YIDDISH SUMMER WEIMAR 2011: ASHKENAZ

Still lots of room for people to attend workshops.
The Matrix of Yiddish & German Cultures
July 8 - August 21, 2011
For details, read on...
OVERVIEW
(Concerts & jam sessions take place throught the period July 9 - August 22, dates to be announced)
JULY

6-8 Masterclass with Svetlana Kundish: Yiddish Art Song

08 A shtim fun harts (audience-participation evening of song, music, stories & dance, inspired by Shabes) and on all following Fridays: July 15, 22, 29, August 5, 12 & 19
09 - 16 Advanced song workshop; - the intercultural matrix of Yiddish and German traditional and contemporary song
17 - 19 Symposium: Yiddish & German cultures; past, present and future
21 - 28 Advanced instrumental workshop; - the intercultural matrix of Yiddish and German traditional and contemporary instrumental music
29 - 31 Introduction to klezmer music,Yiddish song & culture workshop
29 - 31 Advanced seminar for dance teachers & dancers: - Yiddish & German folk dance traditions (taught together with the advanced dance music seminar)
29 - 31 Advanced seminar for dance musicians: - Yiddish & German folk dance music, history, repertoire and style (taught together with the advanced dance seminar)

AUGUST
02 - 07 Dance music orchestra: - Yiddish & German traditional folk dance music, history, repertoire & style (in cooperation with the workshop Dance for Everyone)
03 - 07 Dance for Everyone: - Yiddish & German traditional folk dances, history, repertoire & style (in cooperation with the workshop Dance music orchestra)
03 - 07 Advanced beginning workshop on klezmer music, Yiddish song & culture
09 - 14 Advanced intermediate workshop on klezmer music, Yiddish song & culture
09 - 14 Yiddish language, beginning and intermediate levels

Almonds and Wine

Enjoy this delightful short film by Arnie Lipsey
I loved hearing Michael Alpert's music put to such good effect.

Almonds and Wine from Reel 13 on Vimeo.

A YEMENITE MUSIC FESTIVAL: Celebrating Yemenite and Mizrachi Jewish Music

Legendary Yemenite-Israeli artists perform classic and contemporary Yemenite and Mizrachi (Middle Eastern) Jewish music
Wednesday, May 25, 2011
8:00 pm
92ND STREET Y - Kaufmann Concert Hall
1395 Lexington Avenue New York, NY 10128
Tel: 212.415.5500

ISRAELI DANCERS, USING THE CODE YM30, WILL RECEIVE A 30% DISCOUNT.
Order online and save 50% on service fees at 92Y.org/Yemenite

Price: $180 Premium Orchestra (includes VIP reception with the performers)
$75 Orchestra
$50 Balcony

Legendary Yemenite-Israeli artists perform classic and contemporary Yemenite and Mizrachi (Middle Eastern) Jewish music

Zion Golan - traditional Yemenite singer.
http://youtu.be/LUDPYSA2lWQ
http://youtu.be/SiNQEuAnLo8

Avner Gadassi - pioneer of contemporary "Middle Eastern" Israeli music, combining contemporary rock and blues with traditional Yemenite Jewish music.
http://youtu.be/YyizSTEGjM8
http://youtu.be/SDVZP92vXCU
http://youtu.be/7gFRx84dQQM
Netanel Nagar - hits include "Night," "Power," "Lee Light" and "A Father's Child."
http://youtu.be/AivZWwv8hok<br /> http://youtu.be/6gssMO1mVHU
http://youtu.be/GB8LOoLbIBg

Presented with the Yemenite Jewish Federation of America

Violin, voice, and Jews

The "My Intimate Voice" Blog has an essay written by Joel Epstein about Yiddish songs for voice with string accompaniment written by composers of the St. Petersburg Society for Jewish Folkmusic and by other early 20th century Jewish composers.

http://intimatemusic.blogspot.com/2011/05/violin-voice-and-jews.html

Tantshoyz!

Sunday, June 5 · 7:30pm - 9:30pm
House of Friendship/La Maison de 'Amitie
120 Duluth East
Montreal QC. H2W1H1

More Info
Please join up for an evening of Yiddish dancing with instructor Avia Moore and live music by clarinetist Christian Dawid and friends. Suggested donation at the door, $7. (Photo credit Maxim Zaytsev)

GYPSY FEST 12

Saturday, May 28 · 9:00pm - 11:30pm Location
בית שמואל
World Union for Progressive Judaism
Jerusalem, Israel
Created By
סווינג דה ג'יטאן - הופעות, Pavel Levin, Oren Sagi
More Info
וידאו מהחזרה למופע- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AeQjLkHOA44

