Amsterdam Jewish Music School Opening Day Schedule Available

LESSON PROGRAM 5768 2007/2008 & OPEN DAY Sunday 16.09.07 Jewish Music School

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Do you and/or your child(ren) want to follow our Jewish music lessons, than please send your name, address, phone/mobile, e-mail address & title(s) of the lesson programs to: mail@jewishmusicschool.nl or Jewish Music School, Postbus 15894, 1001 NJ Amsterdam. You also can phone us: 020 624 11 32 / 06 166 463 75.
The administration of the Music School Amsterdam sends you the "Aanmeldingsformulier" by post. Please subscribe before the 8th of September 2007.

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drs Anton Molenaar
organisatie & management cultuureducatie

J E W I S H M U S I C S C H O O L
Joodse muzieklessen i.s.m. Muziekschool Amsterdam
Ema Mail@JewishMusicSchool.nl
Tel +31 (20) 624 11 32
Mob 06 166 463 75
Locatie Muziekschool Amsterdam
Bachstraat 5, 1077 GD Amsterdam
Postadres Postbus 15894, 1001 NJ Amsterdam

KlezKanada 2007 in Quebec

KlezKanada 2007 will take place from Monday, August 20 through Sunday, August 26, 2007.
Go to www.klezkanada.com for updated information, and to download the KlezKanada brochure and Hands-On Workshop listings and registration.

Jewish Music School in Amsterdam Newsletter

Jewish Music School, Amsterdam
The Jewish Music School exclusively teaches Jewish music under professional coaching and guidance. The school offers students, irrespective of your background, a wide range of educational programs. The Jewish Music School wants to provide a hospitable environment for everyone. The educational program is aimed at all age groups, from musical forming for the youngest until education for yougsters and adults. The levels vary from amateurs to (semi)professionals. The lessons - mainly in groups - are in Dutch, English or Hebrew. The teachers have a vast experience in teaching Jewish music in all its varieties from Ashkenazim (Eastern European Jews) as well as the Sephardim (Spanish-Portuguese Jews).

Educational Program
At the moment JMS is organizing and scheduling the educational program for 2007-2008. If you would like to receive our programm, please contact:
Jewish Music School, Postbox 15894, 1001 NJ Amsterdam
Email Mail@JewishMusicSchool.nl
Mobile phone 06 166 463 75
Phone 020 624 11 32.

Time & Location
As of September 16, 2007 every sunday from 1 - 5 p.m. Closed on Jewish holidays. Muziekschool Amsterdam, department South, Bachstraat 5, Amsterdam.
JEWISH MUSIC SCHOOL Nieuwsbrief

De Jewish Music School heeft door omstandigheden lange tijd geen lessen kunnen aanbieden MAAR in samenwerking met de Muziekschool Amsterdam gaan in september 2007 de deuren weer wagenwijd open. Altijd van groot belang 'Le Dor Va Dor' van generatie op generatie.

Jewish Music School
De Jewish Music School geeft uitsluitend Joodse muzieklessen onder deskundige coaching en begeleiding. Wij bieden u en uw kinderen, ongeacht zijn of haar achtergrond, een scala aan lesprogramma's. De Jewish Music School wil iedereen een gastvrije omgeving bieden. De muzieklessen zijn voor alle leeftijdsgroepen, van muzikale vorming voor peuters en kleuters tot en met jongeren en volwassenen. De lesniveaus variëren van amateur tot en met (semi)professional. De lessen - in groepsverband - worden gegeven in het Nederlands, Engels of Hebreeuws. Onze muziekdocenten hebben ruime ervaring met Joodse muziekeducatie, met zowel die van de Ashkenazim (Oost-Europese Joden) als van de Sefardim (Spaans-Portugese Joden).

Lesprogramma
Op dit moment zijn wij bezig het lesprogramma voor het leerjaar 2007-2008 samen te stellen. Wilt u dit ontvangen dan kunt u contact opnemen met: Jewish Music School, Postbus 15894, 1001 NJ Amsterdam Email Mail@JewishMusicSchool.nl Mobiel 06 166 463 75 Tel 020 624 11 32. Wilt u meer informatie, aarzel dan niet contact met ons op te nemen!

Tijd & Locatie
Vanaf 16 september 2007 op zondag van 13.00 tot 17.00 uur, behalve op Joodse feestdagen. Muziekschool Amsterdam, afdeling Zuid, Bachstraat 5, Amsterdam.

Study Jewish Music at SOAS

The School of Oriental and African Studies, part of the University of London, offers unique opportunities for the study of Jewish musics.

The SOAS Music department runs BA, MMus and PhD degree programmes; all focus on world music, with the opportunity to specialize in regional traditions including Jewish musics, and to receive high- level training in performance. In the BA, Music can be combined with language studies, Development Studies, Anthropology and many other academic disciplines, while PhD projects can be practice-led, fieldwork-based, or theoretical.

SOAS is the only university in the UK with a dedicated lectureship in Jewish music, established in memory of the late Jewish bandleader Joe Loss z"l. Course options include a survey of Jewish musics, specialised units in klezmer and in Israeli pop, individual research projects, and Jewish performance options. Students can also take courses from the wider Hebrew and Jewish studies syllabus. Further, in partnership with the Jewish Music Institute, Jewish music learning at SOAS continues outside the formal classroom, including weekly klezmer classes, new Jewish music workshops, concerts and of course Klezfest. SOAS students have access to the JMI library, housed at SOAS, in addition to the wide holdings in Jewish music within the SOAS library.

For further information, contact Dr Abigail Wood, Joe Loss Lecturer in Jewish Music at SOAS:

Department of Music
SOAS, University of London
Thornhaugh Street
London WC1H 0XG, England

Tel: +44-(0)20-7898 4243

Email: aw48@soas.ac.uk (replace 'at' with @ symbol)

http://www.soas.ac.uk/music/

Clarinets in Safed this Summer

Looking for something great to do in Israel this summer? If you are a clarinetist you can find the perfect way to learn, have fun, and play great music. The 4th annual celebration of classical, jazz and klezmer music is once again being led in the old city of Safed by Giora Feidman. Experience instruction, master classes and performances from August 6-13 in Safed, Israel. For details, see the http://www.jmwc.org/pdf/KlezmerinSafedAugust07.pdfflyer (it's a pdf file so you need Adobe Acrobat to open).

