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3rd Berkshire Summer Celebration of Jewish Music

New to the Celebration will be a choral concert in the context of the Berkshire Jewish Community‚s "Shabbat Across the Berkshires." On Friday, June 15 at 7:30 p.m, at the Hevreh of Southern Berkshire, the Celebration will join a Sabbath worship augmented by outstanding choral music presented by The Cantilena Singers, under the direction of Andrea Goodman. The repertoire will include classical composers such as Sulzer and Lewandowski, and contemporary composers such as Finkelstein, Friedman and Janowski. Cantor and co-director Robert Scherr will be a featured soloist with the chorale. As this is part of the regular Friday night service, there is no charge; the public is invited.

These events are co-sponsored by the Jewish Federation of the Berkshires, Hevreh of Southern Berkshire, Congregation Beth Israel, Congregation Knesset Israel, Congregation Ahavath Sholom, Temple Anshe Amunim and The Berkshire Music School. Supported in part by grants from the Harold Grinspoon Foundation and the Pittsfield Cultural Council. The Summer Celebration of Music is also presented in cooperation with the Boston Symphony Orchestra Berkshire Education and Community Program.

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Special Yiddish Concert
Sunday, June 3, 2012, 4:30 PM, NYC
Featuring the JPPC, with
Conductor Binyumen Schaechter

Concert: Bridging Two Worlds: A Yiddish Musical Journey
English translations provided.
When: Sunday, June 3, 2012, 4:30 PM
Where: Symphony Space, 2537 Broadway at 95th St., NYC
Who: The Jewish People's Philharmonic Chorus / JPPC with Conductor Binyumen Schaechter
What: Featuring the 1956 Birnbaum/Rauch operetta, "Sholem Aleichem dir, Amerike!" (Hello, America!)
based on Sholom Aleichem's "Motl, Peyse dem khazns" (Motl, Peyse the Cantor's Son), and recorded in 1959 with Molly Picon in the role of Motl.
Soloists: Temma Schaechter of Di Shekhter-tekhter as Motl, Donna Breitzer, Erik Contzius, Jacob Feldman. Pianist: Shinae Kim.

Tickets: $30 / $20; Groups of 10 or more: $25 / $18

Visit symphonyspace.org for more info about this concert.
Visit thejppc.org for more info about the JPPC.
Visit yiddishsisters.org for more info about Di Shekhter-tekhter.

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Sunday, May 6, 3:00pm, One People, Many Voices, with the Kol Truah Jewish Choir of the East Bay. At Congregation Netivot Shalom, Berkeley. Featuring music in Ladino, Yiddish, Hebrew, and English. This program celebrates the diversity and unity of our people through music and poetry. Tickets available at the door: $10 general, $5 seniors, children free.

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Boston Workmen's Circle is celebrating the 100th Anniversary of the Bread and Roses Strike

As We Come Marching
Sunday, April 29
4:00-5:30pm
Boston Teachers Union
180 Mt. Vernon Street, Dorchester, MA 02125

An all ages interactive concert to celebrate the Bread & Roses centennial and worker and immigrant rights. Join the Boston Workmen's Circle Center for Jewish Culture and Social Justice as we march to the beat of drumming, picket lines and protest songs!

Tickets: $15 in advance, $18 at the door, $5 limited income, children under 18 free of charge.
For more info: www.circleboston.org/calendar/we-come-marching

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This Sunday, April 29, 2012, 3:00 PM,
"A Cappella Choral Blast"

The JPPC / Jewish People's Philharmonic Chorus with Conductor Binyumen Schaechter perform in New York City with two other choruses: Cantigas Women's Choir, and the NYU Madrigal Singers!

Sixth Street Community Synagogue,
325 E. Sixth St. (betw. 1st & 2nd Ave.), New York City, 10003

Each chorus has a 30-minute a cappella set.
The JPPC is the 2nd chorus to perform, ending the first half.
Soloist: Temma Schaechter of Di Shekhter-tekhter
Tickets: $15, which includes a free beverage; $10 kids aged 5-12.
Cash only, at the door. There will be an intermission.
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Sunday, April 22, 4:00pm, Yes, We Sang! Songs of Communities that Disappeared. At JCC East Bay, Berkeley. Kol Truah Jewish Choir of the East Bay, Nigunim Community Folk Chorus, and the Jewish Folk Chorus of San Francisco will combine voices in pre-Holocaust poetry and songs in Yiddish, Ladino and Hebrew, telling the stories of communities that disappeared in the Holocaust. Each choir will perform selections from its own repertoire and the choirs will also sing together. The program will also include a community sing-along with lyrics provided. Tickets: $10; seniors and children free. Advance ticket sale at Brown Paper Tickets.

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Sunday, January 29, 10:30 am
Performance by a children's-choir,
Directed by Alla Teplitsky

Hillel Lodge
10 Nadolny Sachs Pvt
Ottawa, ON
(613) 728-3900
Admission Free

Three of the songs that will be featured are by David Botwinik.
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A rarer than rare Yiddish concert this Sunday.
To find out why, read to the bottom.

The concert:
Libndike, laydndike, lakhndike - balibte yidishe folkslider
[Love, Loss, Laughter - Favorite Yiddish Folk Songs]

Who:
The Jewish People's Philharmonic Chorus / JPPC, thejppc.org
with Conductor / Dirigent Binyumen Schaechter

When:
This Sunday, October, 30, 2011, 3:00 PM

Where:
Sholem Aleichem Cultural Center
3301 Bainbridge Avenue (corner 208th Street), Bronx, NY 10467

What:
Afn pripetshik, Der Rebe Elimeylekh, Tum balalayke, Bulbes.
and a great bouquet of less-known Yiddish folksongs,
in modern choral arrangements.
Also:
Works by Beyle Schaechter-Gottesman, Avrom Sutzkever, Josh Waletzky.

So what makes this concert rarer than rare?
Not only will all of the songs be in Yiddish.
The printed program will be entirely in Yiddish.
The commentary between numbers will also be in Yiddish.
Only a brief English translation will be given between songs.
It's a Yiddish immersion concert par excellence!
Only at the Sholem Aleichem Cultural Center!

Click here for the additional specifics about the concert,
including ticket prices:
http://thejppc.org/id3.html

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Madagascar, Surinam, Birobidzhan, Argentina, Australia and, of course, Israel – these are all places where Jews tried to establish a homeland although little is known about most of them today. Come hear singer/actress Yelena Shmuelenson (of Serious Man fame) and Binyumen Schaechter, Director of the Jewish People’s Philharmonic Chorus, perform “Yiddish Songs of Jewish Settlements, Realized and Unrealized,” Wednesday, July 6th at 6 PM at the Center for Jewish History, 15 West 16th St. in NYC at the opening program of the exhibit “Other Zions: From Freeland to Yiddishland,” sponsored by the League for Yiddish and the YIVO Institute for Jewish Research. The exhibit honors the anniversaries of three intertwined Yiddish organizations: Freeland League for Jewish Territorial Colonization, League for Yiddish and Afn Shvel magazine. The music is part of a unique bilingual (Yiddish and English) program featuring a brief film about the Freeland League and its charismatic leader I.N Steinberg, presentations by noted scholars about the three "jubilee honorees" and an outline of a contemporary Territorialist project.
Admission free. Exhibit may be viewed directly before and after program.
Please reserve: 212.294.6127 or http://www.yivo.org.
For more information:
http://archive.constantcontact.com

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May 22 | The Choir of Rome's Tempio Maggiore for the first time in New York

Centro Primo Levi and the Museum of Jewish Heritage host Divinamente NYC Festival on the 150th Anniversary of the unification of Italy.

Sunday, May 22 at 2:30 pm
Museum of Jewish Heritage
Edmond J. Safra Plaza
36 Battery Place, New York, NY 10280
Admission: $15 and $10 for MJH, CPL, ICI members
Box Office: (646) 437- 4202 - www.mjhnyc.org

Welcome remarks by the Consul General of Italy Francesco M. Talò and the Representative for International Affairs of the Jewish Community of Rome Giacomo Moscati. Introduction by Francesco Spagnolo, Francesco Spagnolo, PhD, University of California, Berkeley

For the first time in the US, the Choir of the "Tempio Maggiore" conducted by the renowned tenor Claudio Disegni and featuring the hazan of Rome, Alberto Funaro, and organist Federico del Sordo, will expose the New York public to the unique flavors and variations of the liturgical tradition of the Jews of Rome.

The concert will open with Giuseppe Verdi's "Và Pensiero," the Hebrew Chorus from Nabucco. This magnificent choral work, which has become a symbol of the unification of Italy, recalls the story of the Babylonian exile after the destruction of the First Temple. The program will celebrate unique examples of late 19th century compositions from the Jewish communities in Florence, Livorno and Rome as well as a 1920 version of Hatikvà by Armando Sorani based on the 17th Century ballade La Mantovana.

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The Zamir Chorale of Boston will present Middle East Harmonies at Sanders Theatre in Cambridge at 2:00 pm on Sunday, April 10. Conducted by Northeastern Professor and Zamir's founder and Artistic Director Joshua Jacobson, the concert will feature a meeting of the musical minds of the Middle East. Zamir will perform coordinated choral selections in both Arabic and Hebrew. We are thrilled to present as our special guests original members of Bustan Abraham in reunion. From 1991 until they disbanded in 2003, these Arab and Jewish musicians pioneered a unique form of instrumental music, combining elements of east and west, and Bustan was considered the finest ensemble of its kind.

The following evening, Monday, April 11, 7:30 pm at the Fenway Center, Northeastern University will host a symposium in conjunction with Middle East Harmonies. Presenters, including renowned ethnomusicologist Benjamin Brinner, will address the use of music to increase empathy and mutual understanding among people who have been separated by borders of various kinds and alienated by conflicting politics.

Cosponsoring and cooperating groups include: the Consulate General of Israel to New England, Northeastern University Departments of Music and Jewish Studies, Northeastern University's Middle East Center for Peace, Culture, and Development, Combined Jewish Philanthropies, Harvard Hillel, the American Jewish Committee, the New Center for Arts and Culture, and Hebrew College.

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Saturday, March 26, 4:00pm, Afternoon of Song and Dance,
presented by the Nigunim Chorus.

Nigunim Community Singalong
At JCC East Bay: 1414 Walnut St. Berkeley, CA
Tickets: $10 at the door. Co-sponsored by KlezCalifornia. More info: 510.528.8872
www.nigunim.org

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Boston Jewish Music Festival
Sunday, March 13, 2:00 pm

Totally Bernstein
With Zamir Chorale of Boston and Brookline Chorus

Sanders Theater, Cambridge
45 Quincy Street
Cambridge, MA 02138
(617) 496-2222

Two great choral ensembles join together to salute and celebrate the compositions of Leonard Bernstein.

Tickets: $20 General admission, $15 Seniors/students in advance. At the door, $25. Purchase tickets by clicking HERE. Also available at the Sanders Box Office.

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Boston Jewish Music Festival
March 6, 4:00 pm

"The Cloth From Which We Are Cut"
A Besere Velt Yiddish Community Chorus with Hankus Netsky and Cantor Roy Einhorn

Temple Israel
477 Longwood Avenue
Boston, MA 02215
Tel: 617.566.3960

Commemorating the 100th anniversary of the Triangle Shirtwaist Fire. Historical narrative and Yiddish folk music are woven together in a stirring account of the fire that changed America and left its mark on a Jewish immigrant community struggling to build a better life. Boston’s popular Workmen’s Circle Yiddish Chorus, the largest in the world, creates an unforgettable new work about this seminal event.

Tickets: $18 in advance, Seniors $15, $25 at the door. To purchase tickets click HERE.

Co-sponsored by the Jewish Community Relations Council, The Jewish Women’s Archive, and the Jewish Labor Committee.

