrant backgrounds with American jazz and soul.

One of the hardest working bands in New York City, the Brooklyn-based Slavic Soul Party! plays nearly 100 times a year in the US, Europe, and beyond. They have performed at Babylon (Istanbul) with the Karandila Orkestar, at Irving Plaza (New York City) with Gogol Bordello, on the Warped Tour (U.S.), and in virtually every major New York club. The band's third CD, Teknochek Collision is on the Barbes Records label, released in 2007 through Ryko Distribution. The band's fourth CD, Remixed, will be released this year.

July 23, 7:30 pm
LJOVA AND THE KONTRABAND

East European melodies, Latin rhythms, jazz-inspired improvisations, and classical forms are given new meanings in original compositions that forge new directions, with a nostalgic nod to the past.

Ljova and the Kontraband - Ljova (viola), Inna Barmash (vocal), -- Patrick Farrell (accordion), Mathias Kunzli (percussion), and Mike Savino (bass) - made its debut in June 2006, and has performed at venues such as The Museum of Modern Art, Philadelphia Museum of Art, the Brooklyn Academy of Music and Joe's Pub. Founded by film composer Lev "Ljova" Zhurbin, the ensemble also features his close collaborators on vocals, accordion, bass and percussion. The Kontraband's debut CD, Mnemosyne, featuring special guests Frank London, William Schimmel, Uli Geissendoerfer, Alon Yavnai and Marcus Rojas, was released in September 2008.

The 2009 SummerNights concert series has been funded by a generous endowment from the William Petschek Family.

Public Programs at The Jewish Museum are supported, in part, by public funds from by the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs and the New York State Council on the Arts, a State Agency. The audio-visual system has been funded by The Fan Fox and Leslie R. Samuels Foundation, Inc.

About The Jewish Museum

The Jewish Museum was established on January 20, 1904 when Judge Mayer Sulzberger donated 26 ceremonial art objects to The Jewish Theological Seminary of America as the core of a museum collection. Today, The Jewish Museum maintains an important collection of 26,000 objects - paintings, sculpture, works on paper, photographs, archaeological artifacts, ceremonial objects, and broadcast media. Widely admired for its exhibitions and educational programs that inspire people of all backgrounds, The Jewish Museum is the preeminent United States institution exploring the intersection of 4,000 years of art and Jewish culture.

General Information For general information on The Jewish Museum, the public may visit the Museum's Web site at http://www.thejewishmuseum.org or call 212.423.3200. The Jewish Museum is located at 1109 Fifth Avenue at 92nd Street, Manhattan.

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40+ FREE JULY EVENTS AT SUMMER ON THE HUDSON:

JULY 19: FRANK LONDON’S KLEZMER BRASS ALL-STARS AT RIVERSIDE PARK SOUTH

More than 40 free events with internationally acclaimed artists will be presented in July at the 9th annual Summer On the Hudson, one of New York City’s largest free summer festivals, The six-month series, which opened May 3 and runs through October 11, is an annual summer arts and cultural festival in Riverside Park South, West 59th St. to West 72nd Street at the Hudson River, presented by The New York City Department of Parks & Recreation.

There will be an enormous variety of other events in music, dance and theater, most running through August, as well as kayaking, yoga, pilates and kids’ soccer and basketball. performances Food and drink is for sale at the park’s Pier I Café. All events are FREE to the public and are programmed by Robin Schatell, Riverside Park Director of Programming.

For more information, please call 311 or (212) 408-0219, or visit www.nyc.gov/parks/soh, or www.riversideparkfund.org.


,br /> POP MUSIC EVENTS
,br /> JULY
,br /> Saturday, July 11, 3:00 p.m. – 10:00 p.m. Pier I, West 70th Street 4th Annual NYC Main Squeeze Accordion Festival
,br /> The squeeze box masters are back! Don’t forget your dancing shoes for this all day festival of traditional and eclectic music from around the globe. Kids can get in on the act too, at the Accordion Kids Corner, where they’ll get free accordion instruction. Browse the Accordion Flea Market and dance!

