Balkan Beat Box, Orlando, FL, Apr 30
Balkan Beat Box
April 30, 2007
8pm
Orlando, FL
The Social
Tickets: $12
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April 30, 2007
Ballin' the Jack, Kensington, NYC, Apr 30, 2007
Hi all we are playing a fund raisor at the local library here in Kensington—please try to come, help support the library!
Join us for a
Jazz Concert
Monday, 30th 6:30pm
Windsor Terrace Library — 160 East Fifth St. (@Ft Hamilton Parkway) — 718-686-9707
featuring
Ballin’ The Jack
Matt Darriau - saxes
Frank London – trumpet
Curtis Hasselbring – Tbone
Andy Laster – Bari Sax
George Schuller - drums
Joe Fitzgerald – bass
Barney Mcall - keys
Monday, April 30th, 2007
6:30 pm
$5 Suggested Donation
The Friends Group of the Windsor Terrace Library exists to assist the WT Library. Money from fundraisers is spent on books and programming for library users.
April 29, 2007
Klezical Tradition, Litchfield, CT, Apr 29
Sunday, April 29
The Klezical Tradition will be at the
The Litchfield Community Center for a concert beginning at 3:00.
There will be four of us: Fraidy Katz, vocals, Walter Mamlok, clarinet, Roy Wiseman, bass, and me on whatever I put in the car...
Litchfield is usually quite gorgeous, although in the rain, ver veyst.... Maybe we'll all be singing the Yiddish rendition of "How Dry I Am" by the weekend....
Free!!
Come!
421 Bantam Road
Litchfield, CT 06759
Ph: 860 -567- 8302
Aviva CD release party, NYC, Apr 29, 2007
Global Perspective Records presents the CD release show for AVIVA
Aviva is a rising mezzo-soprano who fuses Flamenco, Classical, Electronic and Arabic music, and sings in Ladino, a form of ancient Judeo-Spanish spoken by the Jews of Spain.
April 29, 9pm
The West Bank Cafe @ The Laurie Beechman Theater
407 West 42nd Street, between 9th and 10th ave
www.westbankcafe.com/theater/
We've got a stellar lineup of musicians for this show including: Gilad (Al DiMeola, Sting) on percussion; Meg Okura (Philip Glass, Bowie, Herbie Hancock), on violin; Harel Shachal (Smadar, Anistar, Balkan Beat Box) on G clarinet, and ney; Dan Nadel (Chico Freeman, Sarah Aroeste) on Flamenco guitar. And of course, Aviva on vocals....
For more information on Aviva:
www.aviva-music.com
Romanian Bent + Grassi/Filiano/Lerner, NYC, Apr 29
April 2007 at the Stone
curated by Alicia Svigals
@ the corner of Avenue C and 2nd street
4/29 Sunday
8 pm
Romanian Bent—Yale Strom & Hot Pstromi featuring Elizabeth Schwartz
Yale Strom (violin) Sprocket (bass) Peter Stan (accordion) David Licht (drums) Elizabeth Schwartz (vocals)
Schwartz is fresh from her concert tour of Romania and Hungary (singing with Muzsikas), which was filmed for an upcoming documentary by Radu Gabrea.
10 pm
Grassi/Filiano/Lerner
Lou Grassi (drums) Ken Filiano (bass) Marilyn Lerner (piano)
For more info: thestonenyc.com
The fifty acts Svigals booked revolve around three themes: Jewish music, virtuoso female instrumentalist/improvisers/composers, and all kinds of string music, traditional and contemporary. From an electronic violist turning Bartok on his head to the lightning speed of traditional Bulgarian fiddling; from a master of the traditional klezmer clarinet to spontaneous 21st century keyboard explorations of those ancient melodies, the month is a feast of the most interesting music coming out of New York and beyond.
Wholesale Klezmer, Greenfield, MA, Apr 29, 2007
The Wholesale Klezmer Band, now in its twenty-fifth year of performing Yiddish songs, Hebrew liturgical music, and Eastern European Jewish wedding dance music, will present a concert, "Jewish Music of Peace, Justice and Celebration," at the band's home base, Temple Israel, 27 Pierce Street, Greenfield, on Sunday, April 29, at 7 p.m.
Tickets are $10 per adult $5 per teen and child. The concert is a benefit for Temple Israel.
The Wholesale Klezmer Band has been performing Yiddish music at weddings, bar and bas mitzves, concerts, festivals and schools since 1982. The band performed at Carnegie Hall's 100th Anniversary Celebration of Folk Music, hosted by Pete Seeger, in 1991 and also at a concert celebrating American diversity for Bill Clinton's 1993 Inaugural. Performing in this concert will be: Yosl (Joe) Kurland, (vocals and fiddle), David Tasgal (clarinet, fiddle) Christina Crowder (accordion), Michael Suter (bass viol), Brian Bender (trombone), Richie Davis (percussion), and Peggy Davis (flute & vocals).
Among the music featured in the April 29 concert will be:
- Music for traditional Jewish weddings including Badkhones—a traditional wedding jester's humorous advice to a bride-in Yinglish
- A humorous vaudeville song about atoning for one's foibles last brought up to date with new verses in 1990, but suddenly a propos again after last November's election
- Yosl Kurland's version of the classic Yiddish song, Motl der Operayter, about a striking worker killed on the picket line, brought up to date with verses about third world sweatshops
- A Yiddish/Hungarian medley including a melody for Dovid Melekh Yisroel
- The biblical story of Isaac and Ishmael, ancestors of the Jewish and Arab peoples, pleading for them to make peace with each other
- Plenty of happy and sad, lively and meditative klezmer tunes.
The concert will kick off a week of events at Temple Israel to celebrate the installation of a photovoltaic system to supply power for the eternal light in the Temple's sanctuary. The week will end with a concert by the Amandla chorus. For information about other events in the series and for directions to Temple Israel or facts about the congregation, call 413-773-5884.
Future public events on the Wholesale Klezmer Band's calendar include:
July 11th, Wednesday Folk Traditions concert at the Porter Phelps Huntington Museum in Hadley, MA
July 17th, concert at the Wayside Inn in Sudbury, MA
For almost 90 years, Greenfield's Temple Israel, the only synagogue in Franklin County, Mass., has served the spiritual and cultural needs of Jews in the Pioneer Valley and maintained a strong commitment to the community's interfaith activities. Formally affiliated with the Conservative Movement, Temple Israel recognizes the diversity of its membership by incorporating liturgical and cultural elements associated with all Jewish movements. Located at 27 Pierce Street in Greenfield, the synagogue offers a full range of educational, cultural and social programs for children, adults and families under the leadership of. Rabbi Efraim Eisen. For more information about membership and programs, call 413-773-5884.
