Sunday, January 7th, 2007 · 9:30 am - 5:30 pm
Learn the klezmer style (all instruments, levels) with BUDOWITZ musicicans
Yiddish theater, language, literature, songs, history, and crafts
KlezKamp is almost here again! It's being held December 24-29, 2006, at the Hudson Valley Resort and Spa in Kerhonkson, New York for a week of Yiddish music and culture.
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Simcha on the Square at Trafalgar Square, London
A Celebration of British Jewish Culture in the presence of deputy Mayor of London, Nicky Gavron.Marking 350 years of British Jewish life. All welcome. Admission Free.
Bring a Shofar to Grafalgar Square for a mass Shofar blast at around 2pm. Sunday, Spet. 17, 2006 1:00pm-7:00pm.
Hear Danny Shine's Neshama Jewish Wedding Band, Three Cantors, The London Jewish Male Choir, She'Koyakh's top tapping klezmer, Mor Karbasi, The Ronnie Scott's Legacy Quartet in a jazz tribute, Los Desterrados, The Sophie Solomon Band's world music, Merlin and Polina Shepherd with special guests, Rivers of Babylon Iraqi Jewish music, and featuring Jewish Lad's and Girls Brigade, and the Jewish Youth Choir, Oranim and Ntzanim dance troupes and more. Deliciou food and lots of exhibitions of Jewish history and culture. musicians about the music they perform, and their personal sources of inspiration.
The series is designed to appeal as grandparent as to a child. Featuring Stu Brotman of Brave Old World, Julie Egger of Red Hot Chachkas, Josh Horowitz of Veretski Pass, Kevin Mummey and Steve Saxon of KlezX, and Gerry Tenney of California Klezmer. See Sunday August 27 from 11:00 to 3:00 pm.
There will be Jewish food for sale, children activities, and a storyteller and many booths.
For more information call the Jewish Community Center of Rhode Island.
on Elmgrove Avenue.
Many greater bands all day, plus art, greater food, activism, crafts and a greater festival. 5pm,Ruby Harris Band, Cook County Forest Preserve, (Oakton w. of Lehigh)
And later that nite.
..Blues fest weekend (later and greater)
9pm, Ruby Harris Electric Violin Blues Band at Dukes, 6920 Glenwood (near Morse L)
cultural promenade for the evening, each second Tuesday in June -- with admission to all museums FREE!
We will perform various very new pieces and original arrangements of traditional and farflung music, from Yiddish sources and to inform all lovers of Klezmer music, Yiddish song, dance...
and also junior musicians that, this year, our 4th held in Paris, July, 6 to 10.
concert music, but stays a living and popular music. Music, songs and dance workshops, conferences, master classes, jam, performances.
.. Some of those will groups including the prestigious Kronos Quartet.
machines (beats, loops, samples) manipulator of digital and analogical rhythms, he has made himself YANKL FALK: clarinet, voice member of the theatre and movie industry. BOB COHEN: fiddle, mandolin went to Hungary to do region. He created the Di Naye Kapelye SHURA LIPOVSKY: voice, dance is recognized by their place in yiddish culture.
Shell will also conduct a dance course in hasidic wisdom through movement, as she has already done in Europe, Russia, United States and Canada. JOSHUA HOROWITZ : accordion, cymbalom now SUZAN WATTS : trumpet from the 4th. generation of a klezmer family, she has played alongside the stars of klezmer and leads the Fabulous Shpilkes group.
workshop coordinator, she will help initiate the younger players to this music. instruments to be able to be at ease learning of music. by ear.
yiddish folklore, of the Hazanut , and of the interaction between yiddish songs and klezmer music. Special Dancers: all levels, beginners to professional. Juniors: specific classes of music, song and dance of 3 years instrumental experience.
Participants need to to participate in their classes. Petersburg is proud to announce "KlezFest St. Petersburg 2006," an Jewry, to be held June 17-22, 2006 in St.
Petersburg, Russia.
