Judaiques Cultures

French website of Jewish culture. Many musical events are listed here. If you are planning to visit France this spring or summer, check out this website for events. Very much like an online magazine In French, the site is also searchable.
http://www.judaicultures.info/

Eyal Maoz in Park Slope

Date: Thursday May 5 at 9 PM till 11 PM
Venue: Tea Lounge
Venues address: 837 Union Street. Park Slope, Brooklyn New York, NY 11217
Telephone: (718) 789-2762
Event URL: http://www.tealoungeny.com/calendar
You tube link: Rocks: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6qdK8xT7JFw
Cover price: Free
Music genre: jazz/world/rock
Event description:
Live Edom performance at Tea Lounge. Where Jazz meets New Wave, and echoes of Joy Division are counterposed with John Zorn's Electric Masada, begins the rocking odyssey of Edom.
With Eyal Maoz – guitar;
Shanir Blumenkranz –bass
and Yuval Lion – drums.
www.edom.bandcamp.com

Young Artists Concert Series at YIVO

Thursday, May 12th. 7pm
As part of the Young Artists Concert Series, Hebrew College School of Jewish Music students Richard Lawrence and Kate Judd will be performing in a concert highlighting the works of Lazar Weiner and Joseph Achron at the YIVO Institute for Jewish Research, New York City,
at the Center for Jewish History | 15 West 16th Street - NYC

For more information on the concert and to purchase tickets, please go to: http://www.yivo.org/events/index.php?tid=181&aid=822

Sidney Krum Young Artists Concert Series: The 2011 Spring Concert on Thursday, May 12, 2011, at 7:00pm. The Spring Concert will highlight the works of two great Jewish composers: Lazar Weiner, the prominent American composer of Jewish art songs, and Joseph Achron, the outstanding Russian-born violinist and composer, student of Arnold Schoenberg and one of the co-founders of Jewish Folk Music Society of St. Petersburg. Musicologist Marsha Dubrow will discuss the works of Lazar Weiner and violinist Yuval Waldman will introduce the music of Joseph Achron. In addition to Jewish-influenced violin works by Achron, the concert will present the first American performance of his brilliant arrangements of Paganini's Caprices.

The performers will include outstanding young artists from the top American conservatories and music schools. More information will be posted as it becomes available.

ABOUT SIDNEY KRUM
The Sidney Krum Young Artist Concert Series and the Sidney Krum Jewish Music and Yiddish Theatre Memorial Collections are made possible by a generous gift from the Estate of Sidney Krum. Mr. Krum emigrated from the Polish town of Anatolia to the United States as a child and learned Yiddish folk songs from his mother. Both an attorney and an educator, Mr. Krum spent much of his career in the New York City public schools. Throughout his life, he was dedicated to his Jewish heritage, particularly its music, and to the education of the young people of New York.

FRAUENSTIMMEN: Women's Voices from Ravensbrück

May 1, 2011, 7pm - Yom HaShoah, Holocaust Memorial Day.
Conceived and Directed by School of Jewish Music student and faculty member Lynn Torgove, 2011Gideon Klein Scholar. Performed by students from the Cantorial and Rabbinical program at Hebrew College, New England Conservatory and their friends, School of Jewish Music student Becky Wexler, Music Director.

This Musical Cabaret portrays the lives of 7 women who were imprisoned at the Ravensbrück Concentration Camp - the only camp originally built as an all women's prison.

May 1, 2011, 7pm - Yom HaShoah, Holocaust Memorial Day. This is a 90 minute performance without intermission and there will be a post-performance discussion with performers.
The Fenway Center, Boston Massachusetts
77 St. Stephen Street, on the corner of St. Stephen Street and Gainsborough Street.
Sponsored by Northeastern University Department of Jewish Studies and Hebrew College.

