Workmen's Circle Yiddishfest Today!

Sunday, July 31 · 1:30pm - 4:30pm
Madison Ave and 48th Street, Manhattan
Celebrate Yiddish this summer!
4 exciting free concerts in NYC & Westchester!

VIEW ALL EVENTS: http://www.facebook.com/wo​rkmenscircle?sk=events

LOCATION MAP FOR THIS VENUE: http://maps.google.com/map​s?q=madison+avenue+and+48t​h+street%2C+new+york%2C+ny​&hl=en&sll=37.0625%2C-95.6​77068&sspn=75.384879%2C82.​177734&z=17

Jewish Chorale of France

http://choralejuivedefrance.free.fr/
The Jewish Chorale of France is directed by Hector Sabo. The amateur male choir meets in Paris and rehearse regularly. The website contains photos and some clips.

APAC France

The Cantorial Association in France has a website that tells about their organization, including listening clips from their various recordings, both CD and DVD, a photo gallery of activities and concerts, listings of concerts with posters, and biographical listings of various cantors.
http://www.apacfrance.net/home.php

8th Day live in concert at Kutshers

Saturday, August 13 at 10:00pm - August 14 at 1:00am
Location Kutshers Hotel - The Stardust Room
Monticello, NY
8th Day live in concert!
Motzei Shabbos Nachamu at the Kutshers Hotel and Resort
Guitar virtuoso Ari Boiangiu will open the show and then join 8th Day for an amazing set sure to wow all who attend. YA'ALILI!!!
Doors - 9:45PM
Showtime: 10PM

Lebanese Dancer Tells World She Wants Peace

An article appeared in the Jerusalem Post about a Lebanese Dancer who dared to express her wishes for PEACE on stage at a heavy metal concert. She performed on the same stage with Israelis, and held aloft the two flags, in a gesture of a wish for peace. Maybe if the men politicians, power people and haters of the old generation had the bravery of this girl, there would be peace...Orphaned Land - Norra el Norra - HELLFEST 2011 http://www.jpost.com/MiddleEast/Article.aspx?id=231492

Klezmer in London, Sussex, Hampshire and Edinburgh

Late Summer Schedule for klezmer in London, Sussex, Hampshire and Edinburgh
For more klezmer info and resources e-mail
klezmer@hotmail.co.uk, or visit www.ilanacravitz.com

Tuesday 2 August
7pm
Hackney, London
LKQ Summer Cooler @ Pages of Hackney
70 Lower Clapton Road, London E5 0RN

The ever-popular London Klezmer Quartet returns to Pages with a Summer Cooler event. Enjoy live music, Pimms and strawberries while you shop for your holiday reading with 10%discount at Clapton's independent bookseller.
Entry £5 on the door
MORE EVENTS:

Wednesday 3 August
8.30pm
Eastbourne, E. Sussex
LKQ @ The Lamb Folk Club, Eastbourne
The Lamb Inn, High Street, Eastbourne BN21 1HH

LKQ on the south coast. Enjoy exuberant and passionate performances featuring violin, clarinet, accordion and cello. Bring your dancing shoes!
Entry £6

More information at http://www.lambfolkclub.freeuk.com/

Sunday 14 August
Kings Cross, London
Klezmer Session
The Boot, 116 Cromer Street, Kings Cross,
London, WC1H 8BS
Monthly London Klezmer Session

Come along and play your favourite klezmer tunes, and pick up more from fellow enthusiasts. Children welcome. Info and tunes are online at www.ilanacravitz.com/play.htm and www.ilanacravitz.com/resources.htm.
NB There will be no workshop this month.
Jam 2-4pm Free
Transport: Kings Cross/St. Pancras tube


Thursday 8 September
Doors open 7pm
Concert starts 9pm
Camden, London
London Klezmer Quartet @ The Green Note
Camden Parkway, London NW1

After a sell-out CD launch, the London Klezmer Quartet returns to the Green Note to play favourites from the album and new tunes.
Come early and dine at this fine vegetarian cafe and music venue!
Tickets On sale soon @£10 from
http://www.wegottickets.com/evenue/480
Transport: Camden Town tube


3-4 September Sussex Festival of JimNr Lewes

Event celebrating the life of accordionist Jim Marcovitch in music and performance art.
Info http://www.dirtyoldtown.moonfruit.com/#/festival-of-jim/4543799029


Friday 16 September
7.30pm
Bursledon, Hants

Klezmer Keilidh Greyladyes Arts Foundation, Bursledon, Southampton, Hampshire SO31 8BX

Fun for all the family, with Ilana calling the dances and the LKQ providing the music.
Part of the Hampshire Hog the Limelight rural touring scheme.
Tickets and info 023 8040 4649, susanosmond@hotmail.com


Monday 19 September
for 7 weeks6.30-8pm
Kings Cross, London
London Klezmer OrchestraOne KX, 120 Cromer Street, London WC1H 8BS

The London Klezmer Orchestra meets to practise repertoire and arrange music in a relaxed environment. All instruments and levels welcome. More info ( http://www.ilanacravitz.com/klezmerorchestra.htm ) and tunes ( http://www.ilanacravitz.com/music&sound.htm )
Please call 0782 551 0881 or email klezmer@hotmail.co.uk if you would like to attend.

Advance registration is now open for the autumn Klezmer Orchestra season (September to December fortnightly on a Monday). 7 classes @ £50 for the term if paid in advance, or £9 per session to drop in. Contact klezmer@hotmail.co.uk to book your place.

Location: corner of Judd Street, off the Euston Road directly opposite St Pancras/British Library


24-25 September
Edinburgh, Scotland
KlezEd! Edinburgh
The JMI Klezmer Caravan hits Edinburgh for a klezmer weekend!
Info Watch www.ilanacravitz.com/events.htm for updates or email klezmer@hotmail.co.uk to be kept informed.

