Andy Statman Live in Chicago

Coming on June 30th, 2008
"Andy Statman is the real thing - a musician's musician." -The New Yorker
"It's the music of Jewish mystics" - The New York Times
"A fascinating & moving mixture" - Jazz Times

WHAT: Andy Statman will be performing live at “The Song & The Spirit”
WHEN: Monday, June 30, 2008 7:30 PM
WHERE: North Shore Center for the Performing Arts,
9501 Skokie Blvd. Skokie, IL
TICKET PRICES (in advance) $25, $36, $60
Purchase tickets online at:
http://www.lubavitchchabad.org/songspirit
For more information call Megan Ensign at 773-262-2770
ABOUT ANDY STATMAN
"Statman's virtuosity has labeled him a genius by his peers." -- The Village Voice

A formidable and consummate musician, Andy Statman is known for his musical wizardry on the mandolin as well as his innovative interpretations of Jewish music on the clarinet. This program covers the genius of Statman from his distinctive improvisational renditions of Klezmer, music of the Chassidic masters, and American roots (bluegrass and blues) to original works drawing upon jazz and other traditions.

Statman, one of his generation's premier mandolinists and clarinetists, thinks of his compositions as "a spontaneous, American-roots form of very personal, prayerful Chasidic music, by way of avant-garde jazz." This small, modest man takes for granted that a performer might embody several worlds in his art, and seems not to recognize that his music, like his story, is extraordinary.

For more information on Andy Statman log on to www.AndyStatman.org

"Andy Statman is a master of two idioms linked only by their demand for virtuosity and their down-home origins." - The New York Times

Pittsburgh Jewish Music Festival 2008

Pittsburgh Jewish Music Festival 2008 presents
ISRAEL@60 May 21-June 1
http://www.pjmf.net

TICKETS for all events $20 general admission, $15 seniors, $10 students
MORE INFORMATION at www.pjmf.net
TICKETS available at www.proartstickets.org
(412) 394-3353

"ESTA in Concert"
Wednesday, May 21 7:30pm
Byham Theater, 101 6th St.

ESTA is a unique band from Israel with an innovative and original sound. ESTA's music combines the aromas of world music, the power of rock, and the spirit of jazz into a powerful, energetic new force that crosses genres, styles and borders. Proclaimed as "Israel's most original instrumental band", ESTA has toured prestigious festivals and venues throughout Europe, Israel and the U.S., including a special performance for President Clinton at a White House reception in honor of Israel's 50th Anniversary.

"Jerusalem of Gold"
Pittsburgh Jewish Music Festival Orchestra
Children's Festival Chorus of Pittsburgh
Gila Goldstein, piano
Nurit Pacht, violin
Re'ut Ben-Ze'ev, soprano
Lucas Richman, conductor

Wednesday, May 28 7:30pm
Katz Theatre, JCC of Greater Pittsburgh 5738 Forbes Ave.

Three gifted Israeli soloists take center stage in our popular orchestral concert. Pianist Gila Goldstein, violinist Nurit Pacht, and soprano Re'ut Ben-Ze'ev join the Pittsburgh Jewish Music Festival Orchestra to perform works by prominent Israeli composers Paul Ben-Haim, Julius Chajes, and Noam Sheriff. And don't miss the Children's Festival Chorus perform a stirring rendition of Naomi Shemer's "Yerushalayim Shel Zahav". Lucas Richman conducts.

"Israeli Songs and Dances"
featuring Nurit Pacht, violin
Gilad Harel, clarinet
with Dennis O'Boyle, violin
*Marylene Gingras-Roy, viola
Aron Zelkowicz, cello
Luz Manriquez, piano

Sunday, June 1 7:30pm
Levy Hall, Rodef Shalom Congregation 4905 Fifth Ave.


From the early settlers of Palestine to the rising generation of young composers, Israel has produced an abundance of vital music over the past sixty years. Our celebration continues as violinist Nurit Pacht and clarinetist Gilad Harel join local artists in music by Jan Radzynski, Nizan Leibovich, Oded Zehavi, Jonathan Keren, and others, who evoke the folk traditions of their homeland by combining Arabic, Yemenite, Hebraic and spiritual elements.

