Eyal Maoz Upcoming Club Events

Lots of music in the City!
Great night of four concerts - NYC--
Best indie/new wave/avantgarde of NYC
Thursday, August 13 at 9 PM till 1 AM
9 PM Queening http://www.myspace.com/queeningisgreat
10 PM Martin Bisis's band http://www.myspace.com/theendcredits
11 PM Eyal Maoz's Edom (Tzadik Records) at www.edommusic.com
12 AM Prayertown http://www.myspace.com/prayertownmusic
Only $5 for the whole night.
venue: Coco 66 . Address : 66 Greenpoint Av Brooklyn (between Franklin and West St.)
New York 11222 718-389-7392 917-807-6045.
Website: http://coco66.com/.
About Eyal Maoz's Edom (Tzadik Records. Listen at www.edommusic.com)
Where Avant-Garde meets New Wave, and echoes of Joy Division are counterposed with Zorn's Electric Masada, begins the rocking odyssey of Edom.
Eyal Maoz - guitar
Brian Marsella - keyboards
Shanir Blumenkranz - bass
Yuval Lion - drums

Eyal Maoz's Edom (Tzadik records) live at Pianos
Sunday, August 16th, at 11PM at Pianos
158 Ludlow St (at Stanton St.)
New York, NY 10002
(212) 505-3733
http://pianosnyc.com/
No cover.
Edom live at Pianos.

Eyal Maoz's Edom (Tzadik records) live at Zebulon
Monday, August 24 at 10 PM
Edom live at Zebulon
http://www.zebuloncafeconcert.com/
258 Wythe Ave at Metropolitan Ave.
Williamsburg, NY.
No cover

" Le MANIFESTE " - Mouvement pour une Paix juste et durable

" Le MANIFESTE " - Mouvement pour une Paix juste et durable -
vous informe :

Concert exceptionnel de Daniel Barenboïm et l'orchestre
West-Eastern Divan (120 musiciens venus de tout le Proche-Orient)/>
Plus d'info : http://www.barenboim-said.org

Vendredi 7 août 2009 à 20h30
Victoria Hall de Genève
Ouverture des portes à 19h30
Programme :
Franz Liszt Les Préludes, Poème symphonique
Richard Wagner Prélude et Mort d'Isolde
--- Hector Berlioz Symphonie Fantastique
Dans le cadre des concerts de la Ville de Genève
en collaboration avec " le Manifeste "
L'orchestre West-Eastern Divan, fondé par Daniel Barenboïm et Edward Saïd
fête ses 10 ans d'existence cet été.
Vente de billets :
Location au guichet
Alhambra, rue de la Rôtisserie 10, lu-ve 10h-18h, sa 10h-17h Tél : 0800 418 418
Arcade d'information de la Ville de Genève, Pont de la Machine 1 lu-ve 12h-17h30, ma-ve 9h-17h30, sa 10h-16h30
Genève-Tourisme, rue du Mont-Blanc 18 lu 10h-18h, ma-sa 9h-18h, di 10h-16h
Location sur place une heure avant chaque concert

Prix des places : Frs 35.- 45.-
Billets de soutien (nombre de places limitées) à frs. 100.- et 200.- auprès de la Librairie L'Olivier - 5, rue de Fribourg - Genève - Tél. 022 731.84.40
CCP de soutien : 10-150776-1 / mention Barenboïm-Said Renseignements : Tél. 022 731 84 40 - 078 602 13 19

Up On The Roof: Divahn at JCC in NYC

Thu, Jul 23, 2009
8:00 PM
An all female band led by Galeet Dardashti takes over the JCC's rooftop with their lyric, rhythmic and energetic grooves which redefine Middle Eastern and Sephardic music with a sophisticated 21st century sound, an international flair with music in Hebrew, Persian, Arabic, Aramaic, Ladino, and Turkish.

$8.00 Member
$10.00 Non-Member

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.) : For tix click here or please call 646-505-5708.

AFRO-SEMITIC EXPERIENCE on the road

July 25 6:00 p.m. the AFRO-SEMITIC EXPERIENCE, GM Theater, Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History, 315 East Warren Ave, Detroit, MI 48201 For more info about the event or to order tickets please visit: https://www.maah-detroit.org/afro-semitic/index.php Or call the museum: 313.494.5800

Sunday, July 26 the AFRO-SEMITIC EXPERIENCE, Bicentennial Park in Olympia Fields, Illinois, under a huge tent, 3-6 pm for more information please call 708-799-4364 or send e-mails to info@jazzintheparkforcharity.com. Please visit the web site for more info: http://www.jazzintheparkforcharity.com/

Tuesday, August 4, 7:30 p.m., the AFRO-SEMITIC EXPERIENCE, Arsenal Center for the Arts, 321 Arsenal Street, Watertown, Massachusetts for more information please call 617-923-0100 or visit http://www.arsenalarts.org

KlezKanada 2009 Full Brochure Now Available

KlezKanada 2009 Full Brochure Now Available for Download!