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Fifth Annual Open Sing: Handel and Bloch w/Zamir

Sunday, December 5, 3:00 pm, at Temple Reyim, 1860 Washington St, Newton.You've sung Messiah, now sing Handel's other great oratorio, Judas Maccabaeus, and the first three movements of the most sublime setting of the synagogue liturgy, Ernest Bloch's "Sacred Service." Open to all interested singers and listeners. Tickets: $10; $8 for seniors and students and GBCC members; available at the door only. Free admission for conductors and conducting students. Musical scores will be provided. Zamir is grateful to Phyllis and Michael z"l Hammer and the Newton Cultural Council for underwriting the Open Sing.

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The Cantors and Choirs of Congregation Rodeph Sholom will celebrate Chanukah, the Festival of Lights, during Shabbat services, 6 P.M., Friday, December 3, 2010. The unique intergenerational service will feature Cantor Rebecca Garfein and Cantor Shayna De Lowe and the volunteer adult and children’s choirs from the synagogue. This year, the first night of Chanukah is Wednesday, December 1, 2010.

“Chanukah celebrates miracles and the power to overcome hardship,” according to Congregation Rodeph Sholom’s Senior Cantor, Rebecca Garfein. “For many people in our country, this has been an especially tough year. Chanukah can help remind us all of the everyday miracles in our lives.”

Some highlights of the service will be Peter Yarrow’s, “Light One Candle,” and “Bring on the Light,” a piece by composer, singer and actor, Danny Maseng, that was commissioned by Congregation Rodeph Sholom for Chanukah in 2001. The service will also feature the Children’s Choir for grades 2-8 and the Jr. Jr. Choir, which is for children from the pre-kindergarten, kindergarten and first grades.

Cantor Garfein will be joined by Rodeph Sholom’s Associate Cantor, Shayna De Lowe and Cantorial-Intern, Melanie Cooperman. Accompanying the cantors and choirs will be Rodeph Sholom’s organist, J. David Williams. Joining Mr. Williams will be: John Hadfield, percussion, Susan Rotholz, flute, Eliot Bailen, guitar and cello and Daniel Freeman, acoustic and electric bass.

The service is free of charge and open to the entire community.

Congregation Rodeph Sholom is located at 7 West 83rd Street off of Central Park West in Manhattan. For more information, please call (646) 454-3030 or go to www.rodephsholom.org.

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"Upward" with the Mystic Chorale

Saturday, November 20, 8:00 pm, and Sunday, November 21, 3:30 pm. Zamir is delighted to perform as special guests of Nick Page's 200-voice Mystic Chorale for "Upward," a musical extravaganza at Converse Hall, Tremont Temple, 88 Tremont St, Boston. The weekend concerts will showcase the best of Jewish choral music as well as songs from diverse traditions. Tickets: $28; $15 for seniors and students. For more information, visit www.mysticchorale.org, or call 781-316-2500.

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"Upward" with the Mystic Chorale

Saturday, November 20, 8:00 pm, and Sunday, November 21, 3:30 pm. Zamir is delighted to perform as special guests of Nick Page's 200-voice Mystic Chorale for "Upward," a musical extravaganza at Converse Hall, Tremont Temple, 88 Tremont St, Boston. The weekend concerts will showcase the best of Jewish choral music as well as songs from diverse traditions. Tickets: $28; $15 for seniors and students. For more information, visit www.mysticchorale.org, or call 781-316-2500.

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Students, faculty members, and guests of the Department of Music present a lecture and four concerts that reflect upon the Holocaust of European Jews in the 20th century.

The music events of the Echoes of the Holocaust series feature pieces written by composers who died in Hitler's concentration camps, works written in the camps and performed by prisoners themselves, and
contemporary compositions inspired by these tragic events.

www.unh.edu/

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The Jewish People's Philharmonic Chorus with Binyumen Schaechter, Conductor, are performing at The 5th New York International Choral Festival 2010 Thursday, October 28, 2010, 7:30 PM at Riverside Church
490 Riverside Drive, New York, NY 10027.
Tickets: $20
For tickets: NYIntChoralFest.com
Tickets will be available at the door.
Seating is General Admission.

This concert includes 4 choruses, each performing for 15 minutes or so, plus an Orchestra, culminating in a number sung by all choruses together. The Jewish People's Philharmonic Chorus is the only Jewish - or Yiddish - chorus on the bill.

ENGLISH TRANSLATIONS PROVIDED.

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Sunday, October 24, 3:00 pm. Zamir will perform what Zamirniks lovingly call a "synagig" at the Charter Oak Cultural Center of Beth El Temple at 2626 Albany Ave, West Hartford, CT. A "synagig" encompasses the very best of Zamir--a taste of the traditional mixed with jazz, folk, Yiddish, and liturgical favorites. We'd love to see our Connecticut friends there! For ticket information, call Beth El Temple directly at 860-233-9696.

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Halleluyah/Alleluia: Psalms of Praise

Sunday, October 17, 2010, 4:00-6:00 pm, Emmanuel Church, 15 Newbury St, Boston. Don't miss this celebration of the sesquicentennial of the Emmanuel Episcopal Church and the fifth anniversary of Boston Jewish Spirit. Emmanuel Center"Halleluyah/Alleluia" presents Jewish and Christian musical interpretations of psalms of praise from ancient to modern times, including works by Salamone Rossi, Louis Lewandowski, and Leonard Bernstein. Zamir joins with the Orpheus Singers, directed by James Olesen; and the Spectrum Singers, directed by John Ehrlich. Reverend Pamela Werntz and Rabbi Howard Berman will offer historical commentary. Tickets: $20; $10 for students with ID.
Tickets are available at the door or online.

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Jewish Womens' Music Festival
Isabella Freedman Jewish Retreat Center
Falls Village CT
August 2-8, 2010

The festival will feature classes with renowned artists, and workshops in song sharing, writing a spiritual song, song and ritual, using chant, drumming, leadership of an audience/reading an audience, choral leadership and a cappella performance (among others). Opportunities to jam will abound and every night there will be a performance as well as open mic opportunities. In the Elat Chayyim tradition, Shabbat will be the central part of the festival.

The festival culminates in a public performance at Isabella Freedman on Sunday, August 8th with featured performers including Vocolot, Rakia and Yofiah.

For further info: isabellafreedman.org/womensmusic
To register: thriva.activenetwork.com

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Jewish Womens' Music Festival
Isabella Freedman Jewish Retreat Center
Falls Village CT
August 2-8, 2010

The festival will feature classes with renowned artists, and workshops in song sharing, writing a spiritual song, song and ritual, using chant, drumming, leadership of an audience/reading an audience, choral leadership and a cappella performance (among others). Opportunities to jam will abound and every night there will be a performance as well as open mic opportunities. In the Elat Chayyim tradition, Shabbat will be the central part of the festival.

The festival culminates in a public performance at Isabella Freedman on Sunday, August 8th with featured performers including Vocolot, Rakia and Yofiah.

For further info: isabellafreedman.org/womensmusic
To register: thriva.activenetwork.com

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Jewish Womens' Music Festival
Isabella Freedman Jewish Retreat Center
Falls Village CT
August 2-8, 2010

The festival will feature classes with renowned artists, and workshops in song sharing, writing a spiritual song, song and ritual, using chant, drumming, leadership of an audience/reading an audience, choral leadership and a cappella performance (among others). Opportunities to jam will abound and every night there will be a performance as well as open mic opportunities. In the Elat Chayyim tradition, Shabbat will be the central part of the festival.

The festival culminates in a public performance at Isabella Freedman on Sunday, August 8th with featured performers including Vocolot, Rakia and Yofiah.

For further info: isabellafreedman.org/womensmusic
To register: thriva.activenetwork.com

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Jewish Womens' Music Festival
Isabella Freedman Jewish Retreat Center
Falls Village CT
August 2-8, 2010

The festival will feature classes with renowned artists, and workshops in song sharing, writing a spiritual song, song and ritual, using chant, drumming, leadership of an audience/reading an audience, choral leadership and a cappella performance (among others). Opportunities to jam will abound and every night there will be a performance as well as open mic opportunities. In the Elat Chayyim tradition, Shabbat will be the central part of the festival.

The festival culminates in a public performance at Isabella Freedman on Sunday, August 8th with featured performers including Vocolot, Rakia and Yofiah.

For further info: isabellafreedman.org/womensmusic
To register: thriva.activenetwork.com

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Jewish Womens' Music Festival
Isabella Freedman Jewish Retreat Center
Falls Village CT
August 2-8, 2010

The festival will feature classes with renowned artists, and workshops in song sharing, writing a spiritual song, song and ritual, using chant, drumming, leadership of an audience/reading an audience, choral leadership and a cappella performance (among others). Opportunities to jam will abound and every night there will be a performance as well as open mic opportunities. In the Elat Chayyim tradition, Shabbat will be the central part of the festival.

The festival culminates in a public performance at Isabella Freedman on Sunday, August 8th with featured performers including Vocolot, Rakia and Yofiah.

For further info: isabellafreedman.org/womensmusic
To register: thriva.activenetwork.com

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Jewish Womens' Music Festival
Isabella Freedman Jewish Retreat Center
Falls Village CT
August 2-8, 2010

The festival will feature classes with renowned artists, and workshops in song sharing, writing a spiritual song, song and ritual, using chant, drumming, leadership of an audience/reading an audience, choral leadership and a cappella performance (among others). Opportunities to jam will abound and every night there will be a performance as well as open mic opportunities. In the Elat Chayyim tradition, Shabbat will be the central part of the festival.

The festival culminates in a public performance at Isabella Freedman on Sunday, August 8th with featured performers including Vocolot, Rakia and Yofiah.

For further info: isabellafreedman.org/womensmusic
To register: thriva.activenetwork.com

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Jewish Womens' Music Festival
Isabella Freedman Jewish Retreat Center
Falls Village CT
August 2-8, 2010

The festival will feature classes with renowned artists, and workshops in song sharing, writing a spiritual song, song and ritual, using chant, drumming, leadership of an audience/reading an audience, choral leadership and a cappella performance (among others). Opportunities to jam will abound and every night there will be a performance as well as open mic opportunities. In the Elat Chayyim tradition, Shabbat will be the central part of the festival.

The festival culminates in a public performance at Isabella Freedman on Sunday, August 8th with featured performers including Vocolot, Rakia and Yofiah.

For further info: isabellafreedman.org/womensmusic
To register: thriva.activenetwork.com

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Klezwoods, an exciting Boston-based klezmer band, perform an energetic mix of klezmer, balkan, and arabic music with bass heavy grooves and eclectic instrumentation. Mr. Ho's Orchestrotica Mini opens.

Wed, June 30, 2010, 9pm
Johnny D's
17 Holland St. Somerville MA
Davis Square, across from the Davis T stop

(617) 776-2004
www.johnnyds.com

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The Friends of the Central Library present:
Zumerlid: Yiddish Songs & Klezmer Music for a Summer Day

Sunday June 20, 2010 at 2:00 p.m.

Featuring The Philadelphia Workmen's Circle Chorus
Cantor Naomi Hirsch, Conductor
Evelyn Goldhammer, Accompanist

with special guests, the Strauss/Warschauer Duo

Montgomery Auditorium | Parkway Central Library
1901 Vine Street, Philadelphia, PA 19103

Accessible to people with physical disabilities at the Wood Street entrance.

THIS CONCERT IS FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.
For more information, call 215.686.5316 or 215.686.5309.
freelibrary.org

For 80 years, The Philadelphia Workmen's Circle Chorus has been delighting audiences of all ages singing exclusively in Yiddish, the language of Central and Eastern European Jews and their descendants throughout the world.

The internationally renowned Strauss/Warschauer Klezmer Duo has been at the forefront of the Yiddish music scene as performers and teachers for over 20 years.