"KlezFest St. Petersburg," now in its 10th year, is the oldest klezmer seminar in Russia.
The 2006 festival will include master-classes on Yiddish folk songs and klezmer music, workshops on Yiddish folklore and Yiddish dance, lectures, concerts, and two excursions: "Jewish St. Petersburg" and "Rivers and Canals of St. Petersburg.
" Our staff will include world-famous musicians -- from New York, the violinist, accordion player, vocalist, ethnomusicologist and the world's leading expert on Yiddish dance, Michael Alpert; also from New York, the vocalist from the famous Klezmatics group, Lorin Sklamberg; from Berlin, the outstanding klezmer clarinetist, Christian Dawid, from Montreal, the master of hip-hop klezmer, composer, vocalist and DJ Josh "Socalled" Dolgin, and others. The 2006 Greater Chicago Jewish Festival, the heart and soul of Jewish Chicago, will be held on Sunday, June 11, at the Forest throughout the day.
Unique in its celebration of Jewish culture in America, the community.
Four stages of music and dance create a vibrant background for over 40,000 attendees, who also can wander through the extensive art bazaar featuring artists from the U.S. Several acts are new to the festival this year.
In addition to Lisa Loeb, the Jewish rock band, Blue Fringe, will perform, and the for their first American appearance. Past Festival favorites such as Debbie Friedman, Stuart Rosenberg, Jeff Klepper and Rabbi Joe Black are returning to entertain their fans.
community's interests and diversity.
Nearby visitors can browse in the Book Shuk, where visiting authors will sign their latest With their parents in tow, children will revel at the Hands-On tent and the kids stage.
Everyone will enjoy the strictly kosher food court, which features several cooking demonstrations in addition to falafel, pizza, ice cream and more.
The Festival has something for everyone--teens, adults, children and seniors; families, singles and groups of friends; cultural, life.
"The Festival provides an opportunity for our community to which punctuate our lives," commented Michael Lorge, the Festival's founder and executive director.
The all-day Festival, the largest Jewish cultural event in Chicago, is produced by the Jewish POCET, an all volunteer, non-profit Jewish community. Free parking next to the Festival grounds.
The 7th Annual Jewish Music Festival will take place in San Diego, California throughout the month of May.
Violinist Zina Schiff in Recital: Music Played in Terezin, Monday, May 15, 7:30pm
FATHOM: The Body as Universe, Partner's Celebration Performance, Thursday, May 18 @ the Stephen and Mary Birch North Park Theatre
Klezmer in the Park at the Organ Pavilion, Balboa Park, Thursday, June 22, 6:15pm
For more information, visit the festival website at Tears, Laughter and Spirit
A celebration of freedom with Joel Chasnoff,
clergy, cantors and choirs
Jewish Music Festival in Boston, MA --March 25 and 26
Conservatory Band, with workshops, discussion and more! in happening March 25 and 26 in Newton, MA. at the Leventhal Sidman JCC, 333 Nahanton Street, Newton, MA
A celebration of klezmer in Boston, birthplace of the klezmer revival, features the Klezmer Conservatory Band along with former Strauss and other surprise guests! an "old world flavor". Michael Alpert, world-renowned vocalist and member of the legendary Band, Brave Old World, leads this unique 1:30-2:30 pm Instant Klezmer -Play klezmer music in a flash.
Bring from the master, Hankus Netsky, founder of KCB and one of the leaders instruments and tsimbl, will focus on learning music by ear and playing in a fluid, dynamic and interactive way. Please bring your speaker. Schlep over to the JCC for a nosh of this Hamish language Next.
Join KCB's Hankus Netsky, duo Jeff Warschauer and Deborah Strauss, BOW's Michael Alpert and KlezmerShack's Ari Davidow for an informative and entertaining discussion about Jewish music. Free from Europe and America, focusing on the style, ornamentation, rhythm and repertoire of Eastern European Jewish music, song and dance. It is an inspirational and life-enhancing experience for amateur and professional instrumentalists and singers.