מופע בכורה פסטיבל האביב 2011
שבת, 28.05.11 21:00 בית שמואל - ירושלים - 02-6203463
http://www.beitshmuel.com/gypsy_fest.asp
משתתפים: שלישיית סווינג דה ג'יטאן: יעקב חוטר, אורי בן צבי- גיטרה צוענית, אורן שגיא- קונטרבס,

אמנים אורחים:
פבל לוין- כינור
אמיל קרויטר- אקורדיאון
גל דהן- קלרינט
אלון שגיא- גיטרה צוענית
שיר ­­­טפר- גיטרה צוענית
רקדנים: שירלי אושר, רן דוברובינסקי, מיכל תדמור, ערן טובי.
02-6203463
http://www.beitshmuel.com/gypsy_fest.asp
"Свинг де Житан" представляет новую программу в стиле "цыганский джаз" ("мануш").
В концерте принимают участие:
трио "Свинг де Житан" в составе-Яков Хотер,Ори Бен Цви-цыганские гитары,
Орен Саги-контрабас.
Гости программы:
Эмиль Кройтор-аккордеон
Павел Левин-скрипка
Алон Саги,Шир Тепер-гитары.
Танцоры:Ширли Ошер,Рон Добровинский,Яна Мейстельман,Эран Тоби.

Traveling the Yiddishland - A Musical Story

Traveling the Yiddishland - A Musical Story by Dmitri 'Zisl' Slepovitch

NEW YORK PREMIERE!
"Traveling the Yiddishland" by Dmitri Slepovitch presented by the National Yiddish Theatre – Folksbiene – is a musical/ multimedia journey across the routes of the Yiddish song's history in the 20th century Eastern Europe– brought to the modern audiences through the original videos, live singing, playing, and DJ-ing.

The program is based on the Yiddish song, traditional and original Litvak klezmer tunes, documentary footage, and storytelling. But most importantly, it is a multi-vectored dialog that creates a link to the rich traditional heritage.

Monday, June 13 at 7:00pm
Location:
Baruch Performing Arts Center
55 Lexington Ave. at East 25th St.
New York, NY

General admission: $20
For tickets, call 646-312-5073 or 866-811-4111.
Or buy tickets online:
http://www.baruch.cuny.edu/bpac/calendar/event.php?id=684
“Traveling the Yiddishland” is a show that is culturally relevant for all audiences, regardless of their background and identities. This visual musical show brings you to hear the songs that are the heartbeat of the living, not the dead. It exposes you to the warmth of the Yiddish word in the land of our hearts, Yiddishland.

The show features an internationally acclaimed composer, oboist, and DJ Damian Marhulets (Hannover, Germany).
General admission: $20
For tickets, call 646-312-5073 or 866-811-4111.
Or buy tickets online:
http://www.baruch.cuny.edu/bpac/calendar/event.php?id=684
Tickets will be also available at the door (if there are any left, so take this chance to get yours rather sooner than later).

Living Breathing Earth, CD of Orchestral Music by Meira Warshauer Released on Navona Records Label

Living Breathing Earth, a new CD of orchestral music by Meira Warshauer has been released on the Navona Records label (NV5842). Featured works are her Symphony No.1: Living Breathing Earth and Tekeeyah (a call), concerto for shofar, trombone and orchestra with soloist Haim Avitsur. Performances are by the Moravian Philharmonic, Petr Vronsky, conductor.

In addition to a printed booklet with program notes, the CD contains an enhanced section with study scores, a digital booklet, Aileen LeBlanc's profile of the symphony for PRI's Living on Earth, and many other special features.

More about the new disk at http://www.meirawarshauer.com/NEW/pages/breathing_earth.html and http://navonarecords.com/.

Music of the Podolian Wedding with Christian Dawid

Music of the Podolian Wedding with Christian Dawid
Monday, May 30 at 6:00pm
Location: The Ghetto Shul
3458 Avenue du Parc
Montreal, Quebec
Suggested donation, $10
Read and play through new tunes from the repertoire books of Konsonans Retro with Berlin based clarinetist, Christian Dawid. Christian will teach how to interpret and arrange selected tunes from Konsonans' unique repertoire, and share the history of this Ukranian brass band with whom he joined forces in 2006. Photos and field recordings included.