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Sunday, Jun. 13, 2010, 4:30 PM
The JPPC presents
Yiddish Classics and Yiddish Classical
at Symphony Space (a.k.a. Peter Norton Symphony Space)
2537 Broadway (at 95th Street), NYC.
Tickets: symphonyspace.org

This 2-hour concert includes classic Yiddish works, such as "Avremele melamed" and "Lomir ale zingen a zemerl" as well as Classical works in Yiddish, by Handel, Mendelssohn, Shostakovich and Tchaikovsky!

English translations provided.

Featured soloists: Joshua Breitzer, Matthew Klein and child performer Temma Schaechter (the younger of Di Shekhter-tekhter).

Admission $25, $18.
Tickets: symphonyspace.org
About the JPPC: thejppc.org

Others whose works are represented in this concert:
Composer/arrangers: Ben Yomen, Goldman, Posner, Rauch, Shneyer, Teitelbaum, Zuckerman;
Poets/authors/translators: Bialik, Buchwald, Ha-Levi, Halpern, Helfman, Kahn, Lapin, Liesin, Olgin, Reisin, Ronch and Sorerives.

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SUNDAY, JUNE 13, 2010, 4:30 PM
The JPPC presents
YIDDISH CLASSICS AND YIDDISH CLASSICAL
at
Symphony Space
2537 Broadway (at 95th Street), New York City.
Tickets: symphonyspace.org

This 2-hour concert includes classic Yiddish works such as "Avremele melamed" and "Lomir ale zingen a zemerl", as well as Classical works in Yiddish, by Handel, Mendelssohn, Shostakovich and Tchaikovsky!

English translations provided.

Featured soloists: Joshua Breitzer, Matthew Klein
and child performer
Temma-Leeba Schaechter
(the younger of "Di Shekhter-tekhter").

Admission: $25, 18.
Tickets: symphonyspace.org
About the JPPC: thejppc.org

Others whose works are represented in this concert include:
Composer/arrangers
Ben Yomen, Goldman, Posner, Rauch,
Shneyer, Teitelbaum, Zuckerman;
Poets/authors/translators
Bialik, Buchwald, Ha-Levi, Halpern, Helfman, Kahn,
Lapin, Liesin, Olgin, Reisin, Ronch & Sorerives.

Binyumen Schaechter, dirigent
Yidisher filharmonisher folkskhor

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Sing Out, Rebuild!

A concert to benefit the work of Partners in Health in Haiti
A Besere Velt
El Shaddai, A Haitian Choir
Irish Ensemble

Thursday, June 10, 2010
7:30 PM
All Saints Parish, 1773 Beacon Street, Brookline, MA
circleboston.org

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JaZZamir at Sanders

Sunday, June 6 at 8:00 pm, Sanders Theatre, Cambridge: Mark your calendars (or program your phones) NOW because you won't want to miss JaZZamir, our annual spring concert. JaZZamir features jazz music from Israel, the Yiddish theater, the Broadway stage, and the synagogue. Zamir will be joined by guest performers Hankus Netsky, piano; Taki Masuko, percussion; and Amir Millstein, flute. Highlights include tunes by Dave Brubeck, Kurt Weill, Jef Labes, Ziggy Elman, as well as George Gershwin's "I Got Rhythm" and selections from Porgy and Bess, "A Yidisha Charleston," "Venezuela," "Niga El Ha-Chalom," and "Java Jive" (in Hebrew). This concert honors Peter and Nancy Finn, and Alan Teperow and Suzanne Hanser, devoted board members who work tirelessly on behalf of the Chorale.

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Sunday, May 16 at 3:00 pm: Zamir brings its popular road show to the First Parish Church Unitarian Universalist, 842 Tremont Street, in Duxbury, Mass., where our longtime (and fabulous) accompanist, Edwin Swanborn, is Music Director. We hope to see our South Shore and Cape Cod friends for a fantastic afternoon of the best in Jewish choral music. Stay tuned for ticket details.

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Western Suburbs and South Shore, Here We Come!

Sunday, May 2 at 7:30 pm: The winning combination of the Zamir Chamber Chorus and the Jazz Tuber Trio will appear at Temple Shir Tikva, 141 Boston Post Road, in Wayland. Thanks to our newest board member, Robert Snyder, for sharing his appreciation for this special partnership with his synagogue! Watch your email for ticket information.

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Sunday, April 25, 2010, 3:00 PM
6th Street Sundays presents
A Cappella Choral Blast!
at The 6th Street Community Synagogue
325 E. 6th St. (btw. 1st & 2nd Av.), NYC.

A cappella concert sung by 3 ensembles
(JPPC, Polyhymnia, Zamir Chorale)
each for 25-30'.
The JPPC sings in Yiddish, the others—in other languages.

Admission $15 with advanced purchase
Door: $18 adults, $8 under 21
Added bonus - 1:30 Free vocal workshop
open to all with paid admission.
sixthstreetsundays.eventbrite.com

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SUNDAY, APRIL 25, 2010, 3:00 PM
6th Street Sundays presents
A CAPPELLA CHORAL BLAST!
at
The 6th Street Community Synagogue
325 East 6th Street (between 1st & 2nd Avenues), New York City.

A cappella concert sung by 3 ensembles (JPPC, Polyhymnia, Zamir Chorale) each for 25-30'.
The JPPC sings in Yiddish, the others - in other languages.

Admission: $15 with advanced purchase
Door: $18 adults, $8 under 21
Added bonus - 1:30 Free vocal workshop open to all with paid admission.
sixthstreetsundays.eventbrite.com

Binyumen Schaechter, dirigent
Yidisher filharmonisher folkskhor

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Hebrew College's Jewish Choral Festival

Sunday, March 21: Musicians and educators are invited to attend Hebrew College School of Jewish Music's Jewish Choral Festival, to be held at the Wellesley College Chapel. Free workshops will be offered in the afternoon, including "Unlocking the Cantillation Code," with Professor Joshua Jacobson, and more TBA soon! In the evening, Hebrew College's four choirs in residence, Zamir; Koleinu and Shir Tziyon (both directed by Carol Marton); and Kol Rinah (high school students directed by Avi Wolf), will perform in concert. For more information, contact Barbara Cassidy.

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Zamir Chorale of Boston

Sunday, March 14 at 4:00 pm: Zamir teams up with Chorus Pro Musica, under the direction of Betsy Burleigh, and the New England Philharmonic for a performance of Ernst Bloch's magnificent Sacred Service at Boston's John Hancock Hall, 180 Berkeley Street, Boston. For ticket information, call 617-267-7442 (M,W, F, 10:00-2:00) or contact Chorus Pro Musica.

www.zamir.org

Co-sponsored by the Boston Jewish Music Festival

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The Sholem Aleichem Cultural Center in the Bronx presents

"TSVISHN KHANIKE UN PURIM"
(Between Chanukah and Purim)

featuring

The Jewish People's Philharmonic Chorus ("Der yidisher filharmonisher folkskhor")
and
Binyumen Schaechter, Conductor

Sunday, January 31, 2010, 3:00PM
A Concert of Great Yiddish Music Including Handel and Shostakovich in Yiddish!
Come hear for yourselves!

ENGLISH TRANSLATIONS PROVIDED

Sholem Aleichem Cultural Center
3301 Bainbridge Av. (at 208th St.), Bronx, NY 10467

Admission: $15; SACC members $10. No credit cards.
General admission. No reservations. Seating begins at 2:30.

Getting there:
D train to 205 St;
or 4 train to Mosholu Pkwy;
or MTA BxM4A/B express bus (via Madison Av) to Van Cortlandt Av / Bainbridge Av

Visit thejppc.org for more about The JPPC!

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If you'll be in the New York City area on December 24, you might enjoy having something Jewish-musical to do while "other" music is filling the concert halls and air waves. Matthew Lazar will conduct the Zamir Chorale in its annual Winter Concert at Merkin Concert Hall (129 W. 67th Street) at 7:30 p.m. Featuring Cantor Jacob Ben-Zion Mendelson as guest soloist, the program will include a wide range of gems from the Jewish choral repertoire, from (post-) Hanukkah favorites to Paul Ben-Haim's impressive "Roni Akara" to Maurice Goldman's "Strange Happenings" (aka Avremele Melamed) and Moishe Oysher's "Chad Gadya."

Tickets at $36 and $25 are on sale at the box office, 212-501-3330, or online at www.kaufman-center.org

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Zamir Chorale of Boston

Thursday, December 24, 7:30 pm at Temple Emanuel in Newton.

Celebrate the 20th annual Hanukkah Happens concert with Zamir's favorite selections from past seasons, as well as the premiere performances of two works commissioned for the occasion: Kodesh Hem by noted composer Nick Page, with Cantor Elias Rosemberg, soloist; and Hallel Shir V'Or by 16-year-old composer Jeremiah Klarman. For more information, contact Temple Emanuel.

www.zamir.org

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If you'll be in the New York City area on December 24, you might enjoy having something Jewish-musical to do while "other" music is filling the concert halls and air waves. Matthew Lazar will conduct the Zamir Chorale in its annual Winter Concert at Merkin Concert Hall (129 W. 67th Street) at 7:30 p.m. Featuring Cantor Jacob Ben-Zion Mendelson as guest soloist, the program will include a wide range of gems from the Jewish choral repertoire, from (post-) Hanukkah favorites to Paul Ben-Haim's impressive "Roni Akara" to Maurice Goldman's "Strange Happenings" (aka Avremele Melamed) and Moishe Oysher's "Chad Gadya."

Tickets at $36 and $25 are on sale at the box office, 212-501-3330, or online at www.kaufman-center.org

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Temple Hillel, Temple Beth El and Congregation Sons of Israel present

A CHANUKAH CONCERT

featuring

THE JEWISH PEOPLE'S PHILHARMONIC CHORUS

and

BINYUMEN SCHAECHTER, CONDUCTOR

Tuesday, December 15, 2009, 7:30 PM

Temple Beth El, 46 Locust Ave (near Broadway), Cedarhurst, NY 11516
516-569-2700

Admission Free

A Concert of Yiddish and Chanukah Music
Including Handel in Yiddish! is it possible? Come hear for yourselves!
ENGLISH TRANSLATIONS PROVIDED

Visit http://thejppc.org for more info about the Jewish People's Philharmonic Chorus

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You're invited!

Sandra Layman will be performing with the Seattle Jewish Chorale and Kesselgarden at a free event on Sunday afternoon, November 29, between 2:00 and 5:00 pm, Barnes and Noble bookstore at University Village, NE Seattle.

It's a "pre-Hanukkah" event, with beautiful choral singing (including a lovely song for women's voices with violin), interludes of rousing klezmer music, and Hanukkah sing-alongs. Drop by, and bring the kids!