The Pittsburgh Jewish Music Festival is co-sponsored by the United Jewish Federation of Greater Pittsburgh, The Pittsburgh Cultural Trust, and Rodef Shalom Congregation. The Pittsburgh Jewish Music Festival is made possible in part by Pennsylvania Partners in the Arts, The Pennsylvania Council on the Arts, and the Heinz Endowments Small Arts Initiative.

http://www.pjmf.net

TICKETS for all events $20 general admission, $15 seniors, $10 students
MORE INFORMATION at www.pjmf.net
TICKETS available at www.proartstickets.org
(412) 394-3353

Judith Shatin Premiere in Minnesota

Judith Shatin's upcoming premiere of the orchestrated version of Songs of War and Peace, will take place on Sunday, May 4 at 3 p.m.
at St. Mary's Cathedral
25 8th Ave. So,
St. Cloud, MN.
Songs of War and Peace is a setting of four powerful Israeli poems on the topic, in outstanding translations by American and Israeli poets. The new version was commissioned by the Minnesota Center Chorale. The premiere performance will be conducted by J. Michele Edwards.

Another performance of the composer's work, the Chai Variations on Eliahu HaNavi
with pianist Jose Lopez, will take place
on May 4, at 3:00 p.m.
Bass Museum
2121 Park Ave.
Miami Beach, FL.

Asefa Visits Bloomington

Indiana University, Bloomington
October 1, 2007, 7:30pm
1011 E. Third Street, Goodbody Hall 326, Bloomington, IN 47405
A special concert for the opening of the Sephardic Initiative at Indiana University, Bloomington.
For more information visit:
www.indiana.edu/~jsp/calendar.htm

Yiddishe Cup in Mid-West Swing

Yiddishe Cup concerts in Michigan and Ohio are:
Ann Arbor, Mich.
Sat. Feb. 3
8 p.m.
The Ark
316 S. Main St.
http://www.theark.org>www.theark.org
734-763-8587
$20


Peninsula, Ohio (Akron area)
Sat. Feb. 10
8 p.m.
Happy Days Visitor Center,
Cuyahoga Valley Nat'l Park Ass'n
http://www.cvnpa.org/
330-657-2909
$15

Verestski Pass at Univeristy of Chicago Folk Festival

<2 hour Yiddish dance workshop at the University of Chicago Folk Festival on Sunday 4 March from 2 to 4 pm. Accompanying the class will be the wonderful Verestski Pass (Cookie Segelstein, Josh Horowitz, and Stu Brotman) who will also be appearing in concert Saturday and Sunday nights, and giving a free klezmer music workshop earlier on Sunday. http://www.uofcfolk.org/New/home.html
In Eastern Europe, the roots of "world music" go back centuries: historically, Jews, Christians, Moslems, Rumanians, Ukrainians, and Roma played music together in this multicultural area where professional musicians had to know as many musical styles as the diverse peoples among whom they lived. Veretski Pass, a trio of veteran klezmer artists, plays Old Country Music that ranges from melodies of Medieval Poland and dances from Bessarabia, Ruthenia, and Bukovina to music originating in the Ottoman Empire -- much of which they learned from field recordings they themselves gathered.

Cookie Segelstein (Budowitz, New Haven Symphony Orchestra), Joshua Horowitz (Budowitz), and Stuart Brotman (Ellis Island Band, The Klezmorim, San Francisco Klezmer Experience, Brave Old World) synthesize raw energy and polished musicianship to produce music of unusual depth and power on a variety of traditional instruments, including violin, viola, button accordion, bass, bassetl (three stringed bass), basy (three stringed Polish folk cello), baraban (Jewish style drum), and tsimbl (hammered dulcimer).

Rabbi Joe Black & Maxwell Street Klezmer Band

Rabbi Joe Black with The Maxwell Street Klezmer Band in Two Hanukkah Concerts!
Wednesday, December 20 (sixth night of Hanukkah)
6:00 pm Family Concert
7:30 pm Community Concert
Temple Sholom of Chicago
3480 N. Lake Shore Drive
Doors and concessions open 1/2 hour before each concert
Tickets
$12 advance/$15 at the door
Children age 3 and under free
Family maximum $50 advance/$55 at the door
Come early - stay late! One ticket price for one concert or both!
Be a Maccabee!
For $250, receive a reserved parking space in the Temple Sholom lot the night of the concert, reserved concert seats for up to 6 people, a Rabbi Joe Black CD, & a Maxwell Street Klezmer Band CD. Maccabee spaces are limited! Reserve your tickets today!
Order on-line at www.chicagojewishdayschool.org
Or mail your check to Chicago Jewish Day School
5959 N. Sheridan Rd. Chicago, IL 60660
Questions? Call 312.738.8340 or e-mail
hanukkahconcert@aol.com
Tickets will not be mailed. Your reservation will be Will Call
All proceeds benefit the Chicago Jewish Day School
Limited paid parking available at Mid City Garage at 3440 N. Broadway, 3440
Lake Shore Drive,
3600 Lake Shore Drive and The New York at 3660 N. Lake Shore Drive.

