Italian Jewish Music in Montclair

Montclair State University, in Montclair New Jersey, will host a semester-long Italian Festival of the Arts and Humanities, which will include a few events of Jewish music.

April 1:
Lecture: Jewish Musical Activity in Northern Italy
Lydia Cevidalli and Simonetta Heger, Milan Verdi Conservatory
* Tuesday April 1, 2008
* 8:30 am
Location: University Hall, Room 1010

Featuring visiting scholars Lydia Cevidalli, chamber and orchestral performer and violin professor at the Milan Verdi Conservatory; and Simonetta Heger, soloist and piano and harpsichord professor at the Milan Verdi Conservatory. Part of the Italian Festival of the Arts and Humanities, "An Italian Sense of Place."


April 3
Concert: The Splendor of Italian Music under the Star of David
featuring the Ensemble Salomone Rossi and guests
* Thursday April 3, 2008
* 7:30 pm
Location: Alexander Kasser Theater
Cost: Call the Box Offce
RSVP: 973-655-5112

April 8:
Lecture: Between Ghetto and Emancipation- Musical Traditions of Italian Jews
Francesco Spagnolo, music curator and author
* Tuesday April 8, 2008
* 1:00 pm
Location: University Hall, Room 1040
Featuring Francesco Spagnolo, music curator and lecturer at the University of California at Santa Cruz. Part of the Italian Festival of the Arts and Humanities, "An Italian Sense of Place."

For further information, see www.montclair.edu/italianfestival or email simonW@mail.montclair.edu
or call 973-655-4185

Shtreiml on the Move this Winter '07

Shtreiml in Ardmore, PA w/Susan Watts
Thursday February 1, 2007 7PM
Milkboy Coffee
2 E. Lancaster Ave.
Armore, PA
http://www.milkboycoffee.com/

Shtreiml in Ottawa, ON w/Ismail Fencioglu, Susan Watts, Michael Winograd
Saturday March 10, 2007 8PM
Soloway JCC
21 Nodolny Sachs Pr.
Ottawa, ON
http://www.jccottawa.com

http://www.shtreiml.com

Next Generation in Philly

Klezmer: The Next Generation
at Society Hill Synogogue
Saturday, January 27th 8:00 p.m.
$10, by phone (215) 922-6590 or at the door

Society Hill Synagogue's own Dan Blacksberg brings his trombone and friends Michael Winograd, clarinet, and Carmen Staaf, accordion, for an evening of klezmer music at Society Hill Synagogue, 418 Spruce St, Philadelphia, Saturday January 27th at 8:00 PM. Second to none among the new generation of klezmer players, Dan, Michael and Carmen offer traditional and original music drawn from the heritage of Eastern European Jewry. A magical combination of years of experience (already) on the world's klezmer stage, the sanctuary's excellent acoustics and superb musicianship will bring us to our feet, joined in spirit by those who once called the Synagogue's building "Die Groyse Rumeyneshe Shul. (The Great Rumanian Shul)"

Michael Winograd leads the New York-based Klezmer band, Khevre, is music director of Folksbiene Theater's popular children's production, Kids & Yiddish, teaches at KlezKamp and KlezKanada and has appeared in concert with the Klezmatics and Klezmer Conservatory Band and many of the best of today's klezmer musicians..

Carmen Staaf, in addition being a member of Khevre, has appeared with Susan Watts and the Klezmer Conservatory Band. As well as being a wonderful klezmer player, she is a virtuoso jazz pianist performing all over the world and serving on the faculty of the Berklee College of Music.

Dan Blacksberg, has inhabited Society Hill Synagogue since birth, and is now one of the world's leading klezmer trombonists. Featured among an all-star klezmer band at the 2006 Jewish Music Festival in Cracow, Poland, Daniel has been seen on stage with members of the Klezmatics, Brave Old World and the Klezmer Conservatory Band. He has performed with Aaron Alexander's Midrash Mishmosh in New York and at the Ashkenaz Jewish Music Festival in Toronto.