Sundays, July 12 (through August 16) 7:00 p.m. Pier I, West 70th Street Acoustic Sundays: Enjoy spectacular sunsets over the Hudson as you listen to some of New York’s best jazz, R&B, and world music. Sponsored by Riverside South Properties

July 12 La Cumbiamba NY/ Colombian woodwind, brass and drums
July 19 Frank London’s Klezmer Brass All Stars
July 26 WAAW Band /Mbalax music from Senegal, West Africa
Aug 2 JAZZ at LINCOLN CENTER presents pianist Jonathan Batiste
Aug 9 Romashka /Gypsy dance party
Aug 16 Los Soneros de Oriente /Cuban son


July 12 La Cumbiamba NY /Traditional & Tropical Colombian
La Cumbiana NY performs music from the Atlantic and Pacific coasts of Colombia in both TRADITIONAL (Gaitas y Tambores) and TROPICAL (Modern Papayera)formats.

La Cumbiamba NY is an ensemble that performs concerts and workshops with traditional instruments from the African Diaspora in Colombia, as well as indigenous and European. All of which are blended together in the traditional musical styles that developed throughout the colonial era, and continue to evolve.

Musicians:
Sam Sadigursky, Clarinet.
Albert Leusink, Trumpet
Adrew Hunter Trombone.
Juan Pablo Uribe, Soprano Saxophone & Vocals.
Nilko Andreas Guarin, Voice & Maraca
Silvia Sierra, Voice.
Sebastian Cruz, Guitar & Percussion.
Juan Gallego, Bass.
Morris Canate, Percussion & Vocals.
Camilo Rodriguez, Gaita Macho & Percussion.
Martin Vejarano Drumset/Percussion & Gaita Hembra. Band Leader.
-SPECIAL GUEST TBA-


July 19 Frank London’s Klezmer Brass All Stars
Composer FRANK LONDON is a member of the Klezmatics
, Hasidic New Wave, has performed with John Zorn, LL Cool J, Mel Torme, Lester Bowie, They Might Be Giants, David Byrne, and is featured on over 100 cds. His own recordings include INVOCATIONS (cantorial music); Frank London¹s Klezmer Brass Allstars DI SHIKERE KAPELYE and BROTHERHOOD OF BRASS; NIGUNIM and THE ZMIROS PROJECT (Jewish mystical songs, with Klezmatics vocalist Lorin Sklamberg); THE DEBT (film and theater music); THE SHEKHINA BIG BAND; the soundtrack to THE SHVITZ; the soundtrack to Perl Gluck's THE DIVAHN and four releases with the Hasidic New Wave.

July 26 WAAW Band / M’balax music Senegal, West Africa
"Led by legendary Senegalese Bassist Thierno Camara, WAAW Band is the first NYC-based group to present authentic and original M'balax Music of the Wolof people from Senegal, West Africa! WAAW Band's original and fresh approach to M'balax reflects the diverse talents of the group's members and how they infuse the musical traditions of their homeland with the popular styles they have absorbed as young musicians living in New York City." - Fusicology

Thierno Camara (Lead Composer/Bassist/Vocalist) Dakar Senegal Live in NY
Manta Faye (Drums) Dakar Senegal Live in NY
Arona Ndiaye (Marimba/Keyboards) Dakar Senegal Live in NY
Morcumba Gueye (Sabar) Dakar Senegal Live in NY
Raja Kassis (Guitar) Beirut Lebanon Live in NY
Daniel Villeneuve (Congas) Québec Canada Live in NY


Aug 2 Jazz at Lincoln Center presents pianist Jonathan Batiste
Born in New Orleans, Louisiana in 1986, Jonathan has already played with the New Orleans Jazz Orchestra, Wynton Marsalis, Irvin Mayfield and Nicholas Patyon and has currently performed with Harry Connick Jr., Cassandra Wilson and the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra and has quickly become a rising star in the jazz world.