International Klezmer Celebration in Safed in July

Classical, Jazz and Klezmer clarinetists from all over the world will meet in Safed, Israel, during the week of July 2-9, 2006 for instruction and concerts. .Master classes will be offered in classical and jazz clarinet and in klezmer style for all instruments. Classes will take place at various sites around the city of Sared. Nightly performances from students with a Gala Final Concert, coinciding with the 19th Annual Safed Klezmer Festival July 9-11. The full program is at www.zhr.info. The artistic director of the week of classes is Giora Feidman. A pdf announcement can be read by clicking here

Yiddish Summer Program at Tel Aviv University

Tel Aviv, Israel
July 3 – 28, 2006
A vibrant new Summer Program in Yiddish language and culture is now available at Tel Aviv University. Under the auspices of Beth Shalom Aleichem, The Goldreich Family Institute for Yiddish Language, Literature, and Culture at Tel Aviv University and the Abraham Lerner Fund, this four-week program during the month of July 2006, offers intensive Yiddish instruction on campus at the beginners, intermediate, and advanced levels, and a rich afternoon program of lectures, tours, theatre, concerts, museums, films, and cultural events organized by YUNG YiDiSH in conjunction with Beth Shalom Aleichem. As students of the Lowy School for Overseas Students at Tel Aviv University whose credentials are recognized by universities world-wide, participants will receive 80 hours of language instruction (four credits) with highly qualified and experienced teachers in small classes and will be housed in dormitories adjacent to the campus. Language instruction will be supplemented by lectures given by leading scholars in the fields of Yiddish language, literature, and culture.

Located in the largest and most vibrant city in Israel, Tel Aviv University is within walking distance of the beaches and the promenade that stretches from Ramat Aviv to Jaffa, the Land of Israel Museum and the Museum of the Diaspora (Beit Hatefusoth, with its resources for genealogy research) , as well as cafes, restaurants, and shops. The Summer Session's cultural program will include meetings with Yiddish writers and personalities, workshops, theatre, poetry and literature evenings, klezmer music, field trips, films and more. During leisure hours, Tel Aviv offers Bauhaus architecture, cafes and clubs at the old harbor, the open air markets, summer street festivals, and the charm of old Jaffa with its artist colony. The cost of the program is $1200 for tuition, $600 for housing, and a $60 registration fee. www.telavivuniv.org/programs/summer.htm A significant number of scholarships are available for deserving students. See the website for more information or write to Tamar Gerstenhaber, the summer program Coordinator, at tlvsummer@yiddish.co.il

Klezmer in the South of France this Summer anyone?

Along withbig band jazz, gospel and vocal jazz, you could register for klezmer music lessons this summer in the south of France from 19th to the 26th of August at ECOLE DE MUSIQUE. Information on the website: http://musique-ensemble.com/. or contact Arielle Zajde Tel: 33 1 43 61 52 88.

KlezFest London 2006 alongside a Jewish Song School this summer

KlezFest London 2006 Sunday 13-Friday 18 August
Jewish Song School Sunday 13-Friday 18 August
Ot Azoy! Yiddish Course Sunday 6-Friday 11 August

KlezFest London is a hands-on learning experience with luminaries of the Klezmer revival from Europe and America, focusing on the style, ornamentation, rhythm and repertoire of Eastern European Jewish music, song and dance. It is an inspirational and life-enhancing experience for amateur and professional instrumentalists and singers. In 2006, KlezFest includes a special parallel strand for professional klezmer players as well as the parallel Song School. KlezFest is preceded by a fantastic one-week Yiddish course ideal for complete beginners and for singers but catering also for advanced language students. Booking is now open and details and registration can be found on Web www.jmi.org.uk

Daily schedules: All the students of KlezFest and Song School, work together each morning till tea break - learning the Shers and Bulgars - the dances of old Europe to a live band led by Merlin Shepherd and singing Chassidic nigunim. After parallel sessions for instrumentalists and singers everyone comes together again in the last session to join in vocal ensembles. Meals and evening entertainment are included and taken together (except on Wednesday which is a free afternoon).

KlezFest, Song School and Ot Azoy! will be held this year again at
West London Synagogue,
33 Seymour Place, London, W1,
and KlezFest and Song School will end with KlezFesters invited to participate with their voices and instruments in a moving service welcoming the Sabbath in the sanctuary and optional partaking of a meal with the community on Friday 18 August.

KlezFest London 2006 --Sunday 13-Friday 18 August

'Dr Klez' himself (AKA Joshua Horowitz - the renowned performer and scholar of klezmer music of Budowitz and other fame), will be a principal guest at the JMI's 6th annual KlezFest London in 2006. Frank London, who created an outstanding programme last year with the Klezmatics will again be the Programme Director and this time has invited Josh to bring his new ensemble Veretski Pass to be the resident band. This means that not only will we have Joshua Horowitz, an expert on button accordion and tsimbl, but we will have the exciting fiddler Cookie Segelstein for the first time on the violin faculty, and Stuart Brotman will be back dealing with bass instruments. Other returnees are of course Deborah Strauss (fiddle), Jeff Warschauer (plucked strings), Merlin Shepherd and Christian Dawid (clarinets), Sanne Moerike (accordion), Guy Schalom (percussion), Ilana Cravitz (fiddle assistant) and Andreas Schmitges dance-leader assisted by Helene Domergue. Also special to JMI KlezFest London is a contingent of outstanding musicians and singers from the Former Soviet Union.

New to KlezFest London this year, in addition to the work with amateurs, is a special strand for professional klezmer players. Professional bands will have a chance to perform at KlezFest in the Park on the opening day, and in our showcase of Klezmer: The Next Generation organised by Guy Schalom. Professionals will have special lectures and hands-on workshop sessions as well as individual and ensemble masterclasses with Josh Horowitz, Frank London and others on composition and ensemble arrangements. There will be sessions on professional development with music industry leaders on how to make a demo and get a record deal; how to get gigs, how to present yourselves on stage, how to manage being a live performer and how to teach Klezmer.
Read what students at KlezFest and Jewish Song Summer School had to say about the experience they had in 2005. See the pictures of KlezFest 2005 all at Website www.jmi.org.uk

Jewish Song School ---Sunday 13-Friday 18 August
Alongside KlezFest, with joint classes with instrumentalists in dance and ensembles will once more be the Jewish Song School. Here amateur and professional singers led by Shura Lipovsky of Amsterdam explore the joys of Jewish song in many languages and styles, with special emphasis on Yiddish song.. She will be assisted by Jacinta on Yiddish and Sephardi songs. Polina Shepherd will be the accompanist and vocal ensemble director assisted by Judith Silver.

