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December, 2003 |
--Los Angeles--
December 14 – 20, 2003. This year's Los Angeles winter Yiddish Intensive combines Yiddish with music! It's a weeklong festival featuring a host of excellent teachers and musicians. S For more
information, visit: www.yiddishinstitute.org
ANNOUNCING: The only West Coast and the world’s only winter Yiddish intensive: the 4th annual "Art of Yiddish: Entering the Heart of a Culture Through Its Beat", Los Angeles, December 14 – 20, 2003. Learn Yiddish with the best Yiddish teachers in North America: Pesakh Fiszman, Anna Gonshor, Miriam Hoffman, Sheyndl Liberman, and Sheva Zucker. Develop a deeper understanding of the culture that created our beloved Klezmer music and humor, with world-renown klezmorim Jeff Warschauer and Deborah Strauss teaching song and dance workshops (bring along your own instruments too); ethnomusicologist Robert Cohen revealing the back stories to Yiddish music; and writer/actor Yakov
Basner illuminating the comic side of Yiddish literature from Chelm to Moshe Nadir. Theodore Bikel joins us for our closing concert and farbrengen. It’s the perfect time to explore your roots through the vitality, soul, and wit of Yiddish culture. Produced in collaboration with the UCLA Center for Jewish Studies and the University of Judaism
Department of Continuing Education. For more information and to request or download the brochure, please visit
www.yiddishinstitute.org or
e-mail Miriam@yiddishinstitute.org.
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January, 2004 |
Boca Raton Jewish Music Festival
The Boca Raton Jewish Music Festival will take place on January 31, 2004 at the FAU University Center Auditorium at 7:30pm Tickets will go on sale in early November at the FAU box office, 561-297-3737. For information about the show contact Irv Rosenthal 561-347-2242 (not for the general public, please)
There will be three bands, Maxwell Street Klezmer Band, Golem and Soulfarm performing during a three hour show. This program is being present to the community by Congregation Beth Tikvah of West Boca Raton, 561-852-6555. Ticket prices range from $18 - $50 with a limited number of VIP tickets which include an after show desert reception with the artists.
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March, 2004 |
19th Annual Jewish Music Festival
March 20 - 27, 2004A project of the Berkeley Richmond Jewish Community Center Tickets & information: 510-848-0237
orwww.brjcc.org
Tickets range from $12-25.
David Krakauer's Klezmer Madness!
w/ guest artist DJ So-Called
Sat. March 20 8:00 pm
Wheeler Auditorium, UC Berkeley.
Jazz and klezmer collide in a dazzling
display of clarinet virtuosity matched by
a stellar ensemble. With hip-hop DJ So-Called,
aka Josh Dolgin, one of the most creative
young musicians on the Jewish music scene.
Ronnie Gilbert: A Radical Life with Songs
Sun. March 21 3:00 pm
BRJCC, Walnut at Rose St., Berkeley
The daughter of a Yiddish-speaking union activist,
Ronnie became a folk music icon as an original member
of the world-famous Weavers, when their Hebrew
single Tzena/ Tzena soared to the top of the hit
parade in 1951. Her inspiring one-woman show
celebrates her life as a singer, actor, writer
and community activist.
Kinetic Klezmer Jam
Thurs. March 25 7:30 pm
BRJCC, Walnut at Rose St., Berkeley
Septuagenarian klezmer legend Elaine Hoffman Watts
(percussion) and her daughter Susan (trumpet)
are the 3rd and 4th generations of a musical dynasty
that goes back to 19th century Ukraine.
With Josh Dolgin (accordion), they will teach
the musical styling of traditional klezmer
through samples of their family's historic repertoire.
Philly Klezmer Swing Dance Party
w/ Dance Lesson at 6:30
Sat. March 27 8:00 pm
The Crowden School
Rose at Sacramento St., Berkeley
Elaine Hoffman Watts and Susan Watts Hoffman
take their musical legacy to new heights, joined by
Josh Dolgin, and Bay Area jazz allstars, with a pre-party
dance lesson by Jewish dance specialist, Steven Weintraub.
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June, 2004 |
A 5 day celebration of Klezmer Music, Yiddish Language, Literature, Dance, and Folk Arts ... with evening events and a full children's program .... IS HAPPENING!