Buy London Klezmer Quartet CDs via the website: click here for CDs or click here to go direct to PayPal
Download the album or individual tracks from http://www.cdbaby.com/Artist/LondonKlezmerQuartet

Klezmer Brunch - Margot Leverett and the Klezmer Mountain Boys 8/7 at City Windery Brunch

10:00am Seating / 11:00am Show

Every Sunday Morning, combining live music and food in a fresh, cultural environment, City Winery’s Klezmer brunch series pairs some of the greatest musicians in the world with delicious lox, bagels and other tasty fare on our brunch menu on Sunday mornings from 10am to 2pm. **Please note that the live music is played from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. with a short break in the middle.

Tickets are just $10 to cover for live music and does not include food or drink. Children 13 and under are free for the music. We have a full brunch menu available upon request.

On select weekends we welcome Rabbi Dan Ain from The New Shul to lead thoughtful discussion on theology, spirituality and the movements of the cosmos. The Rebbe's table to open to all to attend.

ABOUT MARGOT LEVERETT

Klezmer clarinetist Margot Leverett joins forces with today's stars of klezmer and bluegrass to explore the shared musical spirit of two genres literally worlds apart. Appalachian and southern fiddle tunes by Bill Monroe meet klezmer melodies from pre-war Russia and Eastern Europe, some newly discovered. The resulting medleys and improvisations are at once raw, funny, soulful and footstomping.

http://www.klezmermountainboys.com/

Ensemble Sirenot

Women's Singing Group: Ensemble Sirenot in Israel
אנסמבל סירנות "לונדון" - חנוך לוין "אסור לי לשיר


מילים: חנוך לוין מוזיקה: חוה אלברשטיין עיבוד: עמית פוזננסקי ניצוח: שוש לגיל פסנתר: שחר בורק הקונצרט "אסור לי לשיר"

Hazmat Modine at Summernights

Thursday, August 4, 7:30 pm Concert-- SUMMERNIGHTS: HAZMAT MODINE Hazmat Modine draws from American music of the 1920s and 30s through the early 60s, blending early blues, hokum, jugband, swing, klezmer, New Orleans R&B, and Jamaican rocksteady.

Tickets: $15 general public; $12 students/over 65; $10 Jewish Museum members

The Jewish Museum
1109 Fifth Avenue
at 92nd Street, New York, NY 10128
(212) 423-3200
Open Mon-Tue,Fri,Sun 11am-5:30pm; Thu 11am-8pm
Subway: 96 St
INFORMATION HOTLINE:
To reach the Museum's offices, call: 212.423.3200.
ONLINE INFORMATION:
http://www.thejewishmuseum.org

Jewish Museum Media Center Exhibitions for Radio & TV, Music

THE BARBARA AND E. ROBERT GOODKIND MEDIA CENTER The Barbara and E. Robert Goodkind Media Centerhttp://www.thejewishmuseum.org/mediacenter features an exhibition space dedicated to video art and new media, and houses a digital library of 100 radio and television programs from The Jewish Museum's National Jewish Archive of Broadcasting (NJAB). Selections include such comedy favorites as "How to Be a Jewish Son," a panel discussion from a 1970 David Susskind Show featuring Mel Brooks; a 1947 radio drama entitled "Operation Nightmare" starring John Garfield and Al Jolson, produced by the United Jewish Appeal to call attention to displaced persons in postwar Europe; contemporary television documentaries on black-Jewish relations, Latino Jews, and klezmer music; interviews with artists such as Marc Chagall, Jacques Lipchitz, Larry Rivers, George Segal and Ben Shahn; and Manischewitz wine commercials produced between 1963 and 1981 featuring Sammy Davis, Jr. and Peter Lawford.

Episodes of such classic and contemporary television series such as Bridget Loves Bernie, Northern Exposure, The O.C., Seventh Heaven and Sports Night, as well as clips from The Colbert Report, feature interpretations of Jewish life-cycle events and holidays.

A selection of musical performances includes a Hanukkah-themed video from the Latino-Jewish urban band Hip Hop Hoodios, an appearance by the Hasidic reggae star Matisyahu on The Late Show with David Letterman, a radio broadcast of liturgy composed by modern Zionist composer Marc Lavry, and a documentary on contemporary music featuring Frank London of The Klezmatics, Debbie Friedman, and Pharaoh's Daughter.

Two Hours of Jewish Soul Music

Two Hours of Jewish Soul Music
Hosted by Charlie Bernhaut
Listen anytime on the indexed archive or listen live every Monday night 9-11pm EST
www.charliebernhaut.com to contact: cbjmusic@aol.com

Selections drawn from private collection of 15,000 Jewish albums. The first hour is a mixture of everything BUT chazzonus - Israeli, chassidic, klezmer, Yiddish, instrumental. The second hour is ONLY chazzonus. Charlie has been sharing his music since 1977.

The Jewish Music WebCenter was featured on July 25th, 2011 Show #111. 2nd Hour.
http://www.charliebernhaut.com/archive.html

ZAMIR CHORALE OF BOSTON TO HOLD AUDITIONS

The Zamir Chorale of Boston, "America's foremost Jewish choral ensemble," will hold auditions for all voice parts on Sunday, September 25, from 7:00 to 9:00 p.m. at Hebrew College, 160 Herrick Road, Newton Centre. Auditions are by appointment only and must be scheduled in advance by emailing manager@zamir.org

. Candidates must have excellent vocal quality, the ability to sight-read music, and previous choral experience. In addition to the audition, candidates are required to attend open rehearsals at Hebrew College on Tuesday, September 13 and 20, from 7:15 to 10:00 p.m. Rehearsals are held on Tuesdays at Hebrew College, from 7:15 to 10:00 p.m., from September through early June.
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. For more information about Zamir and audition requirements, visit www.zamir.org.

Opinion Piece about Amy Winehouse

there's a strong opinion piece in the World Jewish Daily about Amy Winehouse.
http://www.worldjewishdaily.com/fallen-woman.php
Quite a controversial piece.