Yale Strom & Hot Pstromi, Long Island, NY, Apr 29, 2007
April 28, 2-4pm, Hofstra University
The Absolutely Complete Klezmer Concert - Yale Strom & Hot Pstromi. As part of the Joseph G. Astman International Concert Series, the Hofstra Cultural Center presents "The Absolutely Complete Klezmer Concert" featuring Yale Strom and Hot Pstromi, with Peter Stan, Norbert Stachel, Jim Whitney, David Licht, and vocalist Elizabeth Schwartz.
Monroe Lecture Center Theater, California Avenue, South Campus For tickets and more information contact the John Cranford Adams Playhouse Box Office at (516) 463-6644, Monday through Friday, 11 a.m. - 3:45 p.m.
The Fate of Rabbis and Rebbes in the Holocaust, NYC, Apr 29
Sholem Aleichem Cultural Center Events
Ts. Ben-Dovid
"The Fate of Rabbis and Rebbes in the Holocaust"
Phyllis Berk
will sing Yiddish songs from the Holocaust
Sunday, April 29, 2007
1:30 pm
Sholem Aleichem Cultural Center
3301 Bainbridge Avenue, corner 208th St.
(near Montefiore Hospital), Bronx, NY
Take the #4 train to Mosholu Parkway or the D train to 205th St. Walk to 208th Street & Bainbridge Avenue.
$ 3.50 Refreshments served.
Tel: +19179300295
Borscht Belt Brunch, NYC, Apr 29
The 14th St. Y & Mo Pitkins present:
Borscht Belt Brunch featuring klezmer music by:
Mike Cohen & Pete Rushefsky
Sunday, April 29 1PM - 3PM
At: Mo Pitkins House of Satisfaction, 34 Avenue A, East Village, NYC
mopitkins.com
Mike Cohen (the Kleztraphobix's eminent clarinetist) and Pete Rushefsky (tsimbl) will play klezmer duets at Mo' Pitkins for their new Borscht Belt Brunch. Music from 12:30 'til 2:30. Program presented by the 14th St. Y.
No admission-- we pass the hat... and Mo's has a wonderful brunch menu
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April 28, 2007
Balkan Beat Box, Lafayette, LA, Apr 28
Balkan Beat Box
April 26, 2007
8pm
Lafayette, LA
Festival Internacional de Louisiane
Craig Taubman, Westborough, MA, Apr 28, 2007
Award-winning entertainer Craig Taubman of Craig 'n' Co., will perform a concert featuring his repertoire of Jewish music on Saturday evening, April 28, at Congregation B'nai Shalom in Westborough. Karen Rothman, Chairperson of the Music Committee, in announcing the event, said. "The concert, which is part of the temple's year-long music series, is scheduled for 8:00 p.m. Doors will open at 7:15 p.m., with a Coffee House, followed by a short havdallah service."
Congregation B'nai Shalom
508 366-7191
Westborough, MA
The Klezmatics, NYC, Apr 7, 2007
Join the The Klezmatics for a homecoming concert celebration of their recent Grammy award (for the JMG cd Wonder Wheel: Lyrics by Woody Guthrie)
Saturday, April 7 at 8pm
Makor
35 West 67th Street
New York City
Party following the show with peysekhdike sweets and bubbly.
For tickets call 212-415-5500, buy them at the door, or online.
Terry Dame's Electric Junkyard Gamelan + Andy Biskin, NYC, Apr 28
April 2007 at the Stone
curated by Alicia Svigals
@ the corner of Avenue C and 2nd street
4/28 Saturday
8 pm
Andy Biskin and friends
Andy Biskin (clarinet, compositions) with special guests
10 pm
Terry Dame's Electric Junkyard Gamelan
Terry Dame, Lee Frisari, Mary Feaster, Kim Garey, Julian Hintz (invented instruments)
Original rhythm driven music on invented instruments. Funky basslines, searing modal melodies and layers of interlocking rhythms played on musical contraptions such as the Rubarp, Sitello, Kacapitar and the Big Barp. It's far out and in the pocket! www.terrydame.com
For more info: thestonenyc.com
The fifty acts Svigals booked revolve around three themes: Jewish music, virtuoso female instrumentalist/improvisers/composers, and all kinds of string music, traditional and contemporary. From an electronic violist turning Bartok on his head to the lightning speed of traditional Bulgarian fiddling; from a master of the traditional klezmer clarinet to spontaneous 21st century keyboard explorations of those ancient melodies, the month is a feast of the most interesting music coming out of New York and beyond.
April 27, 2007
Cooper/Lerner + Svigals/Lerner, NYC, Apr 27
April 2007 at the Stone
curated by Alicia Svigals
@ the corner of Avenue C and 2nd street
4/27 Friday
8 pm
Alicia Svigals and Marilyn Lerner: Klezmer Unfettered
Alicia Svigals (violin) Marilyn Lerner (piano)
Alicia Svigals is klezmer's most celebrated violinist; Marilyn Lerner is a jazz keyboard virtuoso who resides in Canada. They join forces at the Stone to take on the klezmer tradition and twist it into shapes hitherto unimagined, spinning symphonies on the fly out of sounds from the Eastern European Jewish past.
10 pm
Shake My Heart Like a Copper Bell—the poetry of Anna Margolin
Adrienne Cooper (voice) Marilyn Lerner (piano) with special guests
Lerner’s song cycle to amazing Yiddish poet Margolin, translations and vocals by the legendary Adrienne Cooper with everything from lieder to freeform….
For more info: thestonenyc.com
The fifty acts Svigals booked revolve around three themes: Jewish music, virtuoso female instrumentalist/improvisers/composers, and all kinds of string music, traditional and contemporary. From an electronic violist turning Bartok on his head to the lightning speed of traditional Bulgarian fiddling; from a master of the traditional klezmer clarinet to spontaneous 21st century keyboard explorations of those ancient melodies, the month is a feast of the most interesting music coming out of New York and beyond.
