October 19, 2011

From Boston to Berlin

The Zamir Chorale of Boston invites you to From Boston to Berlin
A cabaret-style evening featuring
the Zamir Chamber Chorus
which will perform highlights of Zamir Chorale of Boston's upcoming concerts in the first Louis Lewandowski Festival in Berlin, Germany

Thursday, November 10, 2011
The Goethe-Institut*, 170 Beacon Street, Boston
(between Berkeley and Clarendon Streets)
******** Joshua Jacobson, Artistic Director
Remarks by
Friedrich Löhr, German Consul General in Boston
Ralph Selig, International Authority on German-Jewish Chazzanut (liturgical music)
Light kosher refreshments will be served.
The Zamir Chorale of Boston is headed to Berlin, Germany, December 15-18, to represent the United States at the Louis Lewandowski Festival. Zamir will join six other choirs from around the world in paying tribute to the German Jewish composer who became world renowned because of his beautiful choral settings of the synagogue liturgy.

Funding for Zamir's travel is made possible in part by the Consulate General of the Federal Republic of Germany in Boston and an anonymous donor.

Complimentary admission for 2011 . Zamir donors $360+

General admission: Suggested donation $36.

Seating is limited, pre-registration only, RSVP

For further information: email manager@zamir.org [mailto:manager@zamir.org] or call: 617-244-6333.
* Directions: by public transportation: Subway (MBTA): Green Line, Copley Station
Parking: Boston Common Garage, entrance on Charles St.; Back Bay Garage, 500 Boylston St., entrance on St. James and Clarendon St.
Both parking garages are a 10 minute walk from the Goethe-Institut.
Posted by jmwc at 11:03 PM

Love, Loss, Laughter - Favorite Yiddish Folk Songs

The Jewish People's Philharmonic Chorus / JPPC
with Conductor Binyumen Schaechter
Sunday, October 23, 2011, 4:00 PM
Bet Am Shalom Synagogue, White Plains, NY 10606
What: Afn pripetshik, Der Rebe Elimeylekh, Tum balalayke, Bulbes and a great bouquet of less-known Yiddish folksongs.
Also: Works by Beyle Schaechter-Gottesman, Avrom Sutzkever, Josh Waletzky.
ENGLISH TRANSLATIONS AND BACKGROUND INFORMATION PROVIDED.
Tickets: Book online at BetAmShalom.org
or call the Synagogue at 914-946-8851

Click here for the additional specifics about the concert:
http://thejppc.org/id3.html

Click here for more info about the JPPC:
http://thejppc.org/
Posted by jmwc at 10:58 PM