ABC News covered the funeral
http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/amy-winehouse-details-emerge-autopsy-begins/story?id=14149524

Summer on the Hudson: FREE Riverside Park Divahn Concert

Galeet Dardashti and Divahn
Sunday, August 7 · 7:00pm - 9:00pm
Location Riverside Park South, NYC
Summer on the Hudson: Amplified Sundays -
7:00 p.m.–9:00 p.m.
FREE
Featuring:

Galeet Dardashti: lead vocals, guitar, back-up percussion
Eleanor Norton: cello, vocals
Elizabeth Pupo-Walker: congas and cajon, vocals
Sejal Kukadia: tabla, vocals
Rebecca Cherry: violin, vocals

Pier I in Riverside Park South between between 65th/72nd Streets
Map of Location: http://maps.google.com/?t=​h&daddr=40.7797%2C+-73.988​9+%28Pier+I%29

Iranian-descended singer Galeet Dardashti leads Divahn's edgy all-female power-house ensemble. The group has engendered an international following, performing in venues ranging from international concert halls to the most prestigious clubs in NYC. Infusing traditional and original Middle Eastern Jewish songs with sophisticated harmonies, entrancing improvisations, and funky arrangements, Divahn's thrilling live shows feature lush string arrangements, eclectic Indian, Middle Eastern, and Latin percussion, and vocals spanning Hebrew, Judeo-Spanish, Persian, Arabic, and Aramaic. “Divan,” a word common to Hebrew, Persian, and Arabic, means a collection of songs or poetry. Through their music, the group creatively underscores common ground between diverse Middle Eastern cultures and religions.

Documentary on Ger Mandolin Orchestra Video

Germ Mandolin Orchestra

S o u n d i n g W o r d at Baruch College Performing Arts Center

S o u n d i n g W o r d at Baruch College Performing Arts Center Tickets are $20 online and $25 at the door. Tickets for seniors and students are $18 online and $20 at the theater door. For tickets reservation call (866) 811 4111 or buy on line at www.teatroiati.org/program​s/pam

P E R F O R M I N G A R T S M A R A T H O N 2 0 1 1
Featuring:
S o u n d i n g W o r d: A powerhouse 2-day double bill of multi-media music engagement with performances of Avant-Folk & Contemporary Jazz by Sabrina Lastman & Sasha Bogdanowitsch.

Baruch Performing Arts Center
July, Saturday 30 - 10 pm
July, Sunday 31 - 3 pm

S o u n d i n g W o r d, a beautiful temporal and timeless storytelling of original compositions with voice, original instruments, walkmans, electronics and video, highlights two original performances:

River of Painted Birds by Sabrina Lastman is a musical performance created for solo voice, walkmans, electronics and video, combining composed sections and free improvisation. This piece is inspired by the poetry and texts of former political prisoners that wrote as a response to the repression, both during and after the military dictatorship in Uruguay (1973-1985). River of Painted Birds was commissioned by NYSCA and premiered in 2010. This presentation at PAM will be a renewed version of the piece. Texts by Mauricio Resencof, Edda Fabbri, Henry Engler, and Adolfo Wasem. Visuals by Helen Dennis. Linux Audio Programming by Marcos Wasem. www.sabrina-lastman.com

Present, Past and Future Sees by Sasha Bogdanowitsch is an original solo multi-media work for voice, original instruments and electronics that explores the ancient vocal and instrument relationship of the bard through contemporary ears. This work utilizes various extended vocal techniques and text from a variety of poets alongside the composer’s unique language of sounds to dive deep into what the present, past and future holds. Present, Past and Future Sees was premiered in 2010. This presentation at PAM will be a renewed version of the work. www.sashabmusic.com

For more information: www.iatitheater.org
http://youtu.be/WmIxF-FwEK​4
Twitter Hashtag: #EVsound0884

LENKA LICHTENBERG a YAIR DALAL– BABYLONSKÉ PŘÍBĚHY V JIDIŠ

Thursday, July 28 · 9:00pm - 11:30pm
Location JazzTime
Krakovská ul. 19
Prague, Czech Republic

Koncert kanadské zpěvačky, bývale členky Semaforu (Lenka Hartlová), s Izraelským virtuozem a vynikající českou kapelou. Ashkenazi-Sephardic hudební fusion a ethno-jazz. Puvodni i tradicni skladby v neobvyklých aranžmá. Yair Dalal: oud, housle, zpěv; Lenka Lichtenberg: zpěv, klavir; Tomáš Reindl: tabla, perkuse; David Dorůžka: kytary; Petr Dvorský: kontrabas; Bharata Rajnosek: saxofony, flétna, klarinet, pozoun.

Amy Winehouse Obit

Guardian Obit
http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2011/jul/23/amy-winehouse-obituary

Klezmer Dance Concert - "A Kum Shvits"!

Klezmer Dance Concert - "A Kum Shvits"!
Start Time: Saturday, July 30 at 8:00pm
End Time: Saturday, July 30 at 11:00pm
Folk Dance Center at Dancing Unlimited
4569 30th Street
San Diego, California
Tickets and information: 619-281-5656
Yale Strom, Elizabeth Schwartz & Lou Fanucchi: Back by popular demand, this high-energy trio will present klezmer and Balkan dance music. Easy instruction by master dancers as well as seating for happy listeners

Nisht bloyz zetsn oyfn tukhes ober tantsn oyfn fis!!! (Don't just sit on your derriere - dance on your feet)

Joel Rubin New CD Release Azoy Tsu Tsveyt

Joel Rubin along with Uri Caine, the masterful classically trained jazz keyboardist, will be releasing a new CD Azoy Tsu Tsveyt on July 26 2011. An article on FlipSwitch gives the background. (reprinted below).
To learn more about Joel and his music:
http://joelrubinklezmer.com/

CD will be released by Tzadik label: Tzadik CD 8163, New York 2011

Joel Rubin is Clarinetist and ethnomusicologist and is Assistant Professor of Music and Director of Music Performance in the McIntire Department of Music at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville. Rubin is also on Jewish Studies faculty

Joel Rubin’s clarinet can trill like a sparrow, wail like the life of the party, and sing like a voice in sacred rapture. Deeply connected to the lost-and-found world of klezmer—he wrote one of the first major scholarly works about it—Rubin takes old-world frolics and hasidic songs, and interprets them with freewheeling verve and classical lyricism.