Ditmas Acoustic Presents: Dina Maccabee & Myk Freedman

Ditmas Acoustic Presents: Dina Maccabee & Myk Freedman
Start Time: Sunday, June 5 at 7:00pm
End Time: Sunday, June 5 at 10:00pm
Dina Maccabee (San Fransisco)
http://www.myspace.com/dinamaccabee

Myk Freedman (Brooklyn)
http://www.myspace.com/mykfreedman

The Sanctuary at Temple Beth Emeth
83 Marlborough Road, Brooklyn, NY 11226 (@ Church Ave)
Subway: Q train to Church Ave.
$10

Tzadik Radical Jewish Culture Festival

Remember Radical? Here's a Reminder
A celebration of avant-garde and experimental Jewish music, curated by Rashanim's Jon Madof.
Monday, May 23 at 9:00pm - May 24 at 12:30am
Sixth Street Synagogue
325 East 6th St.
New York, NY

More Info
Tzadik Radical Jewish Culture Festival @ 6th Street Synagogue

A celebration of avant-garde and experimental Jewish music, curated by Rashanim's Jon Madof.

Schedule:
Ayn Sof Arkestra and Bigger Band - 5/23
Rashanim Unplugged - 5/25
Hasidic New Wave - 6/1
Frank London - 6/15
Masada Guitars (Yoshie Fruchter, Eyal Maoz, Jon Madof) + Edom - 6/22
Basya Schechter's Songs of Wonder (poetry of Abraham Joshua Heschel) - 6/29

all concerts @ 9:30 PM except 5/23 @ 9:00 PM
admission $18, includes one drink

more at http://sixthstreetsynagogue.org/

Links:
Ayn Sof Arkestra and Bigger Band - http://bit.ly/iIJ4Hh
Rashanim - http://rashanim.com/
Hasidic New Wave - http://gregwall.com/
Frank London - http://franklondon.com/
Edom - http://www.eyalmaozmusic.com/
Basya Schechter - http://www.pharaohsdaughter.com/
Tzadik Records - http://tzadik.com/

Yiddish Songs from Vitebsk with Yale Strom, Elizabeth Schwartz & Franka Lampe

Thursday, May 19 · 7:00pm - 10:00pm
Internationales Theater Frankfurt
Hanauer Landstr. 5 - 7 / Zoo-Passage Tür Nr. 17
YIDDISH SONGS FROM CHAGALL'S VITEBSK
Gefühlvolles Klezmer-Konzert mit dem weltweit führenden
Künstler-Ethnographen und Violinisten Yale Strom,
der unverwechselbaren Klezmer-Sängerin Elizabeth Schwartz,
und der Balkan- und Klezmer-Akkordeonistin Franka Lampe.

Do 19.05.2011 19h00

Yale Strom (vio) betreibt intensive Forschung in jüdischen Gemeinden und Zigeunergemeinden Zentral- und Osteuropas sowie auf dem Balkan und zählt zu den führenden Künstler-Ethnographen des Klezmers. Er mischt Hasidic nigunim (Melodien meist ohne Text und Wort), Musik der Roma, Jazz, Klassik, Balkan - sowie sephardische Motive und spielte u.a. mit Andy Statman und Alicia Svigals. Elizabeth Schwartz (voc) machte sich einen Namen durch die dunkle Klangfarbe ihrer Stimme. Kritiker vergleichen Sie mit Größen wie Edith Piaf und Maria Tanase. Sie tritt in Jazz-Clubs, Konzerthäusern und in den größten Synagogen Europas u.a. in Budapest und Straßburg, auf. Franka Lampe (acc) erhielt Unterricht bei dem profilierten Akkordeonisten Alan Bern. Sie spielte bei Bands wie „Andrea Pancurs Federmentsh“ und „Brave Old World“ (USA). Lampe ist eine gefragte Bühnenmusikerin und Komponistin u.a. am Gorki Theater in Berlin.

Presse:
“Violinist Yale Strom reinvents the emotional shtetl music scene in which Gypsy and Jewish musicians slipped in and out of each other’s traveling bands in Eastern Europe”. (Montreal Gazette; Top Ten World Music Artists 2007)

“It is her voice that captivated the audience. Schwartz's smoky tones could single-handedly revive the magic of Jiddish songs. (...)” (San Diego Jewish Journal)

A soulful evening with Yiddish songs from Chagall’s Vitebsk. Emotional and captivating!

www.yalestrom.com| www.frankalampe.de
www.voiceofklezmer.com

Israeli & Bloch Music Competition fundraising concert

Event: Israeli & Bloch Music Competition fundraising concert
Start Time: Thursday, May 19 at 8:00pm
Location: Mill Hll London
The Winner of the Bloch Competition and 2nd prize of the Israeli Music competition Alon Sariel (Mandolin) and much more in lovely private house in Mill Hill.
£20 (Students £10)
Please book Now on 020-89061633

