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Irene C. Jacobi
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American. Pianist. Born September 7, 1890 in New York. Died May 25, 1984. Daughter of Max M. and Emma I. Schwarcz. Attended Institute of Musical Art (which later became the Julliard School of Music). Married the composer, Frederick Jacobi, Jr. (1891-1952) on May 29, 1917. SErved on the Music committee of the People’s Music League along with her husband. Active in the New York Committee for Young Audiences and was a fellow of the Morgan Library. Irene Jacobi was a tireless promoter of her husband's music. She concertized in the US and Europe as a pianist, often performing her husband's works. According to her Obit in NYT May 30, 1984, she organized a concert of her husband's works at Carnegie Hall in 1972, (at age 82) and died at age 93.
(Special thanks to Victor Berch, retired Brandeis University Special Collections Librarian, who researched and wrote this entry.)
Flory Jagoda
Born in Sarajevo in the former Yugoslavia, Ms. Jagoda now resides in Virginia. She is a composer, singer and folklorist in Judeo-Spanish, Ladino and Sephardic traditions. In 2002, Ms. Jagoda won the National Endowment of the Arts National Heritage Fellowship.
National Endowment Announcement
Celebrate Series on Flory Jagoda
Rahel Sharon Jaskow
American-born Israeli. Born Manhattan, April 22, 1965. Lived in the Bronx until age seven. Moved with her family to Monroe, N.Y. where there were very few Jews. She learned her first Sabbath songs at Cejwin Camps in Port Jervis, NY. Minny Genny was her first piano teacher and she studied technique and memory with her. In High School she added voice to her violin studies. She continued to study voice at the University of Rochester majoring in English, and graduating 1986. In Dec, 1991 she made Aliyah to Israel study Hebrew and working with women singing in Katamon and serving as a translator. She met Margalit Jakob and started singing with her, getting involved in the local folk community. She sang backup vocals on a CD by Ofar Golany in 2000 in memory of his father, and subsequently appeared on some tracks of Hanna Yaffe's Lullabies from Jerusalem. She got a job with Shuly Nathan as a backup vocalist on Open Roads and Mostly Carlebach and Ray Scudero's With the Help of Angels. Together with Scudero, Jaskow produced a CD of Jewish Sabbath songs in Hebrew and English. Day of Rest was released in November 2000, received excellent reviews, and subsequently won the 2001 Just Plain Folks music award for 'Best Ethnic Album'. "She serves as a prayer leader for the women's prayer groups Shirat Sara and Women of the Wall, and also participates regularly in the Leader Minyan as a Torah reader." Ms. Jaskow's voice quality is rich, enchanting, and appealing as an Israeli-style "traditional folk" artist. She performs a cappella using recorded versions of herself to create a small group effect.
http://www.geocities.com/raheljaskow/
Tzipora Jochsberger
Born, 1920 in Germany. Wrote A Harvest of Jewish Song with Vevel Pasternak. Founded the Elaine Kaufman Cultural Center in New York.
Marcie Jonas
American. Camp songleader and cantorial soloist. CD "Timeless". Her website states: "Marcie earned her BA in Speech Communication from Ithaca College and her MA in Jewish Education from the Jewish Theological Seminary in New York. She has also studied at Hebrew University in Jerusalem, Israel and at the Hartt School of Music in Hartford, CT. Marcie has been playing guitar for over 30 years."
http://www.marciemusic.com/
Robin Anne Joseph
American. Cantorial soloist. Songwriter. Robin has performed and recorded her original music as one half of the duo B'shert and now solo, with the release of her recording "Ta'amod--Stand Up!" Winner of the American Zionist Movement's First Annual Song Competition in 1994, Robin's unique style of storytelling through song, MidraShir, has been acclaimed nationwide. Robin's liturgical compositions have been sung in synagogues across the United States and her Adonai Mah Adam was recently published through Transcontinental Music Publications. Ordained at the Academy for Jewish Religion, Robin is the cantor at Temple Beth Shalom in Hastings-in-Hudson, NY.
www.robinannejoseph.com
Nurit Jugend
Israeli composer, primarily of small chamber works. Born in Haifa, Israel in 1972.Also known as Karen Jugend. Studied composition in Israel, Germany, France and Italy. Brief bio with photo at Israel Music Center, which has published her music.
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