It's finally available -- at a special low price for the holiday gift-giving season -- the downloadable (MP3) version of my CD, "Little Blackbird"!
Preview and buy it at: Little Blackbird

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20th Annual North American Jewish Choral Festival
July 12-16, 2009
Hudson Valley Resort & Spa
Kerhonkson, NY

Click to download: Festival Brochure (PDF)
Hotel Reservation Form (PDF)

For more information, contact (212) 870-3335
www.zamirfdn.org

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20th Annual North American Jewish Choral Festival
July 12-16, 2009
Hudson Valley Resort & Spa
Kerhonkson, NY

Click to download: Festival Brochure (PDF)
Hotel Reservation Form (PDF)

For more information, contact (212) 870-3335
www.zamirfdn.org

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20th Annual North American Jewish Choral Festival
July 12-16, 2009
Hudson Valley Resort & Spa
Kerhonkson, NY

Click to download: Festival Brochure (PDF)
Hotel Reservation Form (PDF)

For more information, contact (212) 870-3335
www.zamirfdn.org

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20th Annual North American Jewish Choral Festival
July 12-16, 2009
Hudson Valley Resort & Spa
Kerhonkson, NY

Click to download: Festival Brochure (PDF)
Hotel Reservation Form (PDF)

For more information, contact (212) 870-3335
www.zamirfdn.org

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20th Annual North American Jewish Choral Festival
July 12-16, 2009
Hudson Valley Resort & Spa
Kerhonkson, NY

• Celebrate the joys of Jewish music with hundreds of singers, and the finest conductors and clinicians from across North America (and beyond)


• Enjoy daily "community singing" and participate in an "instant choir"


• Hear outstanding ensembles in nightly evening concerts featuring the best in Jewish choral music


• Attend daily workshops focusing on a wide array of musical topics with outstanding clinicians


• Jewish Hallelujah Chorus Festival Tradition - Singing the "Jewish Hallelujah Chorus" (Lewandowski's Psalm 150)

Click to download: Festival Brochure (PDF)
Hotel Reservation Form (PDF)

For more information, contact (212) 870-3335
www.zamirfdn.org

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Yale Klezmer Band & Yale Women's Slavic Chorus - 8:00 PM
Saturday, Mar. 28, 8:00 PM
Slifka Chapel
Joseph Slifka Center for Jewish Life at Yale
80 Wall Street
New Haven, CT 06511

Yale Klezmer Band will be in concert with the Yale Women's Slavic Chorus, featuring members of the undergraduate and New Haven communities performing Russian, Ukrainian and Croatian music.

Telephone: (203) 432-1134
Fax: (203) 432-8690
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Musica Sacra presents:
Give Ear To Thy People: Choral Music from the Jewish Tradition
Sat. March 21, 2009, 8:00 PM
First Church Congregational
11 Garden St.
Cambridge, MA
tickets: $10 - $40
free parking for all regularly priced tickets

Musica Sacra presents Jewish choral repertoire that juxtaposes the sacred and secular, the ancient and contemporary, the traditional and innovative. The concert will feature Paths of Stone and Water, a world premiere written for Musica Sacra by Osnat Netzer, Israeli composer and pianist. The concert also includes Aaron Copland's In the Beginning, which sets the Genesis creation story, music by Noam Elkies, Yiddish choral music from the early 20th century, and other selections from the Jewish diaspora.

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Two Choruses, One Voice
Newton Choral Society and Zamir Chorale of Boston
DATE: Sunday, March 8, 2009
TIME: 3:00 pm
LOCATION: Sanders Theatre, Cambridge
TICKETS: $36 (preferred seating) and $18
Tickets will go on sale at the end of January, www.zamir.org

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Two Choruses, One Voice
Newton Choral Society and
Zamir Chorale of Boston

Leonard Bernstein Chichester Psalms; Mordecai Seter Festivals
Eric Whitacre Five Hebrew Love Songs; Randall Thompson The Peaceable Kingdom

DATE: Sunday, March 8, 2009
TIME: 3:00 pm
LOCATION: Sanders Theatre, Memorial Hall, 45 Quincy Street, Cambridge
TICKETS: $36 (preferred seating) and $18
www.zamir.org

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The Art of Jewish Music, à la Russe
A Centennial Celebration of the Society for Jewish Folk Music

Klára Móricz

Thursday, December 18, 2008
7:30 p.m., Berenson Hall
Hebrew College, 160 Herrick Rd., Newton, MA

$15 general admission; $10 students
Advanced registration required; seating is limited

Reserve Now

Questions? 617-559-8733

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BOSTON AND JERUSALEM
DATE & TIME: Sunday, October 26, 2008 at 7:30 p.m.
LOCATION: The Fenway Center at Northeastern University (corner St. Stephen and Gainsborough Streets)
(click here for directions)
COST: NU Students with ID free; Adults: $20. To buy tickets: www.gonu.com/tickets/

Northeastern University will present the only Boston appearance by the renowned Jerusalem Academy Chamber Choir, under the direction of Prof. Stanley Sperber. The Academy Choir, now in its 40th season, is considered one of Israel's finest vocal ensembles, performing frequently with the Israel Philharmonic and the Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra. This will be the first concert on the choir's American tour.

Also on the program will be the Northeastern University Chamber Chorus and the Zamir Chorale of Boston, conducted by Prof. Joshua Jacobson. The program includes Daniel Pinkham's Wedding Cantata, Yehezkel Braun's Song of Songs, and other works by American and Israeli composers.

In a grand finale the three choirs will join forces, over one hundred voices strong.

For more information, call (617) 373-2671.

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SONGS OF SURVIVAL: MUSIC OF THE HOLOCAUST

San Francisco Choral Artists invite you to join us in celebrating the power of music to sustain hope in times of despair. We remember those who perished in the Holocaust as well as those who survived, and how music kept many alive. With songs from the period and new works to celebrate light in times of darkness. Magen Solomon, Artistic Director.

OAKLAND:
Sunday, June 22, 2008; 4 PM
St. Paul's Episcopal Church
114 Montecito Avenue

Tickets: $9-28
San Francisco Choral Artists
www.sfca.org
415-979-5779

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SONGS OF SURVIVAL: MUSIC OF THE HOLOCAUST

San Francisco Choral Artists invite you to join us in celebrating the power of music to sustain hope in times of despair. We remember those who perished in the Holocaust as well as those who survived, and how music kept many alive. With songs from the period and new works to celebrate light in times of darkness. Magen Solomon, Artistic Director.

PALO ALTO:
Saturday, June 21, 2008; 8 PM
St. Mark's Episcopal Church
600 Colorado Avenue

Tickets: $9-28
San Francisco Choral Artists
www.sfca.org
415-979-5779

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Koleinu, The Jewish Community Chorus of Boston presents
Sephardic Dreams
A concert of Jewish Choral Music highlighting Spanish, Romani and Arabic influences

On Thursday, June 19, 2008 at 8 pm, Koleinu, The Jewish Community Chorus of Boston, will present a concert of Jewish choral music, featuring a variety of Sephardic music at Temple Shalom, 175 Temple Street, West Newton, MA. Included in the concert are pieces in Ladino (Judeo-Spanish) and Hebrew, many of which show the literary and musical influences of Spanish, Romani, and Arabic cultures.

General admission tickets are $10 for advance purchase and $12 at the door. Donor seats in special section are $25. To purchase tickets or for more information visit www.koleinu.org or call 617-559-8649.

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Sunday afternoon 15th of June 2008 at 13.00 hours
Yiddish choir Mokum Alef
Kapitein Zeppos
Gebed zonder End 3-5, 1012 HS
Amsterdam
(www.Zeppos.nl)

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SONGS OF SURVIVAL: MUSIC OF THE HOLOCAUST

San Francisco Choral Artists invite you to join us in celebrating the power of music to sustain hope in times of despair. We remember those who perished in the Holocaust as well as those who survived, and how music kept many alive. With songs from the period and new works to celebrate light in times of darkness. Magen Solomon, Artistic Director.

SAN FRANCISCO:
Saturday, June 14, 2008; 8 PM,
St. Gregory of Nyssa Episcopal Church
500 De Haro Street

Tickets: $9-28
San Francisco Choral Artists
www.sfca.org
415-979-5779

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The Amsterdam Jiddish choir Mokef Alef is organizing an exclusive
WORKSHOP given by Jeff Warschauer and Deborah Strauss on Saturday
afternoon the 14th of June 2008 in the Oosterkerk in Amsterdam at
14.30 hours.

Both as performers and coaches the Strauss-Warschauer Duo are one of
the most popular teams in the internatiomal Jiddish Klezmer scene.
Deborah Strauss and Jeff Warschauer have performed on the most famous
music platform in the world and give workshops throughout North
America and Europe. Their performance distinguishes itself by a varied
use of song and instruments.

Their work is a panorama and intimate mixture of many kinds of music
both traditional and contemporary.

They derive their inspiration from Klezmer, Jiddishe, Chassidic and
liturgical music, to which they add their own compositions.

For further information tel. nr. *31(0)20 627 99 01

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Boston Jewish Film Festival: Encores
At Home in Utopia
(by filmmaker Michael Goldman, of "A Jumpin' Night in the Garden of Eden" fame)
8 pm
Thursday, June 12, 2008
Remis Auditorium

with filmmakers Michal Goldman, Ellen Brodsky, and special guest: Yiddish Community Chorus of the Workmen's Circle

MFA members, seniors, and students $8; general admission $9.
Tickets

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Nashirah, the Jewish Chorale of Philadelphia.
Spring concert
March 30 at 3:00 P.M.
Congregation Rodeph Shalom
Philadelphia, PA.

The name of the concert is "Im Tir'zu: If You Will It". Further information, a contact telephone number and directions are available at our website: www.nashirah.org.

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Nashirah: The Jewish Chorale of Greater Philadelphia will present
Im Tirtzu: Israel Celebrates 60

Sunday, March 30, at 3 PM

Congregation Rodeph Shalom
615 North Broad Street, Philadelphia

General Admission $25
For tickets or information, call
888-901-6274
or visit www.nashirah.org

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Je travaille le chant lyrique à Paris, dans la tessiture de ténor lyrique, en tant que soliste, également je chante dans des ch ur ou ensembles vocaux.
Depuis quasiment un an, je chante dans la chorale juive de France, dirigée par Hector SABO. Il y a 4 mois, je fus sollicité par le chef de ch ur pour être soliste, avec la volonté de développer l art cantorial.
A paris, lundi 18 février à 20h00, à la synagogue de Nazareth (Paris 3ème), nous faisons un concert, accompagné par deux hazzanim.

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Boston's Zamir Chorale

Annual Hanukkah Happens at Temple Emanuel, Newton, on Monday, December 24, 7:30 pm, featuring cantorial and choral music with Cantor Elias Rosemberg and orchestra (new orchestrations by Joshua Jacobson). Highlights include Machtenberg's "Shehecheyonu" and Schorr's "Sheyiboneh Beys HaMikdosh" as well as Sephardic melodies such as "Yom Zeh LeYisrael" and "Yismach Mosheh." For further information about Hanukkah Happens, contact Temple Emanuel 617-558-8150.
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Boston's Zamir Chorale

Congregation Agudath Sholom in Stamford, Connecticut, Sunday, December 16 at 3:00 pm. Less than an hour from NYC! Join us for a special afternoon. For tickets, contact Naomi J. Marks, 203-358-2200.

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Choral Arts Society of Philadelphia presents:

This season's holiday concert will be more than a little unusual. Dedicated to the celebration of Hanukkah, it will combine music both old and new, taking us back to the 17th century, when the famous violinist and composer Salomone Rossi wrote the first polyphonic setting of the Shabbat Service. To complement the splendid ceremonial music of Rossi, Choral Arts has commissioned a Hanukkah Oratorio by internationally renowned composer David Ludwig. An ensemble of period instruments - recorders, baroque fiddles, sackbuts, lutes and percussion - will accompany this festive holiday concert. Bring the entire family!

Tuesday, December 11, 2007, 8 pm
Congregation Rodeph Shalom
615 North Broad Street, Philadelphia, PA

Wednesday, December 12, 2007, 8 pm
Temple Sinai of Dresher
1401 N. Limekiln Pike, Dresher, PA

There will be a pre-concert lecture 30 minutes before each performance.

For more information or to order tickets
visit www.choralarts.com
or call (215) 240-6417

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Choral Arts Society of Philadelphia presents:

This season's holiday concert will be more than a little unusual. Dedicated to the celebration of Hanukkah, it will combine music both old and new, taking us back to the 17th century, when the famous violinist and composer Salomone Rossi wrote the first polyphonic setting of the Shabbat Service. To complement the splendid ceremonial music of Rossi, Choral Arts has commissioned a Hanukkah Oratorio by internationally renowned composer David Ludwig. An ensemble of period instruments - recorders, baroque fiddles, sackbuts, lutes and percussion - will accompany this festive holiday concert. Bring the entire family!