JMF "Blacks and Jews in American Popular Music", NYC, Apr 27
The Jewish Music Forum Lecture Series 2006-2007
Music, Media and Memoriy in Jewish Life
Friday, April 27, 2007
10:30am to Noon
Center for Jewish History
15 West 16th Street, New York City
"Blacks and Jews in American Popular Music: The Business of Cultural Mediation"
Prof. Jonathan Karp, Binghamton University, SUNY
Guest respondent: Prof. Jonathan Schorsch, Columbia University
Free and open to the public.
www.jewishmusicforum.org
The Jewish Music Forum is an organization devoted to the study of music in Jewish life in all of its historical and contemporary diversity. Founded in the fall of 2004 under the auspices of the American Society for Jewish Music, with the support of the American Jewish Historical Society and the Center for Jewish History, the Jewish Music Forum seeks to provide a thriving habitat for interdisciplinary dialogue and scholarly exchange in the growing academic field of Jewish musical studies as well as a critical intellectual resource for specialists across a spectrum that includes cantors, composers, performers, students, educators, artistic directors, journalists, and others from the fields of musicology, anthropology, literature, Jewish studies, and American studies. By linking together members of these communities, the Forum serves as an academic professional network and intellectual resource for all who are interested in the role of music in Jewish life.
JMF: Blacks and Jews in American Popular Music, NYC, April 27
THE JEWISH MUSIC FORUM 2006-2007
MUSIC, MEDIA AND MEMORY IN JEWISH LIFE
April 27, 2007 10:30AM-12PM
Blacks and Jews in American Popular Music: The Business of Cultural Mediation
Prof. Jonathan Karp, SUNY Binghamton
Respondent: Prof. Jonathan Schorsch, Columbia University
All seminars take place at 10:30 a.m. at the Center for Jewish History
15 West 16th Street, NYC
Event is free and open to the public.
www.jewishmusicforum.org
April 26, 2007
Balkan Beat Box, Mobile, AL, Apr 27
Balkan Beat Box
April 27, 2007
8pm
Cell Block
216 Dauphin St
Mobile, AL
Balkan Beat Box, Lafayette, LA, Apr 26
Balkan Beat Box
April 26, 2007
8pm
Lafayette, LA
Festival Internacional de Louisiane
Percussia + Lerner/Alexander Quartet, NYC, Apr 26
April 2007 at the Stone
curated by Alicia Svigals
@ the corner of Avenue C and 2nd street
4/26 Thursday
8 pm
Lerner/Alexander Quartet
Marilyn Lerner (piano) Aaron Alexander (drums) Greg Wall (sax) Jim Guttmann (bass)
Premiere performance of this all-star jazz/jewish ensemble
10 pm
Percussia
Ingrid Gordon (xylophone, marimba, percussion) Ljova (viola) Demetrius Spaneas (reeds) and others
This unlikely instrument combination cooks up a set of xylo-powered, wind-driven world fusion featuring tunes by überviolist Ljova, along with assorted balkan and klez faves.
For more info: thestonenyc.com
The fifty acts Svigals booked revolve around three themes: Jewish music, virtuoso female instrumentalist/improvisers/composers, and all kinds of string music, traditional and contemporary. From an electronic violist turning Bartok on his head to the lightning speed of traditional Bulgarian fiddling; from a master of the traditional klezmer clarinet to spontaneous 21st century keyboard explorations of those ancient melodies, the month is a feast of the most interesting music coming out of New York and beyond.
Massel-Tov, Wasserburg am Inn, Germany, Apr 26
>Massel-Tov Trio
26.04.07, 20:00 Uhr
Gabersee-Live, Gabersee 7, 83512 Wasserburg am Inn, T. 08071-71613
www.gabersee-live.de
John Zorn to receive William Schuman Award, NYC, Apr 26
Columbia University School of the Arts announces that
JOHN ZORN
is the 2007 recipient of the William Schuman Award
Columbia's MILLER THEATRE hosts concert and award ceremony
Thursday, April 26, 8:00PM
From Dan Kleinman, Acting Dean, Columbia University School of the Arts:
"The School of the Arts is pleased to present the William Schuman Award to John Zorn, whose astonishingly diverse and extraordinary body of work has enlightened, startled, and enchanted its listeners. His lasting contribution to the repertoire of today has changed the landscape of composition."
Columbia University's School of the Arts honors composer JOHN ZORN with the WILLIAM SCHUMAN AWARD, a major recognition given periodically over the past twenty-five years.
Named for its first recipient William Schuman, the award, in the form of a direct, unrestricted grant of $50,000, is one of the largest to an American composer. In the language of the gift establishing the prize, the purpose of the William Schuman Award is "to recognize the lifetime achievement of an American composer whose works have been widely performed and generally acknowledged to be of lasting significance." It is awarded by the Dean of the School of the Arts at Columbia University. The award was established in 1981 by a bequest from the Schuman family. Previous winners have included Schuman, David Diamond, Gunther Schuller, Milton Babbitt, and Hugo Weisgall, and, most recently in 2001, Steve Reich.
Drawing on his experience in a variety of genres including jazz, rock, hardcore punk, classical, klezmer, film, cartoon, popular, and improvised music, Zorn has created an influential body of work that defies academic categories. A native of New York City, he has been a central figure in the downtown scene since 1975, incorporating a wide range of musicians in various compositional formats. He learned alchemical synthesis from Harry Smith, structural ontology with Richard Foreman, how to make art out of garbage with Jack Smith, cathartic expression at Sluggs, and hermetic intuition from Joseph Cornell. Early inspirations include American innovators Ives, Varèse, Cage, Carter, and Partch; the European tradition of Berg, Stravinsky, Boulez, and Kagel; soundtrack composers Herrmann, Morricone, and Stalling; and avant-garde theatre, film, and art.
Described as "endlessly inventive" by George Steel, the Executive Director of Columbia's Miller Theatre, Zorn was celebrated with one of Miller's signature Composer Portraits this past October. Also this year, the composer won a "genius" grant from the MacArthur Foundation. Miller will host a concert and awards ceremony for the Schuman recognition on Thursday, April 26 (concert details to be announced).
About Columbia University School of the Arts:
Founded in 1965, the Columbia University School of the Arts is among the premier arts institutions in the United States offering Master in Fine Arts degrees through four divisions: film, theatre arts, visual arts, and writing. The faculty includes both academics and practitioners, providing an integrated program for emerging contemporary artists. Among the leading faculty members are: Anne Bogart, Richard Howard, Ben Marcus, Orhan Pamuk, James Schamus, Andrei Serban, and Kara Walker.
