Song is the Pen of the Soul—An Interfaith Interchange

Song is the Pen of the Soul—An Interfaith Interchange
Sunday, November 15
Wilson Chapel
Andover Newton Theological School
3:30–5:45 p.m.
Free and open to the public
Seating is limited - please register now.

Dr. Joshua Jacobson and the Zamir Chorale of Boston
Reverend Burns Stanfield and the Andover Newton Community Choir
Commentary by Rabbi Daniel Lehmann and Priscilla Deck

Please join the Zamir Chorlae and the Andover Newton Community Choir for a rousing performance, discussion and sing-along of inspiring music from Jewish and Christian faith traditions. Rabbi Daniel Lehmann will discuss the Jewish spiritual music tradition, illustrated by the Zamir Chorale of Boston under the direction of Dr. Joshua Jacobson; the program will feature selections of Hassidic music and works by Louis Lewandowski, Shlomo Carlebach and Ernest Bloch. Priscilla Deck will lead a discussion of Christian spiritual music, complemented by a performance by the Andover Newton Community Choir, directed by Reverend Burns Stanfield.

You’ll have a chance to join in the singing, led by Cantor Louise Treitman. The afternoon also includes an opportunity to learn more about the many programs of Hebrew College’s School of Jewish Music (SJM), ranging from pluralistic cantorial ordination to certificate programs in Jewish sacred music and Jewish music education.

For more information, please contact Renee Tepper, 617-559-8622, rtepper AT hebrewcollege.edu

Dr. Joshua R. Jacobson, DMA, Acting Dean of the School of Jewish Music and one of the foremost authorities on Jewish choral music, is Visiting Professor of Jewish Music at Hebrew College and Professor of Music and Director of Choral Activities at Northeastern University. He is also founder and director of the Zamir Chorale of Boston. His many musical arrangements, editions and compositions are frequently performed by choirs around the world. His book, Chanting the Hebrew Bible: The Art of Cantillation, was published by the Jewish Publication Society in 2002.

A Jewish innovator who has devoted his career to pluralistic Jewish education, Rabbi Daniel L. Lehmann became the eighth President of Hebrew College on July 1, 2008. Previously the founding Headmaster of Gann Academy-The New Jewish High School of Greater Boston, he was also Founding Director of BIMA-The Berkshire Institute for Music and Arts. A frequent lecturer on Jewish education, he has published numerous journal articles on Jewish education and has contributed several chapters in books on religious education. Rabbi Lehmann is a former member of the Zamir Chorale of Boston.

After a period of recording and performing as a professional musician, Burns Stanfield was ordained in 1991 as a minister in the Presbyterian Church (USA) to pastor Fourth Presbyterian Church, a congregation in a low-income neighborhood of South Boston. Once near closing, Fourth Presbyterian has since grown substantially and is now a vital community presence. Reverend Stanfield conducts the Andover Newton Community Choir as part of his class, Christian Worship, Christian Music, and also teaches at Harvard Divinity School. He continues to write music, perform and record.

Priscilla Deck, Vice President for Institutional Advancement at Andover Newton Theological School, has always maintained a parallel career as a free-lance violinist. Although she sees herself primarily as a church musician, she frequently serves as an art and music critic to area newspapers and journals. Convinced of the unique spiritual power of the aesthetic experience, she teaches in the Worship, Theology and the Arts program at Andover Newton.

Dan Aran Breathing CD Released

An Israeli musician living in Brooklyn, Dan Aran just released his new CD Breathing containing a number of compositions by him. Aran is known in NY as a "brush specialist" and has got what the doctor ordered. Take a deep breath and listen to Breathing.. It's sure to put you in the right place.

Segundo Mundo

Segundo Mundo is a little klezmer orchestra formed in 2005. The group name is associated with the origin of this ancient music. Klezmer was born in a region of Central Eastern Europe known as the "second world." The group performs originals versions of the most well known popular songs. "Segundo Mundo" performs every Sunday in the neighborhood of "San Telmo", in Buenos Aires. The band has also played in hundreds of private events and in almost every place of Buenos Aires. The orchestra took their music to other cities in Argentina, Chile and Uruguay. Several times Segundo Mundo performed in Radio and Television. Highlights include active involvement in the First World Klezmer Music in Argentina (KLEZFIESTA) presented at the National Center of Music at the Teatro Presidente Alvear, the Obelisk and the Greek Amphitheater. In this festival, "Segundo Mundo", presented their first recording, called Libertranz . You can find out more about this group by visiting their website at:
www.smklezmer.com.ar

Klezmer Shpil Orchestra

The ''Klezmer Shpil'' orchestra by Berl Portnoy (Israel) was founded in 1991 in Petrozavodsk (Russia). Between 1992 and 1995 the orchestra traveled intensely, appearing at numerous festivals and concerts in Russia, Finland, Sweden and Norway.In 1993 the Klezmer Shpil's first solo CD was produced and marketed in Finland. The orchestra's second recording was produced in Sweden in 1995.In 1996 the orchestra re-located to Israel, where it soon became a well-recognized feature of the local klezmer scene. Today the ''Klezmer Shpil'' orchestra is known not only in Israel but also around the world. It boasts multiple appearances at concerts, events, and other Jewish music venues. The ''Klezmer Shpil'' orchestra promotes traditional Klezmer music, Yiddish folksongs and the songs of the Yiddish theater.