Ruby Harris Klezmer band around Chicago

Thursday, December 7, 7pm
Ruby Harris Klezmer band
At the Chicago Public Library
Budlong Woods, Lincoln at Bryn Mawr

And
The Ruby Harris Band
With Even Shesiyah
Sunday, Dec. 17, 7 pm
At the Schaumburg Lollapajewza
At the Prairie Center for the Performing arts

On Guitar,Violin, Mandolin, & Vocals
Ruby Harris:

Voted "entertainer of the year" by Wild Chicago. Ruby is an annual fixture at the Chicago Blues Festival with Fruteland Jackson. Ruby has performed at sold-out concerts at The Metropolitan Opera House at Lincoln Center in New York, at Carnegie Hall and Avery Fisher Hall. He has performed before President Clinton and the Democratic National Convention. He opened shows for Ray Charles, Little Feat, the Big Wu and Leftover Salmon.

Creighton University in Omaha, Nebraska offers Jewish Music Symposium

A two-day academic symposium called "'I Will Sing and Make Music': Jewish Music and Musicians Throughout the Ages" will be held October 29-30, 2006. It is The Nineteenth Annual Klutznick-Harris Symposium being held in Omaha Nebraska. This year's theme on Jewish music has as keynote speaker Josh Jacobson of Northeastern University. http://puffin.creighton.edu/klutznick/
Presenters include:

Theodore Albrecht
Kent State University
"Beethoven's Quotation of Kol Nidrei? A Circumstantial Case for Sherlock Holmes"

Paul Eisenstein Baker
University of St. Thomas (Houston)
"Leo Zeitlin and the Early Twentieth Century Society for Jewish Folk Music"

Emily A. Bell
University of Florida
"Revitalizing the Synagogue Ritual: Cantor David Putterman's Annual Service of New Music at New York's Park Avenue Synagogue"

Dan W. Clanton, Jr.
University of Denver
"'From Biblical Times to Lyrical Rhymes': The Assertion of Jewish Identity in Music as Cultural Resistance"

Marsha Bryan Edelman
Gratz College
"What Do You Mean, 'It Doesn't Sound Jewish?': Debunking Myths and Defining Models for Extra-Liturgical Music"

Anat Feinberg
College of Jewish Studies Heidelberg
"To Play or Not to Play: Jewish Musicians in Germany After 1945"

Susan M. Filler
Chicago, IL
"The Music of Yiddish Theater and Its Influence on Broadway"

Rabbi Jonathan Gross
Omaha, NE
"Make a Note of That: The Importance of the Ta'amei Hamikrah in Understanding the Torah"

Charles Isbell
Louisiana State University
"Musical Notations in the Biblical Book of Psalms"

Joshua Jacobson
Northeastern University
KEYNOTE-"Jewish Music: What Is That?"

Daniel Juette
University of Heidelberg
"Public Space and Jewish Music in Renaissance Italy"

Charles Jurgensmeier, SJ
Creighton University
"Solomon Sulzer and Ranz Schubert: A Musical Collaboration"

Rita Ottens
City University of London
"'It'll Still Take Some Time Until We Will Get Over It': A Field Report from the Klezmer Scene of New Germany"

Joel E. Rubin
University of Virginia
"'They Danced It, We Played It': Adaptation and Revitalization in Post-1920s New York Klezmer Music"

Yiddishe Cup

Yiddishe Cup, University Heights, OH, Today! Aug 17, 2006 Wiley Middle School
University Heights, Ohio
7pm
free
216-932-7800

PITTSBURGH JEWISH MUSIC FESTIVAL 2006

"The Jewish Year in Melody" is the theme for the 2006 Pittsburgh Jewish Music Festival. There are several events happening at differnt venues and dates, including:
Wednesday, May 31, 2006
'From Shabbat to the High Holy Days'
at the Pittsburgh Katz-JCC at 8:00 PM

Sunday, June 4, 2006
Tribute to Shlomo Carlebach
featuring Neshama Carlebach and her band at Congregation Beth Shalom at 7:30 PM
Tuesday, June 6, 2006
Songs for the Seasons
at Rodeph Shalom Congregation at 8:00 PM


The Pittsburgh Jewish Music Festival is unique in its devotion to Jewish-themed classical music by Jewish composers and influenced by Jewish musical traditions. More information about the festival is available at: http://www.pjmf.net/

Tickets can be ordered from ProArts Ticket Service at: http://www.proartstickets.org/

2006 GREATER CHICAGO JEWISH FESTIVAL

A real festival...the 2006 GREATER CHICAGO JEWISH FESTIVAL
WHEN: Sunday, June 11
WHERE: the Forest Preserve at Oakton (8000 N) and Lehigh (6300 W) in Morton Grove
TIME: 11:00am 6:00 pm
PARKING: free parking next to the Festival grounds
WEBSITE: www.jewishfestival.org
PHONE: 847.933.3000
RAIN LOCATION: Niles West High School, 5701 Oakton, Skokie

The 2006 Greater Chicago Jewish Festival, the heart and soul of Jewish Chicago, will be held on Sunday, June 11, at the Forest Preserve at Oakton (8000 N) and Lehigh (6300 W) in Morton Grove, from 11am-6pm. The multi-talented singer, songwriter Lisa Loeb will headline as part of continuous music and dance throughout the day.