Now with Uri Caine, the masterful classically trained jazz keyboardist, Rubin savors centuries-old melodies and newly composed pieces on Azoy Tsu Tsveyt (Tzadik; July 26, 2011). The duo transforms the secular and sacred sounds of the Jewish world into an utterly contemporary vision embracing everything from the funkiest Rhodes lick to the intensity of modern minimalism.

As a dedicated academic researcher, ethnomusicology professor at the University of Virginia, and experienced music educator, “I’ve often been pigeonholed as a traditionalist, but I’ve never tried to play as if I were from the 19th century,” Rubin reflects. “I’ve always played contemporary music and been moved by avant-garde jazz and classical approaches. Everything telescopes, the traditional and the edgy.”

Azoy Tsu Tsveyt spans the broad range of Rubin’s musical experience. Moving between virtuosic solos and calibrated understatement, Rubin and Caine reimagine klezmer chestnuts, hasidic nigunim (songs of spiritual elevation), and works by contemporary Jewish composers straddling the jazz, klezmer, and classical realms.

Rubin’s wide-reaching, groundbreaking sound will also be featured at a retrospective concert October 11, 2011 at 8:30 pm at Sixth Street Community Synagogue (325 E. Sixth Street in Manhattan, as part of the East Village Klezmer series). Joining Rubin will be tsimbl (hammered dulcimer) player and longtime collaborator Pete Rushefsky, in an evening paying homage to Rubin’s thirty-year contribution to the klezmer revival and contemporary music.

+++ Rubin grew up hearing the sounds of many musical worlds—the Yiddish and Slavic folk songs played by his Ukrainian-born grandfather; the opera and contemporary classical recordings of his other, native New Yorker grandfather; the Coltrane and Miles records that fascinated him as a boy. A talented classical clarinetist, Rubin moved away from a career as an orchestral player in favor of the blossoming underground of klezmer, a movement quietly expanding on the East and West Coasts in the 1980s.

Introduced by some Boston musician friends to the seminal work of klezmer clarinet whiz Dave Tarras, Rubin was intrigued and began learning repertoire from old recordings. He was soon an accomplished performer, landing spots on Prairie Home Companion and teaching gigs across the U.S. and Europe.

Over the next several decades, he found himself picking up tunes from klezmer elders, digging into their straightforward attitude and their unique feel for phrasing. Rubin sat beside the imperturbable Sid Beckerman, who would plow through an hour-long block of handed-down tunes without missing a beat. While researching a book on klezmer, Rubin began collaborating with klezmer clarinet master Max Epstein, who demonstrated a special sense of rhythm vital to the early 20th-century feel of klezmer.

“Max was already about 78 when I first started working with him,” Rubin recalls. “So he was not in his prime, but he was still amazing and had made these wonderful recordings in the 1940s and 50s. It was hard to define, but Max had a really free approach to the beat. He used really fluid phrases with lots of notes that shifted around the rhythm and across bar lines.”

Rubin and Caine channel this swing on tracks like “Kiever,” an old David Tarras tune, hinting at the good-time intersection of klezmer and Caine’s background in Philadelphia’s jazz scene.

Rubin also stumbled on another trove of klezmer creativity among hasidic musicians he met almost by chance. While researching old 78 recordings at a Jerusalem library, a Hasid approached Rubin and asked if he spoke Yiddish. Rubin did, and the two struck up a friendship that led Rubin to a whole scene full of musicians working in the 18th- and 19th-century European Jewish traditions maintained and expanded in Israel’s hasidic communities.

These often ecstatic, transporting songs resonated deeply with Rubin, who began exploring them, both in collaboration with singer Rabbi Eli Silberstein, and alone, as a source of compositional inspiration. The lyrical quality of traditional nigunim shines on “Nign for Shabbat and Holidays,” as Rubin and Caine unfold the melody’s delicate, stately beauty.

Rubin and Caine connected after repeatedly running into each other on stage (Caine was touring with Don Byron, Rubin with the ensemble he led). Equally at home playing Schumann with a major orchestra and leading a jazz trio, Caine could easily find engaging foils for Rubin’s mix of ancient and newly minted tunes, sometimes turning to his Fender Rhodes, and sometimes (on “Yiddish Soldier”) balancing Rubin’s bright clarinet with rich Hammond organ.

The unexpected blend of timbres adds fresh depth to contemporary compositions as well as traditional melodies. Rubin’s musical contribution to Roman Polanski’s The Pianist, ultimately left on the cutting room floor, gains a new life and meaning with Caine (“The Pianist”). On “Yiddish Soldier,” Rubin and Caine intertwine a World War I-era klezmer classic with a tune written by former Klezmatic Alicia Svigals.

The duo pays tribute to Rubin’s late, great classical teacher, Kalmen Opperman, who got his start as a young boy hanging around New York’s Yiddish Theater and who composed “Ah Zoy,” revealing his unsung klezmer side. They take klezmer-inspired tunes by Steve Greenman (part of the gospel-inflected “Ahavas Oylam/Eternal Love”) and young clarinetist Michael Winograd (“New Khosidls”), who has explored both Jewish roots music and classical minimalism.

Regardless of their origins, the pieces reveal the intuitive musical connection between Rubin and Caine, a connection that vibrates with the spontaneity of two well-seasoned musicians jamming for the joy of it. “Playing with Uri immediately affected the way I would phrase the music,” Rubin notes. “I always try to find some common ground, to blend with whoever I’m playing with.”