We have an unbelievably exciting, diverse program planned. Read the brochure, share it with your friends and family, and then come to KlezKanada 2009! See you there! Download the brochure here: http://www.klezkanada.org/

TOHU veBOHU Musique klezmer et arabo-andalouse

Dimanche 19 juillet 2009 à 20h15
Ancien Palace de Caux sur Montreux (VD)
Entrée libre, collecte.
Informations: Initiatives & Changement
estallybrass@bluewin.ch
Tél: 021 961 91 11

"Au début, la terre n'était que tohu-bohu; les ténèbres étaient sur la face de l'abîme..." C'est dans ce tohu-bohu que jaillit la lumière et que débuta la création du monde, dans lequel l'homme reçut pour commandement de mettre de l'ordre. De nos jours, les guerres, les génocides, les injustices, les épurations ethniques, les violations de la dignité et des droits humains sont autant de preuves que la mission de l'homme sur la Terre n'est pas achevée !

Pour aller -modestement- dans ce sens, le projet Tohu veBohu rassemble des musiciens d'origine culturelle et religieuse juive et arabe. Il montre qu'une coexistence musicale et amicale est possible et que, à défaut de changer le monde, la connaissance de "l'autre" peut nous aider à nous changer nous-mêmes, à progresser vers la compréhension, la tolérance et la paix.

Chaque musicien apporte sa propre matière : musique klezmer, chants yiddish, thèmes arabo-andalous, etc. et l'offre aux autres comme support à leur créativité et à l'improvisation.

Notre "tohu-bohu" musical espère vous emmener dans une ambiance joyeuse, propice au recueillement et au partage.

Michel BORZYKOWSKI : saxophones
Bianca FAVEZ : violon
Christine NIGGELER : accordéon
David MORHAIN : percussions
Amar TOUMI : percussions,
Adel DEGAÏCHIA : chant, percussions, violon
Claude JORDAN : flûtes

METROPOLITAN KLEZMER August Brunch & Beach

Manhattan's City Winery --Sunday klezmer brunch, 8/9/2009
East Hampton Guild Hall -- Thursday evening full octet, 8/20/2009

Nomination & grant support news too:
Just Plain Folks Music Awards final round for our "Traveling Show" CD & Sparkplug Foundation for "J. Edgar Klezmer: Songs from My Grandmother's FBI Files"
Read on.... Sunday, August 9
11AM-2PM (brunch seating from 10AM)
City Winery Klezmer Brunch
155 Varick St - btw Vandam & Spring, NYC 10013
Tickets $10, no minimum, kids under 13 FREE!
Great food & drink, spacious venue, gracious stage Easy Sunday parking; #1, C/E subways; bus info too:
212-608-0555 or http://www.citywinery.com/events/26407

Metropolitan Klezmer returns to City Winery with special quartet lineup Debra Kreisberg: clarinet/alto sax; David Hofstra: bass/tuba; Eve Sicular: drums; & guest accordionist Patrick Farrell.

Thursday, August 20
8PM - FULL OCTET in concert!
Guild Hall of East Hampton
158 Main St, East Hampton NY 11937
Discounts for kids & GH members! $22/20/18.
Info: 631-324-0806 or http://www.guildhall.org/calendar.ihtml?id=1099

Metropolitan Klezmer octet returns to the historic, lovingly renovated stage of John Drew Theater at East Hampton's Guild Hall. Don't miss our magical show here... full band, hand-carved wooden ornaments, amazing acoustics!

AWARD NEWS!
"Traveling Show" CD nomination & "J. Edgar Klezmer" foundation grant:
Metropolitan Klezmer's TRAVELING SHOW is a nominee finalist for the 2009 Just Plain Folks Music Awards! Our latest CD was named one of 10 albums nominated in the Klezmer category. Winners are to be announced August 29 at ceremonies in Nashville. Info: http://justplainfolks.org

The Sparkplug Foundation has awarded a grant for the development, production and promotion of "J. Edgar Klezmer: Songs from My Grandmother's FBI Files." We are grateful for this support of our musical documentary project. Audio and video recordings are in the works!