About Columbia University:
Founded in 1754 as King's College, Columbia University in the City of New York is the fifth oldest institution of higher learning in the United States and today is one of the world's leading academic and research institutions. For more information about Columbia University, visit www.columbia.edu.
"The Musical World of S. An-sky", San Francisco, CA, Apr 26
KlezCalifornia warmly invites you to the following program at the Jewish Community Library, which we are co-sponsoring.
BJE Jewish Community Library | Main Location
1835 Ellis Street, San Francisco, CA
on the campus of the Jewish Community High School of the Bay
415.567.3327
Thursday, April 26, 7:30pm. “The Musical World of S. An-sky: Yiddish Protest Songs, Russian Miners’ Songs, and Children’s Rhymes.” This lecture/presentation is by Gabriella Safran, Associate Professor of Slavic Languages and Literatures, Stanford University.
Valley Klezmer Band open rehearsal, Northampton, MA, Apr 26
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
Alhambra, NYC, Apr 26, 2007
The Sephardic music ensemble, ALHAMBRA, will be performing on the lunchtime series at Trinity Church, B'way and Wall St. on Thursday April 26th at 1 p.m. For the visually-oriented, the concert will also feature the belly dancer, Aszmara! Admission is FREE.
April 25, 2007
Klezzics concert/jam session, Paris, France, Apr 25, 2007
Klezzics
Mercredi 25 Avril 2007, 21:00
LES TROIS ARTS
Café culturel
21, rue des Rigoles 75020 Paris
Tél. : 01.43.49.36.27
les3arts.free.fr
Métro :Jourdain, Gambetta ou Pyrénées
Bus :ligne 26 ou 96
Ouvert du mardi au dimanche
En 1er partie :" VODKA KLEZMER BAND "
Ensemble klezmer d'étudiants dirigé par Aymeric PIN
En 2ème partie : "L'ETE DE L'EST"
Violon, clarinette, contrebasse et accordéon
En 3ème partie : " SCENE OUVERTE KLEZMER"
Balkan Beat Box w/Golem, Atlanta, GA, Apr 25
Balkan Beat Box:w/ Golem
April 25, 2007
8pm
Smith's Olde Bar
1578 Piedmont Ave
Atlanta, GA
404-875-1522
21+
Tickets: $12 advance
Get Tickets here
Adrienne Cooper + Sheryl Bailey 3, NYC, Apr 25
April 2007 at the Stone
curated by Alicia Svigals
@ the corner of Avenue C and 2nd street
4/25 Wednesday
8 pm
The Sheryl Bailey 3
Sheryl Bailey (guitar/pen) Brian Charette (organ) Shingo Okudairu (drums)
The Sheryl Bailey 3 carries on the tradition of the Hammond B3/Guitar trio into modernity with a contemporary harmonic approach and a captivating pulse.
10 pm
Adrienne Cooper, Friends and Relations
Adrienne Cooper (voice) Michael Winograd (clarinet, piano) Dan Blacksberg (trombone)
Vocalist Adrienne Cooper is joined by clarinetist Michael Winograd, trombonist Dan Blacksberg, Yiddish Princess Sarah Gordon and others for an intergenerational Yiddish intervention.
For more info: thestonenyc.com
The fifty acts Svigals booked revolve around three themes: Jewish music, virtuoso female instrumentalist/improvisers/composers, and all kinds of string music, traditional and contemporary. From an electronic violist turning Bartok on his head to the lightning speed of traditional Bulgarian fiddling; from a master of the traditional klezmer clarinet to spontaneous 21st century keyboard explorations of those ancient melodies, the month is a feast of the most interesting music coming out of New York and beyond.
Comedy: God's Pottery, NYC, Apr 25
Hilarious Comedy
God's Pottery, Nick Kroll, David Wain
Weds 4/25 at 7:30P
Gotham Comedy Club, 208 West 23rd Street
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Screening: "Yiddish theater: A love story", Los Angeles, CA, Apr 25
YIDDISH THEATER: A LOVE STORY directed by Dan Katzir, produced by Ravit Markus.
LOS ANGELES JEWISH FILM FESTIVAL APRIL 25 7:30 PM
UNIVERSITY OF JUDAISM
www.myspace.com/yiddishtheateralovestory
Synopsis:
Enter the funny, larger-than-life world of Yiddish Theater through this award winning new documentary film about the amazing woman who has kept the oldest running Yiddish Theater in America alive.
Zypora Spaisman is a Holocaust survivor who conquers all hearts in her passion for art, life and Yiddish.
This heart warming story of one unique woman's struggle portrays the fight of both an old art form to stay relevant and an old actress to find meaning and a stage in a society that worships youth. Shot in real time in one of the coldest winters in NY, Zypora's theater has one week to raise funding to keep their show going. Many miracles occur during this week. But will they be enough to save this critically acclaimed Yiddish show?
The film includes unique scenes with many of the last remaining stars of the Yiddish stage as well as leading experts from the Yiddish world, including Seymour Rexite, Shifra Lerer, Zypora Spaisman, Zalmen Mlotek, Nahma Sandrow and many more.
A must see film for anyone who loves theater !
As for tickets for the Los Angeles screening. They will be bought from the festival itself. The money will help the festival continue bringing quality Jewish content film to the LA crowd in the years to come. The tickets can be purchased at:
In Person: Tickets will be available for purchase in both JCC ofices Monday through Friday 9:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m. You may also purchase tickets the day of the event at the theater box office.
By Phone: Call The Westside JCC at (323) 938-2531 or The JCC at Milken at (818) 464-3300. You can collect your tickets up to 30 minutes prior to your screening/event at the venue. There is a $1.50 surcharge per ticket purchased by phone.
Group Sales: Groups of 20 or more, please call The Westside JCC or The JCC at Milken.
"Jewish Life and Memories Through Yiddish Song" with Janie Respitz, Montreal, Quebec, Apr 25, 2007
Three-part presentation with Janie Respitz on "Jewish Life and Memories Through Yiddish Song."
Part 1 on folk song writer Mark M. Warshawsky on Wednesday, April 25, 2007 at 7:30 p.m.
Part 2 on Mordecai Gebirtig, the Carpenter from Cracow on Wednesday, May 30, 2007 at 7:30 p.m.
Part 3 on The Jewish Life Cycle on Wednesday, July 11, 2007 at 7:30 p.m.
All three presentations will be at FEDERATION CJA, 96 Roger Pilon, Dollard-des-Ormeaux. Cost $10 per lecture or $25 for all three. For information call the Jewish Public Library at (514) 345-2627 ext. 3033 or visit www.jewishpubliclibrary.org.