Tuesday, December 11, 2007, 8 pm
Congregation Rodeph Shalom
615 North Broad Street, Philadelphia, PA

Wednesday, December 12, 2007, 8 pm
Temple Sinai of Dresher
1401 N. Limekiln Pike, Dresher, PA

There will be a pre-concert lecture 30 minutes before each performance.

For more information or to order tickets
visit www.choralarts.com
or call (215) 240-6417

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CHOIRS AND CANTORS LIGHT ONE CANDLE THIS CHANUKAH

Over 200 adults and children will celebrate Chanukah, the Festival of Lights, in concert, 3 P.M., Sunday, December 9, 2007 as Congregation Rodeph Sholom of Manhattan hosts its unique, multigenerational Festival of Choirs. The eighth annual concert will feature cantors and their volunteer adult and children’s choirs from all over the New York metropolitan area. This year, the first night of Chanukah is Friday, December 4, 2007.

A Festival of Choirs is free of charge and open to the entire community.

Congregation Rodeph Sholom is located at 7 West 83rd Street off of Central Park West in Manhattan. For more information about this concert, please call (212) 362-8800, ext. 1337.

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Boston's Zamir Chorale

Boston's Museum of Fine Arts, European/Old Master Paintings Gallery, Wednesday, December 5 at 7:30 pm. Join us for a Hanukkah concert in this resonant and inspiring setting.

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The Zamir Chorale of Boston invites you to
an Open Sing of Leonard Bernstein's Chichester Psalms and choruses from Handel's oratorio JUDAS MACCABAEUS.
Joshua R. Jacobson, conductor
Frederick Metzger, boy soprano
and Edwin Swanborn, pianist

Sunday, Dec. 2, 2007, 3 pm, at Temple Reyim,
1860 Washington Street, Newton, MA.
near the Woodland Green Line (D) T stop
Admission: $10; $8 for students and seniors.

Vocal scores, included in the cost of admission, will be available at the door.
Join us as a singer or just a listener.
For further information, call 617-244-6333.

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JUDAS MACCABAEUS

Sunday, December 2, 2007
3:00 pm
Temple Emanuel, 280 May St., Worcester, MA
(pre-concert lecture at 2:00 in the Rose Chapel)

The Master Singers of Worcester is proud to present the first Worcester performance in decades of George Frederick Handel’s epic work about the Maccabean struggle, Judas Maccabaeus. During the composer’s lifetime, this dramatic oratorio was second in popularity only to Messiah. Recounting in music the liberation of Judea from the persecution of the Syrians, Handel’s vivid score is replete with splendid choruses, and brilliant writing for soloists and full orchestra. The chorus will be joined by the Master Singers Youth Chorus and the Shrewsbury Youth Singers, and by guest artists baritone Solomon Cross, mezzo-soprano D’Anna Fortunato, tenor Daniel Mutlu (Cantor at Temple Emanuel), and soprano Marina Shemesh (Cantor at Worcester’s Congregation Beth Israel). A pre-concert lecture “What is The Real Story of Chanukah?” will be presented by Temple Emanuel Rabbi Jordan Millstein.

Tickets: www.mswma.org/frameset.html

I'm sure that you'll be able to purchase them at the door as well.

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Shir Chadash: The Brooklyn Jewish Community Chorus
directed by Natasha Hirschhorn

PRESENTS
"Not by Might, but by Spirit" A musical celebration of Chanukah

Enjoy classical selections by Mussorgsky and Handel, Chanukah liturgy in exquisite settings, and holiday favorites, old and new with surprise guest artists

Tickets: $10 in advance, $15 at the door
Children under 13 admitted free

Saturday, December 1st at 7:45PM
East Midwood Jewish Center
with Chazzan Sam Levine and the EMJC choir
1625 Ocean Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11230
This concert made possible with public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts.
In Kings County, the Decentralization Program is administered by the Brooklyn Arts Council, Inc. (BAC)

For more information, or to reserve tickets, please call 718-338-3800.

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Shir Chadash: The Brooklyn Jewish Community Chorus
directed by Natasha Hirschhorn

PRESENTS
"Not by Might, but by Spirit" A musical celebration of Chanukah

Enjoy classical selections by Mussorgsky and Handel, Chanukah liturgy in exquisite settings, and holiday favorites, old and new with surprise guest artists

Tickets: $10 in advance, $15 at the door
Children under 13 admitted free

Sunday, December 9th at 5PM
Kings Bay YM-YWHA
3495 Nostrand Avenue (between Avenues U and V), Brooklyn, NY 11229 This concert is sponsored, in part, by the Greater New York Development Fund of the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs administered by the Brooklyn Arts Council, Inc. (BAC)

For more information, or to reserve tickets, please call 718-648-7703, ext 226.

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Israel Prize winners, The Gevatron: The Israeli Kibbutz Singers, will perform with America's foremost Jewish choral ensemble, the Zamir Chorale of Boston, on Thursday evening, October 18, 7:30 pm at Congregation Kehillath Israel in Brookline.

"Those Were the Days - These Are the Songs" is sponsored by the Zamir Chorale of Boston and the Jewish Agency, and cosponsored by the Consulate of Israel to New England and the Combined Jewish Philanthropies.

Tickets are $18 for unreserved seats, $36 for reserved seats; $12 for students and seniors and are available on line, www.zamir.org or by calling Zamir, 617/244-6333.

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82nd Season of Toronto Jewish Folk Choir Begins Oct. 3

The Toronto Jewish Folk Choir, Canada's oldest continuing Jewish performing group, begins its 82nd season on October 3, 7.30 p.m. at the Winchevsky Centre, 585 Cranbrooke Ave. (5 blocks n. of Lawrence, just east of Bathurst). The choir has soprano, alto, bass-baritone and tenor sections. Music reading ability is definitely a plus, but those with good voice and fast-learning skills are also welcome. Then 2007-2008 season will feature excerpts from "Di yam gazlonim" ("Pirates of Penzance" in Yiddish), Yiddish and international folk songs, beloved pieces by Avrom Goldfadden, and Israeli songs in Hebrew, Yiddish and English. Annual fees are $150.00, but exceptions are made for low-income singers. For more information, contact the Co-President, Enid Moscovitch, at 416-709-5502, or Ben Shek: 416-489-7681.

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Dear Friend of the Jewish People's Philharmonic Chorus:

The Jewish People's Philharmonic Chorus (JPPC) of New York, which specializes in Yiddish choral music, will hold auditions for all voice parts on:
Monday evening, September 17 and
Monday evening, September 24,
on the Upper West Side of Manhattan.

The 40-member chorale, which has recently performed at Shea Stadium, Lincoln Center, and the North American Jewish Choral Festival - as well as released its first CD, "Zingt! A Celebration of Yiddish Choral Music" (which has drawn raves), - is committed to the highest quality of performance.

The auditions are by appointment only and can be scheduled by calling (646) 602-2007 or emailing .

Candidates must have a good ear, be able to sing in harmony and have a voice that blends.

*No* knowledge of Yiddish is necessary. Translations are always provided.

Rehearsals are held weekly from September through early June on Monday evenings on the Upper West Side.

The JPPC is conducted by Binyumen Schaechter.

More info about the JPPC can be found at www.thejppc.org.

The JPPC is a non-discriminatory organization and welcomes singers of all faiths; membership in the Chorale is open to qualified singers without regard to religion, race, national origin, sexual orientation, marital status, or disability.

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Dear Friend of the Jewish People's Philharmonic Chorus:

The Jewish People's Philharmonic Chorus (JPPC) of New York, which specializes in Yiddish choral music, will hold auditions for all voice parts on:
Monday evening, September 17 and
Monday evening, September 24,
on the Upper West Side of Manhattan.

The 40-member chorale, which has recently performed at Shea Stadium, Lincoln Center, and the North American Jewish Choral Festival - as well as released its first CD, "Zingt! A Celebration of Yiddish Choral Music" (which has drawn raves), - is committed to the highest quality of performance.

The auditions are by appointment only and can be scheduled by calling (646) 602-2007 or emailing .

Candidates must have a good ear, be able to sing in harmony and have a voice that blends.

*No* knowledge of Yiddish is necessary. Translations are always provided.

Rehearsals are held weekly from September through early June on Monday evenings on the Upper West Side.

The JPPC is conducted by Binyumen Schaechter.

More info about the JPPC can be found at www.thejppc.org.

The JPPC is a non-discriminatory organization and welcomes singers of all faiths; membership in the Chorale is open to qualified singers without regard to religion, race, national origin, sexual orientation, marital status, or disability.

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Sunday 1 July 2007
Kol Isha – the voices of women
sing praises to the Almighty

The beautiful voices of women, singing Jewish psalms and prayers will be heard in a ground breaking concert on Sunday 1st July. Britain's first and newly ordained cantor, Jaclyn Chernett of Kol Nefesh Masorti Synagogue, Edgware is joined by Josée Wolff*, the first woman from the European continent to be ordained Cantor at the School of Sacred Music at Hebrew Union College, New York (where she now teaches). Two sopranos, Vivienne Bellos, Director of Music, North Western Reform Synagogue, Golders Green and Cathy Heller-Jones, Director of Music, Liberal Jewish Synagogue St John's Wood, who have been leading prayers in their synagogues through music for decades, feature in this concert, which also introduces Zoë Jacobs, a young British woman studying in America to become a cantor.

The concert at 8.00pm on Sunday 1 July takes place in the beautiful sanctuary of the Liberal Jewish Synagogue, St John's Wood. There will be a pre-concert talk at 7.00pm on the subject of the role of women's voices in religious Judaism throughout history, given by another woman playing an important role in Jewish music, Dr Abigail Wood, who is now the Joe Loss Lecturer in Jewish Music, SOAS, University of London.

*Cantor Josee Wolff will be running a 4 day JMI intensive workshop for synagogue musicians at Leo Baeck College from 2 -5 July. To attend Tel 020 8909 2445 or register online at Website www.jmi.org.uk

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Coming this Sunday and Monday!

Two concerts:
Sunday, June 10th, 2007 - Montclair State University, NJ
Monday, June 11th, 2007 - Hofstra University, Hempstead, NY

Order tickets on line at www.boxofficetickets.com/sydenhamchoir or call 800-494-8497.

For further information call the Center office at 718-997-5730.

See information on the web at:
www.bizconnector.com/usp/lpg/2/SydnehamChoir/Celebration3.html

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Coming this Sunday and Monday!

Two concerts:
Sunday, June 10th, 2007 - Montclair State University, NJ
Monday, June 11th, 2007 - Hofstra University, Hempstead, NY

Order tickets on line at www.boxofficetickets.com/sydenhamchoir or call 800-494-8497.

For further information call the Center office at 718-997-5730.

See information on the web at:
www.bizconnector.com/usp/lpg/2/SydnehamChoir/Celebration3.html

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Sunday, June 10th: SHALOM Y ESPERANZA: JEWISH-LATINO CONNECTIONS (Bethesda/Chevy Chase)

CORAL CANTIGAS, Washington's Latin American Chorus
in a co-presentation with
ZEMER CHAI, Washington's Jewish Chorus
and guest artist
Ramón Tasat, Argentinean Cantor

present
SHALOM Y ESPERANZA: JEWISH-LATINO CONNECTIONS

SUNDAY, JUNE 10, 2007 @ 7 PM
Bradley Hills Presbyterian Church
6601 Bradley Boulevard (Rt. 191), Bethesda, Maryland
Handicap accessible / Ample Free Parking

Tickets: $15 - $25. Free Niños tickets for ages 12 & under
Group discounts for 8 or more adults with advance purchase
FOR TICKETS visit www.cantigas.org or call 301-424-8296
Información en Español: 301-424-8296

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RESERVE THE DATE!
Sunday, June 10, 2007,

THE JEWISH PEOPLE'S PHILHARMONIC CHORUS (JPPC),
conducted by BINYUMEN ("BEN") SCHAECHTER

will perform rarely-heard choral arrangements of the great songs of Mark Warshawsky and Mordecai Gebirtig including Afn pripetshik, Es brent, Di mizinke oysgegebn, Hulyet hulyet kinderlekh, Dem milners trern, Akhtsik er un zibetsik zi, and more!