American Democracy Inspires Jewish Music

Meira Warshauer Look to the Light will be performed on November 12 at Princeton University as part of American Democracy Inspires Jewish Music and Poetry Program

Meira Warshauer’s Look to the Light for SATB and piano, with text by Rabbi Dan Grossman will be performed by Sharim V’Sharot, central New Jersey’s select Jewish choir, Elayne Robinson Grossman, Music Director, as part of their “American Democracy Inspires Jewish Music and Poetry” program on Sunday, November 12 – 1:00 PM in Frist Hall on the campus of Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey. Look to the Light portrays Chanukah themes of light and freedom through the lens of American experience, with references to George Washington and Billings, Montana.

This program is free and open to the public, however reservations are required. For reservations and more information, call (609) 443-1623 or visit http://www.SharimVSharot.org.

In addition to the musical portion of the program, Robert Reinstein, Dean of The Beasley School of Law, Temple University will discuss the exercise of free speech, religion, and the right to petition for the redress of grievances as guaranteed by the Constitution. Esther Schor, Professor of English, Princeton University, joins Elayne Robinson Grossman in discussing and performing poetry and music inspired by the First Amendment. More about this online at http://www.sharimvsharot.org/events.htm.

Sharim V’Sharot’s mission is to perform the music of the Jewish people and to impart the passion of Jewish life through the experience of fine musical performances. The program on November 12 is supported by the “We the People” initiative of the National Endowment for the Humanities through a grant from the New Jersey Council for the Humanities. The “We the People” initiative supports projects that advance the study, teaching, and understanding of American history and culture. This program is also co-sponsored by the Program in Judaic Studies and the Center for Jewish Life at Princeton University; The Beasley School of Law, Temple University; The United Jewish Federation of Princeton Mercer Bucks; Rider University’s Hillel; and the Sharim V’Sharot Foundation. Visit them online at http://www.SharimVSharot.org.

Meira Warshauer’s compositions have been performed and recorded to critical acclaim throughout the United States and in Israel, Europe, and Asia. A graduate of Harvard, New England Conservatory of Music, and the University of South Carolina, Dr. Warshauer studied composition with Mario Davidovsky, Jacob Druckman, William Thomas McKinley, and Gordon Goodwin. She has received numerous awards from ASCAP as well as the America Music Center, Meet the Composer, and the South Carolina Arts Commission. In 2000, she received the first Art and Cultural Achievement Award from the Jewish Historical Society of S. Carolina.

Dr. Warshauer is a Visiting Lecturer at Columbia College, Columbia, South Carolina . Her CDs include the soundtrack to the documentary Land of Promise: The Jews of South Carolina and Spirals of Light, chamber music and poetry (by Ani Tuzman) on themes of enlightenment, on the Kol Meira label and "Revelation" for orchestra, included on the MMC CD Robert Black Conducts. Her music is published by Oxford University Press, MMB Music, World Music Press and Kol Meira Publications. Her latest Bracha Newsletter is online at http://www.jamesarts.com/releases/march06/MW_nws_030906.htm. You can find much more about her at http://home.sc.rr.com/meirawarshauer/.

Tovah Feldshuh 'Out of Her Mind' in DC

The Washington DC Jewish Community Center’s Morris Cafrtiz Center for the Arts Benefit presents Tovah Feldshuh in her acclaimed one-woman show Tovah: Out of Her Mind! Monday, October 16 at 7:30 p.m. at GW Lisner Auditorium. www.washingtondcjcc.org/10yrs

7th WASHINGTON JEWISH MUSIC FESTIVAL

The Seventh WASHINGTON JEWISH MUSIC FESTIVAL is coming soon, on May 16 -24, 2006. Events are being held in various locations, so look at the calendar for times, places and prices. See the Calendar for more information:

Calendar:

TUESDAY, MAY 16 8PM
OPENING NIGHT
Bring in Da Klez, Bring in Da Funk
NEW ORLEANS KLEZMER ALL-STARS
Opening Act: Vulgar Bulgars
Aaron and Cecile Goldman Theater
Advance Tickets: General: $20
Member, Senior, Student Price: $14
At the Door: General: $25
Member, Senior, Student Price: $16

WEDNESDAY, MAY 17 10AM
Klez for Kids
NEW ORLEANS KLEZMER ALL-STARS
Aaron and Cecile Goldman Theater
RSVP to music@djcc.org or 202-777-3250
FREE

WEDNESDAY, MAY 17 8 10PM
PEACE CAFÉ OPEN MIC
Busboys & Poets, 2021 14th Street NW
RSVP to music@djcc.org or 202-777-3250
FREE

THURSDAY, MAY 18 7:30PM
Kabbalah Kirtan
YOFIYAH
Ina and Jack Kay Community Hall
Advance Tickets: General: $15
Member, Senior, Student Price: $10
At the Door: General: $20
Member, Senior, Student Price: $14

SATURDAY, MAY 20 10PM 1AM
Balagan Boogaloo Party
DJ HANDLER, DJ SHOTNEZ, & Y-LOVE
Bourbon (formerly Blue Room)
-- 2321 18th Street NW
$10 (at the door and in advance)

SUNDAY, MAY 21 11AM
Variations on a Theme: Jazz Brunch and Discussion
MARILYN LERNER AND ADRIENNE COOPER
Ina and Jack Kay Community Hall
Advance Tickets: General: $20
Member, Senior, Student Price: $14
At the Door: General: $25
Member, Senior, Student Price: $16

SUNDAY, MAY 21 NOON & 2PM
SPRING ON THE STEPS
16th Street Steps outside the J
FREE

SUNDAY, MAY 21 1PM
PANEL DISCUSSION: WHAT S UP WITH JEWISH & HIP HOP?
Steve Stein, dj handler and Y-Love
Ina and Jack Kay Community Hall
RSVP to music@djcc.org or 202-777-3250
FREE

SUNDAY, MAY 21 7PM
Rhythm and Jazz: On the Edge of the Afro-Semitic Diaspora
HASIDIC NEW WAVE AND YAKAR RHYTHMS
The Carnegie Institution of Washington
-- 1530 P Street NW
Advance Tickets: General: $15
Member, Senior, Student Price: $10
Under 10: $5
At the Door: General: $20
Member, Senior, Student Price: $14
Under 10: $7

MONDAY, MAY 22 7:30PM
Masada Rock
RASHANIM
Aaron and Cecile Goldman Theater
Advance Tickets: General: $15
Member, Senior, Student Price: $10
At the Door: General: $20
Member, Senior, Student Price: $14

TUESDAY, MAY 23 7:30PM
Encore Screening of
A CANTOR S TALE
Aaron and Cecile Goldman Theater
Advance Tickets: General: $8.50
Member, Senior, Student Price: $7
At the Door: General: $10
Member, Senior, Student Price: $9

WEDNESDAY, MAY 24 8PM
CLOSING NIGHT
Voice Like Henna
MICHAL COHEN
Opening Act: Sam Seguito Turner s Dom Pakka Chikki
Post-Concert Reception
Aaron and Cecile Goldman Theater
Advance Tickets: General: $20
Member, Senior, Student Price: $14
At the Door: General: $25
Member, Senior, Student Price: $16

Cafe Mozart presents Opera/Cabaret/Klezmer Night

Cafe Mozart located at 1331 H Street NW Washington Dc will present an Opera/Cabaret/Klezmer night on Wednesday September 24th 2005 at 7 pm. Performing will be Washington Opera tenor Michael Blaney,soprano Jennifer Jellings and pianist Jeff Jefferson. In addition pianist Felicia Weiss and clarinetist Steven Rosenthal will perform Klezmer music selections. For more information on the Cafe please visit the website www.cafemozartgermandeli.com To reseve please call 202 347-5732. There is no entertainment charge if dinner is ordered. No Entertainment Cards. Cafe Mozart features a wide variety of German/Austrian cuisine. As these events have been SOLD OUT! in the past, please reserve ASAP.