Aug 9 Romashka /Gypsy Dance Party
Romashka is a driving force in New York City's burgeoning gypsy and balkan music scene, playing music from Russia, Romania, the Balkans, and beyond. Lithuanian-born singer Inna Barmash fronts a band of nine versatile NY musicians: violin, viola, accordion, guitar, trumpet, clarinet/saxophone, tuba, and percussion.

Aug 16 Los Soneros de Oriente /Cuban Son
Taking their name from the region of Cuba that is most famous for Son Montuno, Los Soneros de Oriente represent a lifelong commitment to traditional Cuban music. Composed primarily of former members of the great band, Son del la Loma, Los Soneros pay a tribute to that group and its founder, the late Armando Sanchez, who dedicated his life to the maintenance of Son. This is the music of the countryside and the mountains, based on the Clave and Tres, with the trumpets toasting the top.

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London KlezFest coming up

Klezmer and Balkan Music Workshop in Devon 21 June. Visit http://www.ilanacravitz.com/devon.html

Upcoming is the London KlezFest, 9-14 August. Visit http://www.jmi.org.uk/ for details.

Vanessa Paloma Sings Mose salio de Misrayim

YouTube of a traditional Judeo-Spanish (Ladino) song from Northern Morocco called Mose salio de Misrayim, telling the story of Moses and his encounter at the burning bush which led him back to Egypt to confront Pharaoh. This was filmed at the Jewish Museum of Casablanca, the only Jewish museum in an Arab country. Features the singing of Vanessa Paloma.

KlezKanada presents NOZEN at the Montreal Yiddish Theater Festival

KlezKanada at the Montreal Yiddish Theater Festival
June 18 - June 25, 2009 @ 10PM

June 18, 2009
Time: 10:00 PM
Organization: KlezKanada/The Segal Centre
Categories: Concerts
Location: 5170, Chemin de la Côte-Ste-Catherine H3W 1M7
Open to public
JUNE 18, 2009: NOZEN
Steeped in the chassidic and klezmer musical traditions and percolating with the avant-garde, Nozen’s influences range from John Coltrane to John Zorn’s Massada and from old style klezmer players like David Tarras and Naftuleh Brandwein to Frank London and David Krakauer. Anxious, curious, eclectic. Damian Nisenson (saxophones and composition), Jean-Felix Mailloux (doublebass), Ziya Tabassian (percussion), Luzio Altobelli (accordion).

Description:
KlezKanada in conjunction with The Montreal Yiddish Theater Festival presents a week-long program of Jewish music. From June 18th to June 25th KlezKanada brings its long-standing tradition of late-night KlezKabarets to the Segal Centre. The program will explore the diversity that exists in the ever-growing Jewish music world. And of course each night's featured act will be followed by an open mic jam session, so bring your instruments and voice. See below for the schedule and description of acts.

2009 FESTIVAL CONCERTS OPENING JUNE 29 @ USDAN CENTER

Metropolitan Klezmer plus.... much more.

METROPOLITAN KLEZMER opens series on JUNE 29,
Cellist Edward Arron Also Featured.

Usdan Center For the Creative and Performing Arts (www.usdan.com), now entering its 42nd season and declared a 'Best O'f class or camp for 2009 by TimeOutNY/Kids, NY Metro Parents and Long Island Press, will open its series of Festival Concerts, private educational performances for its students, on Monday June 29 at the Center¹s 200-acre woodland campus. These will be in addition to many special workshops that will offer by the visiting artists for Usdan students. The Center¹s 2009 season runs from June 29 to August 14. Usdan is located at 185 Colonial Springs Road, in Huntington, Long Island.

The daily concerts are presented at Usdan¹s 1,000-seat McKinley Amphitheater at 12 Noon and again at 12:30 PM each of the festival. The concerts expose students to the best of music, dance and theatre while they are pursuing their studies in these fields. After several weeks of attending the artist performances, students take over and perform onstage themselves. In addition, there are on-site exhibits displaying the work of visual arts students.