Also, the new compact disc recorded by the JPPC, ZINGT! - A CELEBRATION OF YIDDISH CHORAL MUSIC will be available!

Hebrew Union College, 1 West 4th Street, NYC
www.thejppc.org

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Annual concert of Yiddish Choir Hejmisj Zain
conductor: Jules Bart and with Joris van Beek, violin and Bart Lelivelt, accordeon:

June 10th, Amsterdam, 15.00 hours.
Amstelkerk, Amstelveld 10, Amsterdam.
Entrance: € 9,00, € 8,00 (students, 65+) and € 5,00
(children up till 12 years).

For information or reservations: email Yiddish Choir Hejmisj Zain, or tel. 0031-35-6940618.

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Sunday, June 3, 8:00 pm at Sanders Theatre: Classical meets cool, rousing meets reflective -- music celebrating the enduring spirit and dramatic stories of the Jewish people. Our annual Sanders extravaganza joins Zamir, under the direction of Artistic Director Joshua Jacobson, with Cantor Jeff Klepper and Rabbi Daniel Freelander, of Kol B'Seder. The world-renowned duo, founded in 1973, has influenced the modern American Jewish movement with their unique, contemporary sound, which some have dubbed "American nusach."

The evening kicks off with Zamir performing majestic classics by 19th-century synagogue composer Louis Lewandowski, as well as expressive settings of biblical texts by Americans Leonard Bernstein, Daniel Pinkham, and Randall Thompson. The centerpiece is the brilliant a cappella "Roni Akarah," a rarely performed work by Israel's Paul Ben-Haim.

Kol B'Seder will take the stage to present new pieces and old favorites, followed by a joint set with Zamir and an instrumental ensemble led by Hankus Netsky, including new settings of Kol B'Seder's best-loved songs such as "Shalom Rav" (abundant peace). Be sure to order your tickets in advance for this special evening!

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The Amsterdam Synagogue Choir will be in concert, with a special selection
from our new Rosh Hashanah, Pesach and Chanukah repertoire.

Nieuwe Uilenburgerstraat 91, Amsterdam (Holland)
Sunday 27 may 2007, 20.30

Tickets cost €10 and may be ordered through
our website www.ask-choir.org

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Yiddish Choir Hejmisj Zain
May 20th 2007:
Location: Rembrandtkapel, Rembrandtlaan 10, Soest.
Entree: € 4,00.

For information or reservations: email Yiddish Choir Hejmisj Zain, or tel. 0031-35-6940618.

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June 10nd 2007
Concert of Yiddish Choir Hejmisj Zain (Amsterdam, Holland,
with Bart Lelivelt (accordeon) and Joris van Beek (violin)
in the "Amstelkerk", Amstelveld 1, Amsterdam.

Entree: € 9,00, € 8,00 and € 5,00(children till 12 years old).

For information or reservations: email Yiddish Choir Hejmisj Zain, or tel. 0031-35-6940618.

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C.A.I.F. - Cultural Association of Italians at Fermilab
I.I.C. - Istituto Italiano di Cultura di Chicago
Present

Ensemble Lucidarium "La ISTORIA de PURIM"
Jewish Music and Poetry in Renaissance Italy
Saturday, March 17, 8 pm
FERMILAB (Batavia, IL)
Ramsey Auditorium
Tickets: $ 10.00 ($ 5.00 under 18)
(630) 840 2787 (ARTS)
CAIF c/o K. Akhobadze
(630) 840 2986

www.iichicago.esteri.it
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The Ensemble Lucidarium, a famous international group of scholar musicians specialized in the works of the Middle Ages and the Renaissance, will perform: "La Istoria de Purim," Jewish music and poetry from the Italian Renaissance, which was awarded first prize in 2004 by the European Association for Jewish Culture.

In the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries, northern Italy was a meeting place for three separate Jewish communities: Ashkenazi, Jews coming from northeastern Europe, Sephardic Jews from the Iberian peninsula, and Italikim who had been in Italy since the days of the Roman Empire. The music from this period is characterized by a fertile exchange of ideas and culture between Jews and gentiles. The texts transcribed into the Hebrew alphabet in four-verse stanzas are written in the colorful Jewish vernacular spoken in the Po valley during the sixteenth century. The rhymes were typical of the songs performed to celebrate the festival of Purim by recounting the story of Queen Esther. Ensemble Lucidarium has reconstructed the music through painstaking research into sixteenth-century music and oral traditions still alive in certain areas of the Tuscan and Emilian Apennines.

This concert has been organized with the support of Congregation Beth Shalom
of Naperville and E.A.J.C. (European Association for Jewish Culture).

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Over 250 adults and children will celebrate Chanukah, the Festival of Lights, in concert, 3 P.M., Sunday, December 10, 2006 as Congregation Rodeph Sholom of Manhattan hosts its unique, multigenerational Festival of Choirs. The seventh annual concert will feature cantors and their volunteer adult and children’s choirs from all over the New York metropolitan area. This year, the first night of Chanukah is Friday, December 15, 2006.

A Festival of Choirs is free of charge and open to the entire community.

Congregation Rodeph Sholom is located at 7 West 83rd Street off of Central Park West in Manhattan. For more information about this concert, please call (212) 362-8800, ext. 1337.

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London Jewish Male Choir - A Celebration of 80 Years
Sun 3rd Dec, 7:30pm
St Johns Smith Square, Westminster, London (UK)

Tickets £15, £20 available from:
The Box Office, St. John's, Smith Square, London SW1P 3HA
Tel: 020 7222 1061
Web: www.sjss.org.uk

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Strauss-Warschauer Duo with Yiddish choir Mokum Alef

Sunday-evening 3 december
Concert-hall: De IJsbreker
Weesperzijde 23
Amsterdam

Mokum Alef at 19.30; ticket € 7
The Strauss/Warschauer Duo at 21.00; ticket € 18
combi-kaart € 22,50 (former members of the choir: € 20)

Information and bookings:
Boudewijn Snoeck
020 ｭ 627 99 01
www.mokumalef.nl
With the support of: Amsterdams Fonds voor de Kunst and friends of Mokum Alef

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Open Rehearsals A Besere Velt (A Better World): Yiddish Community Chorus of the Workmen痴 Circle
Saturday, September 16 and Saturday, September 30
3:30-5:30pm
1762 Beacon Street, Brookline

A Besere Velt (A Better World), Yiddish Community Chorus of the Workmen痴 Circle, opens its membership once a year. We sing songs of freedom and struggle from progressive Jewish cultural tradition. Performances throughout the year. All voices welcome. No knowledge of Yiddish required. For more information contact Lisa Gallatin at 617.566.6164.

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Open Rehearsals A Besere Velt (A Better World): Yiddish Community Chorus of the Workmen痴 Circle
Saturday, September 16 and Saturday, September 30
3:30-5:30pm
1762 Beacon Street, Brookline

A Besere Velt (A Better World), Yiddish Community Chorus of the Workmen痴 Circle, opens its membership once a year. We sing songs of freedom and struggle from progressive Jewish cultural tradition. Performances throughout the year. All voices welcome. No knowledge of Yiddish required. For more information contact Lisa Gallatin at 617.566.6164.

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Charming Hostess
Thursday 14 September
6:30 PM
Talking and singing about Walter Benjamin
Magnes Museum
2911 Russell Street
Berkeley

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Charming Hostess

Friday 8 September
8 PM
with Fred Frith, Yuka Honda and eRikm
(AMAZING, NOT-TO-BE-MISSED PEOPLE)
Mills College Concert Hall
5000 MacArthur Blvd
Oakland

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Want to come to a simcha without having to get all dressed
up? Then make your way to KLEZFEST! on Long Island at Dix
Hills Jewish Center, 555 Vanderbilt Pkwy., Dix Hills, NY,
Sun., June 4, 2006 7:00pm The show features the world-
renowned band Kapelye (Ken Maltz, Pete Sokolow, and Eric
Berman), joined by klezmer all-stars Cookie Segelstein,
Alex Kontorovich, Gennady Gutkin, and Michael Spielzinger.
First half showcases the fabulous talents of Yiddish
singers Joanne Borts, Chazzn Moishe Bear, the DHJC
Kinderchor, and surprise guests. The second half presents
Yiddish dance master Steve Weintraub, who will perform and
lead a Music and Dance Party. He will also give a pre-
concert workshop at the synagogue from 4:00-5:30pm.
General admission is $25 and up (kids tix are $10) and
refreshments will be available.

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Tsiyon: Israel's Jewish Cultural Tapestry in Song and Music ~ a Concert ~

Sunday, June 4, 2006 4-6:30 pm
Stein Auditorium, Nesbitt Hall
Drexel University
33rd and Market Streets
Philadelphia, PA
FREE and open to the public
Refreshments served!
Information: 215-895-6388 The first half of the
concert will feature tenor Richard Lenatsky and the Shira Hadasha Choir.
The 2nd half will feature Divahn.

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Special Yiddish/English concerts May 21!

Having recently performed at Lincoln Center and Shea Stadium
and recorded its first CD,
THE JEWISH PEOPLE'S PHILHARMONIC CHORUS (JPPC)
conducted by BINYUMEN ("BEN") SCHAECHTER,
will perform musical adaptations of the works of
SHOLEM ALEICHEM and I.L. PERETZ
commemorating 90 years since their deaths.

Highlights:

• A rarely heard operetta based on Sholem Aleichem's beloved Tom Sawyer-ish character, MOTL PEYSI DEM KHAZNS ("Motl, Peysi the Cantor's Son")


• A stirring musical adaptation of Peretz's classic short story, OYB NIT NOKH HEKHER ("If Not Higher Still")


• Selections from the JPPC's new CD, ZINGT! A CELEBRATION OF YIDDISH CHORAL MUSIC

When: Sunday, May 21, at 2:00 and at 4:30
Where: Hebrew Union College, 1 West 4th St. (betw. Broadway & Mercer St.),
New York, NY
Admission: Adults: $15; Seniors, students: $10

PHOTO ID required, all adults age 18 & up

For tickets and additional information:
Jo Abrams (646) 602-2007

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SHOLEM ALEICHEM, I.L. PERETZ, AND OUR NEW CD

THE JEWISH PEOPLE'S PHILHARMONIC CHORUS (JPPC),
conducted by BINYUMEN ("BEN") SCHAECHTER,
will perform musical adaptations of the works of
I.L. Peretz and Sholem Aleichem,
to commemorate 90 years since their respective deaths.