In 2006, KlezFest Daily schedules: All the students of KlezFest and Song School, work together each morning led by Merlin Shepherd and singing Chassidic nigunim. After parallel sessions for vocal ensembles. Meals and evening entertainment are included and taken together (except KlezFest, Song School and Ot Azoy!
will be held this year again at
KlezFest London in 2006. Frank London, who created an outstanding programme last year with This means that not only will we have Joshua Horowitz, an expert on button accordion and tsimbl, but we will have the exciting fiddler Cookie Segelstein for the first time on the violin faculty, and Stuart Brotman will be back dealing with bass instruments. Other New to KlezFest London this year, in addition to the work with amateurs, is a special strand for professional klezmer players.
Professional bands will have a chance to perform at KlezFest in the Park on the opening day, and in our showcase of Klezmer: The Next Generation organised by Guy Schalom. Professionals will have special lectures and Horowitz, Frank London and others on composition and ensemble arrangements. There will be get a record deal; how to get gigs, how to present yourselves on stage, how to manage being a live performer and how to teach Klezmer.
experience they had in 2005. See the pictures of KlezFest 2005 all at Website Alongside KlezFest, with joint classes with instrumentalists in dance and ensembles will once more be the Jewish Song School. Here amateur and professional singers led by Shura Lipovsky of Amsterdam explore the joys of Jewish song in many languages and styles, with special emphasis on Yiddish song.
. She will be assisted by Jacinta on Yiddish and Sephardi songs. Polina Shepherd will be the accompanist and vocal ensemble director KlezFest is preceded by Ot Azoy!
(6-11 August). Ot Azoy' means 'This is the way' and it really is the way for beginners to advanced students to learn to read, write and speak Yiddish quickly and easily in only one week in a fun and friendly atmosphere. Includes New York, Sonia Dratwa-Pinkusowitz of the Buber Institute in Brussels and Lily Kahn under the Direction of Helen (Khayele) Beer of University College London.
Learn Yiddish also Yiddish films selected and introduced by Barry Davis of London. For complete beginners to advanced students in four levels. Beginners will be taken through the Hebrew-Yiddish helping of grammar, so that by the end of the week you will be able to string together your first sentences in Yiddish!
Intermediate and advanced Yiddish speakers will be given converse in this extraordinary language. Who says Yiddish is Kaput? This will be the 5th £185.
There is an early booking discount of £15 if booked by 15 April and paid in full by 31 May. Further discounts if attending with an ensemble and if booking for Ot Azoy! as well as KlezFest or Song School.
Some scholarships are available, to apply fill in a assistance and the reason you want to do the courses. Book soon and have the benefit of JMI KlezFest London, the Song School and Ot Azoy! are part of the European Yiddish and Klezmer Academy 2006 for the Transmission of the Yiddish cultural heritage.
Four European institutions in London, Paris, Weimar and Vilnius give you the chance to learn Yiddish language and song and Klezmer music. This programme is supported by the Culture Program 2000 of the European Union. Participate in one course or in several.
Some European scholarships are available. See the website for details of each European Academy course: JMI KlezFest London, the Song School and Ot Azoy! are also part of a World Music Summer in a riotous fusion of Havana, Harlem and the Catskills
Mendelson, with pianists Anthony Coleman, Tova Morcos and others
composers: Paul Dresher, Daniel David Feinsmith, Amy X Neuburg and John Schott
songwriter, honored this year by the NEA as a national treasure
THREE YIDDISH DIVAS 3/25 - Joanne Borts, Theresa Tova and Adrienne Cooper pour passion and artistry into Yiddish jazz, cabaret and theater songs.
featuring an exotic Instrument Petting Zoo, workshops and performances all day for all ages.
Italy, with Francesco Spagnolo, leading authority on Italian Jewish music, your tickets early! Sunday, March 5, 11:30 am, Caffe Venezia, 1799 University Ave.