Ot Azoy! Yiddish Crash Course --Sunday 6-Friday 11 August
KlezFest is preceded by Ot Azoy! (6-11 August). Ot Azoy' means 'This is the way' and it really is the way for beginners to advanced students to learn to read, write and speak Yiddish quickly and easily in only one week in a fun and friendly atmosphere. Includes intensive tuition and conversation sessions with expert tuition from Peysakh Fiszman of New York, Sonia Dratwa-Pinkusowitz of the Buber Institute in Brussels and Lily Kahn under the Direction of Helen (Khayele) Beer of University College London. Learn Yiddish also through song with exquisite Yiddish Singer Shura Lipovsky from Amsterdam and through Yiddish films selected and introduced by Barry Davis of London. For complete beginners to advanced students in four levels. Beginners will be taken through the Hebrew-Yiddish alphabet (much easier than it looks), will learn some every-day vocabulary and a generous helping of grammar, so that by the end of the week you will be able to string together your first sentences in Yiddish! Intermediate and advanced Yiddish speakers will be given more challenging texts and grammatical lessons and will get lots of opportunities to converse in this extraordinary language. Who says Yiddish is Kaput? This will be the 5th JMI Yiddish Crash course. Details of fees and registration forms are now available: Full fees are £285; Students £185. There is an early booking discount of £15 if booked by 15 April and paid in full by 31 May. Further discounts if attending with an ensemble and if booking for Ot Azoy! as well as KlezFest or Song School. Some scholarships are available, to apply fill in a registration form and send with deposit and letter describing the need for financial assistance and the reason you want to do the courses. Book soon and have the benefit of the early booking discount at www.jmi.org.uk

JMI KlezFest London, the Song School and Ot Azoy! are part of the European Yiddish and Klezmer Academy 2006 for the Transmission of the Yiddish cultural heritage. Four European institutions in London, Paris, Weimar and Vilnius give you the chance to learn Yiddish language and song and Klezmer music. This programme is supported by the Culture Program 2000 of the European Union. Participate in one course or in several. Some European scholarships are available. See the website for details of each European Academy course: http://www.yiddish-klezmer.net/

JMI KlezFest London, the Song School and Ot Azoy! are also part of a World Music Summer School organised by the Department of Music at SOAS University of London www.soas.ac.uk/summermusic

Courses in Boston with Yelena Neplok

New England Conservatory, 241 St. Botolph Street, Boston, presents two ten week courses with Instructor Yelena Neplok. "Eastern European Jewish Musical Traditions" runs on Wednesdays, February 15-May 3, 2006, from 7:00 -8:30 p.m. and "The Art of Russian Piano Music" runs on Tuesdays, February 14-April 25, 2006, from 7:00-8:30 p.m.
Registration starts on January 10th.
Financial Aid available/*/ (call 617-585-1125 to apply)
For more information, contact the instructor at 617-566-7969 or email:
nigunens@hotmail.com
Tuition for NEC School of Continuing Education is $325 - for non credit, and $450 for the credit.

For information or registration contact: 617-585-1125 or 617-585-1130
Eastern European Jewish Musical Traditions
10 Tuesdays: 7:00-8:30 PM
Spring: February 15 --May 3, 2006

This course introduces the unique musical heritage stemming from Jewish composers and their communities in pre-war Eastern Europe. Students will become aware of the uniqueness of Jewish folk music, connection between Jewish traditional and art music, Russian Jewish musical culture, famous cantors of the "Golden Age", and great East European Jewish performers. The course repertory includes different genres of Jewish traditional instrumental music, Jewish folk songs in Yiddish and Hebrew, Synagogue music, and art songs and significant instrumental pieces by the most prominent Russian Jewish 19^th and 20^th century composers.

Each class includes a lecture -demonstration by the instructor Yelena Neplok, the critically acclaimed, award - winning pianist, artist-in-residence at Hebrew College, and the founder and artistic director of the renowned Nigun Chamber Ensemble. Students have the opportunity to perform in class and participate in a closing concert. Vocalists, instrumentalists, and all interested public are welcome.

The Art of Russian Piano Music
10 Tuesdays: **7:00-8:30 PM
Spring: February 14 - April 25, 2006


This course will describe Russian musical culture and piano music from the end of the 18th century through the mid-20th century: the formation of a Russian piano school, the development of a nationalist musical culture, traditions of Russian piano performance and pedagogy, and famous interpretations by great Russian pianists. Students will discover the music and piano style of Glinka, Anton Rubinstein, the "Mighty Five" (Balakirev, Cui, Mussorsky, Borodin, and Rimsky-Korsakov), Tchaikovsky, Liadov, Scriabin, Rachmaninoff, Prokofiev, and Shostakovich. Each class will include lecture-demonstrations by concert pianist Yelena Neplok, analyses of selected popular repertoire, and in-class discussion. There will also be reading and listening assignments.

DONA-FEST in Moscow

DONA-FEST, March 12-17, 2006

The Moscow Centre of Culture and Education "Euro-Class" announces the 2nd International Jewish Music festival-seminar "Dona-Fest, 2006" which will take place in Moscow from March 12-17, 2006.
For more information:

Center �Euro-Class�, 115093, Moscow, Stremyanniy per., 33/35, Russia call (007 095) 764-42-21 (Anatoly Pinsky) E-mail Dona Fest dona-fest@mail.ru or
go to the website for more info:
www.dona-dona.ru

The seminar programme includes:

* vocal and instrumental master classes;
* lectures on Yiddish and Ashkenazi culture;
* Jewish theatre and drama classes;
* Jewish folk dance;
* regular jam sessions;
* round table discussions, exchanging experience and knowledge;
The teachers:

- Grammy Award nominee and world famous Yiddish singer Adrianne Cooper ( USA ),
- Former musical director of the Royal National Theatre and The Shakespeare �Globe� theatre, one of the leading performers of traditional Klezmer music Merlin Shepherd (Great Britain),
- Founder of �The flying Bulgar Klezmer Band�, composer and a famous jazz pianist Marylin Lerner ( Canada ),
- Leading European Jewish choir teacher and composer Polina Shepherd ( Great Britain ),
- European klezmer violin virtuosi Stas Rayko and Mark Kovnatsky ( Germany ),
- Drama art teacher and a popular Russian Jewish singer and actress Alina Ivakh ( Russia ).

Preparation for Chazzonim and Baaley Tefila

An evening of presentations to prepare for Chazzonim and Baaley Tefila for the High Holidays is being sponsored by Cantors World and the Philip and Sarah Belz School of Jewish Music, Yeshiva University. Being held at The Jewish Center, 131 West 86th Street, NYC on September 22nds, 8:00pm, the evening features presentations from Cantor Bernard Beer "A Guide to Leading the High Holy Day Service"; Dr. Peak Woo, MD, "Ensuring Vocal Health During a Stressful Season"; and Cantor Abraham Weingarten "Maintaining Vocal Clarity and Strength Throughout Davening". The evening is bein moderated by Cantor Benny Rogosnitzky and will deal with major issues pertaining to the shliach tzibur, issues of vocal health and maintenacne and ideas for successful delivery and choice of nusach and tunes. There will be a question and answer session following the presentations. Admission $25. Refereshments served. For information and reservations: call 718-851-3226 or visit www.CantorsWorld.com

Cantor Beer, Director of the Belz School and Executive Vice President of the Cantorial Council of America, has served regularly as a lecturer on Jewish music subjects and outreach seminars throughout the United States and Canada since 1980. He has written articles on Jewish music topics for numerous periodical and journals. Cantor Beer appeared on radio station WFMU's "JM in the AM" program discussing topics related to synagogue music. He is in the process of updating his soon-to-be-released publications accompanied with audio-cassettes of curriculum utilized at the Belz School.