Meira Warshauer�s �Yishakeyni� in Baltimore by Jerusalem

Jerusalem Lyric Trio � Tour Performance at Temple Beth El on April 3
Meira Warshauer�s "Yishakeyni� (Sweeter than Wine) for soprano, flute and piano will be performed by the Jerusalem Lyric Trio on Sunday, April 3, 2005 � 3:30 PM at
Temple Beth El, 8101 Park Heights Ave
Baltimore, Maryland

The piece, a setting of the first four verses of "Song of Songs," the great love song of the Bible, will be performed by the Trio as part of their current U.S. tour. "Yishakeyni" was commissioned by Columbia College and premiered by the Jerusalem Lyric Trio in Columbia, South Carolina, September, 2003. This program is free and open to the public. For more information, contact Congregation Beth El at 410-484-0411 or visit them online at http://www.bethelbalto.com/.

The Jerusalem Lyric Trio is a unique Israeli ensemble that highlights the religious and cultural heritage of the Jewish people in its performances. Since 1995, they have performed throughout Western and Eastern Europe, the United States, South America, Russia and Israel. Visit them online at http://www.jerusalemlyrictrio.com/. Meira Warshauer�s compositions have been performed and recorded to critical acclaim throughout the United States and in Israel, Europe, and Asia. A graduate of Harvard, New England Conservatory of Music, and the University of South Carolina, Dr. Warshauer studied composition with Mario Davidovsky, Jacob Druckman, William Thomas McKinley, and Gordon Goodwin. She has received numerous awards from ASCAP as well as the America Music Center, Meet the Composer, and the South Carolina Arts Commission. In 2000, she received the first Art and Cultural Achievement Award from the Jewish Historical Society of S. Carolina. Ms. Warshauer is an Associate Music Faculty member at Columbia College, Columbia, South Carolina . Her CDs include the soundtrack to the documentary �Land of Promise: The Jews of South Carolina� and "Spirals of Light", chamber music and poetry (by Ani Tuzman) on themes of enlightenment, on the Kol Meira label and "Revelation" for orchestra, included on the MMC CD �Robert Black Conducts�. Her music is published by Oxford University Press, MMB Music, World Music Press and Transcontinental. Her latest Bracha Newsletter is online at http://www.jamesarts.com/releases/feb05/MW_nws_020504.htm. You can find much more about her at - http://home.sc.rr.com/meirawarshauer/ For more information about Meira Warshauer, please contact Jeffrey James Arts Consulting at 516-797-9166 or jamesarts@worldnet.att.net.

Baltimore Niggunim of Rabbi Menachem Goldberger

The niggunim of Rabbi Menachem Goldberger are now available on CD from his congregational website. http://www.tiferesyisroel.org/ in Baltimore, MD. For anyone who has not heard these tunes, you will be especially pleased at the good quality of both the musicianship and the excellent new melodies. There are music clips on the site for sampling the recording.

Shalshelet 2004: Festival of New Jewish Liturgical Music

Concert!
Saturday, November 13, 2004, 8:00 p.m.
Temple Shalom, Chevy Chase, MD

Featuring 15 New Compositions and workshops on Sunday and Much more!...Some of the finest new composers have been submitting compositions, and the results are in... Please visit -
http://www.shalshelet.org/english/Festival.html