, Berkeley. $36 one price for all. Bagels Bongos: Septeto Rodriguez brings the influences of Havana, Miami Special Guest: Irving Fields, 90-year-old creator of the now classic, recently re-released Jewish-Latino fusion record, Bagels and Bongos, heights.
With NY jazz pianist Anthony Coleman, Tova Morcos and others. Presented in association with Temple Sinai. Sunday, March 12, 7:30 pm, Jewish Fringes Celebrated Bay Area composers of New Music: Paul Dresher, Daniel David Feinsmith, Amy X Neuburg and John Schott premiere original works for a post-modern world.
Thursday, March 16, 7:30 pm, Berkeley and recipient of the 2005 NEA National Heritage Fellowship Award. She will March 23, 2:00 pm, BRJCC 1414 Walnut Street at Rose, Berkeley $15/ $12 Three Yiddish Divas with Joanne Borts, Adrienne Cooper and Theresa Tova. A new generation of stars pours passion and artistry into Yiddish jazz, cabaret and theater songs, including the timeless repertoire of the Yiddish theater greats who inspired modern Broadway.
Saturday, March 25, 8:00 pm, JCCSF $25/ $23, including JCCSF members JCCSF, California and Instrument Petting Zoo, interactive workshops, and performances throughout Levin, Charming Hostess, the Instant Klezmer Mandolin Orchestra, members of Kitka, Gary Lapow Songs from Coney Island, and Klezmer/Roma Dance Extravaganza. Guaranteed to bring out your inner musician. For all ages!
Sunday, March 26, 11-5 pm, BRJCC, 1414 Walnut Street at Rose, Berkeley $24 $7 students, seniors, BRJCC members, and children under 5 ~ Sunday February 26, 4:00 pm Protest Songs in Yiddish and Italian Sharon Jan Bernstein and Michael Alpert, of the band Brave Old World, The ~ Thursday, March 2, 6:30 pm John Schott on New Jewish Music ~ Tuesday March 7, 6:00 pm Daniel Feinsmith and John Schott On Composing ~ Friday, March 10, 8:00 pm A Taste of Cuban Klezmer With Roberto Rodriguez ~ Monday, March 20, 7:30 pm. Lehrhaus Workshop: Urban Ladino Music of Turkey Hadass Pal Yarden, of Yahudice. ~ April 29 and 30 KlezCalifornia Albert L.
Schultz JCC Kehilla Jewish High School in Palo Alto. An exciting SATURDAY NIGHT - 8:00 pm, April 29th - Concert and Dance Party
at Cubberley Auditiorium. VERETSKI PASS, world renowned klezmer band, will be featured.
in: Klezmer music, Yiddish dancing, Yiddish Literature, Folk Arts, as well as a children's and teen program. TEACHERS, ARTISTS and CLASSES to include:
Indianapolis will host the Fifth Jewish Choral Festival at various venues throughout the city this February. Cantor Don Gurney of Wilshire Boulevard Temple in Los Angeles.
will explore the theme "Music of Israel." The complete schedule of events is posted on the festival website Schedule for Indianapolis Jewish Choral Festival. See websites for further details.
7:30 p.m. Optional rehearsal with Scholar in Residence Cantor Don Gurney
There is no cost to participate but participation is limited to those individuals or groups who are registered for the Festival.
Roundtable discussion on issues affecting Israel today Laikin Auditorium, Jewish Community Center
Following dinner, all adult festival participants (individuals and featured choir members) will have an opportunity to work with Scholar in Residence Cantor Don Gurney as we prepare for our Sunday afternoon concert. Join us in song (and food!) This is a chance for our younger participants to work on the festival repertoire with Cantor Don Gurney.
Open to children in grades 3rd-8th. High school students may choose to participate in either the adult or children's festival choir.
Noon - 2:00 p.
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Lunch Break
2:00 p.m.
Final Concert Preparation
All festival participants (adults, children, and featured choirs) should arrive at the Jewish Community Center in preparation for the Festival Concert.
3:00 p.m.