Unique in its celebration of Jewish culture in America, the festival seeks to combine all aspects of the Chicagoland Jewish community. Four stages of music and dance create a vibrant background for over 40,000 attendees, who also can wander through the extensive art bazaar featuring artists from the U.S. and Israel.

Several acts are new to the festival this year. In addition to Lisa Loeb, the Jewish rock band, Blue Fringe, will perform, and the Urban Tunells Klezmerband is coming all the way from Norway for their first American appearance. Past Festival favorites such as Debbie Friedman, Stuart Rosenberg, Jeff Klepper and Rabbi Joe Black are returning to entertain their fans.

Representing the backbone of the Jewish community will be over 80 booths of co-sponsoring Jewish organizations reflecting the community's interests and diversity. Nearby visitors can browse in the Book Shuk, where visiting authors will sign their latest works.

With their parents in tow, children will revel at the Hands-On tent and the kids stage.

Everyone will enjoy the strictly kosher food court, which features several cooking demonstrations in addition to falafel, pizza, ice cream and more.

The Festival has something for everyone--teens, adults, children and seniors; families, singles and groups of friends; cultural, religious or secular Jews; those interested in any part of Jewish life. "The Festival provides an opportunity for our community to come together to celebrate Jewish culture rather than the crises which punctuate our lives," commented Michael Lorge, the Festival's founder and executive director.

The all-day Festival, the largest Jewish cultural event in Chicago, is produced by the Jewish POCET, an all volunteer, non-profit organization dedicated to creating quality events for the Chicago Jewish community. Free parking next to the Festival grounds.

For more information or to volunteer for the Festival please call 847-933-3000 or visit at www.jewishfestival.org

Fifth Jewish Choral Festival in Indianapolis this February

Indianapolis will host the Fifth Jewish Choral Festival at various venues throughout the city this February. Cantor Don Gurney of Wilshire Boulevard Temple in Los Angeles.will explore the theme "Music of Israel." The complete schedule of events is posted on the festival website http://www.indychoralfest.org/index.html

Schedule for Indianapolis Jewish Choral Festival. See websites for further details.
Thursday, February 16, 2006

7:30 p.m. Optional rehearsal with Scholar in Residence Cantor Don Gurney
There is no cost to participate but participation is limited to those individuals or groups who are registered for the Festival.

The Rehearsal will be held at:
Bureau of Jewish Education
Smulyan-Stolkin Education Center
6711 Hoover Road
Indianapolis, IN 46260
(317) 255-3124

Friday, February 17, 2006
6:00 p.m. Cantor Don Gurney Shabbat Lecture at Indianapolis Hebrew Congregation
"Where Word Meets Melody"
(optional/free to the public)

The Shabbat lecture will be held at:
Indianapolis Hebrew Congregation,
6501 North Meridian Street,
Indianapolis, IN 46260
(317) 255-6647

Saturday, February 18, 2006
10:00 a.m. Cantor Don Gurney Shabbat Lecture at Congregation Beth-El Zedeck
Tradition vs. Modernity: The Challenge of Creating Meaningful Prayer

(optional/free to the public)


The Shabbat lecture will be held at:
Congregation Beth-El Zedeck,
600 West 70th Street,
Indianapolis, IN 46260
(317) 253-3441


12:30 p.m. Cantor Don Gurney Shabbat Lecture at Congregation Shaarey Tefilla TBA
(optional/free to the public)


The Shabbat lecture will be held at:
Congregation Shaarey Tefilla,
5879 Central Avenue,
Indianapolis, IN 46220
(317) 253-4591


3:00 p.m. Roundtable discussion on issues affecting Israel today Laikin Auditorium, Jewish Community Center
Open to the public
6:00 p.m.
Dinner
7:15 p.m.
Rehearsal Festival Dinner and Adult Workshop/Rehearsal
Following dinner, all adult festival participants (individuals and featured choir members) will have an opportunity to work with Scholar in Residence Cantor Don Gurney as we prepare for our Sunday afternoon concert. Join us in song (and food!)