Dr. Peak Woo is the Grabscheid Voice Center Professor of Otolaryngology at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine. He graduated from the Boston University School of Medicine, and previously has been in academic medicine in Syracuse, Boston University, Tufts University, and most recently Mount Sinai School of Medicine. His research and academic interests includes laryngology and voice disorders, as well as extraesophageal manifestations of reflux laryngitis. Dr. Woo has held many national offices inlcuding in the New York Laryngological Society, and is the past president of the American Bronchoesophagological Association.

Cantor Abraham Wingarten is considered one of the leading voice teachers in the Jewish world. Cantor Weingarten works closely with some of the most well known ENTs in the United States in research and advancement of vocal technique. His students include many of today's most prestigious cantors and performers. Cantor Weingarten serves as the cantor of Young Israel of Hillcrest and also teaches in Lakewoord and in NY.

92nd Street Y offers classes on Mahler and Schoenberg

Beginning today, Sept. 18. Daniel Felsenfeld will lead a series of 12 sessions on Mahler and Schoenberg being offered by the 92nd Street Y School of Muisc. It examines two of the most important composers of the 20th century, both of whom happed to be born Jewish. Mahler's work summed up the Romantic period and marked its closure; Schoenberg, following Mahler's direction, created many of the musical techniques that define the 20th century. Both men converted in their lifetimes. Schoenberg returned later in life to Judaism. The class examines their works, their biographies and thei culture that surrounded them The course is taught by composer and music writer Daniel Felsenfeld. 2-3pm. Cost: $320.

JMI presents two Cantorial Summer Schools and a Choral Festival 26 � 30 June 2005

JMI in LONDON presents two Cantorial Summer Schools and a choral Festival 26 � 30 June 2005
Director Stephen Glass
International Advisory Board
Cantor Naftali Herstik, Great Synagogue, Jerusalem
Cantor Alberto Mizrahi, Anshe Emet Synagogue, Chicago
leading Yamim Nora�im services in the Orthodox tradition, bringing fresh insights on interpreting the texts and new melodies all designed to help you prepare for the coming High Holy Days led by Stephen Glass (Montreal)
Cantor Arie L Subar (Montreal)
And internationally recognised cantors from the UK
Full rate: �130 students rate �90. Daily rate: �30

10.30am � 5.30pm (Except Sunday afternoon) Central Synagogue, 36 Hallam Street W1

The High Holy Days in the Orthodox tradition Sunday 26 � Thursday 30 June A five-day intensive programme for professional Cantors and all those 'Stephen Glass's contribution to Jewish liturgical music has been immense. I have no doubt that every individual who will be leading services in our synagogues over the Yamim Nora'im would benefit from this imaginative and stimulating course.'-- Peter Sheldon, President of the United Synagogue GB
Registration and more details Tel: 020 8909 2445
e-mail: jewishmusic@jmi.org.uk Website: www.jmi.org.uk

The High Holy Days in the Progressive Tradition
A four-day intensive for Synagogue Musicians: solo singers, choral directors, choir members and accompanists. With the charismatic cantor Josee Wolf Hebrew Union College, New York, ( the first woman from the European continent to be invested as cantor), teacher of synagogue music and worship throughout the progressive Jewish world, you will explore liturgy and music for the Days of Awe, topics will include: Liturgical texts, congregational melodies and choral repertoire as well as the basic unaccompanied chant (Nusach) for the High Holy Days Texts uses will be from the various progressive machzorim (RSGB, ULPS, Masorti, and others).

Monday 27� Thursday 30 June
10.30am � 5.30pm

Leo Baeck College, The Sternberg Centre,
80 East End Road, London, N3

we welcome this initiative of the JMI, which will enrich and enhance the music of our Synagogues�.-- Jonathan Magonet, Principal. Leo Baeck College � Centre for Jewish Education.
Full rate: �130 students rate �90. Daily rate: �30
Registration and more details Tel: 020 8909 2445
e-mail: jewishmusic@jmi.org.uk Website: www.jmi.org.uk

Monday 27 June � Sunday 3 July
JMI Barry Weinberg Jewish Choral Festival
Director, Stephen Glass
Coordinators, Vivienne Bellos, Dan Jacobs
British and International choirs will gather each evening for massed choir rehearsals and masterclasses conducted by Stephen Glass and hosted by London�s leading choirs in venues across London, culminating in Choirs in Concert, two concerts at the Queen Elizabeth Hall on 3 July 4.00pm and 8.00pm. This course is guaranteed to enrich and inspire participants. It is an excellent opportunity to learn new and interesting repertoire, enhance your vocal and choral technique, build your confidence, make new friends and network with choristers and musical directors The Choral Festival is free for choirs. Advance registration is essential.
To join call Viv Bellos on 07956 912 567 e-mail v.bellos@jmi.org.uk
or register online at the JMI Website www.jmi.org.uk

(Concert)
Sunday 3 July 4.00pm and 8.00pm
Choirs in Concert
Two concerts featuring, the leading Jewish Choirs from the UK and abroad individually and combined, introduced and directed by internationally acclaimed, composer, arranger and choirmaster, Stephen Glass of Montreal

4.00pm Great Choirs of Today. Hear the contrasting styles and repertoire of London�s choirs as well as visitors from Israel, Europe, the USA and South Africa.

8.00pm Voices in Harmony: Special traditional and modern repertoire will bring hundreds of singers together in Massed Male Voices and Massed Mixed Voices. This concert introduces for the first time to the Queen Elizabeth Hall stage, the London Massed Teenage Choir, all conducted by Stephen Glass.
The culmination of the 3rd JMI Barry Weinberg Jewish Choral Festival 2005. (see www.jmi.org.uk)
Royal Festival Hall Box office 08703 800 400 or www.rfh.org.uk
Each concert �19.50, �16.50, �12.50
Special price for both concerts �29,50 �26.50, �19.50

O P E N D A G Jewish Music School in Amsterdam

O P E N D A G
Jewish Music School
Joodse Muziekschool
VOOR KINDEREN, JEUGD & VOLWASSENEN
muziekuitvoering leerlingen & docenten
open lessen & kennismaking docenten
Bachstraat 5, Amsterdam-zuid
zondag 26 juni 2005 ~ van 14.15-17.00 uur