Klezmer Guy Blog Again

If you're not reading the klezmer guy blog, you should be. yup.
http://www.yiddishecup.com/blog/2009/07/08/the-all-star-game/

Ilana Cravitz workshop in Cambridge

Sunday 19 July
2-5pm
Klezmer Workshop
Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge
Ilana Cravitz (fiddle),teaches klezmer tunes and style, including modes, ornamentation and accompaniment, and even few dance steps.
Cost: £13
To register email Marc Jackson on marccj@hotmail.com or call him on 07846 379 370

9-14 August

KlezFest London SOAS, Vernon Square campus, Kings Cross, London

A fantastic week of playing, singing and dancing. Includes workshops, jams, a tribute evening on 10 August for Jim Marcovitch (see http://www.ilanacravitz.com/jim.html) and a concert at the Jazz Cafe (12 August). See www.jmi.org.uk for more details.

Sunday 6 September
1-6pm
Simcha in the Park
Regents Park, London

An opportunity to dance with Ilana Cravitz and Guy Schalom all afternoon to the UK's foremost klezmer bands. See http://www.jewishculture.org.uk/klezmerinpark2009.html for more details.
Free event

Alicia Svigals' Klezmer Fiddle Express Thursday

New York--
Free and outdoors, 12:30 to 1:30 pm, 2nd Ave and 10th St. Come see Alicia and her band for free! A presentation of the Third Street Music School Settlement's Music in Abe Lebewohl Park concert series. Featuring Aaron Alexander, drums, Brian Glassman, bass, and Patrick Farrell, accordion.

In front of St. Mark's Church-in-the-Bowery at 10th St. and 2nd Ave. NY Concert held rain or shine -- in case of rain it moves onto the portico of the church.

Click here for more info about the Abe Lebewohl concert series

For more about Alicia, visit her website
www.aliciasvigals.com

Mamlok and Greenbaum at City Winery

Come July 12! Hear an old familiar song or two...
"A narrated program of famous klezmer clarinetists throughout history, with fascinating tales of woe and plenty of humor! This event features Klezical Tradition's own phenom clarinetist, Walter Mamlok, who will be joined by founder and leader, Adrianne Greenbaum on accordion and keyboard and a bisl flute."

City Winery

155 Varick Street (between Spring and Vandam Streets) New York, New York 10013

By Subway: 1 / 9 to Houston Street or Canal Street; C / E to Spring Street
By Bus: M20 downtown or uptown, M6 uptown, M21 crosstown

FINAL TWO CONCERTS OF SUMMERNIGHTS SERIES

Be at the JEWISH MUSEUM

The final two concerts of The Jewish Museum's popular SummerNights series are on Thursday evenings, July 16 and 23. On July 16, SLAVIC SOUL PARTY! performs virtuosic new brass band music incorporating diverse influences, and on July 23, Ljova and the Kontraband offer a mix of Eastern-European melodies, Latin rhythms and jazz-inspired improvisations. Concerts begin at 7:30 pm. 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 www.thejewishmuseum.org .

SUMMERNIGHTS CONCERT SERIES SCHEDULE
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.

SummerNights offers live world music in a concert setting on five Thursday evenings from July 2 through July 23. A complete schedule is available from the press office at 212.423.3271, or the Museum's Web site, http://www.thejewishmuseum.org

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.

KlezCalifornia Upcoming July events

Put these exciting July events on your calendar now:

Sunday, July 12, 4:00-6:00pm, Festival volunteer get-together, for those interested in helping next February's Yiddish Culture Festival. Palo Alto. (Read story in Newsletter)

Sunday, July 19, 2:00-4:00pm, Yidishe Salon far flisik reders. If you can understand and participate in conversations conducted exclusively in Yiddish, email salon1@klezcalifornia.org for information on this Salon, which will be held in Berkeley.

Saturday, July 25, 5:00-7:00pm, Klezmakers dinner concert and dancing at Vasona Lake Park in Los Gatos.

To get the full story Click here for KlezCalifornia Newsletter

London in August IZ YIDISH UN KLEZ

REMINDER!!! Sunday 2 – Friday 7 August
Ot Azoy! This is the way – to Speak, Read and Write Yiddish in a week!
JMI famous crash course in Yiddish language and culture for beginners to advanced students SOAS, University of London
Details and Registration www.jmi.org.uk 020 8909 2445 yvonne@jmi.org.uk
Presented by the Jewish Music Institute

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Sunday 9 – Friday 14 August
JMI KlezFest London

A week-long intensive, inspiring and fun-packed Summer School of traditional Eastern European Jewish music, song and dance for professionals and amateurs (grade 5 and above) of all ages and backgrounds. Focus on how to teach klezmer music and dance; playing in ensembles and learning by ear. Students can mix and match between playing, dancing and singing. Performances led by students and professionals at SOAS, Kings Cross Station, the Jazz Café and local bars. Free handbook by Ilana Cravitz /or free songbook.