Cost: Included with registration fee

The Adult Dinner and Workshop/Rehearsal will be held at:
The Arthur M. Glick Jewish Community Center
Laikin Auditorium
6701 Hoover Road
Indianapolis, IN 46260


Sunday, February 19, 2006

** All Sunday events will be held at:
The Arthur M. Glick Jewish Community Center
Laikin Auditorium
6701 Hoover Road
Indianapolis, IN 46260

10:30 a.m. - Noon Children's Workshop/Rehearsal
This is a chance for our younger participants to work on the festival repertoire with Cantor Don Gurney. Open to children in grades 3rd-8th. High school students may choose to participate in either the adult or children's festival choir.
Cost: Included with registration fee
Noon - 2:00 p.m.
Lunch Break
2:00 p.m. Final Concert Preparation
All festival participants (adults, children, and featured choirs) should arrive at the Jewish Community Center in preparation for the Festival Concert.

3:00 p.m. Israel: The Fifth Jewish Choral Music Festival
Final Concert with Scholar in Residence and Guest Conductor Cantor Don Gurney

The final Festival Concert is free and open to the public, however donations would be greatly appreciated.

The festival is sponsored by Bureau of Jewish Education and Arts in Indiana.

As a graduate of the Hebrew Union College Jewish Institute of Religion, School of Sacred Music, Cantor Gurney served the Emmanuel Synagogue of West Hartford, Connecticut, from 1986 to 1994. He joined the faculty of the Hebrew Union College as an instructor of Liturgical Music and 19th Century Synagogue Music and was Director of the School of Sacred Music Chorus from 1985 until 1999. In 1995, he made his Lincoln Center conducting debut at the International Choral Festival. He is recorded on the CDs "One Voice" and "Meditations of the Heart."

Ivory Consort at Chicago Festival of the Arts

On Tuesday December 6, 2005 at 7:30 PM, Chicago Festival of the Arts presents "The Ivory Consort: Music in the Land of Three Faiths" at 1225 West Belmont in Chicago. Tickets: $40 if you mention the Jewish Music Web Center (save $10!).
Contact us at 773-548-8587 or ChicagoArts@earthlink.net
The Ivory Consort delights audiences with songs from the Golden Age of Spain, when Jews, Muslims, and Christians forged a common musical language. Featuring 10th through 13th century songs in Ladino, Arabic, Hebrew, and Galician-Portuguese, the Consort provides an historical context for the intermingling of cultures that took place before the 1492 Expulsion.
Listen, learn, and see if you can resist dancing in the aisles!
The New York Times raves, "The Ivory Consort's instruments roar, howl, slide and buzz . . . with virtuosity and flair."

BORSCHT! at Kfar Jewish Arts Center

BORSCHT! Featuring MC SoCalled's Hip Hop Klezmer, plus Yuri Lane

MC Socalled, aka Josh Dolgin, was an uber-nerd, Yiddophile and part time Klezmer accordionist who made curiously fresh beats in his basement apartment. Those beats became the basis of THE SO CALLED SEDER: A HIP HOP HAGGADAH, CD recorded, produced and mastered in NYC featuring cameos by Wu Tang Clan's Killa Priest, Hasidic Reggae singer Matisyahu, Mr. Bungle's Trevor Dunn, David Krakauer and Susan Hoffman Watts.

At Kfar Center

3921 N Janssen #2s

Chicago IL 60613

This mini symphony of hip-hop beats and old Jewish record samples centered around the Passover Seder has now hit the road. Dolgin combines hip hop beats with samples taken from old Jewish LP's, then shakes up the formula by adding live klezmer musicians into the mix for a dance party sound with mad Yiddish flavah!
Socalled has been featured in dozens of publications like the Forward, and The New York Times Arts section this month. Human Beat Box Yuri Lane will set the scene with his one-man one-mic magic and unreal beat technique.


Fresh Klez-Hop beats:

* HipHopKele <http://musicscout.piranha.de/mp3s/CD-PIR1789/12.mp3> -
* alt. shul Kale Bazetsn <http://musicscout.piranha.de/mp3s/CD-PIR1789/5.mp3>
* Hassidish
* Gasn Nign <http://musicscout.piranha.de/mp3s/CD-PIR1789/10.mp3>


plus a special appearance by Human Beat Box Yuri Lane!

8:00 Wednesday June 22nd @ Crush

2843 N. Halsted, Chicago

$10 in advance


$15 at the door


This event kicks off KFAR's new series, BORSCHT! showcasing DJ's, MC's and Slam Poets exploring their Jewish heritage with cutting edge, hip hop style. It's Beat Culture with Beet Flavah!