US Premier of Israel's Shabate

Wednesday, July 27 · 8:30pm - 11:30pm
Johnny D's Uptown Restaurant & Music Club
17 Holland Street
Davis Square
Somerville, MA
directly across from David T-stop
617-776-2004

Enjoy the US premier performance of the Israeli band, Shabate. Led by renowned Ethiopian singer and saxophonist, Abate Bihurim, the group creates a unique fusion of Ethiopian Jazz, afro rhythm grooves and traditional Jewish soul. With its global influences and exceptional musicianship, Shabate is fast becoming one of the most fabulous statements in Israel's contemporary music scene.

This is a fundraiser for BJMF so come out and enjoy the music while supporting next year's Festival. Tickets JUST $15 in advance at http://www.johnnyds.com/ca​l/2011/2011-07.html
$20 at the door (cash only)

Klezmatics at HighLine Ballroom NYC

The Klezmatics

Wednesday, Sep 14, 2011 8:00 PM EDT (6:00 PM Doors)
HighLine Ballroom,
431 W. 16th Street
New York, NY 10011
http://www.highlineballroom.com/

Yaakov Lemmer at Leiby Kletzky Memorial

It's times like these that our traditional music truly expresses the feelings that are so hard to express. So tremendously moving. In this clip, Yaakov Lemmer leads 1000 mourners, men and women, gathered in Borough Park, Wednesday night July 20 2011, crying and singing at a memorial service that was held at Congregation Anshe Sfard on 14th Ave. in Brooklyn, NY.



The event was coordinated by the founders of Cantors world. The five cantors were Yaakov Lemmer, Netanel Hershtik, Ben Zion Miller, Yaakov Rosenfeld, Shimmy Miller

Vera Lozinsky's new CD Wunderweg - Wondrous Way

Vera Lozinsky has a new Yiddish CD out, Wunderweg --Wondrous Way. She has a luscious, rich voice. Vira is a pleasure to hear, along with such superb interpretive powers. Log into her website and take a listen. I think you'll enjoy it immensely. --JMWC
http://www.viralozinsky.com/sitebuilder/images/WunderWeg_small-252x252.jpg "Vira Lozinsky is one of the leading voices among a new generation of Yiddish singers .She has performed at theatres and festivals throughout Israel, Europe, North and South America. Her debut CD “Vayte Shtern” has been nominated for the 7th Annual Independent Music Awards (IMA) / Best World Music album.

Vira was born in 1974 in Beltz, Moldova (Bessarabia), to a family of Yiddish artists. Her father Michael Felsenbaum founded the Yiddish theater of Beltz in 1989 and is a prominent figure in the post-Soviet Yiddish revival. Well known as a poet and playwright, he has written many of the songs in Vira’s repertoire. Vira’s mother Fania was also a prolific performer and singer of Yiddish and Romanian songs throughout the 1970’s and 1980’s. Vira started playing the violin at the age of six, but her real passion was always singing. From the age of 13 until her immigration to Israel in 1991 she sang in the Beltz Yiddish Theater and also performed solo concerts throughout the former USSR.

After immigrating to Israel at age 16 she earned her BA in Musicology and Yiddish literature at Bar-Ilan University. In 2000 she graduated with honors from the vocal program of Israel’s prestigious Rimon school of Jazz & Contemporary Music. Perhaps the most significant event in her career occurred in 2002 when she met the great Yiddish singer Nechama Lifshitz, who has since remained her teacher and mentor.

An enchanting performer in every way, Vira’s mellifluous alto voice is powerful, warm, expressive, and pure. Her unique repertoire includes new material written especially for her, as well as Yiddish folk songs, songs of Bessarabian, Romanian and Polish Jewish poets, and of classical and modern Yiddish poets ."

GOYLEM ! Free Music and Life Concert in Geneva

Lundi 25 juillet 2011 à 12h30 GOYLEM ! sera en concert pour "Musique et Vie" à l'Eglise Luthérienne (Place du Bourg-de-Four, angle rue Verdaine et rue de la Fontaine, Genève, Suisse).
Musique klezmer avec Michel Borzykowski (saxophones), Bianca Favez (violon) et Patrice Mugny (accordéon).
Entrée libre. Collecte en faveur de l’enseignement de l’art dans les écoles au Kosovo, afin de faciliter la compréhension et l’épanouissement des enfants, d’après une idées de Yehudi Menuhin et Werner Schmitt.
Informations: www.musique-vie.ch/Homepage francais.htm

AUTO DE FE Concert

AUTO DE FE - CONCERT commemorating Crypto-Jews
With Vanessa Paloma and Ariel Lazarus
Start Time: Tuesday, August 9 at 9:00pm
End Time: Tuesday, August 9 at 10:30pm

Fuchsberg Jerusalem Center of The United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism
8 Agron Street, P.O.Box 7456
Jerusalem, Israel
Tel. 02-625-6386 Ext. 4
A concert in Judeo-Spanish (Ladino, Haketía, Judezmo) of music as seen through the eyes of the Crypto-Jewish Community.

AUTO DE FE
(the official name the Inquisition gave for the ceremony to burn people at the stake)

AUGUST 9 AT 9PM
Doors open at 8:45

A concert in Judeo-Spanish (Ladino, Haketía, Judezmo) of music as seen through the eyes of the Crypto-Jewish Community.

Starting with the forced conversions of 1391 that ravaged Spanish Jewish communities and culminating with the Expulsion Edict of 1492, the great community of Spanish Jews was decimated and splintered. Many converted, others migrated throughout the Mediterranean and to the Americas and the land of Israel. Those who converted and stayed in the Iberian Peninsula were confronted with five centuries of Inquisitional horrors and harassment.

This concert features music that was sung by Conversos in Europe, Spain and the Americas that kept them attached to their Judaism as well as modern compositions by their descendants. Songs from the community in Belmonte, Portugal, as well as from Anousi poets in New Mexico and California linger together with prayers kept through the generations by women.