Shpilkes Klezmer Band in Framingham May 28

Shpilkes Klezmer Band plays the lively, living melodies of the Jewish people, from the playful tunes and Yiddish songs of Klezmer to the passionate rhythms and Ladino songs of Sephardic music. SKB plays with shpilkes; an energy that makes it hard to sit still and encourages audiences to sing along with familiar melodies and even dance in the aisles. You can hear them at The Amazing Things Arts Center in Framingham on Saturday, May 28, 2011 at 8:00 PM.
The Amazing Things Arts Center
160 Hollis St
Framingham MA 01702
Contact: 508-405-ARTS (2787). Tickets: $15, student/senior $14, member $12.
www.amazingthings.org
www.myspace.com/shpilkes

Meron Music Festival

Event: Meron Music Festival @ Sixth Street Synagogue
Start Time: Tuesday, May 24 at 8:30pm

Location: Sixth Street Synagogue/Max Raiskin Center for the Arts 325 E. Sixth Street, NYC (Between 1st Avenue & 2nd Avenue)

Meron Music Festival @ Sixth Street Synagogue w/ the Breslov Bar Band, Aaron Alexander's "Meron Mish Mosh" & Joey Weisenberg

Cover: $15 includes your choice of a beer or glass of wine.
"Its two days after Lag Ba'Omer, and the bands will each explore some of the traditional Meron Lag Ba'omer melodies. We'll also be playing some of our favorite Breslov tunes and we're bringing some new tunes for this show! (Actually, they are old tunes, but we haven't played 'em before in public.) It's also Bob Dylan's 70th Birthday! Can we play a Breslov Dylan tune? "

The Nora Theater Company's Production of Silver Spoon

Wednesday, May 25 · 6:00pm - 9:30pm
Central Square Theater
450 Massachussettes Avenue
Cambridge, MA

More Info
Join Miles Rapoport, Lisa Danetz, Lew Finfer, Renee Loth, Jeff Malachowsky, Arnie Miller, Josh Posner, Paul Summit, Ben Taylor, Brenda Wright, Robert Zevin, and Silver Spoon Co-Creators Amy Merrill and Si Kahn for an evening of musical theater, meeting friends, and mulling the future to benefit Demos and The American Prospect.

6:00 - 7:15: Reception and conversation with American Prospect Editor Kit Rachlis, Demos and American Prospect President Miles Rapoport, Si Kahn, and Amy Merrill.

7:30 - 9:30: Reserved tickets to evening performance of Silver Spoon.

Ticket Prices: $100 - Participant
$250 - Picket Captain (2 tickets)
$1,000 - Movement Builder (4 tickets)
Proceeds shared by Demos and The American Prospect. RSVP by Monday May 23rd.
RSVP to Talia Schank at (212) 633-1405 x 430 or tschank@demos.org
http://demos.org/events/silverspoon.html

SAINTS AND TZADIKS in Brooklyn

SAINTS AND TZADIKS
Sunday, May 22 at 7pm
at BARBES
376 Ninth Street (at Sixth Avenue)
Brooklyn, NY 11215
347-422-0248
www.barbesbrooklyn.com

Susan McKeown and Lorin Sklamberg's acclaimed concert of rare songs drawn from the Irish and Yiddish traditions returns to Park Slope?s intimate performance space, hot off their recent tour of Germany, Switzerland, Denmark and France. With guitarist Aidan Brennan.

Opera at the Synagogue Choir of Rome's Tempio Maggiore for the first time in New York

Centro Primo Levi and the Museum of Jewish Heritage host Divinamente NYC Festival on the 150th Anniversary of the unification of Italy.

Sunday, May 22 at 2:30 pm
Museum of Jewish Heritage
Edmond J. Safra Plaza
36 Battery Place, New York, NY 10280
Admission: $15 and $10 for MJH, CPL, ICI members
Box Office: (646) 437- 4202 - www.mjhnyc.org


Welcome remarks by the Consul General of Italy Francesco M. Talò and the Representative for International Affairs of the Jewish Community of Rome Giacomo Moscati. Introduction by Francesco Spagnolo, Francesco Spagnolo, PhD, University of California, Berkeley

For the first time in the US, the Choir of the "Tempio Maggiore" conducted by the renowned tenor Claudio Disegni and featuring the hazan of Rome, Alberto Funaro, and organist Federico del Sordo, will expose the New York public to the unique flavors and variations of the liturgical tradition of the Jews of Rome.