The Milwaukee Jewish Community Chorale

Tikkuun V'Tikvah
A Benefit Choral Concert
Sunday, March 6, 2005
2:30-4:30 P.M
Congregation Sinai
8223 N. Port Washington Rd
Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53217
Donation: $10.00 General Admission
$8.00 Seniors and Students
$5.00 Children

Featuring: The Milwaukee Jewish Community Chorale Directed by Enid Bootzin
Cantors, Cantorial Solosits and Children's Choirs from area synagogues
Tickets available at The Door or
by contacting Donna Neubauer: 414-352-5961

"Judas Maccabeus" in St. Louis

The St. Louis Circle of Jewish Music and the University City Symphony Orchestra will collaborate for the second year in a row in a sing-along performance of George Friderick Handel's "Judas Maccabeus" December 11th, 2004. The concert will take place at 7:30 pm at Shaare Zedek Synagogue, 829 N. Hanley Road in University City, a suburb of St. Louis. Other music to be performed includes "Shirey Chanukah" by Abraham Cohen, and a newly-commissioned piece in honor of the centennial of Shaare Zedek, being written by film composer Sheldon Mirowitz. Audience members may purchase the piano-vocal score at the door, which serves as a ticket in all following years, and are encouraged to sing along with the choruses.

Gerald Cohen music concerts

Saturday, November 13, 7:30 p.m.: Champaign, IL
Concert: Music (mostly...) of Gerald Cohen
As part of a weekend as composer/cantor-in-residence at Sinai Temple in Champaign, IL, will present a concert of solo, choral, and chamber music including Preludes and Debka for trombone and string quartet, and selections from V'higad'ta L'vincha, Maariv for Weekdays, and the opera Sarah and Hagar. Other performers include Dennis Helmrich, piano; Jerold Siena, tenor; Elliot Chasanov, trombone; Allison Fromm Entriken, conductor.
*Sinai Temple, 3104 West Windsor Road, Champaign, Illinois
Call (217) 352-8140 for information
http://www.shalomcu.org/sinai/activities.html

Sunday, December 5, 4 p.m : Piscataway, NJ
Premiere of Lakol z'man/To everything a season
Commissioned in memory of Ronald Axelrad by the Cantabile Chamber Chorale, Rebecca Scott, conductor, and based on the well-known text from Ecclesiastes. Part of Cantabile's concert "With Harps and Horns Resounding." Christ United Methodist Church, 485 Hoes Lane, Piscataway, NJ
Call 732-560-7132, x2 for information
http://www.cantabilechamberchorale.org/

Wednesday through Sunday, December 15-19: Pittsburgh, PA
Performance of Adonai Ro'i by the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra
As part of their Holiday Concert, the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, Daniel Meyer, conductor, with the Children's Festival Chorus, Christine Jordanoff, director, will perform Cohen's setting of Psalm 23.
Heinz Hall, 600 Penn Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA
http://www.pittsburghsymphony.org/pghsymph.nsf/concert+listings/2F487AD4FFB7990585256EDF0058E654?opendocument

Looking ahead (May 2005):
Performance of Act I of Sarah and Hagar
In May 2005, the first act of Cohen's opera, Sarah and Hagar, will be performed in a concert version, with Elizabeth Shammash, Ilana Davidson, and Christopheren Nomura in the principal roles. The scheduled performances are Sunday May 22 at Temple Shaaray Tefila in Manhattan, and Tuesday May 24 at Shaarei Tikvah Congregation in Scarsdale.

JCC MusicFest West Bloomfield

June 20-27 D. Dan & Betty Kahn Building on the Eugene & Marcia Applebaum Jewish Community Campus in West Bloomfield. http://www.jccdet.org/musicfest/ Tickets on sale May 10, 2004 Highlighting the musical heritage of the Jewish people through a variety of programs that educate and entertain our community, while encouraging affiliation with the Jewish Community Center.
For more information or to volunteer, contact Katie Marcus at
kmarcus@jccdet.org

Shira Klein
Sunday, June 20, 1 p.m.
Sponsored by Alan & Jackie Menuck, Jill & Craig Menuck and Dr. Phoebe & Dr. Harris Mainster

Hey Kids! Get ready for the opening night of MusicFest with a special Father's Day Treat just for families! Get up and dance with the Jewish-Bop sing-along music of Shira Kline from New York. Organizational support by Temple Kol Ami and Federation's Alliance for Jewish Education.
Check out more at www.shirlala.com.
Tickets: General Admission: $8 for adults, $4 for kids under 12
JCC Member Advance Price: $5 for adults, $2 for kids under 12
All children under the age of 3: Free
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Yale Strom: The Last Klezmer- Feld Un Shtrom
Sunday, June 20, 3 p.m.