In our generation we are witnessing the return of unprecedented numbers of descendants of Conversos back into Judaism. This concert is dedicated to them and their strength in withstanding the test of time.

Internationally renowned singer and researcher of Judeo-Spanish, Vanessa Paloma, on medieval harp and vocals will be accompanied by composer and performer Ariel Lazarus on guitar with percussion accompaniment

The 4th Festival Folklore

The 4th Festival Folklore
A mix of music from around the world.
Tuesday, September 13, 2011 at 7:30pm
Wix Consert Hall, Rehovot, Israel

Klezmer music and more from South America, Bukarian, Russian Yiddish Songs and much more.

Hava Nagila Historical Collections

Along with the documentary made by Roberta Grossman and Marta Kaufman that aired on PBS in 2010, there have been a few historical collections putting up materials about Hava Nagila, the ubiquitous folk tune that has become part and parcel of the American Jewish experience. Here's some links to the history, video and archival materials that may be of interest to our readers.

First, the video, (fundraising promo about the PBS special from 2010): (about 10 minutes) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=molJ3Y6z97g

Second, the archival materials published on Flickr from the Jewish National Library in Jerusalem: http://www.flickr.com/photos/26577116@N04/sets/72157605304880455/

Images from, Sadagora, hometown where the melody was traced: http://pics.livejournal.com/edward_tur/pic/00320q7e

For years, the song text was attributed to Moshe Nathanson, but this claim turned out to be untrue. Later in life, Nathanson wrote to Idelsohn and apologized about accepting credit for the text, which Idelsohn had written. (You'll still find wrong information about that on the Internet on my sites.). Idelssohn Thesaurus has been digitized at JNUL http://www.jmwc.org/announcements/2005/09/jewish_national.html but is also for sale today from Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/Thesaurus-Hebrew-Oriental-Melodies-Idelsohn/dp/0933676999

JDub Records Spin Out of Business

The Forward carries a good article about the closing of JDub Records, the independent Jewish music label that helped set the tone of Jewish music in the US in the last decade with a wave of recordings by new artists. Unfortunately, due to a combination of financial factors, including the slowdown of the music industry, JDub will close its doors. For those who help promote young artists, this is a blow. You can read about it here:
http://forward.com/articles/140070/

SUMMERNIGHTS Series at Jewish Museum

Thursday Nights are SUMMERNIGHTS at The Jewish Museum
The William Petschek Family Music Program
Tix: www.thejewishmuseum.org/SummerNights or call 212.423.3337

SummerNights 2011 is the 14th annual summer concert series featuring live music and great art. Concerts begin at 7:30 pm in the Museum's Scheuer Auditorium. Seating is general admission.

Tickets: Members $10; General $15; and Students/Seniors (65+) $12
Slavic Soul Party! - Thursday, July 21
Brash and strong as slivovitz, these musicians forge virtuoso brass band music melding Balkan and Gypsy sounds with American jazz and soul.

Michael Winograd Trio - Thursday, July 28
This ensemble offers a fresh approach to klezmer music that blends traditional Yiddish songs with new compositions.

The Michael Winograd Trio will be performing on Thursday, July 28 at 7:30 pm as part of The Jewish Museum's popular SummerNights concert series. The ensemble - clarinetist Michael Winograd, accordionist Patrick Farrell, and trombonist Daniel Blacksberg - presents a fresh approach to klezmer music that blends traditional Yiddish songs with new compositions. Winograd has performed at such international festivals as KlezKamp, KlezKanada, the Jewish Culture Festival in Krakow, the Klezmer Workshop in Paris, the Winnipeg and Calgary Folk Festivals, and the Dawson City Music Festival, and has been called "one of the truly great new bandleader-composers on the New York City klezmer scene (The Forward)."

Hazmat Modine - Thursday, August 4
Hazmat Modine draws from American music of the 1920s and 30s through the 50s and early 60s, blending elements of early blues, hokum jugband, swing, klezmer, New Orleans R & B and Jamaican rocksteady.

The Jewish Museum is located on 1109 Fifth Avenue at 92nd Street, in Manhattan.

Different Trains by Steve Reich Performances in Jerusalem

A masterpiece by America's greatest living composer Steve Reich The Fleshquartet, part of the Jerusalem Season of Culture Series

When was the last time that a musical performance really took you to a different place? Different Trains, Steve Reich's timeless Grammy Award- winning composition is making its way, as we write, to the Kishle (a former Ottomon prison) at the Tower of David Museum, where Stockholm's very own Jewish Theatre will perform a fascinating visual interpretation of his work. Join us for a riveting and unique audio-visual experience.

Now thru July 21 For ticket Information: http://www.towerofdavid.org.il/English/General/Tower_of_David-Museum_of_the_History_of_Jerusalem The performances will premier on June 30 and will continue to July 21, running from Monday-Thursday and Saturday. Please book in advance: Tower of David Museum *2884 Bimot *6226 Entrance to the show involves a walk in the castle moat the stairs. We recommend comfortable shoes and warm clothes. Regretfully, due to the show's unique location, it is not accessible for people with dissabilities. The location has 120 sits capacity, unmarked. No Late entry. Photography, recording and documentation strictly prohibited. Different Trains by Steve Reich at The Jewish Theatre Stockholm From http://www.jerusalemseason.com/event/different-trains-steve-reichm: "It's not surprising that the New York Times crowned American Steve Reich "one of the most important living composers." His startling talent and fearless experimentation have produced a rich, varied and formidable musical repertoire.

Now Reich’s Grammy Award winning Different Trains (produced by The Jewish Theatre in Stockholm, Sweden) is on its way to Jerusalem, or more specifically, to an ancient Turkish prison, the Kishle, at the Tower of David; where it will be performed by Swedish string quartet The Fleshquartet amidst billowing glass shapes in play with light and shifting transparencies. Different Trains is a piece in three movements written for a string quartet. The melodies in the work are interwoven with recorded, spoken voices.

