December 20, 2009

Open the Gates CD

Robert Cohen has put out a collection of Jewish music of liturgical music by contemporary composers. He calls it "heart music" for prayer, healing, dance and meditation. Information about the CD, "Open the Gates" can be found at: http://www.rlcwordsandmusic.net/music/open-the-gates-vol-1-cd

Robert is a writer, editor, and lecturer. He frequently lectures on American Jewish music.
Posted by jmwc at 06:59 PM

Light a Candle for Jewish Music in Greater Boston

Boston Jewish Music Festival
Preview Concert
HABANOT NECHAMA
January 10, 2010
7:30 PM
Temple Aliyah, Needham

See the group that's all the rage, one of Israel's hottest acts, Habanot Nechama, in a special concert at Temple Aliyah in Needham.
The concert is sponsored by Temple Aliyah, Temple Beth Shalom, the Israeli Consulate and the Boston Jewish Music Festival
Ticket Price:$18
Order tickets online at
www.templealiyah.tix.com
Temple Aliyah
1664 Central Ave., Needham, MA

Preliminary Schedule
Boston Jewish
Music Festival

Saturday 3/6: Opening Night Gala Concert, 30th Anniversary of the Klezmer Conservatory Band with special guests vocalist Judy Bressler and Don Byron, clarinet. Also: JDub recording artists Golem.
7:30 PM
at Berklee Performance Center.


Sunday 3/7: Family Music Concerts, 1 PM. Shira Kline and Shir-La-La, JCC in Newton; Peter & Ellen Allard, Metrowest Community Day School; Yehuda Katz, Sharon/South Shore.
Sunday 3/7:Cantorial Assembly Concert,
3 PM -
Temple Israel, Natick, MA

Monday 3/8:A Conversation and Concert with Composer Osvaldo Golijov. Presented by the New Center for Arts and Culture. Featuring the Borromeo String Quartet and Jeremy Eichler, Boston Globe music critic.

Tuesday 3/9:Ladino Legend Flory Jagoda in concert. Gann Academy, Waltham, MA

Wednesday 3/10: Young Adult Dance Party with Electro Morroco, at a local club TBA. Presented with Gesher City.

Thursday 3/11: A Taste of Israel, performer TBA - Metrowest

Sunday 3/14: Closing Concert & Celebration, featuring Ernst Bloch's Sacred Service. Chorus Pro Musica, Zamir Chorale of Boston and the New England Philharmonic.
3 PM,
John Hancock Hall.

TICKETS GO ON SALE IN JANUARY!
WATCH FOR DETAILS!
--Boston--As our collective candles grow stronger, we're positively glowing! The Boston Jewish Music Festival (BJMF), premiering March 6-14, 2010, will be shining a strong new light in the Greater Boston area, with eight great nights of outstanding Jewish music!

We've been busy booking performers, reserving concert venues, raising funds, and putting together an exciting series of concerts, workshops, and events to spotlight the varied, ever expanding and dynamic world of Jewish music. There'll be something for everyone--from legendary artists like Flory Jagoda (who wrote one of the most famous Hanukkah tunes, Ocho Kandelikas), to the infectious dance music of Electro Morocco, to a rare concert of Ernst Bloch's magnificent Sacred Service, with chorus and orchestra. From family concerts to a gala 30th Anniversary celebration of Boston's own Klezmer Conservatory Band (bringing back some of the band's original members). You won't want to miss it.

BUT, we need YOU to make it happen. Ticket sales alone won't support the cost of putting on this new, world-class annual event for our community. We're nearing our goal of raising $250,000 by the end of December so that we can make all of our planning real. Concerts, receptions, workshops in area schools...your donation helps make them all happen.

Your contribution-large or small-can make the difference in bringing all of this high quality, meaningful and enriching programming to greater Boston. It's a celebration of Jewish culture and artistry that Boston deeply deserves. We know times have been hard this past year. That's all the more reason why we need the power and joy that only music can bring-to lift us up, to bring us together, and move us.

Donate now and you will help us reach a $20,000 Challenge grant from the Wolk Family/Cross Country Group.

Won't you visit our web site now and make a tax-deductible contribution to the Boston Jewish Music Festival? http://bostonjewishmusicfestival.org/index.php/you-can-help Light a candle for the BJMF, and we know you'll bask in the glow we'll create together.
Posted by jmwc at 06:28 PM

Yiddish concert in Tel Aviv

Yiddish Concert in Tel Aviv this Saturday, December 26, 2009
at 9:30pm.
Lenka Lichtenberg writes: "Hi! If you happen to be in Israel this week - you know where to find some fine new Yiddish music! Daniel Hoffman on violin, Kinneret Sagee on clarinet, Alexis Basque
on trumpet... good stuff!

Event: Yiddish concert in Tel Aviv this Saturday, December 26, 9:30pm
"Lenka Lichtenberg (voice, piano), Daniel Hoffman (violin), Kinneret Sagee
(clarinet), Alexis Basque (trumpet)."
Where: Cultural Center in Bet Ariela
Street: Shaul Hamelekh 25
Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel
Posted by jmwc at 06:20 PM

Metropolitan Klezmer Dec 25 Klezmer Special

Jewish Museum: Dec 25 Klezmer Special on Friday, December 25 at 12:30pm.
Eve says, "Metropolitan Klezmer plays that special day next week in NYC:
Friday 12/25 at The Jewish Museum.
Very special guests too.
Kids FREE, 12:30pm & 2pm sets... Santa Klez is coming uptown!
Event: Jewish Museum: Dec 25 Klezmer Special
"Santa Klez is coming uptown!"
Start Time: Friday, December 25 at 12:30pm
Where: The Jewish Museum (on 92nd St) NYC
Posted by jmwc at 06:17 PM

Twenty Years of Hannukah Happens

The Brotherhood and Music Committee of Temple Emanuel proudly present
Hanukkah Happens - Twenty Years
Thursday, December 24, 2009, 7:30 PM
Temple Emanuel, 385 Ward St., Newton
with the
Zamir Chorale of Boston
Joshua Jacobson, Artistic Director
Cantor Elias Rosemberg, Hazzan
Concert admission (open seating): Adults - $25; Children under 13 - $15
Proceeds to benefit American Friends of Magen David Adom.
For more information and tickets, please visit templeemanuel.com
email HHConcert@gmail.com or call 617-558-8100.
Posted by jmwc at 06:11 PM