The concert will open with Giuseppe Verdi's "Và Pensiero," the Hebrew Chorus from Nabucco. This magnificent choral work, which has become a symbol of the unification of Italy, recalls the story of the Babylonian exile after the destruction of the First Temple. The program will celebrate unique examples of late 19th century compositions from the Jewish communities in Florence, Livorno and Rome as well as a 1920 version of Hatikvà by Armando Sorani based on the 17th Century ballade La Mantovana.

http://www.primolevicenter.org/Programs/Entries/2011/5/22_May_22___Divinamente_NYC_Festival_at_the_Museum_of_Jewish_Heritage_The_Choir_of_Romes_Tempio_Maggiore.html

KlezWoods at Johnny D's

Tuesday, May 17 · 8:30pm - 11:30pm
Johnny D's Uptown Restaurant & Music Club
Davis Square (17 Holland St.)
Somerville, Massachusetts
More Info:
http://www.johnnyds.com/cal/2011/2011-05.html

The best Klezmer Bar Band around teams up with Portland, OR's answer to the same Jewish-Balkan-Gypsy question. Expect many types of dancing.

More About Jack

Jack Gottlieb Remembered
http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2011/may/04/jack-gottlieb-obituary#history-link-box

"His book Working with Bernstein was published only last year, but is by far the most valuable Bernstein memoir and will surely remain so, both for its candour and its musical insights."

Gerard Cohen SEED at Symphony Space Opera in Eden

The premiere of Gerald Cohen's new one-act opera, SEED, written with the superb librettist David Simpatico, will be on Thursday June 2, at 7 p.m. at Symphony Space in NYC. It will be presented along with three other one-act operas by Cohen's colleagues in American Lyric Theater's Composer Librettist Development Program, where he has been a resident artist for the past year.

Symphony Space
2537 Broadway
New York, NY 10025
(212) 864-5400
Tickets: $15 Advance / $20 Day of Performance
SEED will be sung by three outstanding performers: mezzo Sarah Heltzel, tenor Glenn Seven Allen, and baritone Christopher Burchett.

Information and tickets about the event at Symphony Space website under "Opera in Eden". http://www.symphonyspace.org/event/6583-opera-in-eden Advance purchase is strongly recommended, as the hall is small and these events have sold out in previous years.

SEED is a (surprisingly hopeful!) post-apocalyptic take on the Adam and Eve story:

The time: 100 hundred years after the end of the great nuclear Holy War.
The place: the Doomsday Botanical Seed Vault, underground repository of the world's organic vegetation and crop seed samples.
The story: The Elixir of God is meant to be opened only by the Chosen One, to save mankind and restore man's potency, ensuring propagation and repopulation of the planet.
But the Chosen One has not come, and the race is condemned to die out with the last man and woman, Adam and Evangeline – until they hear a voice crackling out of the wilderness...

Simon Rutberg of Hatikvah featured in Forward article

Simon Rutberg, of Hatikvah music based in California, is the study of this article in the Forward. For many years Rutberg ran one of the premier stores of Jewish music, Hatikvah. Today, music is still available via the website: Hatikvahmusic.com To read the article: http://www.forward.com/articles/137251/

Judeo-Arabic Romanization table approved

The Library of Congress reports that the Judeo-Arabic Romanization table was approved in February, 2011 by the Library of Congress and the Committee for Cataloging: Asian and African Materials (CC:AAM) of the American Library Association. The table is now available online from the ALA-LC Romanization Tables webpage at http://www.loc.gov/catdir/cpso/roman.html . Bruce Chr. Johnson The Library of Congress Policy & Standards Division Washington, DC 20540-4263 USA

Emile Berliner and the Birth of the Recording Industry

Emile Berliner and the Birth of the Recording Industry, a presentation about the unsung hero of the recording industry will be given at the Library of Congress.
Tuesday, May 17, 2011

THE HEBRAIC SECTION OF THE AFRICAN AND MIDDLE EASTERN DIVISION;
AND THE MOTION PICTURE, BROADCASTING AND RECORDED SOUND DIVISION
THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS
in honor of
JEWISH AMERICAN HERITAGE MONTH

Sam Brylawski, Former head of the Recorded Sound Section and Editor of the UCSB Victor Records Discography and Karen Lund, Digital Project Coordinator, the Music Division and Developer of the LC Emile Berliner Website, will speak on the subject of an unsung hero of recorded sound:
Free and Open to the Public
Tuesday, May 17th, 2011
12:00 – 1:00 p.m.
African & Middle Eastern Division Reading Room
Thomas Jefferson Building, LJ 220
101 Independence Avenue, S.E.
Washington D.C. 20540
For additional information contact:
Dr. Peggy Pearlstein (202) 707 - 3779

Please allow time to clear security
Request ADA accommodations five business days in advance at (202) 707-6362 (voice/TTY) or email ADA@loc.gov
ADA@loc.gov