The prison, which was specially renovated for the event and holds a maximum of 120 people, was built above newly discovered archaeological finds dating back to the Second Temple period that will be revealed to the public for the first time as part on this visual concert.

The Fleshquartet (photo: Jonas Lindstr?m) performs this piece in a glass installation by artist Ann Wahlstrom. Large glass drops hover in the darkened room. Specially designed lighting units bring out refractions of different colors in them. Some drops are lying on the floor, but none has broken. “We wanted the objects to feel as large as people, so that the audience would be physically affected by them as well,” says Wahlstrom.

“I want the performance to be like an elegy", says Pia Forsgren, director of The Jewish Theatre and responsible for the stage direction as well as the concept and set design of the concert. "I want the images to transmit beauty, too. The beautiful glass shapes could be souls or bodies. Beauty here is a way of making communication possible, of allowing us to take in the unspeakable and of giving us strength". The visual concert also featured a new composition written by The Fleshquartet – Tears Apart – as a reflection and commentary on Reich’s Different Trains.

Steve Reich, one of the pioneers of minimalism, has had a strong influence on contemporary art music; the slow, repetitive rhythms, the phasing into different tempi, the shifts in canon. Different Trains was Steve Reich’s first work in which he “extracted” music from speech; he later developed this concept in The Cave and City Life.

The Fleshquartet has been active for over 25 years and has collaborated with a great variety of artists, including Robyn, Moondog and Elvis Costello. They have been involved in various productions for the stage, for instance dance performances by the choreographer Mats Ek and the Cullberg Ballet, Mikhail Baryshnikov and the Paris Opera. In 2007 they released the album Voices of Eden."

Artistic Director, Jerusalem Season of Culture: Itay Mautner

Ger Mandolin Orchestra

You'll really enjoy listening to this sampler of the GMO, Ger Mandolin Orchestra. You'll probably recognize at least the first tune in this video. Enjoy!



Ger Mandolin Ensemble / 5-minute sampler - The Ger Mandolin Orchestra (GMO) is a memorial project of reviving the Jewish Mandolin Orchestra that was active in Gora Kalwaria,Poland between 1920 to 1930. Most of its members died in the Holocaust. Renowned mandolin artist Mike Marshall is the musical director of the ensemble that includes many of the best mandolin artists in the world. In addition to Mike Marshall, these include Avi Avital, Radim Zenkl, Jeff Warschauer, Eric Stein, Chris Acquavella, Dana Rath, Adam Roszkiewicz, Tim Connell, Sharon Gilchrist and Brian Oberlin.

Yemen Blues

Track: At Vaani - Performed by the hot Israeli band Yemen Blues in 2011 at the Freight & Salvage in Berkeley, California. The band was founded by Ravid Kahlani. Idan Raichel appointed Ravid to be a lead-singer in his successful Worldmusic project and Ravid toured the world performing with the “The Idan Raichel Project”.

This group features:
Ravid Kahalani - Music & Lyrics, Vocals, Percussion, Gimbri
Omer Avital - Musical Director, Oud, Bass, Vocals
Reut Regev - Trombone
Itamar Borochov - Trumpet
Hadar Noiberg - Flute
Rony Iwryn - Latin Percussion
Yohai Cohen - Middle East Percussion
Hilla Epstain - Cello
Galia Hai - Viola

Yemen Blues Official Trailor

Watch the amazing music of Yemen Blues!

Zamir Chorale of Boston Auditions for 2011-12

Zamir Auditions for 2011-12

If you are an experienced singer with a strong choral background, consider joining the Zamir Chorale of Boston!
All voice parts welcome. Auditions for the 2011-12 season will be held on Sunday, September 25, 2011
7:00 - 10:00 pm, at
Hebrew College,
160 Herrick Road
Newton Centre.
Prospective members will attend Open Rehearsals on Tuesday, September 13 and 20.
Rehearsals during the year are on Tuesdays from 7:15 to 10:00 pm.
Additional details will be posted on the Zamir website in July.
To schedule an audition, contact manager@zamir.org.

Heartland Klezmorim @ Meridian Summer Concert Series

Wednesday, July 20 · 7:00pm - 10:00pm
Location Meridian Historic Village
5113 Marsh Rd, Okemos, MI 48864
Phone(517) 347-7300
More Info Bring chairs and water, bug repellent, etc.

Israeli & Ernest Bloch Music Competitions

Semi-Finals
Monday, July 11 · 11:00am - 6:00pm
Location The Yehudi Menuhin School,
Stoke d'Abernon, Cobham, Surrey, KT11 3QQ

For Israeli & Ernest Bloch Music Competitions
More Info
To purchase audience tickets for the Semi-Final please click on the link below: http://israelimusiccompeti​tion.org/index.php?option=​com_content&view=category&​layout=blog&id=45&Itemid=7​6

Participant Competitions:

Michal Korman; Cello
Ayaka Tanimoto; Singer
Sina Meyn; Clarinet
Magdalena Filipczak; Violin
Suvi Tuulia Keto; Trumpet
Claire Sananikone; Guitar
Raphaël Unger; Cello
The Idomeneo Quartet
Rafal Zolkos; Flute
Lindsay Bryden;Flute
Brian O’kone;Cello
Nina Fernando;Cello
Verity Thirkettle;Violin
Inbar Solomon;Recorder
Eleanor Corr;Violin
Gal Nyska;Cello
Sayaka Kurata;Violin

6pm -Announcement of the finalists.

Finals:Date: 14 July 2011Britten Theatre
Time: 1830Hrs-2130Hrs
Location: The Britten Theatre, Royal College of Music, Prince Consort Road, London, SW7 2BS

About the Competitions

The Israeli Music Competition was begun in 2008 and aims to familarise both professionals and students with the fascinating styles of Israeli music - a rich tapestry of sounds which produce a musical blend without equal; a fusion of Western musical idioms such as Klezmer (brought over with the first immigrants in the 1880s), and Eastern traditions brought by Jews from Arab countries.