Israel: The Fifth Jewish Choral Music Festival
The final Festival Concert is free and open to the public, however donations class - Steve Weintraub ($18 adults, 17 and under $10).
DISCOUNT PRICE FOR ALL EVENTS: $60 for 2 parties, lunch/presentation, 4 classes if paid BEFORE Friday eve. Feb.
18th. Individual classes and events can also be paid for at time of class/event. Discounts for students, seniors, and fixed/low income All events held at Nahalat Shalom, 3606 Rio Grande Blvd.
NW (between Candelaria featured in the ABC-TV documentary A Sacred Noise. Adrianne has been on the faculties of KlezKamp, KlezKanada and Boxwood and directs three student klezmer ensembles throughout the year. FleytMuzik has performed in Vienna s KlezMORE Festival, in New York City s Tonic and Satalla clubs, and in synagogues and colleges throughout the US.
As a classical musician Greenbaum has performed in New York s Mostly Mozart Festival, the Berlin Ballet at the Met, the Period Orchestra of the Fairfield Academy, and the New York City Ballet Orchestra. Adrianne received her Bachelors in Music from the Oberlin College Conservatory, her Masters degree from the Yale School of Music, has held faculty positions at Wesleyan and Yale Universities, Smith College, and is currently Associate Professor of flute at Mount Holyoke College. She has reco rded on the Koch International, CBS Masterworks, Nonesuch, and EMC labels.
and one of the foremost of the new generation of klezmer clarinetists. Studied with University School of Music, Leverett was a founding member of The Klezmatics in 1985, Mikveh in 1999, and founded Margot Leverett and the Klezmer Mountain Boys" in 2001. Her solo CD, "The Art of Klezmer Clarinet," was released in 2001 on Traditional Crossroads label to glowing reviews.
Margot tours around the world, workshops. Because of her popularity at Klezmerquerques 2004 2005, we are delighted to have Margot return this year. Steve Weintraub: traditional Jewish dance master.
A choreographer, performer and teacher, Steve is one of few dancers who specialize in traditional Eastern European Jewish dance. Steve received his dance training in Manhattan with Alvin Ailey and Erick Hawkins, among others. He has worked with choreographers Felix Fibich and Shula Kivel, and has performed the work of Fred Berk.
He choreographed a production for the Joseph Papp Yiddish Theater, and has choreographed and performed dances York. In Atlanta, he choreographed Kuni Leml for the Jewish Theater of the South and Something s Afoot for Georgia Ensemble Theater. Steve has been on the faculty of KlezKamp, KlezCanada, KlezClifornia, he has taught at the Smithsonian Folklife Festival and he also lectures on the history of Jewish dance.
Wednesday, 9/21 at 8pm
at Makor 35 W 67th, NYC $15
cultural insights and subtexts galore!
With lush reinterpretations of soundtrack tunes..
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between West 4th and Bleecker Sts, Greenwich Village
1,9 Subway to Sheridan Square; A, C, E, B, D, F to West 4th St.
Mayoral Proclamation, City of New York 1987
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.. of Eastern Europe.
Cornelia St. Cafe is celebrating all the different ways Leverett and the Klezmer Mountain Boys, showing that the blend of Shtetl Perelman with members of Romashka, Village Klezmer and Max Minka, drawing and more; Jay Vilnai's Vampire Suit, exploring the interconnections of Balkan music, Middle-Eastern grooves and improvisation; and Susan Watts, the Ukraine of the 19th century, bringing a rich repertoire of many original songs written for weddings, family members and joyous occasions. All shows are $10, get a 3 shows discount card: $25
literally worlds apart.
Appalachian and southern fiddle tunes by Bill Monroe meet klezmer melodies from pre-war Russia and Eastern Europe, some and the resulting medleys and improvisations are at once raw, funny, melancholic and footstomping. Their CD "Margot Leverett and the Klezmer Margot Leverett, clarinet, is one of the foremost clarinetists in the klezmer revival.
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