Love, Loss, Laughter Yiddish Concert

The Jewish People's Philharmonic Chorus presents a Yiddish Song concert,
Sunday, June 5, 2011
4:30 PM
at Peter Norton Symphony Space
2537 Broadway at 95th Street, New York, NY
Benyumin Schaechter, conductor
Tickets A$30/$20. Groups over 10 Discounts available. Contact: symphonyspace.org or
Call: 212-864-5400

Ayn Sof Arkestra and Bigger Band for Passover Concert

Thursday, April 21 · 8:30pm - 10:30pm
East 6th Street Community Synagogue Max Raiskin Center
325 East 6th Street
New York, NY

Come join the Ayn Sof Arkestra and Bigger Band for a special middle of Passover Concert.
The midweek of the Festival of Passover is traditionally a time where the celebration of the holiday is stretched into the mundane workaday world, called "Chol HaMoed".
Come join Ayn Sof for the holiday celebration! We may even break out the Slivovitz!
$10.00 Cover

NYC’s newest addition to the canon of new Jewish influenced music and culture, the Ayn Sof Arkestra and Bigger Band, under the direction of saxophonist Jazz Rabbi Greg Wall and Grammy winning trumpeter Frank London.The Arkestra consists of some of the most innovative artists on the scene today, such as Pam Fleming, Rob Henke, Jordan Hirsch, Paul Shapiro, Jessica Lurie, Marty Fogel, Zach Mayer, Aaron Alexander, David Chevan, Fima Ephron, Eyal Maoz, Mathias Kunzli, Uri Sharlin, and many others. The repertoire will consist of original compositions and arrangements of the members and guest composers, in the great NuJu/Rad Jew/SunRaJoo tradition.

Ayn Sof Arkestra!
Trumpets - Pam Fleming,Frank London, Jordan Hirsch, Rob Henke
Trombones - Ben Williams, Art Baron
Saxophones - Greg Wall, Jessica Lurie
Paul Shapiro, Zachary Mayer, Martin Fogel
Guitar - Eyal Maoz
Keys - Uri Sharlin
Bass - David Chevan
Drums - Aaron Alexander
NuJu/Rad Jew/SunRaJoo tradition. -- can you please define? Send in your thoughts...or just listen to the music...

Passover Playlist

The NYT has an article with a "playlist" for a Passover seder. I think readers of the Jewish Music WebCenter might want to contribute their own listings for Passover. So write us and let us know. http://dinersjournal.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/04/12/at-joedoe-its-not-passover-without-a-playlist/?smid=tw-nytimes&seid=auto

Perlman, Helfgot, Netsky 3 Walks of Jewish Music Life Brought Together

An article in the LA Times on March 31 reviewed the concert.
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/culturemonster/2011/03/music-review-itzhak-perlman-and-cantor-yitzchok-meir-helfgot-in-the-soul-of-jewish-music-at-the-saba.html

Beverly Sills Website

For Beverly Sills fans, there is a great website that has collected an enormous amount of material about her online.
http://www.beverlysills.com/

Benjy Fox-Rosen's TICK TOCK CD RELEASE

THE CENTER FOR TRADITIONAL MUSIC AND DANCE'S AN-SKY INSTITUTE FOR JEWISH CULTURE PRESENTS: TICK TOCK CD RELEASE PARTY!
Saturday, April 30, 2011 · 7:30pm - 10:30pm
Ukranian East Village Restaurant
140 2nd Avenue
New York, NY

Please join in for the CD release of Benjy Fox-Rosen's Tick Tock, a new recording of Yiddish song from the acclaimed bassist/singer of the Luminescent Orchestrii and the Michael Winograd Trio. The evening begins with an opening set of Yiddish song performed by Adrienne Cooper, Yiddish Diva Superstar. Then Fox-Rosen will debut the album, and we'll top it all off with a Tantshoyz Yiddish Dance party, dancing set led by Michael Winograd.
@ Ukrainian East Village Restaurant, 140 2nd Ave
between East 9th St. & St. Marks Place in Manhattan
April 30, 2011 doors open at 7:30pm
$10-15, no one turned away for lack of funds

Listen to the album here: http://benjyfoxrosen.bandcamp.com/
Cd release and dance band featuring:
Benjy Fox-Rosen
Avi Fox-Rosen
Carmen Staff
Noah Kaplan
Michael Winograd
Tyshawn Sorey
Dan Blacksberg

From Mark Rubin's blog, Chasing the Fat Man
Benjy Fox-Rosen “Tick Tock”