Warshawsky’s songs were so popular that even in his lifetime they were sung as if they had been around forever. We still sing his songs today, but as his friend Sholem Aleichem predicted: “we will remember the songs but not the man.” Learn about the man behind these favourite songs: Oyfyn Pripechik, Tayere Malke, Di Mezinke and Di Yontevdike Teg.
Janie Respitz is a performer of Yiddish songs and an experienced teacher of the Yiddish language and a variety of topics dealing with Yiddish literature, Eastern European Jewish history and Yiddish folklore.
April 24, 2007
Balkan Beat Box w/Golem, Asheville, NC, Apr 24
Balkan Beat Box:w/ Golem
April 24, 2007
The Orange Peel
101 Biltmore Ave
Asheville, NC 2880
18+
Doors 8 pm
Show 9:30
Tickets: $10/$12 day of show
Get Tickets here
Lisa Parrott Trio + Martha Mooke's Viola X-Treme, NYC, Apr 24
April 2007 at the Stone
curated by Alicia Svigals
@ the corner of Avenue C and 2nd street
4/24 Tuesday
8 pm
Martha Mooke's Viola X-Treme
Martha Mooke (electric violas/violins) Randolph A. Hudson, III (electric guitars) Jim Mussen (electronic drums)
Music for Strings, Percussion and … Rollover Bartok! Support the future of music at The Stone!
10 pm
The Lisa Parrott Trio
Lisa Parrott (saxophones) Chris Lightcap (double bass) Gerald Cleaver (drums)
Lisa & Chris have been performing in NY together for over 10 years, playing harmolodic inspired original improvised music. Their Stone debut! www.parrottmusic.com
For more info: thestonenyc.com
The fifty acts Svigals booked revolve around three themes: Jewish music, virtuoso female instrumentalist/improvisers/composers, and all kinds of string music, traditional and contemporary. From an electronic violist turning Bartok on his head to the lightning speed of traditional Bulgarian fiddling; from a master of the traditional klezmer clarinet to spontaneous 21st century keyboard explorations of those ancient melodies, the month is a feast of the most interesting music coming out of New York and beyond.
Screening: "Yiddish theater: A love story", W. Palm Beach, FL, Apr 24
PALM BEACH INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL APRIL 24 1:30 PM
Muvico Parisian 20 at CityPlace 545 Hibiscus Street, West Palm Beach
www.pbifilmfest.org/2007_festival/film_schedule.html
www.myspace.com/yiddishtheateralovestory
Synopsis:
Enter the funny, larger-than-life world of Yiddish Theater through this award winning new documentary film about the amazing woman who has kept the oldest running Yiddish Theater in America alive.
Zypora Spaisman is a Holocaust survivor who conquers all hearts in her passion for art, life and Yiddish.
This heart warming story of one unique woman's struggle portrays the fight of both an old art form to stay relevant and an old actress to find meaning and a stage in a society that worships youth. Shot in real time in one of the coldest winters in NY, Zypora's theater has one week to raise funding to keep their show going. Many miracles occur during this week. But will they be enough to save this critically acclaimed Yiddish show?
The film includes unique scenes with many of the last remaining stars of the Yiddish stage as well as leading experts from the Yiddish world, including Seymour Rexite, Shifra Lerer, Zypora Spaisman, Zalmen Mlotek, Nahma Sandrow and many more.
A must see film for anyone who loves theater !
April 23, 2007
Balkan Beat Box w/Golem, Towson, MD, Apr 23
Balkan Beat Box:w/ Golem
April 23, 2007
9pm
Recher Theatre
512 York Rd.
Towson, MD 21204
410-337-7178
7 pm Doors
Tickets: $12/$15
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Nikitov, Rotterdam, the Netherlands, Apr 23
Nikitov
Apr.23
Synagoge Rotterdam
Rotterdam, NL
20.00 (Zaal open 19.30)
The Dutch-American Yiddish music quartet is in the middle
of their "Fun Shtetl Tsu Shtetl" all-synagogue tour of Holland.
The response has been overwhelming and the shows are selling out
across the country. Nikitov has been touring in support of their
latest recording "Vanderlust" on Chamsa records both in the US and
Europe. The group concludes the tour at De Waag in Haarlem where
centuries of troubadors performed to prove their skill and talent
and, in more recent history, folk singers like Joan Baez and Simon
and Garfunkel have come to pay homage to the great singers of the
past.
April 22, 2007
Balkan Beat Box w/Golem, Philadelphia, PA, Apr 22
Balkan Beat Box:w/ Golem
April 22, 2007
8pm
World Cafe Live - Philadelphia, PA
3025 Walnut St.
Philadelphia, PA 19104
215-222-1400
Tickets: $12
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Margot Leverett & the Klezmer Mountain Boys, San Francisco, CA, Apr 22, 2007
Margot Leverett and her Klezmer Mountain Boys
Jewish Community Center of San Francisco
Sat, Apr 21
8:00 PM
3200 California Street
San Francisco, CA 94118
Phone: 415.292.1200
Tickets: $25.00 Member / $28.00 Public / $15.00 Student
For information and tickets, order online or contact the box office by phone at (415) 292-1233.
www.jccsf.org/content_main.aspx?progid=1360&catid=336
Klezmer clarinetist Margot Leverett takes genres literally worlds apart and finds their uniting spirit. Appalachian and southern fiddle tunes by Bill Monroe meet klezmer melodies from pre-war Russia and Eastern Europe. The resulting medleys and improvisations are at once raw, funny, melancholic and foot stomping.
“Suddenly, bluegrass comes in an array of colors.”—Rootsworld
“Klezmer and bluegrass sound as if they were meant to be combined. Leverett & the Klezmer Mountain Boys have given us a wonderful gift.”—Dirty Linen
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Edison Woods + Susan Pereira and Sabor Brasil, NYC, Apr 22
April 2007 at the Stone
curated by Alicia Svigals
@ the corner of Avenue C and 2nd street
4/22 Sunday
8 pm
Susan Pereira and Sabor Brasil
Susan Pereira (vocals, piano, percussion), Vanderlei Pereira (drums), Rodrigo Ursaia (sax, flute), Cliff Korman (piano), Itaiguara (bass)
10 pm
Edison Woods
"Truly beautiful, slowly meandering soundscapes… A beautiful voice and a talent for melodies."—Rolling Stone
Strange, haunting, and romantic, Edison Woods revels in luscious, sad songs. Singer Julia Frodahl’s heavenly vocals layered on the bands’ moody chamber pop create “a beautiful cross between the sounds of Elysian Fields and the sentiments of David Lynch” (Flavorpill NYC). Live, their musical passages, spoken word, and discreet gestures sweep the audience into their dreamlike world. www.edisonwoods.net
For more info: thestonenyc.com
The fifty acts Svigals booked revolve around three themes: Jewish music, virtuoso female instrumentalist/improvisers/composers, and all kinds of string music, traditional and contemporary. From an electronic violist turning Bartok on his head to the lightning speed of traditional Bulgarian fiddling; from a master of the traditional klezmer clarinet to spontaneous 21st century keyboard explorations of those ancient melodies, the month is a feast of the most interesting music coming out of New York and beyond.