Featuring 15 New Compositions

The Peace of Jerusalem by Emil Berkovits (Florida, USA)
Shalom Aleichem by Carol Boyd Leon (Virginia, USA)
Hashkiveinu by Steve Dropkin (Alabama, USA)
Sim Shalom by Mary Feinsinger (New York, USA)
Modim Anachnu Lach by Ariel Foigel and Hern�n Rog (Santiago, Chile)
VeHeishiv Lev by Sylvia F. Goldstein (Connecticut, USA)
El Adon by Terry S. Horowit (Maryland, USA)
Neshama Shenatata Bi by Terry S. Horowit (Maryland, USA)
El Adon by Shirona Kaufman (New York, USA)
Har'ini by Shirona Kaufman (New York, USA)
Shalom Aleichem by Jeff Marder (Nevada, USA)
Mipi Eil by Wendy Morrison (Maryland, USA)
Al Ken Nekaveh by Ken Richmond (New York, USA)
Yedid Nefesh by Rebecca Schwartz (Pennsylvania, USA)
Lekhu Neranena by Rabbi Gershom Sizomu (California, USA; Uganda)

Workshops

Sunday, November 14, 2004 1:30-5:00 p.m.
Temple Shalom, Chevy Chase, MD

A. Meet the Composers

What is involved in the birth of a new melody? How do composers choose a text and craft a melody? (Or does the text choose them?) Meet the composers featured in Saturday's concert, and learn their answers to these questions and others about the composing process. (90 minutes)
* Avinu Shebashamayim, by Emil Berkovits
* Yevarekhekha, by Mary Feinsinger
* Shiviti, by Sylvia F. Goldstein
* Har'ini, by Shirona Kaufman
* Shalom Aleikhem, by Jeff Marder
* Tzur MiShelo, by Wendy Morrison
* Psalm 92 and Yigdal, by Ken Richmond
* Birkat HaNerot, by Rebecca Schwartz

B. Shivim Panim laTefilla
(Seventy Faces of Prayer)
Over the centuries, the much-loved texts Ashrei, El Adon, Hashkiveinu, and Sim Shalom have inspired melodies by Jewish composers from around the world. Listen to and compare different settings of these familiar texts by some of Shalshelet's inaugural festival winners. (50 minutes)
* Ashrei, by Fred A. Blumenthal (Missouri, USA)
* Ashrei, by Keith G. Miller(California, USA)
* El Adon, by Terry S. Horowit
* El Adon, by Shirona Kaufman
* Hashkiveinu, by Steve Dropkin
* Hashkiveinu, by Evette Nan Katlin (New Jersey, USA)
* Hashkiveinu, by Ira Scott Levin (California, USA)
* Sim Shalom, by Mary Feinsinger
* Sim Shalom, by Lawrence Rush (New York, USA)

C. Music for Less Common Texts
Just as some Jewish texts have many asssociated melodies, other texts are still waiting for composers to find them. Shalshelet has unearthed melodies for some less commonly sung texts. Come listen to and learn a few. (50 minutes)
* Eli, Eli, Lamo Azovtanu, by Stephen DeCesare (Michigan, USA)
* VeHeishiv Lev, by Sylvia F. Goldstein
* Ilu Finu, by Terry S. Horowit
* Nakum Uvaninu, by Carol Boyd Leon
* Im Ein Anu Li Mi Li, by Wendy Morrison
Tickets are available from:
Temple Shalom
8401 Grubb Road
> Chevy Chase, MD 20815
Tel. 301-587-2273
Fax 301-588-9368
or online at www.shalshelet.org
Concert and workshops:
$30 in advance
$35 at the door

Concert only:
$20 in advance
$25 at the door

Children 16 and under admitted free

Workshops only:
$15 at the door

Divahn in Concert

April 21st - Wednesday
Washington, D.C.
8 pm
Washington Jewish Music Festival
Opening: John Bell, Sitar and Broto Roy, Tabla
Member: $20 Non-member: $25 Student/Senior: $12
For tickets or brochure:
202-777-3208 or jessika@dcjcc.org
For more info on the Festival:
http://www.dcjcc.org/arts/music/WashingtonJewishMusicFestival.htm

Check out our upcoming concert appearances at:
www.divahn.com

PARADE at "Bound4Broadway"

"Bound4Broadway" (www.bound4broadway.org), a nonprofit youth theatre company in the Washington, DC area, is currently in production for "Parade", the tragic, true story of the trial and lynching of Leo Frank, a Brooklyn- born Jew, living in Georgia in 1913. The show won Tony? Awards for Best Book and Best Score in 2000.
The show is scheduled for performances
June 18-20, 2004 and June 25-26, 2004
Georgetown Prep. School in Rockville, MD.
for additional information....