http://www.geocities.com/klezmer_shpil/thegroup.html

Kulmus Hanefesh: A musical journey into the Hassidic niggun

The Jewish Music Research Centre in Jerusalem has released a new CD : Kulmus Hanefesh: A musical journey into the Hassidic niggun. The recordings are edited by Seroussi Edwin, the director of the Centre and Shaked Yuval, a composer. Performances by HaOman Hai ensemble in association with the Jewish Music Research Centre, Hebrew University of Jerusalem and the Jerusalem Music Center. The album, released in 2009, includes a CD and a booklet in Hebrew.
Price: $ 20 / 80
For more information: http://www.jewish-music.huji.ac.il/store.asp?cat=21&in=0&id=2085&act=view

International Jewish Music Festival -- Amsterdam

The 15th edition of the International Jewish Music Festival will be held in the brand new concert halls of the Amsterdam Conservatory. We welcome back the winners from last year's international competition for a weekend filled with music.

The ensembles will give concerts and workshops in the most diverse Jewish music sub-genres: hip-hop and reggae for kids, Yiddish song, Sephardic music, klezmer and Balkan music, close harmony and classical.

The free Open Podium gives starting ensembles and soloists a chance to take the stage and show what they've got. The bustling Jewish Cultural Market will feature booksellers, CD's, sheet music and various Jewish cultural organisations. And our grand prize winner from last year, She'Koyokh, will host a swinging Jam Session, also free and open to everyone.

Our generous sponsors make possible an array of free events, low-cost concerts & workshops, and senior and student discounts, ensuring the most diverse, accessible, and successful festival ever!

Tickets, schedule & complete program information: http://www.ijmf.org/ October 23-25, 2009!!

The Jewish Romantics Chamber Concert

THE JEWISH ROMANTICS
CHAMBER MUSIC CONCERT
AT THE JEWISH MUSEUM ON NOVEMBER 5

The Jewish Museum will present The Jewish Romantics, a concert celebrating the 200th anniversary of Felix Mendelssohn's birth, at 1109 Fifth Avenue at 92nd Street on Thursday, November 5 at 7 pm. This performance features a roster of gifted young artists from Mannes College, which continues its yearlong music festival, "The Mendelssohn Salon." Felix Mendelssohn and his musically talented sister, Fanny, were hosts and guests at cultural gatherings known as salons, which included the great composers of their day. This concert explores the music of the Mendelssohns and of other important Jewish composers of the 19th century Romantic period.

The November 5 program is a co-production of Mannes College, The New School for Music, and The Jewish Museum.

Musical selections will include:
Fanny Hensel-Mendelssohn - Drei Stücke zu vier Händen
Sophia Munoz and Hyun Jin Lee, piano
Selections from Hebrew Melodies for Viola & Piano, Op. 9
Josef Joachim Christian Atanasiu, viola; Daniel Laor, piano

Giacomo Meyerbeer - Songs
Katharine Dain, soprano; Dina Pruzhansky, piano

Fromental Halévy - Two arias from La Juive
Crissida Tyler, soprano; Laetitia Ruccolo, piano

Felix Mendelssohn - Piano Trio no. 2 in C minor, Op. 66
Ari Isaacman-Beck, violin; Elad Kabilio, cello Javor Bracic, piano

Tickets 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. Program tickets at The Jewish Museum can be purchased online at the Museum's Web site, www.thejewishmuseum.org.

An infrared assistive listening system for the hearing impaired is available for programs in the Museum's S. H. and Helen R. Scheuer Auditorium.

Public programs are supported, in part, by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs. Major annual support is provided by public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts, A State Agency. The stage lighting system has been funded by the Office of Manhattan Borough President Scott M. Stringer. The audio-visual system has been funded by New York State Assembly Member Jonathan M. Bing.

About Mannes College

Since its founding in 1916, Mannes College has become one of the world's leading conservatories, internationally recognized for its musical and pedagogical excellence, and for its commitment to artistic and human ideals. Mannes's distinguished alumni include eminent pianists Richard Goode and Murray Perahia; acclaimed conductors Yves Abel, Semyon Bychkov, Myung Whun Chung, and JoAnn Falletta; the iconic diva Frederica von Stade; and Metropolitan Opera company members Olga Makarina, Patricia Risley, and Danielle de Niese. Its outstanding faculty includes opera legend Regina Resnik, pianists Vladimir Feltsman and Richard Goode, as well as renowned artists-in-residence such as Yefim Bronfman, the Orion String Quartet, and Deborah Voigt. For more information, visit www.newschool.edu/mannes/concerts .

About The Jewish Museum

Widely admired for its exhibitions and educational programs that inspire people of all backgrounds, The Jewish Museum is the preeminent institution exploring the intersection of 4,000 years of art and Jewish culture. 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.

General Information (NOTE: NEW MUSEUM HOURS)

Museum hours are Saturday, Sunday, Monday, Tuesday and Thursday, 11am to 5:45pm; and Friday, 11am to 4pm. Museum admission is $12.00 for adults, $10.00 for senior citizens, $7.50 for students, free for children under 12 and Jewish Museum members. Admission is free on Saturdays. 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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