WHEN: June 20th to 25th 2004
WHERE: At the Jewish Community High School of the Bay 1835 Ellis Street, San Francisco
After a wonderful inaugural program in June of 2003, we are now in the process planning the program for 2004. Course offerings, teachers, registration instructions and other details will be posted on our website as they are developed. In the meantime, mark yourd calendar, TELL YOUR FRIENDS, and check out the details of last year's program (including pictures) at:
www.klezcalifornia.org
For more information, you can e-mail or call:
E-mail: info@klezcalifornia.org
Phone: 415-789-7679
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August, 2004 |
--Tel Aviv, Israel--
The 20th Zimriya: World Assembly of Choirs in Israel
August 2-12, August, 2004
Choirs from all over the world are invited once more to come to the Zimriya in Jeruslam. Youth Choirs (14 years and above) are welcome. Participants will stay on the beautiful campus of the Hebrew University on Mount Scopus overlooking Jerusalem of Gold. Workshops will be held during the day. Open Singing, Choir to Choir sessions and Concerts will take plae at night. World famous conductors will dlead workshops. choirs will tour Jerusalem and will give concerts at various locations in Israel. Payment for 10 days board and lodging as well as tours is $475 US per person. Choirs interested in attending are requested to contact:
Zimriya
4, Aharonowitz Street, Tel Aviv 63 566, Israel
Tel: +972-3-528-0233
Fax: +972-3-629-9524
Email: harzimco@netvision.net.il
http://www.zimriya.org.il
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--London--
JMI Summer Academy 2004 at London University
Ot Azoy! Yiddish Language Crash Course 1 – 6 August
KlezFest: Klezmer music song and dance, 8 –12 August
Sunday 1 – Friday 6 August 2004
Ot Azoy! – this is the way - to speak, read and write Yiddish in a week!
An inspiring and captivation course devised by Dr Helen Beer, of University
College London with Pesakh Fiszman of Columbia New York and Sonia
Pinkusovitch from the Martin Buber Institute Brussels. For complete
beginners of all backgrounds and also caters for those at intermediate
level. It’s the perfect course for those that always wanted to learn or
brush up on Yiddish or refresh what they might have heard as a child, but
were not confident enough (or could not spare the time) to devote a whole
summer to it. It’s the one for dipping in your toes and immersing yourself
in Yiddish language, song and culture and for getting to a good level. Many
Ot Azoy! Graduates are now continuing studies at University. Followed
by:
Sunday 8 – Thursday 12 August
KlezFest – a structured course in Klezmer music song and dance. Course
Director, Alan Bern of Brave Old World with a faculty of some of the
greatest and most highly regarded Klezmer luminaries from around the world
such as Michael Alpert, Deborah Strauss, Jeff Warschauer, Josh Dolgin,
Sophie Solomon, Zalmen Mlotek and others hands-on masterclasses and
workshops, in both instrumental and ensemble playing. Ideal for those
proficient on their instruments, regardless of whether you have played
klezmer before. Also caters for those with experience in Klezmer. Learn
from the real masters. Masterclasses for existing ensembles. Private lessons
may be available on the days before or afterwards. Make new friends in the
Klezmer family and jam on into the night.
JMI Klezmer and Yiddish Academy Course fees
Ot Azoy! £265 (students £165) early booking discount £15 if booked by 31 May
KlezFest £265 (students £165) early booking discount £15 if booked by 31 May
If doing both courses a discount of £40 (student £30) applies
Hotel and University accommodation can be arranged
More details e-mail jewishmusic@jmi.org.uk or Tel 020 8909 2445 Fax 020
8909 1030
Registration form on Website www.jmi.org.uk
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November, 2004 |
--Chevy Chase, MD--
Announcing the Festival of New Jewish Liturgical Music
November 13–14, 2004
Shalshelet: The Foundation for New Jewish Liturgical Music seeks to foster new music for Jewish congregational use and expose wider audiences to innovations in Jewish religious music. Shalshelet promotes the creation and spread of new Jewish liturgical music.
Through the annual Festival of New Jewish Liturgical Music, along with accompanying publications, such as a festival CD and songbook, Shalshelet provides a venue for composers to share their music.
A musical composition submitted
--must enhance congregational worship;
--must have been written less than two years prior to the Festival;
--must accompany a Jewish sacred text, taking care to capture the spirit and importance of the text; and
--must not have been previously published or performed at a major music festival.
The application process is open to everyone, regardless of age, gender, Jewish affiliation, musical background, or professional experience. A music committee will review submissions with the support of advisory members. Submissions may be selected for performance, publication, or both.
For an application and more information, e-mail Shalshelet@NewJewishMusic.com or visit http://www.Shalshelet.org.
Shalshelet
P.O. Box 15836
Chevy Chase, MD 20825
301-907-3336
Shalshelet@NewJewishMusic.com