Presented by the Workman's Circle/Arbeter Ring - The Circle of Jewish Culture
Celebrating the tenth anniversary of his renowned film "The Last Klezmer," internationally renowned artist Yale Strom will present a hand-clapping, foot-stomping musical performance interwoven with excerpts from the film and discussion about the revival of klezmer and other Jewish culture in Europe today.
"Yale Strom is a commanding bandleader and composer." - Pulse! Magazine
Check out more at http://members.aol.com/yitztyco.
Tickets: General Admission: $10, JCC and Workmen's Circle Members Advance Price: $8
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Open Night Performance
Vocolot
Sunday, June 20, 7:30 p.m.
This unique women's a cappella group from California incorporates folk and world beat to the once traditional Jewish cantorial sound. Vocolot's 1997 album "Behold" was nominated for the best World/Folk album by the Contemporary A Capella Society of America. Organizational support by Seeds of Peace and Congregation Shir Tikvah.
"Vocolot has soared like their harmonies to prominence in the contemporary a cappella world." - San Francisco Bay Guardian
Check out more at www.vocolot.com
Tickets: General Admission: $15, JCC Member Advance Price: $12
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Yiddishkayt with Elaine Serling
Monday, June 21, 1 p.m.
Location: Oak Park JCC
Local musician Elaine Serling will perform traditional Yiddish favorites and original composition.
Check out more at www.elaineserling.com.
Tickets: General Admission: $2, JCC Member Advance Price: $1
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Rockin' the Shtetl
with Seth Rogovoy
Tuesday, June 22, 2 p.m.
Nationally known Jewish music authority and critic Seth Rogovoy will present a self-contained, multi-media journey through the entire history and evolution of klezmer music, from Old World shtetls to New World nightclubs and concert halls. His highly acclaimed book, The Essential Klezmer: A Music Lover's Guide to Jewish Roots and Soul Music, will be on sale following the program. Organizational support by the Institute for Retired Professionals and JCC Annual Jewish Book Fair.
"Fascinating, Comprehensive." - DC City Paper
"A lot more than essential!" - Folk legend Arlo Guthrie
Check out more at www.berkshire.com/rogovoy.
Tickets: General Admission: $5, JCC Member Advance Price: $3
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"Side By Side By Sondheim"
Tuesday, June 22, 7 p.m.
Location: Temple Israel
Presented by Temple Israel
"Side By Side By Sondheim" features the voices of Cantor Lori Corrsin, cantorial soloist, Neil Michaels, and soprano Stephanie Michaels, in a program of music by the talented Stephen Sondheim. Relive all your Broadway favorites in this musical extravaganza.
Tickets: Free of charge, but tickets are required.
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Peter Himmelman
Wednesday, June 23, 7 p.m.
Second show! 9:30 p.m.
Location: Oak Park JCC
Emmy-nominated Peter Himmelman performs classic folk rock. His fans are drawn to the singer/songwriter's unique blend of personal insight and elements of mystical Judaism. In addition to his ten highly-acclaimed albums, he has written scores for many movies and television shows, including CBS's Judging Amy. Organizational support by Yeshivat Akiva, Young Israel Council of Metro Detroit and Aish HaTorah.
"One of rock's most wildly imaginative performers." - USA Today
Check out more at www.peterhimmelman.com.
Tickets: General Admission: $15, JCC Member Advance Price: $12
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Sarah Aroeste Band
Thursday, June 24, 7:30 p.m.
Vocalist Sarah Aroeste and her band of some of New York's hottest musicians combine traditional Ladino Mediterranean music with contemporary rock, blues and jazz. Using traditional instruments, such as oud, qanun, and darbuka alongside electric guitar, bass and drums, the band (Yoel Ben-Simhon, musical director, oud, piano, vocals; Alan Cohen, electric guitar; Emmanuel Mann, electric bass; Liron Peled, percussion) brings a fresh new face to Ladino and Sephardic music. Aroeste was recently featured on NPR as a new up-and-coming artist in the Sephardi music world.
Sponsored by Melba Winer & Family, in memory of Sidney J. Winer.
Organizational support by Keter Torah Sisterhood & SAJE (Seminars for Adult Jewish Enrichment)
"Drawing from her cool, funky background, Aroeste is determined to preserve and promote the Sephardic sound," - The Jewish Week
Check out more at www.saraharoeste.com.
Tickets: General Admission: $15, JCC Member Advance Price: $12
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Afro-Semitic Experience
Featuring David Chevan and Warren Byrd
Sunday, June 27
12 noon - Workshop
2 p.m. - Concert
12 noon: Listen to a sound check as the Afro-Semitic Experience gears up for their 2 p.m. concert. In an informal setting, band members will discuss their music and answer questions.
Followed by...
2 p.m.: Many are quick to pigeon-hole the genre of jazz. The Afro-Semitic Experience is a perfect exponent of the joyous culture clash big bang theory. Co-led by bassist David Chevan, and pianist Warren Byrd, this East Coast quintet celebrates the fusion of elements from the African-American and Jewish-American experiences.
"This sound, the common experience of two peoples, has a message - and beauty - for all people." John Barnett, Short Takes, JazzUSA.com
Workshop Tickets: Free of charge, but tickets are required.
Tickets: General Admission: $15, JCC Member Advance Price: $12
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Conversation with the Chair: Frank London
Sunday, June 27, 4:30 p.m.
Extra! Extra! Arthur Horwitz, publisher of the Detroit Jewish News, will speak with noted composer, musician and Honorary MusicFest Chair Frank London on the current state of Jewish music in America. Find out how new trends and traditional elements are redefining Jewish identity. Organizational support by the Detroit Jewish News.
"An avatar of Klezmer music, Frank London is unsurpassed in his profound depth and understanding of the roots of Jewish music...while at the same time being one of the most forward-looking of its practitioners. - Seth Rogovoy, author of The Essential Klezmer
Tickets: Free of charge, but tickets are required.
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Golem featuring Frank London
Sunday, June 27, 7:30 p.m.
Sponsored by Francee & Benson Ford
Frank will perform with Golem, a Klezmer band that describes its style as "Shtetl Punk." Filled with edgy Greenwich Village Eastern European influences, their sound is a rollicking stomp trhough Jewish culture. Organizational Support by Congregation Beth Ahm, Sholem Aleichem Institute and the Charles & Frances Driker Yiddish Culture Fund.
"One of the finest bands of the younger generation of klezmorim." - Tonic Magazine
Check out more at www.franklondon.com or www.golemrocks.com.
Tickets: General Admission: $15, JCC Member Advance Price: $12