Benjy is a fine bassist and wonderfully vocalist gifted with a lithe, high tenor voice. His latest CD “Tick-Tock” marks, for me at least, a bellwether mark in modern Jewish music. (This is your hint that this is a klezmer CD, but hang in there, it’ a great record.) Sung entirely in Yiddish and featuring a band made up entirely of the best klezmer players of his generation, Fox-Rosen simultaneously references the great Yiddish song writers and vocalists of lore completely unencumbered by nostalgia or artifice while still sounding entirely fresh and personal. If 25 years ago groups like the Klezmatics re-invigorated and re-constructed Yiddish music to reflect a contemporary experience, then “Tick-Tock” simply carries the narrative to the even more present, using reggae and even avant-guard musical motifs to propel his remarkable vocal skill, which is capable of communicating the lyric quite effectively despite the listeners not understanding the language. With artists like this afoot, Yiddish music and culture are assured at the very least a creative and vibrant future. Flowery praise maybe, but deserved.
-Mark Rubin
http://markdrubin.blogspot.com/2011/03/short-notes-about-some-releases-i-think.html

TORONTO JEWISH FOLK CHOIR'S 85TH ANNUAL SPRING CONCERT

SUNDAY, MAY 15, 2011 AT POSLUNS AUDITORIUM The Toronto Jewish Folk Choir celebrates its 85th annual Spring concert by commemorating the original immigrant workers who founded the choir. Its performance - under conductor Alexander Veprinsky - features special guests Beyond The Pale (2010 Canadian Folk Music Awards' Instrumental Group of the Year).

The concert takes place at the Posluns Auditorium at Baycrest, 3560 Bathurst Street, north entrance, 2nd floor (wheelchair accessible), Sunday, May 15, 2011, 3 p.m.

Tickets are $25; seniors and students, $20; children 12 and under free. Information and ticket reservations may be obtained by calling 416-789-5502 or e-mailing tjfolkchoir@sympatico.ca Info will also be available at www.winchevskycentre.org/institutions/choir.html and at the Toronto Jewish Folk Choir on Facebook.

The Choir's major work, In Amerike, vividly captures the immigrant experience in an evocative suite by Winnipeg composer Sid Robinovitch. The words are from In Kanade (In Canada), a two-volume novel in verse by the late Montreal Yiddish poet Sholem Shtern. The Choir performs the work with Beyond The Pale, the klezmer sextet that captured the "Pushing the Boundaries" prize at the 2010 Canadian Folk Music Awards, and was named Instrumental Group of the Year.

Celebrating her 35th season as the Choir's accompanist, pianist Lina Zemelman plays the piano part of In Amerike, and accompanies the Choir in a lively mix of music, in Yiddish, Hebrew, English and more. Soloists are sopranos Miriam Eskin and Galina Kuznetsov, tenor Martin Houtman, baritone Charlie Sise and bass Herman Rombouts.

Founded in 1925 primarily by immigrant garment workers, the Toronto Jewish Folk Choir is Canada's longest continuing Jewish performance group, with an illustrious history. While singing in many languages, the Choir prides itself on helping to keep the Yiddish language alive through its repertoire. More information on the Choir is at The Encyclopedia of Music in Canada
: http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/index.cfm?PgNm=TCE&Params=U1ARTU0003439

The May 15 concert is presented with the assistance of the Toronto Arts Council, and Choir members and friends.

Join Zemel Choir for Sephardi Choral Workshops and Concert

Spread over two Sundays, 12 June and 26 June culminating in a final public concert on 26 June, the Zemel Choir invites you to take part in the annual event called "Celebrate with Song". This year the music will be Sephardi, from France, Italy Spain and the Middle East. There will be professional vocal coaches to teach singing techniques and a brief lecture on the history of Sephardi music will be given. The event is open to everyone who ever fancied singing, or who already does sing, whether in a choir or in the bath. For more information and an application form please contact cws@zemelchoir.org

The Zemel Choir is the UK's leading mixed voice Jewish choir. For more information about the workshops, visit: http://www.zemelchoir.org/

Judicial Review of "Divine Sparks"