O P E N D A Y
Jewish Music School
FOR CHILDREN, YOUTH & ADULTS
performance pupils & teachers
open lessons & meet the teachers
Bachstraat 5, Amsterdam-south
Sunday June 26, 2005 ~ from 14.15-17.00 hours

Info
Jewish Music School 020 771 58 81
School@JewishMusic.nl

Austa Klezmer Workshop

Brighton, Australia, May 8
AUSTA KLEZMER WORKSHOP
Sun. 2-4pm
Australian String Teacher's Association
Brighton Grammar School
90 Outer Crescent
Brighton, Victoria
$20 non members/$15 AUSTA members/$10 concession
Enquiries Christine Leslie-Pfitzner 9568 4061

Leeds Jewish International Theatre Festival

Leeds Jewish International Theatre Festival which takes place 17th � 21st July at Leeds Grammar School. It has been described as the "new cultural fringe festival" of Leeds. The Festival will offer back to back performances over a five day period, purely for the public�s entertainment. The Leeds Grammar School site will be turned into a buzzing Theatre Village with 3 theatres being used simultaneously. This is a unique opportunity for all to come and enjoy Jewish related Performing Arts and Music. The Festival Website is www.ljtf.org.

Highlights include: Ivor Dembina, last years prize winners, Rose Bruford Drama College, London & Stuart Curtis�s K-groove with music from their hit album �Smoked Salmon Salsa� . For classical music lovers Benjamin Frith, prot�g�e of Dame Fanny Waterman will perform with Sagi Hartov, world class Israeli Cellist. These are only a few of the amazing line-up for the Festival. If you wish to find out more about the Festival, e-mail leedsmakor@hotmail.com .

Second Annual Clarinet and Klezmer in Safed, Israel

The Old City of Safed will host an international group of musicians, for the Second Annual Clarinet and Klezmer in the Galilee program of Clarinet Master Classes and Performances, Aug 15-22, 2005. This year's program will be under the Artistic Directorship of Giora Feidman, Master Klezmer and Classical Clarinetist. The ever-popular Safed Klezmer Festival will follow, from Aug 23-25. The Program includes a week of Master Classes in Classical and Jazz Clarinet, and in the Klezmer style for all instruments. Classes will take place in historical synagogues and sites in the Old City of Safed. http://www.safedfound.org.il/cont.asp?id=30407 For more information, and to receive a registration form, please contact: Hanan Bar-Sela at Tel: +972-52-335-2797,or Michal Beit-Halachmi at Tel: +972-54-443-2234 or by email at: barsela1@bezeqint.net

JEWISH MUSIC SCHOOL Amsterdam

The JEWISH MUSIC SCHOOL in Amsterdam is looking for funds, sponsors and other financial sources and/or support.
The Jewish Music School
c/o Muziekschool Amsterdam
Bachstraat 5, Amsterdam-zuid
is the first music school in the Netherlands/Europe, to concentrate uniquely on Jewish musical education and training. The music school offers a wide variety of classes and courses, both practical and/or theoretical. In addition it offers facilities for studying and practicing Jewish music under expert guidance. Besides providing the necessary facilities for our present teaching needs, this location will also enable us to expand and cooperate with other Jewish (cultural) organizations, which will also be able to make use of the premises.
For more information:

Jewish Music School
P.o.b. 15894 ~ 1001 NJ
Amsterdam, The Netherlands
E-mail: school@jewishmusic.nl
Phone/Fax: +31 (0)20 771 58 81

JEWISH MUSIC SCHOOL Amsterdam zoekt fondsen, sponsors and andere financiele bronnen en/of support. De Jewish Music School ~ School voor Joodse Muziek - c/o Muziekschool Amsterdam, Bachstraat 5, Amsterdam-zuid - is de eerste muziekschool in Nederland/Europa die zich uitsluitend bezig houdt met Joods muzikale vorming en educatie. De muziekschool biedt een scala aan praktische, theoretische en/of gecombineerde lessen en lesprogramma's. En biedt daarnaast faciliteiten voor muziekstudie en muziekbeoefening in relatie tot het Joods muzikaal repertoire onder deskundige begeleiding. Tevens zijn er genoeg mogelijkheden en faciliteiten voor uitbreiding en samenwerking met andere Joodse (culturele) organisaties.
For more information ~ Voor meer informatie:
Jewish Music School ~ P.o.b. 15894 ~ 1001 NJ Amsterdam, The Netherlands ~ E-mail: school@jewishmusic.nl ~ Phone/Fax: +31 (0)20 771 58 81

KlezKamp 20

At: The Hudson Valley Resort and Spa, Kerhonkson, New York 2004 marks the 20th edition of KlezKamp: The Yiddish Folk Arts Program. And while this is our birthday celebration, KlezKampers are the ones who receive the gifts. Our theme, Doyres/Generations, explores how Yiddish culture and KlezKamp is passed through generations featuring KlezKamp doyres: Chana Mlotek and son Zalmen, mother/daughter Elaine Hoffman-Watts and Susan Watts, Anita Norich and father Isaac, Pearl Sapoznik and son plus others. Our anniversary gives us a chance to dip into our archives to show rare classroom videos of beloved KlezKamp teachers no longer with us, and to also issue a special commemorative 2-CD anthology highlighting 20 years of our incomparable staff concerts. more....

We are pleased to offer this year, expanded vocal music and Yiddish language programs and welcome new staff including choral director Eleanor Epstein, Parisian Yiddish language instructor Yitskhok Niborski, Canadian-Yiddish author Chava Rosenfarb and actor Hy (Khayim) Wolfe who will be interviewing and performing with Yiddish theater greats Mina Bern, Shifra Lerer and David Rogow. And as always, we honor the great klezmer masters of our generation German Goldenshteyn, Paul Pincus and Pete Sokolow. < /br>< /br> A change is our new home: the fully restored classic Catskill resort, the Granite Hotel in Kerhonkson, New York. Now called the Hudson Valley Spa and Resort(http://www.hudsonvalleyresort.com), a $30 million renovation has created the seemingly impossible: Hilton quality in a heymish Catskill location, a hotel, as my mother would say, mit ale pistshefkes (with all the extras), including wireless internet access, full health club, spa, indoor pool and luxuriously appointed guest and classrooms. The kitchen, headed by Executive Chef /Culinary Institute of America graduate Edward Kelly, produces abundant traditional regional favorites with attention given to vegetarian and children' menus, all under the strict supervision of Rabbi Gershon Kreuser of the Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations of America. < /br>< /br> While much has changed, what has not is our commitment to creating an inspiring cornucopia of all things Yiddish: our full instrumental, vocal and dance program, klezmer jams, multi-tiered language sessions, history, literature, translation workshops, plus our unbeatable children and teen program. Evening events many of which are open to the public and broadcast on local public radio outlet WJFF (90.5 FM/ http://www.wjffradio.org) include after dinner family activities, concerts, cabarets, and dancing to live music until all hours. < /br>< /br> Since 1985, thousands of participants from around the world have made the pilgrimage to KlezKamp. This year, why not you? Come to the Capitol of Yiddishland.

