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The Yiddish "Pirates of Penzance" Returns!

Di Yam Gazlonim is back at the JCC for a return engagement
The National Yiddish Theatre—Folksbiene is thrilled to bring Di Yam Gazlonim ("The Pirates of Penzance" in Yiddish) back to the JCC in Manhattan for a celebrated return engagement beginning Sunday, March 18th.

Performed in Yiddish with English and Russian supertitles

Mar 29, 2pm & 8pm

Call 212-279-4200 or visit www.ticketcentral.com to order tickets. All tickets $40.

JCC in Manhattan - 334 Amsterdam Avenue @ 76th Street

Folksbiene website: www.folksbiene.org

Don't miss this chance to see the show that The New York Times called "brisk, bright and funny" and "a joyful treat."

Book and Lyrics by Al Grand
Directed by Allen Lewis Rickman
Musical Direction by Zalmen Mlotek

This limited engagement begins Sunday, March 18 for two weeks only.

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The Valley Klezmer Band has ongoing rehearsal on Thursday nights from 7:30–9pm at the Lander-Grinspoon Academy in Northampton, MA, and occasionally in Amherst!!! Bring your instrument and play!!! Join the VKB and play klezmer and Israeli party music! Learn klezmer dance-forms such as khosidls, freylekhs and horas. You'll also learn the basics of making band arrangements.

The VKB is a performing ensemble open to the community. You should have at least intermediate competency on your instrument, and be able to read music or learn quickly by ear. Sheet music and CDs will be provided. The fee is $50 - $100, sliding scale, for around 10 sessions.

Scholarships are available.

Please email Amy Rose (preferred) or call 413-253-3831.

The VKO is directed by Amy Rose, flutist, pianist and accordionist. In 1987, Amy founded Klezamir, one of New England's premier klezmer bands. Klezamir recorded four CDs and has performed at hundreds of concerts and parties around New England. Amy also teaches piano and flute. Please email Amy Rose (preferred) or call 413-253-3831. The VKO is supported by a grant from the Harold Grinspoon Foundation

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Cornell University Klezmer Ensemble
with Special Guests, Dr. Joel Rubin and Rabbi Eli Silberstein.

Thursday, March 29, 8PM
Cornell University
Anabel Taylor Hall, One World Room
Free and open to the public

Please join us for an evening of Yiddish music and song. The
concert features master clarinetist and Klezmer revivalist Dr. Joel Rubin,
trombonist Ryan Zawel, song leader Rabbi Eli Silberstein, and the Cornell
University Klezmer Ensemble, composed of students, faculty, and community
members. The program consists of sing-along Nigunim (Hasidic
melodies), Yiddish folksongs, and klezmer instrumentals.

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Naftule's Dream
March 29, 8:00pm
Rutman's Violin Shop
11 Westland Ave., Boston (next to Symphony Hall)
Tix: by donation
617-522-2900

Naftule's Dream, whose seminal recordings in the early 1990's helped create the Radical Jewish Culture movement and jumpstart John Zorn's Tzadik label, will be performing March 29, 2007, 8:00pm at Rutman's Violin Shop (11 Westland Ave., Boston, MA 02115). Admission is by donation, phone 617-522-2900 for info.

Naftule's Dream has been performing at major jazz festivals and venues in Europe, Canada and other major music centers in the U.S for over a decade., including the Berlin Jazz Festival, Ashkenaz in Toronto, and the Chicago World Music Festival, but have been largely overlooked in Boston, receiving "Boston's most under-appreciated band" appellation in a recent Boston Phoenix overview of the Boston music scene.

When John Zorn started his "Radical Jewish Culture" label, Tzadik, one of the first bands he signed was Naftule's Dream, who's three Tzadik CDs set the standard for what new Jewish music could be. Incorporating klezmer, new jazz and rock, the band has explored the most visceral and sophisticated edges of the music, through their composition and improvisations. Because of their eclectic approach and influences, critics have compared them to Zorn's "Naked City," Frank Zappa, Ivo Papasov and King Crimson.

The band has strong Jewish ties, originally starting as a side project of members of Shirim Klezmer Orchestra, which has been performing in the Boston area and internationally for over twenty years. Naftule's Dream is Glenn Dickson, clarinet; Gary Bohan, trumpet; Michael McLaughlin, accordion; Eric Rosenthal, drums; James Gray, tuba.

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29, 30 et 31 mars 2007 –
BabelMed Music,
Docks des Suds Marseille
Participation confirmée, date et horaire à préciser

Contact Presse :
Sarah Lepêtre
La Mesón
52, rue Consolat
13001 Marseille
Tél : +33 (0)6 62 88 40 23
www.lameson.com

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Talat
March 29th, 9:30pm
Makor
35 W 67 St., Manhattan
212-601-1000
www.makor.org

TALAT, a dynamic new ensemble that plays original music crossing the borders of Jazz, Middle Eastern groove, Rock and Klezmer Featuring a quintet of some of the most talented players out of the new generation, this is a brilliant debut CD that will delight fans of Masada, Rashanim, Satlah and the Hasidic New Wave."—John Zorn

"TALAT Quintet brings something unxepected to every track, playing blues, funk, Rock and even mellower tunes has compelling chemistry in abundance. This kind of fluidity cannot be accomplished unless solid relationships are both ecnouraged and formed between musicians."—All About Jazz

TALAT is a quintet jazz which gathers some of the best musicians of rising generation New Yorkean. This mixture of jazz and klezmer will impassion the amateurs of Masada, Rashanim and Satlah. Alon Nechushtan, keyboards; Marc Mommaas, saxophones; Matt Pavolka, double bass; Jordan Perlson, battery; Matt Shulman, trumpet SAFF.—Orchestra Magazine, FRANCE

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