Leo Frank, wrongly accused of murdering a 13 year old girl under his employ, Leo is already guilty in the eyes of everyone around him. A sensationalist publisher and a janitor's false testimony seal Leo's fate. His only defenders are a governor with a conscience, and, eventually, his assimilated Southern wife who finds the strength and love to become his greatest champion. Daring, innovative and bold, "Parade" won well-earned Tony? Awards for Best Book and Best Score in 2000. Its subject matter offers a moral lesson about the dangers of prejudice and ignorance that must not be forgotten. This production will be performed by a cast of students from a variety of local area high schools, along with several middle school students. The cast is fully engaged in this project. The directors and producers are working hard to make sure that the kids really absorb the import of the subject matter and it's not just a "show" to them. This is already coming through in the quality of their rehearsals.

Divahn on Tour

"This all-female ensemble infuse traditional songs with sophisticated harmonies using tabla, cello, rabel, doumbek, and vocals in Hebrew, Judeo-Spanish, Persian, Arabic, Aramaic and Turkish creating a beautiful lyricism through an intense rhythmic drive. Divahn, a word common to Hebrew, Persian, and Arabic, means a collection of songs or poetry. Through its music, Divahn seeks to underscore common ground shared between diverse Middle Eastern cultures and religions."
Thursday, March 4th, 8:00 pm
Stony Brook, New York
�My Heart is in the East�: A Celebration of Asian Jewish Cultures The Charles B. Wang Center at the front of Stony Brook University
Free for students from any school
$10 for all others
Event website: http://www.sunysb.edu/sb/wang/heart.shtml
www.divahn.com
more dates for Divahn...

Sunday, March 7th, 7:30 pm
New York, New York
Kraft Center for Jewish Student Life,
Rennert Hall
Barnard College, Columbia University
606 West 115th Street
$10 w/ CUID (Columbia students)
$15 for everyone else
For tickets contact Maia at 212-665-9695

Wednesday, April 21st
Washington, D.C.
Washington Jewish Music Festival
Festival website: www.dcjcc.org/arts/music/
tickets or brochure: Jessika--202.518.9400 x208 or jessika@dcjcc.org

Festival of New Jewish Liturgical Music

Submit newly composed liturgical compositions by March 30, 2004...

--Chevy Chase, MD-- Announcing the Festival of New Jewish Liturgical Music November 13�14, 2004 Deadline for submissions: March 30, 2004 Shalshelet: The Foundation for New Jewish Liturgical Music seeks to foster new music for Jewish congregational use and expose wider audiences to innovations in Jewish religious music. Shalshelet promotes the creation and spread of new Jewish liturgical music.
Through the annual Festival of New Jewish Liturgical Music, along with accompanying publications, such as a festival CD and songbook, Shalshelet provides a venue for composers to share their music.
A musical composition submitted --must enhance congregational worship;
--must have been written less than two years prior to the Festival;
--must accompany a Jewish sacred text, taking care to capture the spirit and importance of the text; and
--must not have been previously published or performed at a major music festival.
The application process is open to everyone, regardless of age, gender, Jewish affiliation, musical background, or professional experience. A music committee will review submissions with the support of advisory members. Submissions may be selected for performance, publication, or both. For an application and more information, e-mail Shalshelet@NewJewishMusic.com or visit http://www.Shalshelet.org. Shalshelet
P.O. Box 15836
Chevy Chase, MD 20825
301-907-3336
Shalshelet@NewJewishMusic.com