This year¹s schedule of Festival Concerts opens Monday June 29 with Metropolitan Klezmer, whose performances of Yiddish genres have been called ³Impeccable yet electrifying (Village Voice).² On succeeding days, artists include the world-renowned Tokyo String Quartet; Broadway¹s Cady Huffman, Tony Award-winner for The Producers, in a musical theater performance; jazz singer and Usdan alumna Jane Monheit; Justin Greer of Broadway¹s Shrek in a special dance performance with cast members of Broadway¹s Wicked and others; Empire Brass, called by critics ³America¹s foremost brass ensemble²; Ballet San Jose, which recently toured China to great acclaim, directed by Dennis Nahat, former Joffrey/ABT star, and a visiting Master Teacher in Usdan¹s Dance Department; Metropolitan Opera soprano Monica Yunus, creator of Sing For Hope, in which stars of music, dance and theatre perform fundraisers for a variety of social causes; Pat Hall, an award-winning dancer and choreographer with an ensemble of musicians and dancers who perform in Afro-Haitian styles; Anthony McGill, Principal Clarinetist of the MET Orchestra, and featured performer at the inauguration of President Barack Obama; cellist Edward Arron, called by the New Yorker ³One of New York¹s most exciting young cellists² with pianist Jeewon Park; and Polish jazz pianist Mateusz Kolakowski, a prizewinner of the International Chopin Competition. The full schedule of concerts appears below.

Many of the artists, including Monica Yunus, Pat Hall, Dennis Nahat, Empire Brass, Justin Greer and Mateusz Kolakowski will, following their performances, conduct workshops with advanced Usdan Center students.

Other special artist workshops include an all-Bach string seminar conducted by Vincent Lionti, violist with the MET Orchestra, culminating in a performance by Usdan¹s String Orchestra IV on July 10; a July 17 and 24 workshop with Carl Strommen, one of America¹s foremost composers of music for student ensembles; and a writing workshop with Broadway playwright Michele Lowe (The Smell Of the Kill, String Of Pearls), on July 20.

Usdan Center has introduced the arts to more than 50,000 Tri-State Area children since its founding in 1968. The Center is open to all young people from age 6 to 18. No audition is needed for most programs ­ rather, admission is based on an expression of interest in the arts. Each summer, 1,600 students are transported to the Center in air-conditioned buses each day. One-third of Usdan¹s students attend on scholarship. Although the mission of the Center is for every child to establish a relationship with the arts, the unique stimulation of the Center has caused many to go on to arts careers. Alumni include singers Jane Monheit and Mariah Carey, actresses Natalie Portman and Lisa Gay Hamilton, and members of major music, theater, and dance ensembles such as the Boston Pops and the New York City Ballet.

In addition to its regular programs, Usdan offers special opportunities for advanced high school-age performing and visual artists. These include Music Staff Internships, a Summer Ballet Intensive, and a year-round program of immersion in the visual arts for selected high school students, the Usdan Honors Art Collective. The Collective, open to talented art students in grades 9 to 11, begins at Usdan Center during the summer, and continues through the following May with bi-weekly meetings at Usdan, and at New York¹s great museums and galleries.

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North American Jewish Choral Festival

20th Annual

North American
Jewish Choral Festival
July 12-16, 2009
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Kerhonkson, NY

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HA'OROT-THE LIGHTS OF RAV KOOK

Tonight Tuesday, June 16th
8pm
GREAT SHOW ! GREAT BAND !
Cover $15
CD release concert of
HA'OROT-THE LIGHTS OF RAV KOOK by
Greg Wall's 'LaterProphets'

The Jewish Music Cafe
401 9th Street (Between 6th & 7th Avenues)
Brooklyn NY 11215

Serving delicious Gourmet Pasta Dishes, Wraps, Cheese Cake , Beer and more !

Featuring Rabbi Itzchak Marmorstein
The lineup is:
Rabbi Greg Wall saxophones, clarinet,shofar, moseno
Shai Bachar keyboards
Dave Richards bass
Aaron Alexander drums
Rabbi Itzchak Marmorstein spoken word

Some cuts from the just released on Tzadik Records CD -HA'OROT-THE LIGHTS OF RAV KOOK can be heard here:
www.myspace.com/orotharav

More info and directions at http://www.jewishmusiccafe.com