Maxwell Street Klezmer Band Free Summer Concerts

Starting in June, and going through August:

Sun., June 13, 45 min. between 11:30-1:30, TBA
Greater Chicago Jewish Folk Arts Festival
Saint Paul Woods, s. of Dempster at Lehigh, Morton Grove

Thurs., June 17, 6:00-6:45 PM, Children's Concert
Chicago Children's Museum, Navy Pier - 700 E. Grand Avenue

Friday, June 18, 1:00-1:45 PM, Children's Concert, Chicago Children's Museum
Navy Pier - 700 E. Grand Avenue

Thurs., June 24, 7:30 PM, Concert and Dinner Dance
Zhivago Restaurant, 9925 Gross Point Rd., Skokie, IL (847) 982-1400
$16 PP minimum order, no cover charge, reservations recommended

And still more venues in later summer:
Sun., July 4: Two parades on Independence Day:
10:00 AM Highland Park
2:00 PM Evanston

Sun., July 18, 3:00-4:00 PM, Evanston Ethnic Arts Festival
Dawes Park, Sheridan Rd. at Church Street, Evanston

Wed., July 28, 7:30-9:00 PM, Village of River Grove Summer Concert
Gazebo at River Front Park, 8600 W. Grand

Thurs., Aug. 5, 7:00-9:00 PM, Summer Concert, Village of Hoffman Estates,
Prairie Stone, 59 and 1-90

Sun., Aug. 29, 6:00-7:30 PM, Lincolnwood Summer Concert Series, Proesel Park,
Lincoln and Kostner Avenues

MILWAUKEE JEWISH COMMUNITY CHORALE

"SING A NEW SONG"
SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 29TH
3:00 in the afternoon
at
CONGREGATION SHALOM
7630 N. SANTA MONICA BL.

Featuring the Milwaukee Jewish Community Chorale; Cantors: Jerr Berkowitz, Davie Barash, Karen Berman, Ruth Berman-Harris, Mitchell Martin, Cantorial Soloists: Arlene Spanier, David Blumberg. Combined Children's Choir of Beth El Ner Tamid Synagogue, Congregation Beth Israel, Congregation Emanu-El(Milwaukee), Congregation Sinai, Congregation Shalom, and The Milwaukee Jewish Day School. Director Enid Bootzin. Accompanist Nancy Winston.
TICKETS: DONATION: $10.00 EACH; $7.00 FOR SENIORS
FOR MORE INFORMATION AND TICKETS
CONTACT: DONNA NEUBAUER 414-354-5961 RED1NEUBS@sbcglobal.net

Voices of Sepharad

Voices of Sepharad have been working together since 1990. They are based in Twin Cities, Minnesota...They have a new website... www.voicesofsepharad.com David Harris and Judith Ingber cofounded the group. Harris specializes in Sephardic music and the vocalist. Mick LaBriola (percussionist) ; Judith Brin Ingber (dancer, choreographer); David Burk (guitar, �ud, chumbush, bass) and David Rockne Stenshoel (violin) round out the group.