Yiddishe Cup, Cleveland, OH, Apr 22
April 22
Israel Independence Day
Cleveland, OH
8 p.m.
www.yiddishecup.com
Moishe's Bagel, Bristol, UK, Apr 22, 2007
Foot-stomping five-piece Scottish band Moishe's Bagel arrive at St George's Bristol for an evening of lively, jazz-influenced klezmer and Balkans music. An intoxicating mix of Eastern European dance music, Middle Eastern rhythms and virtuoso performances.
Sunday 22 April, 6pm
£9 (£5 under 18s)
Box Office: 0845 4024 001
www.stgeorgesbristol.co.uk
Yiddishe Cup, Pepper Pike, OH, Apr 22
Mon. April 23 B'nai Jeshurun Congregation, Pepper Pike, Ohio. 7 p.m. Israel Independence Day. free. 216-831-6555 www.bnaijeshurun.org
Millie and the Mentshn, Bellingham, WA, Apr 22, 2007
Millie and the Mentshn
Concert: Songs Never Silenced*
Sunday, April 22, 2007, 3-5pm
Performing Arts Center Concert Hall
Western Washington University
Bellingham, WA
Ticket prices are $5 (General) and $3 (Students/Seniors)
Tickets can be purchased at WWU Box Office in person, via phone (360-650-6146), or via the WWU Box Office website and they will also be available at Coop and Village Books.
For more information: www.millieandthementshn.com
Experience the energetic and emotional music from the old country (19th century Eastern Europe) to the new world (20th century U.S.). With a classical touch, the Millie and the Mentshn ensemble alter the standard klezmer music into 'chamber klezmer' as they mix Yiddish Theater, folk, and swing genres. The music and stories reflect Jewish life prior, during, and after the Holocaust, capturing the struggles, the optimism, the strength, the love, the traditions, and the survival of a people. The program of original arrangements by the ensemble will feature songs that were written in the ghettos and Concentration Camps. The concert is sponsored by NWCHGEE, Hillel of WWU, Lutheran Campus Ministry, and with generous support from WWU Diversity Fund.
Free parking in lots 14G and 11G for ticket holders on first come first served basis until lots fill.
Sponsored by NWCHGEE, Hillel, Lutheran Campus Ministry with generous support from WWU Diversity Fund.
*with permission from Velvel Pasternak
Warsaw Ghetto Uprising Commemoration, Boston, MA, Apr 22
A COMMEMORATION OF THE
WARSAW GHETTO UPRISING
Presented by Boston Workmen痴 Circle
In cooperation with Boston University Hillel
A program of stories, music and history featuring A Besere Velt, Yiddish
Community Chorus of Boston Workmen痴 Circle and students from local universities
Guest Speaker: Joshua Rubenstein, Northeast Regional Director of Amnesty International USA
Sunday, April 22, 2007 at 2:00 P.M.
The Florence & Chafetz Hillel House
BOSTON UNIVERSITY, 213 Bay State Road, Boston
For more information call: 617 566-6281
Annual Commemoration of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, Boston, MA, Apr 22
Annual Commemoration of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising
Sunday, April 22nd
2 pm
The Florence & Chafetz Hillel House of Boston University, 213 Bay State Road, Boston
The Workmen’s Circle, in cooperation with Boston University Hillel, is proud to present its annual Warsaw Ghetto Uprising commemoration. Our guest Joshua Rubinstein, Northeast Regional Director of Amnesty International USA will speak about his new book on resistance movements followed by a program of stories, music, and history featuring: A Besere Velt, Yiddish Community Chorus of Boston Workmen’s Circle, and students from local universities. Join us as we honor this important historical example of resistance to oppression and recommit ourselves to building a better world. This event is free and open to the public.
For more information contact the Workmen’s Circle office at 617.566.6281 or E-mail Workmen’s Circle Boston.
April 21, 2007
Balkan Beat Box w/Golem, Arlington, VA, Apr 21
Balkan Beat Box:w/ Golem
April 21, 2007
9:00 PM
Rosslyn Spectrum - Arlington, VA
1611 North Kent Street
Rosslyn VA 22209
703-228-1850 - Venue
(703)276-6701 Box Office
Tickets:
$20
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Aaron Alexander's Midrash Mish Mosh + Jessica Lurie Ensemble, NYC, Apr 21
April 2007 at the Stone
curated by Alicia Svigals
@ the corner of Avenue C and 2nd street
4/21 Saturday
8 pm
Jessica Lurie Ensemble
Jessica Lurie (sax, accordion, vocals) Erik Deutsch (piano, electric keyboard) Brandon Seabrook (banjo, guitar) Todd Sickafoose (bass) Marc Dalio (drums)
10 pm
Aaron Alexander's Midrash Mish Mosh
Aaron Alexander (drums) David Licht (drums) Fima Ephron (bass) Jay Vilnai (guitar) Alex Kontorovich (clarinet) Greg Wall (tenor sax, clarinet) Rob Henke (trumpet) Curtis Hasselbring (trombone)
For more info: thestonenyc.com
The fifty acts Svigals booked revolve around three themes: Jewish music, virtuoso female instrumentalist/improvisers/composers, and all kinds of string music, traditional and contemporary. From an electronic violist turning Bartok on his head to the lightning speed of traditional Bulgarian fiddling; from a master of the traditional klezmer clarinet to spontaneous 21st century keyboard explorations of those ancient melodies, the month is a feast of the most interesting music coming out of New York and beyond.
Alexandria Kleztet, Woodbridge, VA, Apr 21, 2007
The Alexandria Kleztet - LIVE - In Concert - one night only
Congregation Ner Shalom, Woodbridge, VA. 7:00 p.m.