Last year's JPPC spring concert was so well attended
that many had to be turned away.
Thus, this year the JPPC will give two identical performances on May 21, at
2:00 and 4:30

Where: Hebrew Union College, 1 West 4th Street

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Charming Hostess

Singing "Benjamin in Love: A Song Cycle"

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Charming Hostess

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Charming Hostess

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Charming Hostess
Thursday, Mar 9, 7:30pm
Seattle, WA
Tractor Tavern 5213 Ballard Ave NW
Singing "Benjamin in Love: A Song Cycle"

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Charming Hostess
Tuesday, Mar 7, 7:30pm
Washington, DC
Busboys & Poets
Corner of 14th & V Streets NW
Singing "Benjamin in Love: A Song Cycle"

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Charming Hostess
Sunday 29 January
10pm
Tonic
107 Norfolk Street
NYC

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Charming Hostess
Friday 27 & Sat 28 January
8pm
Creative Alliance
presented by Charm City Club
3134 Eastern Ave
Baltimore, MD

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Charming Hostess
Friday 27 & Sat 28 January
8pm
Creative Alliance
presented by Charm City Club
3134 Eastern Ave
Baltimore, MD

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The Free Synagogue of Flushing will be presenting
Judas Maccabaeus on Friday, December 16th, 2005.
Shabbat Service at 8:15 pm, concert at 8:45 pm. The
concert will feature Free Synagogue's own Cantor
Steven Pearlston, the Free Synagogue Professional
Choir, Organist Robert Barrows, Live Trumpets!, and a
narration by Rabbi Jo David. Meet the artists at a
festive reception following the concert. Free parking
on premises. Chair lift available. All are invited.

The Free Synagogue of Flushing is located in downtown
Flushing, Queens (New York City), NY at 41-60 Kissena
Boulevard, between Main Street and Sanford Avenue.
Call for information about this and other programs:
718-961-0030 www.freesynagogue.org

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For the third year in a row the St. Louis Circle of Jewish Music will collaborate in presenting excerpts from - but most of - George Frideric Handel's oratorio "Judas Maccabaeus" in observance of the approaching season of Chanukah. The concert will take place Saturday evening, December 10th, 7pm at Congregation B'nai Amoona, featuring the University City Symphony Orchestra conducted by Dr. Leon Burke, III. Members of the Circle will sing the solos, and a choir of volunteers from the various congregational choirs will be joined by those members of the audience who have purchased scores. Other music to be performed will include the "Suite Hebraique" by Ernest Bloch featuring viola soloist Anna Lackshewitz, and an arrangement by me for male choir (quartet in this case) of a traditional Dutch melody for "Shenei Zeitim," a piyut for Shabbat of Chanukah.

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Family Jewish Broadway Sing-A-Long

Sunday, September 25 • 1:30pm FREE
Oskar Schindler Performing Arts Center, 4 Boland Drive, West Orange
Rain location: Cooperman JCC

Sunrise Sunset, A Whole New World, Popular, A Hard Knock Life —do you know the lyrics to these incredible songs written by Jewish composers? An outdoor concert for the whole family with song sheets provided to sing along with Broadway professionals. Dress up as your favorite character and join in the fun!

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Friday, September 16, 2005
Charming Hostess

time: 8:00p

location: Rm 54-100 (Green Bldg)

Performance from the female ensemble's new CD, "Sarajevo Blues" (Tzadik), which draws on Bosnian poetry of love and resistance, celebrating the triumph of the human spirit. In "Sarajevo Blues," Charming Hostess takes history and news as a context, but steers towards poetry as a way to focus on daily life under siege. Some songs explicitly speak of war, and others of cafe culture, underground sexuality, freedom and the nature of evil.The ensemble includes Katzenstein Lecturer Jewlia Eisenberg (see Sept 15) whose music is rooted in the body?voices and vocal percussion, handclaps and heartbeats, sex-breath and silence. "Charming Hostess makes music like no other? Thrown in with lively North African wedding songs and Eastern European folk songs are originals that display a proudly feminist, radical-Jewish, pro-sex sensibility," wrote the New York Times.
See http://web.mit.edu/arts/announcements/prs/2005/0901_eisenberg2.html
open to: the general public cost: free

web site: web.mit.edu/gcws/events/index.html#jewlia

sponsor: Office of the Arts Student and Artist-in-Residence Programs, Graduate Consortium in Women's Studies

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THE JEWISH PEOPLE'S PHILHARMONIC CHORUS,
with BINYUMEN ("BEN") SCHAECHTER, CONDUCTOR

TUESDAY, JUNE 28th, 2005, 8:00 PM
Alice Tully Hall, Lincoln Center, NY, NY
(featured chorus in 3rd Annual New York International Choral Festival)
tickets: $30, $60 and $100 ($20, $40, $75 for children under 10 and seniors)

For addt'l info or to reserve for a group: call 646-602-2007

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THE JEWISH PEOPLE'S PHILHARMONIC CHORUS,
with BINYUMEN ("BEN") SCHAECHTER, CONDUCTOR

TUESDAY, JUNE 28th, 2005, 8:00 PM
Alice Tully Hall, Lincoln Center, NY, NY
(featured chorus in 3rd Annual New York International Choral Festival)
tickets: $30, $60 and $100 ($20, $40, $75 for children under 10 and seniors)

For addt'l info or to reserve for a group: call 646-602-2007.

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THE JEWISH PEOPLE'S PHILHARMONIC CHORUS,
with BINYUMEN ("BEN") SCHAECHTER, CONDUCTOR

SUNDAY, JUNE 5th, 2005, 3:00 PM
Hebrew Union College, 1 West 4 Street, NY, NY
for a full concert of the JPPC
tickets: $15; $10 for seniors & children 12 and under

For addt'l info or to reserve for a group: call 646-602-2007

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HEART/BEAT: SECULAR MUSIC'S JEWISH SOUL:

Three evening lecture concert series
with Joshua Jacobson
Jack Gottlieb
Hankus Netsky
Josh Dolgin
The Zamir Chorale

MAY 25; JUNE 1 AND 19, 2005
7:30 p.m.
Berenson Hall

Joshua Jacobson
The Zamir Chorale of Boston
Sacred Song: From liturgical piece to masterpiece
WEDNESDAY, MAY 25, 7:30 P.M.

Programs are $12 advance paid registration, $15 at the door, $30 advance paid registration for all three programs. Matriculated students receive a 50 percent discount.

REGISTER ONLINE NOW AT: www.hebrewcollege.edu/selreg or call 617-559-8709 to register by phone with a credit card.

FOR FULL DETAILS, go to www.hebrewcollege.edu/heartbeat

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ANNUAL REMEMBRANCE PROGRAM:
WARSAW GHETTO UPRISING

TUESDAY, APRIL 19, 2005
4:00 PM
MEMORIAL STONE
RIVERSIDE PARK AT 83RD STREET
Professor Jack Jacobs, Chair.
Featuring speeches and a cultural program by the Workmen’s Circle children’s choruses led by Deborah Strauss

For more info, e-mail Kavehoyz or call 212-505-8040

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KAVEHOYZ
MADDY SIMON

An evening with the renowned Yiddish musician and choir director

APRIL 14, 2005
7:00 PM
Atran Center, 25 E. 21st St, Manhattan (between Broadway and Park)
Admission: $7.00
Refreshments served.

The "Kavehoyz" series is supported by the New York State Council on the Arts, a state agency.

For more info, e-mail Kavehoyz or call 212-505-8040

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Charming Hostess
CD Release party for new Tzadik release, "Sarajevo Blues"

Saturday April 9
5 PM
Chapters Books
445 11th St NW
Washington D.C.

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Charming Hostess
CD Release party for new Tzadik release, "Sarajevo Blues"

Friday April 8
9 PM
Electric Maid
268 Carroll Street NW
Takoma Park, MD

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Charming Hostess
CD Release party for new Tzadik release, "Sarajevo Blues"

Thursday April 7
7:30 pm
Tritone
1508 South Street
Philadelphia, PA

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Charming Hostess
CD Release party for new Tzadik release, "Sarajevo Blues"

Wednesday April 6
8pm
Red Emma's
800 St. Paul Street
Baltimore, MD

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Charming Hostess
CD Release party for new Tzadik release, "Sarajevo Blues"

Monday April 4
7:30pm
U Mass Student Union
Amherst, MA

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On My Grandmother's Knee

Saturday, April 2, 8pm
Sunday, April 3, 2pm

Featuring
The National Spiritual Ensemble
and
A Besere Velt: Yiddish Community Chorus of the Workmen’s Circle
With special guests
Hankus Netsky and Adrienne Cooper

Two stunning vocal ensembles come together to present a soul-stirring concert of music. Performances are Saturday, April 2 at 8pm and Sunday, April 3 at 2pm.

Performances will be held at the Leventhal-Sidman Jewish Community Center, 333 Nahanton Street in Newton.

Tickets are $22 adult, $24 senior and $12 for children 18 and under.
For ticket information contact the JCC Box Office at 617-965-5226. Web: lsjcc.org

*This event was rescheduled from Jan 22-23 snowed cancellation.

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Charming Hostess
CD Release party for new Tzadik release, "Sarajevo Blues"

Sunday April 3
2 PM MATINEE SHOW
Hardwick Town House
127 Church Street
Hardwick, VT

then, in the evening

Sunday April 3
8 PM
Helen Hills Hills Chapel
Smith College
Northampton, MA

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On My Grandmother's Knee

Saturday, April 2, 8pm
Sunday, April 3, 2pm

Featuring
The National Spiritual Ensemble
and
A Besere Velt: Yiddish Community Chorus of the Workmen’s Circle
With special guests
Hankus Netsky and Adrienne Cooper

Two stunning vocal ensembles come together to present a soul-stirring concert of music. Performances are Saturday, April 2 at 8pm and Sunday, April 3 at 2pm.

Performances will be held at the Leventhal-Sidman Jewish Community Center, 333 Nahanton Street in Newton.

Tickets are $22 adult, $24 senior and $12 for children 18 and under.
For ticket information contact the JCC Box Office at 617-965-5226. Web: lsjcc.org

*This event was rescheduled from Jan 22-23 snowed cancellation.

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Charming Hostess
CD Release party for new Tzadik release, "Sarajevo Blues"

Saturday April 2
8pm
Langdon Street Cafe
4 Langdon Street
Montpelier, VT

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Dear KlezKampers and friends of Living Traditions,

We are thrilled to announce the dates for the 20th annual KlezKamp: December 26 � December 31, 2004 at the Swan Lake Resort Hotel in the Catskills.

www.livingtraditions.org/docs/index_kk.htm

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The Loose Canon Chorale strikes again
with Contralto, Garlic and Onions

A musical variety show in three acts:
Featuring Allison Waggener, Contralto, and Elaine Leisinger, Piano,
performing songs of Barber, Faure, Bizet, Massenet;
Featuring the Loose Canon Chorale performing six French songs by
Hindemith; and
Featuring the Garlic and Onions Klezmer Ensemble

Saturday, July 17, 8 PM
St. Ann's University Parish
Corner of Gainsborough and St. Stephen Streets
One block from Symphony Hall
No admission price; Donations gratefully accepted

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The North American Jewish Choral Festival
July 11-15, 2004

NEW LOCATION!!: Hudson Valley Resort & Spa, Kerhonksen, NY

Join hundreds of Jewish choral music lovers who will raise their voices in song in a unique program of choral music. The Fifteenth Annual North American Jewish Choral festival will once again provide participants with the opportunity to hear and be a part of Jewish choral music at its best. Our renowned teaching staff will enlighten, inspire and entertain you as you explore a full range of Jewish musical skills, literature, and texts.