GET READY: KlezKamp 20: Doyres / Generations

December 26-31 2004/5765
The Hudson Valley Resort and Spa
Kerhonkson, New York

2004 marks the 20th edition of �KlezKamp: The Yiddish Folk Arts Program.� And while this is our birthday celebration, KlezKampers are the ones who receive the gifts.

Our theme, �Doyres/Generations,� explores how Yiddish culture �and KlezKamp � is passed through generations featuring KlezKamp doyres: Chana Mlotek and son Zalmen, mother/daughter Elaine Hoffman-Watts and Susan Watts, Anita Norich and father Isaac, Pearl Sapoznik and son plus others. Our anniversary gives us a chance to dip into our archives to show rare classroom videos of beloved KlezKamp teachers no longer with us, and to also issue a special commemorative 2-CD anthology highlighting 20 years of our incomparable staff concerts.

We are pleased to offer this year, expanded vocal music and Yiddish language programs and welcome new staff including choral director Eleanor Epstein, Parisian Yiddish language instructor Yitskhok Niborski, Canadian-Yiddish author Chava Rosenfarb and actor Hy (�Khayim�) Wolfe who will be interviewing and performing with Yiddish theater greats Mina Bern, Shifra Lerer and David Rogow. And as always, we honor the great klezmer masters of our generation German Goldenshteyn, Paul Pincus and Pete Sokolow.

A change is our new home: the fully restored classic Catskill resort, the �Granite Hotel� in Kerhonkson, New York. Now called the �Hudson Valley Spa and Resort� (http://www.hudsonvalleyresort.com), a $30 million renovation has created the seemingly impossible: Hilton quality in a heymish Catskill location, a hotel, as my mother would say, mit ale pistshefkes (�with all the extras�), including wireless internet access, full health club, spa, indoor pool and luxuriously appointed guest and classrooms. The kitchen, headed by Executive Chef /Culinary Institute of America graduate Edward Kelly, produces abundant traditional regional favorites with attention given to vegetarian and children�s menus, all under the strict supervision of Rabbi Gershon Kreuser of the Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations of America.

While much has changed, what has not is our commitment to creating an inspiring cornucopia of all things Yiddish: our full instrumental, vocal and dance program, klezmer jams, multi-tiered language sessions, history, literature, translation workshops, plus our unbeatable children�s and teen program. Evening events� many of which are open to the public and broadcast on local public radio outlet WJFF (90.5 FM/ http://www.wjffradio.org) include after dinner family activities, concerts, cabarets, and dancing to live music �til all hours.

Yiddish songs and dances in Regents Park London

When JMI KlezFest London opens on Sunday 8 August, all London hears about it - as the biggest UK klezmer band will assemble round the bandstand at Regents Park (its too big to be ON the bandstand) last year there were 69 players, this year we expect to break that record. If you are in or near London please bring your instruments and join us in the 'Inner Circle' (this is a Road Direction as well as an emotional state) from 3.00-6.00pm ...more!...

This picnic in the park comes after we have completed an intensive week's Yiddish course Ot Azoy! directed by Khayele Beer and with Pesakh Fiszman and Sonia Pinkusowitz which takes place at SOAS University of London, and at the very beginning of KlezFest London a week of intensive Music making, singing and dancing with the usual suspects. Over 100 musicians are registered, including 20 singers in our dedicated Jewish Song Summer School who will be studying with both Adrienne Cooper and Shura Lipovsky as well as other experts in the field of sephardi, Baghdadi, Hebrew and Art songs.

We follow this up in the autumn with weekly classes at SOAS in Jewish song, Klezmer music and also liturgical music, and Yiddish language. (you can also do under-grad and post-grad studies in Jewish music here at the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London (SOAS) as SOAS has I believe (please correct me if I am wrong) the only fulltime lecturer in Jewish music anywhere in the world in a mainstream University Department of Music.

For more details of all these see on the Jewish Music Institute Website www.jmi.org.uk OR e-mail jewishmusic@jmi.org.uk .

PARIS - KLEZMER 2004

The 'Maison de la Culture Yiddish' is proud to present a superb programme of klezmer studies: PARIS - KLEZMER 2004
27 - 31 August, 2004
Summer School - Jewish Music of Central Europe
Classes will be held in English and French
* Masterclasses
* Lectures
* Jams

PARIS - KLEZMER 2004an exceptional faculty team :
David KRAKUER- clarinet, the 'new klezmer', phrasing and ornamentation, improvisation,special klezmer effects types of dance,american klezmer repertoire etc.
Jack Yankl FALK-voice, clarinet, nigunim, Hazanut , relationship between other traditional jewish music and klezmer, chassidic melodies,european klezmer repertoire etc.
Josh DOLGIN (DJ SoCalled) - accordion, piano, sound machine, hip-hop klezmer, dance accompaniment, special klezmer effects for rhythm and harmony sections.
This course is OPEN TO ALL !
Musicians with a sufficient level of competence on their instrument to feel comfortable in learning how to interpret klezmer and the particular techniques involved.

Singers who would like to develop their knowledege of yiddish folklore, 'Hazanat' and the relationship between traditional jewish vocal music and klezmer music.

Listeners for whom the pleasure is in listening to klezmer and discovering more about it.

Course Fee - 320 euros (students under 30 with proof of status 250 euros)
To receive the complete programme and booking form please contact:
Estelle HULACK
Maison de la Culture Yiddish - Biblioth豵e Medem
Parizer yidish-tsenter - Medem Bibliotek
18, passage Saint-Pierre Amelot
75011 PARIS
T鬮 : + 33 1 47 00 14 00
Fax : +33 1 47 00 14 47
web site: www.yiddishweb.com

College Course in Texas on klezmer

For Jewish music fans in the neighborhood of College Station, Texas this fall, the Department of Performance Studies is offering a new course that might be of interest: MUSC 200: INTRODUCTION TO KLEZMER MUSIC < /br> Dr. Jeffrey L. Wollock (Visiting Scholar in Performance Studies) < /br> MWF 10:20-11:10 in Room 402A Academic �The Music Room� < /br> For more information, please contact Dr. Wollock: < /br> Wollock@nativecouncil.com>

The klezmer was the traditional wedding musician of the Jewish communities of Eastern Europe. As versatile folk professionals, they performed at other functions both Jewish and non-Jewish. The distinctive music of the klezmer came to this country with the great East European Jewish emigration of the late 19th-early 20th century, taking root mainly an New York and Philadelphia. By the 1970s it had nearly died out, but the last 25 years has seen a revival of so- called �klezmer music� as an international phenomenon. This course will explore the history, musical forms, and cultural context of traditional klezmer music, as well as such cultural phenomena as adaptation, assimilation, social memory, revival, and �world music.�

KlezKamp December 2004!