‘A heart-warming, unstoppable, week - exhausting, fantastic and fun!!!’
SOAS, University of London
Details and Registration www.jmi.org.uk 020 8909 2445 yvonne@jmi.org.uk
Presented by the Jewish Music Institute

Music In Jewish Education at Gratz College

Music In Jewish Education
Monday July 27 - Friday, July 31
Dr. Marsha Bryan Edelman, Professor of Music and Education

Discover ways music can be used to enhance the teaching of Bible, holidays, history, Israel, Jewish values and Hebrew. Explore methods and materials for using music in formal and informal settings and at different age levels. If you love Jewish music, this class is for you, whether you're an experienced musician or a general classroom teacher.

Take this class for the love of learning, to earn credit toward licensure, or to begin an academic program leading to a career in Jewish music.
For more information www.gratzcollege.edu

Women's Klezmer Summit (Not for Women Only!)

Come for a day, or come for the week! July 5-10 At Circle Lodge, Workmen’s Circle’s famed adult lodge adjacent to historic Camp Kinder Ring in Hopewell Junction, Dutchess County NY.

Featuring leaders of the klezmer and new Yiddish song revivals: violinist Alicia Svigals, vocalist Adrienne Cooper, trumpeter Susan Watts, drummer/film historian Eve Sicular, vocalist Shauna Kanter, and more.

To reserve call 845.221-2771 ext. 110, check out the link at www.circle.org or email office@campkr.com

Each day begins with a voice workshop conducted by Shauna Kanter of the famed Voice Theater Workshop. Catch daily lectures, panels, concerts, and hands-on workshops and coaching on klezmer history and making new Yiddish music personal – from Eve’s J. Edgar Klezmer and her famed Yiddish Celluloid Closet lec/dem on the gay subtext in Yiddish film to Alicia’s Klezmer Unfettered, amazing collaborations and road stories, to Susan Watt’s wild tales of klezmer family life, and Adrienne’s legendary Memoir of Gluckl of Hameln and her Every Mother’s Son antiwar song concert. Everything from traditional to the frontiers of Jewish music. And then there’s great food, great lake, swimming, boating. Great rates! Reserve now – mention that you came from Alicia’s mailing list for special offer.

Click here for Circle Lodge brochure and registration form http://klezmerbyaliciasvigalsllc.c.topica.com/maanblYabQ7WUbIFEx6eafpQav/

For more about Alicia, visit her website www.aliciasvigals.com http://klezmerbyaliciasvigalsllc.c.topica.com/maanblYabQ7UpbIFEx6eafpQav/

Zamir Chorale of Boston at NAJCF

Zamir will help kick off the festivities on opening night of the 20th Annual North American Jewish Choral Festival at the Hudson Valley Resort and Spa in Kerhonkson, NY. Congratulations to Mati Lazar and the Zamir Choral Foundation on two decades of bringing Jewish choral music to musicians from all over the United States. For more information, go to www.zamirfdn.org

Koleinu in Boston

Koleinu, Boston s Jewish Community Chorus, was founded in 2002 by Hazzan Scott Sokol, of the Jewish Music Institue of Hebrew College, and by Larry Kozinn to provide a place open to all to learn, sing and perform Jewish choral music. Carol Marton, known for her work in Jewish choral music, is the founding Artistic Director.

Since that time, Koleinu has given concerts for enthusiastic audiences at synagogues all around Greater Boston, at Hebrew College and annually at Hebrew Senior Life. In the fall of 2009, Koleinu represented Boston at an historic concert in Providence, RI, marking the 70th anniversary of Kristallnacht a sold-out, multimedia production that featured 200 adult and youth voices, full orchestra, and narration by Leonard Nimoy. In the spring of 2008, Koleinu spearheaded Voices Raised Against Violence, a collaborative concert of Jewish and Gospel music, to benefit an anti-violence and leadership development program for Boston s youth.

Koleinu is a non-audition group, open to adults of all backgrounds and experience levels, with members from all around the Boston area. Rehearsals start in the Fall. Check the website for details.

http://www.koleinu.org/

Kol Shira in Iowa

Linda Wertz wrote to let us know there is a group in Iowa called Kol Shira, which consists of 6 women accompanied by guitar, flute, cello,bass & percussion. They have YouTube videos which show what they can do!
http://www.valeriedavine.com/kolshira.html