For further information, visit the festival website

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Sunday, June 6, 2004, 2:00 PM
PLACE: Hebrew Union College, 1 West 4 St. (West of Broadway),
New York, New York 10012
EVENT: 81ST ANNUAL SPRING CONCERT OF THE JEWISH PEOPLES PHILHARMONIC
CHORUS
The concert includes the musical adaptation of the classic Chasidic tale
by
I.L. Peretz
OYB NIT NOKH HEKHER
With libretto by Itche Goldberg and music by Maurice Rauch
in honor of Goldberg's 100th birthday (born 1904)
and commemorating 10 years since Rauch's passing (1994).
The concert also includes selections celebrating 350 years
of a Jewish presence in North America (1654-2004),
including hits from the Second Avenue Yiddish theatre
The bill also features THE PRIPETSHIK SINGERS performing a few numbers.
PERFORMANCE LENGTH: Full concert with intermission
ADMISSION: $12 for adults, $7 for seniors, students and children
INFO: 646-602-2007 Jo Abrams; JPPC@nyc.rr.com

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WORLD PREMIERE
of

FROM KINEHORA TO KUNI-AYLAND
in honor of 350 years of Jewish life in North America (1654-2004)
conceived and performed by
BINYUMEN SCHAECHTER

A musical revue of songs about the Jewish experience in America,
including hilarious songs from Second Avenue and the Yiddish vaudeville,
written by Leo Fuchs, Aaron Lebedeff, Menashe Skulnik and others,
as well as some Schaechter songs composed for and performed off-Broadway

SONGS ARE IN YIDDISH, ENGLISH and YINGLISH
SUNDAY, MAY 23rd, 2004, 1:30 PM

SHOLEM ALEICHEM CULTURAL CENTER
3301 Bainbridge Avenue, corner 208th Street, Bronx, NY, 10467

GENERAL ADMISSION: $3.50 for adults; free for children, students and
members
Refreshments will be served.

INFORMATION: call (718) 881-6555; e-mail BSchaechter@nyc.rr.com

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The Jewish Peoples Philharmonic Chorus (JPPC) with conductor Binyumen
("Ben") Schaechter announces the following upcoming performance:

Sunday evening, April 25, 2004, 6:30 PM
Place: Temple Beth Elohim, 926 Round Swamp Rd,
Old Bethpage, Long Island, New York 11804
Event: JPPC concert
Time: 5:00 - 6:00 PM Cocktail Party; Concert @ 6:30 PM
Info, Tix: 516-694-4544; www.mytemple.org

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The Pittsburgh Jewish Music Festival, a new annual concert series devoted to Jewish-themed classical music, will debut this spring. The festival is founded by cellist Aron Zelkowicz and will feature musicians of the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra and guests. This year's theme is "A Vanished World", an exploration of Jewish culture in Eastern Europe at the beginning of the twentieth century

Monday, April 19, 2004 8:00pm
admission free
Levy Hall, Rodef Shalom Congregation
4905 Fifth Ave.
VOCAL CONCERT:
"An Evening of Jewish Song"
with Mimi Lerner and Aron Zelkowicz
(presented in conjunction with Music at Rodef Shalom):

Tickets available from ProArts at (412)394-3353 or proartstickets.org

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the Moscow Male Jewish Choir, "Hasidic Cappella"

Canyon Club in Agoura Hills, Sunday, March 21st at 4:00pm

General admission seats are only $25 ($18 for seniors and students). Premier seating and entrance to the champagne reception with the artists are only $45. For more information and tickets, call the Canyon Club 818-879-5016.
administration@adatelohim.com

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THE MILWAUKEE JEWISH COMMUNITY CHORALE
PRESENTS
'"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; "VOICES OF HARMONY", CANTORS: JERRY BERKOWITZ, DAVID BARASH, KAREN BERMAN, RUTH BERMAN-HARRIS, MITCHELL MARTIN, CANTORIAL SOLOISTS: ARLENE SPANIER,
DAVID BLUMBERG.
THE COMBINED CHILDREN'S CHOIR FROM BETH EL NER TAMID SYNAGOGUE, CONGREGATION BETH ISRAEL, CONGRGATION EMANU-EL(MILWAUKEE), CONGREGATION SINAI, CONGREGATION SHALOM AND THE MILWAUKEE JEWISH DAY SCHOOL.
DIRECTED BY:
ENID BOOTZIN
ACCOMPANIST: NANCY WINSTON

TICKETS: DONATION: $10.00 EACH; $7.00 FOR SENIORS

DON'T MISS THIS SPECTACULAR EVENT!
FOR MORE INFORMATION AND TICKETS
CONTACT: DONNA NEUBAUER 414-354-5961 RED1NEUBS@sbcglobal.net

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Sunday, February 22nd, 2004 at 4 pm:
A special interfaith sacred music concert in honor of Black Heritage Month
SACRED SOUL

� Mystical Music & Dance of the Middle East �
Meets the
� The African-American tradition of Spirituals �

Performed by:
The Yuval Ron Ensemble featuring Najwa Gibran
and
The Gwen Wyatt Chorale
with:
a 40 piece African-American chorus directed by Ms. Gwen Wyatt,
Maya Haddi - vocals, Najwa Gibran � vocals, Norik Manoukian - woodwinds,
Jamie Papish - percussion, David Martinelli - percussion, Virginie Alumyan - kanoun,
Carolyne Aycaguer-Ron - harmonium, keyboards, Yuval Ron - oud, saz
guest dancers: Aziz, Maya Karasso
guest MC: Titus Levi

Location: Wilshire United Methodist Church at: 4350 Wilshire Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90010 (on the corner of Wilshire Blvd. and Plymouth, next to the Whilshire Ebel Theater)

Admission: $10 tickets, pay at the door (cash only).
Advance ticket sale via mail: Please mail a check payable to Yuval Ron Music, to: 3812 Carpenter Ave. Studio City, CA 91604.
Tickets purchased by mail will be held at Will Call at church entrance on the day of the show.
For more info: Tel: 818 505 1355 or email: info@yuvalronmusic.com

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Concert of Jewish choral music
to be presented by 300+ teenagers
from across the US, Montreal and London!

Hazamir: The International Jewish High School Choir
Monday, Feb 16, 6pm
Merkin Concert Hall (123 West 67th St

in a program featuring selections from Europe, Israel and the US, including the world premier of two selections written especially for Hazamir by Stephen Glass
and Charles Osborne.

Tickets are $25 and $36 and available at the Merkin Box Office:
212-501-3330. For more information about the program, contact Zamir at
212-362-3335 or Email ZamirFdn@aol.com (or visit us on the web at
www.zamirfdn.org)

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The 19th Annual Yiddish Folk Arts Program "KlezKamp" will be held from December 23-29, 2003 at the Swan Lake Hotel in the heart of New York's Catskill region. For information about the program, registration, and work/study options please go to our website www.klezkamp.org.

To find out more about KlezKamp, see Ari Davidow's article about KlezKamp '96 or Ben Gerhon's article about KlezKamp '99

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For most of its 33 years of existence the St. Louis Circle of Jewish Music has sponsored an annual Chanukah choral festival. This year we begin a new tradition in collaboration with the suburban University City Symphony Orchestra - a "Judas Maccabeus" sing-along. Taking place (this year) at United Hebrew Congregation on December 20th, the combined choirs of most of the city's Jewish congregations will collaborate with the Orchestra, directed by Dr. Leon Burke, III, with solos sung by members of the Circle. Audience members may purchase a score for $18 which serves as a ticket for this and all future years, and then may sing along with the on-bima choir.

In researching the program notes I've become further surprised at the story of Handel's writing such a Jewish oratorio. "Messiah" notwithstanding, the vast majority of Handel's oratorios are on subjects from Tanach - "Old Testament" to him - "Deborah," "Israel in Egypt," "Joseph and His Brethren," etc. And "Judas Maccabeus" goes even one step further by NOT being of O.T. provenance, and hence lacking even that relevance for Christians. Apparently there was a political metaphor - a recently suppressed revolution. But I prefer the apocryphal story that Handel was advised to compose for royalty and the aristocracy, but wanted to see seats filled in the theater, and so wrote for the Jews.

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Hebrew Love Songs CD Release Party
Sunday, November 16, Ashkenaz, Berkeley

Come celebrate with us the release of Hebrew Love Songs, a collection of songs from and inspired by Shir Hashirim, the biblical Song of Songs. The album, as well as the evening program, feature the musicians of the band ADAMA: Achi Ben Shalom, Markos Sowlakis, Daniel Hoffman, Michael Gill, Jan Padover, Jeremy Cohen and many more talented musicians.

The choral group East Bay Jewish Folk Chorus will join us for part of the evening.

Admission $10.

Ashkenaz is located on San Pablo (at Gillman), Berkeley.

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Zalmen Mlotek, Executive Director of The Folksbiene Yiddish Theater and Musical Director of The New Yiddish Chorale, will be presenting "Jewish Musical Drama in the New Country," a concert of rarely-heard Yiddish music, on Tuesday, November 11th at the Jewish Theological Seminary. The concert will feature an 1882 Yiddish operetta as well as the NYC premiere of a Yiddish cantata. Tickets for the performance, which begins at 7 p.m., are $18 at the door.

All performances, which are to be held in the Feinberg Auditorium, will have simultaneous English translations on screen for the enjoyment of those who do not speak Yiddish. Remaining tickets at $18 can be purchased at the door only. To reserve tickets, phone (212) 213-2120. Further information is available at http://www.milkenarchive.org/events. The Jewish Theological Seminary is located at 3080 Broadway at 122nd Street.

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SECOND ANNUAL WORKMEN�S CIRCLE/ARBETER RING

�YIDDISH IN AMERICA� GALA CELEBRATION

TOWN HALL, NYC - NOVEMBER 6th, 2003 - 7:30PM

Tickets for YIDDISH IN AMERICA are $250, $100, $50 and $36. They are currently available at the Town Hall Box Office, Ticketmaster, or at The Workmen�s Circle/Arbeter-Ring New York office 212-889-6800 x 301.

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The Center of Jewish Education in Ukraine, with the support of the Jewish Communities Development Fund for Russia and Ukraine (USA) and the Canadian Embassy in Ukraine announces the fourth annual Klezfest music festival in Kiev on August 24-29, 2003! Klezfest Ukraine 2003 will be devoted to the study of the traditional performance of Ashkenazi music and its modern interpretation and composition. Special attention will be devoted to methods of promotion of modern Jewish music in the music market. Performers (vocalists and musicians), members of Jewish music bands and composers who use elements of traditional Jewish music are invited to take part in Klezfest Ukraine 2003.

For additional information please contact the organizing committee.
The Center of Jewish Education in Ukraine
6 Kurska St., Room 37, 03049, Kiev, Ukraine
Telephone: (380-44) 248-3670, 248-3634, 248-5377;
fax: (380-44) 248-3670, 248-5377
E-mail: center@cjeu.carrier.kiev.ua

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One of the best Klezmer/yiddish culture camps in North America is the annual "KlezKanada", held each years in the spectacular Laurentian mountains north of Montreal. Organized, in part, by the folks in Brave Old World, the program is always spectacular.

Events include lectures, a mini film festival, and of course, intensive workshops in singing, klezmer music, theatre, and dance. The "Kidz for Klez" program is also great. This is the best summer camp in the world (in fact, the event is hosted at a Jewish summer camp). Register early to get the best bunks.

Although most events start on the 20th, today is the day to arrive, get oriented, and get in some preliminary jamming.

For further information, visit the site website, www.klezkanada.com

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Yiddish Songs "Shtibl, Shtetl, Shtot" (Home, Town, City), Jul 27-30

For further information: www.klezmer-wochen-weimar.de/workshop_ges_engl.htm

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The Workmen's Circle/Arbeter Ring presents a participatory weekend of workshops and classes on Sylvan Lake at

Circle Lodge
June 27-29, 2003
TIF YIDDISH

Spend the weekend in a total environment of Yiddish culture: Yiddish classes, lectures and film screenings, Klezmer instrumental workshops/band, Yiddish singing, creative writing workshop (in English), children's program (ages K-7th grade)

For more information call Stacey Bosworth 212-889-6800 ext. 271 Space is limited! Call now!

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The JMI Barry Weinberg Jewish Choral Festival Sing to the Lord 16�26 June 2003

For ten days in June, London will resound with Jewish choral singing when choirs and choristers from all over come together for the first international Choirs Festival in London, set up in memory of our dear colleague Barry Weinberg.

For further info: www.jmi.org.uk/performance/choral03/chorfest03.html

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