KlezKamp , www.livingtraditions.org, has updated their website and has added two new features: Photos of KlezKamp 19 (2003) and a new section of links to our favorite websites relevant to Yiddish and Klezmer which will certainly be of interest. Please visit our website often and let us know what you think.

Sabina Brukner,Associate Director of Living Traditions, writes: "Tayere Khaverim, It is a pleasure to write to you in my new position as Associate Director of Living Traditions. I look forward to meeting and working with all of you as we work together to preserve Yiddish language and folk culture and to incorporate it as a relevant part of Jewish cultural identity. We will try to keep it up to date to give you the latest information about all of ur projects. Soon to come is a centralized Klezmer Performance database which will allow you to search for information about performances by your favorite artists, searchable by location, date and performer. We are currently in the midst of planning a KlezKamp 2004 Twenty years! Biz hundert tsvantsik! In order to celebrate this milestone properly we need your help. Please send us your photos, audiotapes, videotapes, art projects and other memorabilia from your times at KlezKamp. We will use them in our various retrospective projects, including a website, exhibits at KlezKamp and, of course, the special KlezKamp 20 zhurnal. Send us copies or duplicates, if possible, and clearly label any items you will want returned. Save the dates December 26-31, 2004 and be sure to join KlezKampers and staff from the last 20 years at the Swan Lake Resort Hotel in the Catskills. Details of the program will be available soon after Labor Day. As you read in our Pesakh mailing, we are also producing a of a Best of KlezKamp 2-CD anthology which will be available by the beginning of KlezKamp this year. A crack group of KlezKampers have listened to all existing tapes of KlezKamp performances to find the treasures that will appear in the collection. It?s going to be great. We need your financial support to make this CD project happen, of course, so if you have not already sent in your response card to the mailing, please do so now. If you donate $100 or more above membership dues, you will receive an advanced copy of the anthology and your gift will be acknowledged in the accompanying booklet. That you participate is more important than the amount of your gift. Please help support this great project. We are so proud of the community that has been created through KlezKamp and Living Traditions. You are us. We want and need your input, suggestions and feedback. Please feel contact me anytime at Sabina@livingtraditions.org, call me in the Living Traditions office (212) 532-8202, or write Sabina Brukner, Living Traditions, 45 East 33rd Street, Suite B-2A, New York, NY 10016. I look forward to hearing from you.
A sheynem dank,
Sabina Brukner

KlezKanada

KlezKanada's website at www.klezkanada.com has been updated for this year's session. Klezkanada is located in Lantier Quebec, just north of Montreal.Sessions for musicians take place August 23-29. For everyone else, camp takes place August 25-29.

MORE KLEZ CALIFORNIA

The faculty is now announced for the KLEZ CALIFORNIA program in June, including: Stu Brotman | Adrienne Cooper | Corey Fisher | Josh Horowitz | Peter Jacques | Eli Katz | Kevin Mummey | Steve Saxon | Naomi Seidman | Cookie Segelstein | Claire Sherman | Deborah Strauss | Gerry Tenney | Harvey Varga | Jeff Warschauer | Steve Weintraub.
June 20th to the 25th, 2004
Info: 415-789-7679
www.KlezCalifornia.org

Classes, Schedules, Teacher bios, Logistical info .... it's all there, including the registration form. (If you've still got questions, call 415-789-7679). Plus, if you have DSL or Cable internet access, be sure to look at the VIDEO from 2003. If you have dial-up, there are lots of photos. You'll see why people said: "KlezCalifornia ... s'iz geven a fargenign!" (It was a real pleasure ... a delight!)

Delaware Valley Jewish Choral

Gratz College will host the 4th annual Delaware Valley Jewish Choral Festival on Sunday, March 28. Sponsored by the Zamir Choral Foundation in conjunction with Gratz and the Jewish choral community of the Delaware Valley, the event is designed for lovers of Jewish music of all backgrounds... Contact the Tyson Music Department at Gratz College, 215-635-7300, or e-mail ZamirFdn@aol.com See more information...

The program will begin at 2 p.m. with a "community sing" of choral selections led by local conductors, with special guest, Binyumen Schaechter, director of the Jewish People's Philharmonic Chorus. Specializing in Yiddish music, the choir has been performing continuously for more than 80 years, and will headline the evening concert that follows the day-long event. Schaechter will also lead two of the twelve workshops scheduled following the community sing, on topics ranging from Yiddish humor in song to vocal improvisation, conducting volunteer choirs and the relationship between Jewish choral music and Broadway. Attendees will have the opportunity to attend their choice of two hour-long sessions during the afternoon, following which a light, Glatt Kosher buffet will be served. In addition to the Jewish People's Philharmonic Chorus, the evening program, which begins at 7:30 p.m., will feature performances by the M'kor Shalom Chorale of Cherry Hill, conducted by Cantor Anita Hochman, and by Nashirah, a newly-formed, auditioned chorus conducted by Robert Ross. Participants are encouraged to attend the full-day event, but an afternoon-only option is available. Tickets for the concert, alone, may also be purchased. Discounts are available for seniors and students. For further information, contact the Tyson Music Department at Gratz College, 215-635-7300, or e-mail ZamirFdn@aol.com

Kol Zimra: Chant Leader's Training

Held at ELAT CHAYYIM in 99 Mill Hook Road, Accord, New York, starting August 2-8, 2004... If you are one of the many people who have been moved and transformed by Rabbi Shefa Gold's chanting practice and if you are a healer, teacher, artist or spiritual leader in your community, here is your chance to cultivate the inner qualities and learn the practical techniques that will enable you to bring that joy and meaning to others...not to mention the abundant blessings it will bring to your own spiritual life. Please feel free to pass this information on to others who might benefit from it.

YIDDISH CLASSES AT THE MANHATTAN JCC

Yiddish classes at a variety of levels are being offered through the JCC. Check out the listings and levels of the classes.