Come listen to this mult-award winning band!
Tickets are $12 advance/$15 door. Space is limited!
tel: 703-598-9175
www.nershalomva.com
April 20, 2007
Afro-Semitic Experience, Branford, CT, Apr 20
The 
Friday, April 20, 8:00 pm, First Congregational Church, 1009 Main Street, Branford, Connecticut, FREE (open to the public, donation at the door), presented by the Musical Art Society of Branford, for more info please call Barbara Shaw (203) 481-2819.
Balkan Beat Box w/Golem, Pittsburgh, PA, Apr 20
Friday, April 20, 2007
Balkan Beat Box w/ Golem
10:00 PM
Pittsburgh, PA
Rex Theatre
1602 E. Carson Street,
Pittsburgh, PA 15203
Phone: (412) 381-6811 (after 8pm)
21+
Tickets: $13
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Juanito Pascual + Stephane Wrembel, NYC, Apr 20
April 2007 at the Stone
curated by Alicia Svigals
@ the corner of Avenue C and 2nd street
4/20 Friday
8 pm
Juanito Pascual and Friends
Jonathan "Juanito" Pascual (flamenco guitar) Rohan Gregory (violin) Stan Strickland (flute, soprano sax, vocals) Jerry Leake (world percussion).
Flamenco guitar virtuoso Jonathan "Juanito" Pascual presents an evening of original flamenco music and beyond, with his quartet featuring 3 of the East Coast's finest improvisational and world-music players. "One of the hottest flamenco guitarists to emerge in recent years" -National Public Radio jpascual.com
10 pm
Stephane Wrembel Electric
Stephane Wrembel (guitar) Jared Engel (bass) Mathias Bublath (organ) Julien Augier (drums)
Monster Guitarist Stephane Wrembel and his new electric band presents the music of Django Reinhardt and his compositions in a totally new way, blending their unique Gypsy jazz touch with a psychedelic world rock sound. www.stephanewrembel.com
For more info: thestonenyc.com
The fifty acts Svigals booked revolve around three themes: Jewish music, virtuoso female instrumentalist/improvisers/composers, and all kinds of string music, traditional and contemporary. From an electronic violist turning Bartok on his head to the lightning speed of traditional Bulgarian fiddling; from a master of the traditional klezmer clarinet to spontaneous 21st century keyboard explorations of those ancient melodies, the month is a feast of the most interesting music coming out of New York and beyond.
April 19, 2007
Art Bailey's Orkestra Popilar, NYC, April 19, 2007
April 19, Banjo Jim's, 9pm
Art Bailey's Orkestra Popilar with Frank London and Aaron Alexander
700 E. 9th St. & Ave. C
(212) 777-0869
www.banjojims.com
Balkan Beat Box w/Golem, NYC, Apr 19
April 19, 2007
Balkan Beat Box w/ Golem
@ Bowery Ballroom - New York, NY
8:00 PM
Tickets:
$15.00
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Margot Leverett workshop, San Francisco, CA, Apr 19, 2007
KlezCalifornia is pleased to present a special workshop with Margot Leverett for intermediate and advanced players of all instruments, Thursday, April 19 at Congregation Netivot Shalom (1316 University Ave., Berkeley), which is co-sponsoring the workshop. A noted klezmer clarinetist, Margot will be in the Bay Area to perform that weekend at the JCCSF with her group, Klezmer Mountain Boys. We may divide the workshop in half for musicians at different levels, depending on registration.
There will be a $25 fee to participate. To reserve a space in the workshop, email Gerry Tenney or call him at 510/465-7911.
Michael Winograd Quintet + Bangalore Breakdown, NYC, Apr 19
April 2007 at the Stone
curated by Alicia Svigals
@ the corner of Avenue C and 2nd street
4/19 Thursday
8 pm
Michael Winograd Quintet
Michael Winograd (clarinet, alto clarinet) Kristin Slipp (voice) David Bryant (casio keyboards) Michael Bates (bass) Michael Evans (drums)
10 pm
Bangalore Breakdown
Uli Geissendoerfer (piano, keys, percussion) Premik Russel Tubbs (sax, flute, windsynth) Gino Sitson (vocals) Beat Kaestli (vocals) Steve Sandberg (leadsynth, vocals) Naren Budhakar (tabla) Gilad Dobrecky (percussion) Nathan Peck (bass) Lev Zhurbin (viola)
For more info: thestonenyc.com
The fifty acts Svigals booked revolve around three themes: Jewish music, virtuoso female instrumentalist/improvisers/composers, and all kinds of string music, traditional and contemporary. From an electronic violist turning Bartok on his head to the lightning speed of traditional Bulgarian fiddling; from a master of the traditional klezmer clarinet to spontaneous 21st century keyboard explorations of those ancient melodies, the month is a feast of the most interesting music coming out of New York and beyond.
Valley Klezmer Band open rehearsal, Northampton, MA, Apr 17
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
Kleynkunst!, NYC, Apr 19
Rebecca Joy Fletcher and Stephen Mo Hanan in
KLEYNKUNST! Warsaw's Brave and Brilliant Yiddish Cabaret
Tuesday, April 19, 7:00pm
Helen's
169 Eighth Avenue (at 18th Street)
(212) 206-0609
www.helensnyc.com
Tickets: $22
(plus $15 food/drink min.)
Tickets: $15
(plus food and drink menu: no min.)
In the 1920s and 1930s Warsaw's Yiddish cabarets drew from hugely varied influences: Weimar kabarett, Hassidic chant, vaudeville, Russian folk songs, jazz, tango and traditional cantorial music. The atmosphere was charged with contradiction: anti-religious sentiment and devotion; sexual bawdiness and naivete; political infighting and camaraderie.
KLEYNKUNST! reflects the spirit, bravado, and optimism of Jewish Warsaw between the Wars. This show brings to life the kleynkunst teater's songs, sketches, and spirit, in Yiddish and English translations. We pay homage to a world of brilliance and bite which no longer exists.