In a very interesting way, The Boston Jewish Music Festival is continuing to build education about Jewish music. They've collaborated with The Arts Fuse: The Culture of New England, a discussion forum. This is their sixth session, "this time a discussion of the concert “Divine Sparks,” a provocative attempt to explore how Jewish cantorial music and other kinds of religious song can spark musical improvisation and spiritual experiences." Written by Steve Elman, the reviews are opinions of six knowledgable people who attended the event in March.
http://artsfuse.org/?p=27943

The Arts Fuse is an organization that attempts to provide serious, informed criticism and opinion about the arts, not just random blog posts or “Tweets.” It attempts to be literate, not wasting its readers’ time with rambling, poorly written copy, and it attempts be thought-provoking,inspiring a conversation among critics, producers, and consumers of the arts. http://artsfuse.org/

Happy Passover Robotics

Students....way too much free time.... or ...not?

Michael Isaacson lecture in NY at the Village Temple

Thursday, April 28 · 7:30pm - 10:30pm
The Village Temple
33 E. 12th St.
New York, NY

"Understanding the Power of Midrashic Synagogue Music"
CLICK HERE TO RESERVE YOUR SEAT: http://bentisser.com/store/isaacson.htm

In a rare one-time appearance on the East Coast, noted Los Angeles synagogue composer, conductor, and music director Dr. Michael Isaacson will speak about looking and listening to Jewish music in a new way; one that enables the Hazzan and the Rabbi to select and program music that has more meaning and g...reater emotional impact for their congregations. This is a talk that will be life transforming for you and will only happen here in New York on Thursday evening, April 28th, 2011

Those in attendance will also receive a 20% discount on Isaacson's profound book and accompanying double CD set "Jewish Music as Midrash: What Makes Music Jewish?" (To order your copy of the book in advance, email Dr. Isaacson at eggcreamer@sbcglobal.net)

For more information, email Cantor Benjamin Tisser at:
ben@bentisser.com Admission is $36 ($10 students)
Lecture to be followed by a brief Q&A session, refreshments and Maariv with Sefirat Ha'omer (accepting volunteers for davening)

JTS Cantorial School Awesome Concert

JTS Cantorial School Awesome Concert Start Time: Thursday, April 7 at 7:30pm Location: 3080 Broadway

Afro-Semitic Experience in Middleton, CT

The Afro-Semitic Experience will be performing in Middletown, Connecticut in a couple of weeks. They are performing in concert on Saturday, April 16, 8:00 p.m., at Congregation Adath Israel 8 Broad Street, in Middletown. If you want more information about this concert the number at Adath Israel is (860) 346-4709.

Visit the still fairly new Afro-Semitic Experience web site. The site has lots of music, photos, and info about the band. Plus there is a news page that is updated on a fairly regular basis. The address is http://afrosemiticexperience.net/

Celebrate Freedoom with Music For Passover from URJ

Soundswrite newsletter: Volume 10, Number 7 • April, 2011 • Adar II/Nisan, 5771

Purim is over, which means Passover is just around the corner! Arguably the most widely observed of all Jewish holidays, Passover (Pesach) is a celebration of freedom--a remembrance of our people's Exodus from slavery in Egypt over 3,000 years ago. Today, there's an amazing array of terrific music for Pesach, both traditional and contemporary, to enliven your holiday and brighten your home, your car, your classroom, or anywhere else you listen to music. Check out these amazing recordings by clicking on any cover image below. Chag Pesach Sameach!

CELEBRATE PASSOVER
Various artists, produced by Craig Taubman
A modern take on the story of Passover, as composed by some of contemporary Jewish music's most beloved artists. Hear the new song of Passover!
No. 950100
$15.95

THE FREEDOM MUSIC PROJECT
Peri Smilow
Young Jewish and African-American singers celebrate the freedom music of both the Passover tradition and the Civil Rights Movement.
No. 951021
$15.95