The Ernest Bloch Music Competition was begun in 2009. Ernest Bloch (24 July 1880 – 15 July 1959) was a Swiss-born, American-Jewish composer and, since the 50th anniversary of his death was commemorated in 2009, the addition of the Ernest Bloch Music Competition to the Israeli Music Competition has drawn much worldwide interest. It has therefore been decided to make the Ernest Bloch Music Competition a regular part of the Israeli Music Competition.

Each competitor is asked to play a prescribed classical composition, a piece of their own choice, as well as an Israeli piece for the Israeli Music Competition and a piece by Bloch for the Ernest Bloch Competition.

Ditmas Acoustic @ The Sanctuary

Ditmas Acoustic @ The Sanctuary Sunday, July 24 · 7:00pm - 10:00pm Location Temple Beth Emeth of Flatbush 83 Marlborough Rd, Brooklyn, NY 11226-4301 · Phone: (718) 282-1596

Hampton Synagogue Hosts National Yiddish Theatre Folksbiene

6TH ANNUAL LABOR DAY WEEKEND CONCERT WITH THE NATIONAL YIDDISH THEATRE-FOLKSBIENE
Saturday, September 3, 9:00pm ~ Berman Sanctuary
Followed by dessert reception in the Edelstein Hall of the Kaylie Center
The National Yiddish Theater-Folksbiene presents “Rising Stars of the Yiddish Stage” Committed to finding new ways of bringing this rich cultural heritage to life for new generations, the Folksbiene presents an electrifying concert starring some of the hottest young talent performing new songs and new interpretations of the classics.

Dani Marcus | Nimmy Weisbrod | Rachel Yucht | Daniella Rabbani | Avram Mlotek | Dmitri “Zisl-Yeysef” Slepovitch | Shane Baker

Musical Direction: Zalmen Mlotek
An internationally recognized authority on Yiddish folk and theater music, Zalmen Mlotek is the Artistic Director of the National Yiddish Theatre-Folksbiene. Mlotek brought Yiddish-Klezmer music to Broadway and Off-Broadway stages as co-creator of Those Were the Days, the first bilingual musical

www.folksbiene.org | Subtitled in English | RSVP: 631.288.0534 ext.10 or online @ www.thehamptonsynagogue.org

The Hampton Synagogue
154 Sunset Avenue
Westhampton Beach, NY 11978

Jewish Music Cafe features Bruce Parness Band

The Bruce Parness Band
in Concert
at
The Jewish Music Cafe
Thursday July 7th 8:30pm
Following the Weekly
'Rav Nachman of Breslov Likutei Moharan Class'
at 7:30pm
Join in on a night of Torah and Music!
Jewish Music Cafe | 401 9th street Park Slope Brooklyn NY 11215
$5 suggested donation
Cash bar - beer and wine
Complementary bourekas

Klezmer Conservatory Band with Susan Watts in Concert in Amherst

Wednesday, July 13 · 8:00pm - 11:00pm
Location: National Yiddish Book Center, campus of Hampshire College
1021 West Street
Amherst, MA 01001
http://support.yiddishbook​center.org/site/Calendar/3​36372110?view=Detail&id=30​29
A rare western Massachusetts appearance by one of the pivotal bands of the klezmer revival. The Klezmer Conservatory Band has toured internationally since 1980, collaborating with such artists as Robin Williams, Joel Grey, Itzhak Perlman, Claire Barry, and Le Boutine Souriante. They bring their high-energy brand of Klezmer and Yiddish music to the Book Center in a new program featuring extraordinary vocalist and trumpet virtuoso Susan Watts. Reservations suggested.

Goylem! in Geneve

Vendredi 15 juillet 2011 à 6h (oui! oui! c'est bien à 6h du mat, avec un lever de soleil magique!)
"Concert de l'Aube" aux Bains des Pâquis, Quai du Mont-Blanc 30, 1201 Genève.

GOYLEM !
Musique klezmer avec Michel Borzykowski (saxophones), Bianca Favez (violon), Patrice Mugny (accordéon) et David Morhain (percussions).
Entrée libre
Informations: T. 022 732 29 74 www.bains-des-paquis.ch

The Adventures of Mazel and Schlimazel at the Toronto Fringe Festival

Palmerston Library Theatre
560 Palmerston Ave.
Toronto, ON
Mazel and Schlimazel is an all-original musical adaptation of a folkloric children's tale of Yiddish/Jewish origin. Lorie and her band of spirited Klezmer musicians provide live music to this classic tale while it is presented, full of humour, suspense and surprise, by an expert storyteller.

The spirits of good luck and bad luck are at it again; only this time, the life of Tam, a young peasant lad, is on the line. In this music...al adventure, join the debonair Mazel and the wicked Schlimazel as they try to take control of Tam's destiny while he tries to capture the heart of the king's daughter.
This event is co-sponsored by the Ashkenaz Foundation
"The Adventures Mazel and Schlimazel" at the Fringe Festival!
Friday July 8th, 2:45pm-3:45pm
Sunday, July 10th, 4:00pm-5:00pm
Monday, July 11th, 6:00pm-7:00pm
Tuesday, July 12th, 7:30pm-8:30pm
Wednesday, July 13th, 1:00pm-2:00pm
Thursday, July 14th, 11:00am-12:00pm
Friday, July 15th, 4:30pm-5:30pm
Sunday, July 17th 12:00-1:00pm

Ticket Prices:
Children (12 and under): $5.00
Adults: $10.00

Ticket Sales:
Online: www.fringetoronto.com
By phone: (416) 966-1062
In person: 34 Lennox Ave. (parking behind Honest Ed's)
July 6th-17th, 12:00 pm-8:00 pm

Ashkenaz Website: www.ashkenazfestival.com
www.loriewolf.com
www.fringetoronto.ca