Researched and written by Rebecca Joy Fletcher
Musical Director, pianist and arrangements: Bob Goldstone
Director: Michael Montel
English lyrics: Jeremy Lawrence
Rebecca Joy Fletcher is an ordained cantor and performer of Yiddish, German, French, and Israeli cabaret. Degenerate!, her original show exploring German cabaret, from Weimar through the Holocaust, which was developed under the auspices of the Makor/Steinhardst Center of the 92nd St Y Artists-in-Residence program, premiered at Makor (NYC) in 2005. The international cabaret show, The New Jew Cabaret, was first performed at Hebrew Tabernacle Congregation (NYC), in 2005. In 2004 and 2005, she was headlined as The Cabaret Artist in the Washington Heights Arts Stroll, a festival for the arts in upper Manhattan, performing the first year, together with the Sephardic music ensemble, Alhambra, in Pearls and Rubies, and the second year, in Grit and Glamour Cabaret. Rebecca's newest work includes the one woman show, HOME, first performed in workshop production at Hebrew Union College and Ripley Greere Studios (2003), and slated for a limited run at the Connelley Theater (NYC) in September, 2007. Ms. Fletcher also serves as the cantor of Temple Israel, in Staten Island.
Stephen Mo Hanan recently played Der Groyse General in Folksbiene's Yiddish adaptation of The Pirates of Penzance. Years before, he got a Tony Nomination for his role in Cats, a show whose creation he documented in his book A Cat's Diary. He was Captain Hook in Cathy Rigby's Peter Pan, and Al Jolson in Jolson & Company, which he co-authored. Also Pseudolus, Thenardier, Peer Gynt and Voltaire.
Bob Goldstone On Broadway, Bob was orchestral pianist for Evita and assistant conductor for Charlie and Algernon. Off Broadway, he was musical director and arranger for Asylum: The Strange Case of Mary Lincoln, Tallulah Hallelujah (with Tovah Feldshuh), Bubbe Meises, Das Lusitania Songspiel (with Sigourney Weaver and Christopher Durang), Guilt Without Sex (with Marilyn Sokol), and The Coolest Cat in Town. Among the top cabaret and concert artists Bob has worked with are: Eileen Fulton, Tovah Feldshuh, Karen Akers, Bruce Adler, Marni Nixon, Marilyn Sokol, Liliane Montevecchi, Eddie Fisher, and Dick Shawn. Bob did the musical arrangements for the feature film High Stakes and composed the score for the indie film, The Skip. Bob's many show orchestrations include: The Little Rascals, Hannah 1939, Michel Legrand's A Christmas Carol, The Housewives' Cantata, Dragons, and The Phantom Tollbooth. In the classical world, he was accompanist for the New Haven Opera, has participated in chamber music recitals at the Manes School, and has played orchestral piano for concerts by the 92nd Street Y Symphonic Workshop Orchestra and the Center Symphony.
Michael Montel includes, among his proudest achievements, his years spent with Hal Prince, Stephen Porter, and T. Edward Hambleton as Artistic Director of the Phoenix Theatre. Other Broadway credits include Inge's Summer Brave and revivals of The Member of the Wedding and Holiday. For the York Theater's Musicals in Mufti series Montel has directed stellar casts in such shows as Me and Juliet, Johnny Jonson, The Girl Who Came to Supper, and Wish You Were Here. Internationally, his work has been seen in Israel at Tel Aviv's Cameri Theater. For opera, Montel has directed the world premieres of Balseros by Robert Ashley and Maria Irene Fornes, P.D.Q. Bach's (Peter Schickele) The Abduction of Figaro, Bernstein's Trouble in Tahiti (available on CD), Holst's Savitri, and Copland's The Tender Land, with the composer conducting.
April 18, 2007
Stephane Wrembel + Mark Sganga, NYC, Apr 18
April 2007 at the Stone
curated by Alicia Svigals
@ the corner of Avenue C and 2nd street
4/18 Wednesday
8 pm
Mark Sganga and Friends
Mark Sganga (guitar) and friends
Acoustic improvisations with a Brazilian accent. www.marksganga.com
10 pm
Stephane Wrembel Acoustic
Stephane Wrembel (guitar) Jared Engel (bass) David Langlois (washboard)
Monster Guitarist Stephane Wrembel and his band perform the music of Django Reinhardt in their own special way, blended with compositions and colors from India and Africa; each show is a different trip! www.stephanewrembel.com
For more info: thestonenyc.com
The fifty acts Svigals booked revolve around three themes: Jewish music, virtuoso female instrumentalist/improvisers/composers, and all kinds of string music, traditional and contemporary. From an electronic violist turning Bartok on his head to the lightning speed of traditional Bulgarian fiddling; from a master of the traditional klezmer clarinet to spontaneous 21st century keyboard explorations of those ancient melodies, the month is a feast of the most interesting music coming out of New York and beyond.
Hy Wolfe w/Herbert Kaplan, Queens, NYC, Apr 18, 2007
APRIL 18, 2007
6PM
admission Free
Queens Library at Flushing
41-17 Main Street
Flushing, NY 11355
718-661-1200
LIRR or # 7 train to Main Street/Flushing.
Please join us for "An Evening of Yiddish Theatre & Song" in Yiddish & English with actor/singer Hy Wolfe, musical direction by Herbert Kaplan at the piano.
"Remarkable Performer!"—YIDDISH FORWARD
"Hy Wolfe has a rich baritone!"—THE JEWISH WEEK.
April 17, 2007
Isle of Klezbos, NYC, Apr 17
Isle of Klezbos
SLE OF KLEZBOS & friends: amazing guests, see below ~
Tuesday, April 17th - 8pm, two sets
at the legendary Nuyorican Poets Cafe
236 East 3rd St (between Avenues B & C), NYC
now in their 30th anniversary year!
It's a great listening room with full bar, $10 & no minimum charge.
212-505-8183
nuyorican.org
Quartetto Cui Bono + Greg Wall's Later Prophets, NYC, Apr 17
April 2007 at the Stone
curated by Alicia Svigals
@ the corner of Avenue C and 2nd street
4/17 Tuesday
8 pm
Greg Wall's Later Prophets
Greg Wall (saxophones) Shai Bachar (keyboards) David Richards (bass) Aaron Alexander (drums)
Simultaneously Straddling the Gates of the Ancient and the Avant-garde….
10 pm
Quartetto Cui Bono
Art Bailey (accordion, piano) Peter Van Huffel (sax) Ernesto Cervini (drums) Michael Bates (bass) special guest Alicia Svigals (violin)
An evening of new music.
For more info: thestonenyc.com
The fifty acts Svigals booked revolve around three themes: Jewish music, virtuoso female instrumentalist/improvisers/composers, and all kinds of string music, traditional and contemporary. From an electronic violist turning Bartok on his head to the lightning speed of traditional Bulgarian fiddling; from a master of the trad