HALAILAH HAZEH
The Music of Pesah at BJ
Congregation B'nai Jeshurun
Twelve soothing, sacred Passover songs that will enhance your journey through the powerful beauty of Passover.
No. 951315
$16.95
LET MY PEOPLE GO
A Jewish & African American Celebration of Freedom
Jonathan Kligler & Kim and Reggie Harris
Eighteen uplifting and enlightening tracks weave Hebrew songs from the Passover Haggadah with traditional Black Spirituals, carrying the ideals of equality and freedom.
No. 951053
$15.95

THE PASSOVER LOUNGE
Various Artists, produced by Craig Taubman
Chill instrumentals and eclectic laid-back grooves mix with smooth vocals and electronic sounds, all applied to traditional Passover melodies.
No. 951129
$15.95

THE PASSOVER STORY
The Western Wind
The Western Wind Vocal Ensemble and Theodore Bikel tell and sing the Passover story through these 20 Hebrew folk melodies, classical European liturgical music, ancient Sephardic chants, Klezmer style improvisations, and traditional songs from the Seder.
No. 951146
$15.95

PHARAOH, PHARAOH (CD single)
Mah Tovu
This CD SINGLE features the rockin', hand clappin', foot stompin', can't-sit-still-hit "Pharaoh, Pharaoh" (to the tune of "Louie, Louie"), from the classic Jewish rock band Mah Tovu.
No. 951247
$5.00
REGGAE PASSOVER
Alan Eder and Friends
West African and Caribbean rhythms blend with traditional Hebrew melodies and texts to create this unique sound for Passover. Hypnotic drum beats, exotic instruments, and vocal harmonies bring a reggae beat to holiday favorites.
No. 951054
$16.95

SHIRLALA PESACH!
Shira Kline
Outrageously Hip Jewish Kiddie Rock! Crunch, munch, jump, and dance your way to freedom with these spirited,
interactive, and engaging songs from the one-of-a-kind Shira Kline.
No. 951203
$15.95

A SINGING SEDER
Cindy Paley
In this delightful collection of over 20 Passover songs, Cindy Paley brings traditional and modern melodies to life with upbeat arrangements and infectious rhythms.
No. 951057
$15.95

SONGS FROM A PASSOVER HAGGADAH
Sung by cantors
This 35-track collection features all the 'standards' of every Passover Seder, including liturgical and folk selections, beautifully sung by a number of talented cantors. Accompanies the CCAR's 1974 A Passover Haggadah.
No. 950037
$12.95
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The Levins
With soulful melodies
and sweet harmonies, reminiscent of the best of classic pop vocals (The Beatles, James Taylor, and Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young), Ira and Julia Levin create a unique form of music somewhere between "World Folk" and "Harmonious Folk Pop." Their debut release 36 is based on the Talmudic legend of the thirty-six lamed-vavniks, the silent righteous individuals who keep the world in balance with their selfless benevolence. The Levins speak the universal language of hope and compassion, and their sweet harmonies and wonderful energy are an extension of their dedication to the upliftment of all. Their tune "Daniel's Round" was selected to appear on the new Ruach 5771 CD, a collection of the best new Jewish music. This joyful recording will lift your heart and bring a smile to your face!
No. 951377
$15.95
Ruach 5775
Various artists

Transcontinental Music Publications and The North American Federation of Temple Youth (NFTY) bring you the best of new Jewish rock, by the brightest stars in Jewish music! Ruach 5771 celebrates the 10th anniversary of the Ruach series and the 50th anniversary of the URJ's Religious Action Center in Washington D.C. The 19 tracks include favorite established artists, as well as many new voices on the Jewish music scene:

Elana Jagoda
Dan Nichols and
E18hteen
Michelle Citrin
Soul Aviv
Steve Meltzer (z"l)
The Levins
Jay Rapoport
Peri Smilow
Mikey Pauker
Jeremy Gimbel and Shira Tirdof
Cantor Natalie Young
Ross M. Levy
Josh Nelson
Alan Goodis
Jon Nelson and Yom Hadash
Craig Taubman
Rick Recht
Max Chaiken and Camp Harlam

These tunes reflect the spirit, energy, and vibrancy of the Judaism that lives and breathes in the camps, youth groups, and synagogues of the Union for Reform Judaism. Catch the ruach!
No. 950146 -=
$12.95

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