YIDDISH FOR BEGINNERS Learn to read and speak Yiddish through conversation and using a textbook. No previous knowledge of Yiddish is required.
10 Mondays, 1:30 - 3 pm Jan 12 - Mar 22, except Feb 16 YDBG1/USPW4
10 Tuesdays, 6:30 - 8 pm Jan 13 - Mar 16 YDBG2/USPW4
YIDDISH FOR ADVANCED BEGINNERS The next step for students who have taken Yiddish for Beginners.
10 Tuesdays, 1:30 - 3 pm Jan 13 - Mar 16 YDAB1/USPW4
10 Wednesdays, 6:30 - 8 pm Jan 14 - Mar 17 YDAB2/USPW4
INTERMEDIATE YIDDISH The next step for students who have taken Yiddish for Beginners and Yiddish for Advanced Beginners.
10 Wednesdays, 1:30 - 3 pm Jan 14 - Mar 17 YDIN1/USPW4
10 Mondays, 6:30 - 8 pm Jan 12 - Mar 22, except Feb 16 YDIN2/USPW4
Fee for each course: $225 members/$280 nonmembers YDIN/USPW4 Location: The JCC in Manhattan, 334 Amsterdam Ave. at 76th St., New York, N.Y.
For more information, or to register, please call 646-505-5727. Instructor of most of these classes: Reyzl Kalifowicz-Waletzky, M.A. Yiddish Linguistics, Columbia University.

KLEZMERQUERQUE 2004

A Southwestern celebration of Klezmer music and dance into the 21st century: featuring a weekend of concerts, dance parties, classes and lectures on the music and dance of the Eastern European Jewish People.

Klezmerquerque announces: "February 20th through February 22nd, 2004 This year's featured performer/teacher: Margot Leverett (world-renown virtuoso Klezmer clarinetist, saxophonist, and bandleader) is one of the foremost of the new generation of klezmer clarinetists. Classically trained at Indiana University School of Music, she was involved in avant-garde music when she first heard klezmer, the dynamic East European music traditionally played at Jewish weddings. Leverett was a founding member of the Klezmatics in 1985 and Mikveh in 1999. She started her own band "Margot Leverett and the Klezmer Mountain Boys" in 2001. Her solo CD, "The Art of Klezmer Clarinet," was released in 2001 on Traditional Crossroads (CD4296) to glowing reviews. She tours nationally and has performed and taught traditional and original klezmer music at festivals and workshops around the world.

Presented by Congregation Nahalat Shalom (Inheritance of Peace congregation) in Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA

Schedule of Events:

Friday, February 20th, 6:30 pm: Freylekhe Shabbes featuring a 'danced' Kabbalat Shabbat service followed by a potluck vegetarian dinner (7:00) and a concert (7:30) by our featured guest artist Margot Leverett followed by dancing to Klezmer music with ABQ's own hot klezband: 'The Rebbe's Orkestra' with Margot Leverett. Yiddish dances lead by Rikud dance troupe and Rabbi Lynn Gottlieb. ($10.00 - suggested donation).

Saturday, February 21st Events:

10-11:30am: Yiddish dance class and video presentation with Rikud dancers. ($18).

11:45am-12:15pm: Klezmer music class with Margot Leverett ($18).

12:30-1:30pm: Saturday afternoon lunch and lecture presented by Albuquerque Academy teachers Stuart Lipkowitz and Danny Packer. A powerpoint presentation of the culture of East European Jews--life, family, work, community, immigration, etc. ($5-10 donation).

2:00-3:30pm: Music class - Margot ($18) or dance class - Rikud ($18) choose one.

7:00pm: Dance party with Margot Leverett accompanied by the 18-plus piece intergenerational Nahalat Shalom Community Klezmer band and Saturday students. Dances lead by Rikud and student dancers. ($10 - free for Saturday students)

Sunday, February 22nd, 12:00-1:30pm: Music class ($18) or dance class ($18).

Event price: $60 for 2 parties, lunch/presentation, & 4 classes payed BEFORE Friday eve. Feb. 20th. Individual classes and events can be payed for at time of class/event. Discounts for students, seniors, and fixed/low income - please inquire.

Lodging: Hotels and B&B's within 1/2 to 2miles - call/e-mail coordinator for info. Close to Historic Old Town, museums and Rio Grande Nature Center and trails. Ski areas: Sandia Peak (40 mins. from ABQ), Santa Fe (1.5 hours), Taos, Angelfire & Red River (2.5-3.5 hours)

All events held at: Nahalat Shalom, 3606 Rio Grande Blvd. NW (between Candelaria & Griegos), ABQ, NM
Mailing Address: PO Box 40723, Albuquerque, NM 87196-0723
Phone: (505) 343-8227, WEB: www.nahalatshalom.org
Event coordinator: Beth Cohen, E-mail, Ph: (505) 243-6276

JMI Summer Academy 2004 at London University

Ot Azoy! Yiddish Language Crash Course & KlezFest � a structured course in Klezmer music song and dance....

Ot Azoy! Yiddish Language Crash Course 1 � 6 August
KlezFest: Klezmer music song and dance, 8 �12 August
Sunday 1 � Friday 6 August 2004 Ot Azoy! � this is the way - to speak, read and write Yiddish in a week! An inspiring and captivation course devised by Dr Helen Beer, of University College London with Pesakh Fiszman of Columbia New York and Sonia Pinkusovitch from the Martin Buber Institute Brussels. For complete beginners of all backgrounds and also caters for those at intermediate level. It�s the perfect course for those that always wanted to learn or brush up on Yiddish or refresh what they might have heard as a child, but were not confident enough (or could not spare the time) to devote a whole summer to it. It�s the one for dipping in your toes and immersing yourself in Yiddish language, song and culture and for getting to a good level. Many Ot Azoy! Graduates are now continuing studies at University.
Sunday 8 � Thursday 12 August KlezFest � a structured course in Klezmer music song and dance. Course Director, Alan Bern of Brave Old World with a faculty of some of the greatest and most highly regarded Klezmer luminaries from around the world such as Michael Alpert, Deborah Strauss, Jeff Warschauer, Josh Dolgin, Sophie Solomon, Zalmen Mlotek and others hands-on masterclasses and workshops, in both instrumental and ensemble playing. Ideal for those proficient on their instruments, regardless of whether you have played klezmer before. Also caters for those with experience in Klezmer. Learn from the real masters. Masterclasses for existing ensembles. Private lessons may be available on the days before or afterwards. Make new friends in the Klezmer family and jam on into the night. Contact JMI about fee structures and accomodation information. More details e-mail jewishmusic@jmi.org.uk or Tel 020 8909 2445 Fax 020 8909 1030 Registration form on Website www.jmi.org.uk

*** KLEZCALIFORNIA 2004 ***

A 5-day celebration of Klezmer Music, Yiddish Language, Literature, Dance, and Folk Arts ... with evening events and a full children's program ....

June 20th to 25th 2004. Where: At the Jewish Community High School of the Bay 1835 Ellis Street, San Francisco
After a wonderful inaugural program in June of 2003, planning is in process for program 2004. Course offerings, teachers, registration instructions and other details will be posted on the website as they are developed. In the meantime, mark your calendar, TELL YOUR FRIENDS, and check out the details of last year's program (including pictures) at:
www.klezcalifornia.org For more information, you can e-mail or call: E-mail: info@klezcalifornia.org or Phone: 415-789-7679