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KLEZMERQUERQUE 2003

A southwestern celebration of Klezmer music and dance into the 21st century
Learn the traditional music and dances of the Jewish people of Eastern Europe
Presented by Congregation Nahalat Shalom (Inheritance of Peace congregation) in Albuquerque, New Mexico
FEBRUARY 28th, MARCH 1st and 2nd, 2003

Dance parties, workshops, master classes with world-renowned Klezmer music and dance specialists:

Josh Horowitz "Dr. Klez" of Budowitz klezmer ensemble: 19th century accordion, tsimbl (hammered dulcimer) and klez-historian and scholar Cookie Segelstein: Klezmer fiddler of The Klezical Tradition as featured on the ABC documentary "A Sacred Noise", principal violist in Orchestra New England, Masters degree in viola from the Yale School of Music Stuart Brotman: Double-Bassist of Brave Old World and Khevrisa as featured on the PBS Great performances special "Itzhak Perlman/In the Fiddler's House" and past member of Grammy award nominated The Klezmorim Erik Bendix: Known throughout Europe and the U.S. as a Klezmer dance master, educator, researcher and choreographer. We welcome Erik back to his fourth Klezmer dance workshop at Nahalat Shalom.

SCHEDULE OF EVENTS:

Friday, Feb. 28th, 6:30pm-10pm Freylekhe Shabbes:
6:30-7:00 - Dancing kabbalat Shabbat with Erik Bendix, Rabbi Lynn Gottlieb and cantorial soloist Beth Cohen
7:00-7:30 - Klezmer concert by our featured musicians Josh, Cookie and Stuart
7:30-10:00 - Dance party to live music by Josh, Cookie and Stuart and The Nahalat Shalom Community Klezband with a short dance presentation by Nahalat Shalom's dance company: Rikud
Walk-through dance instruction by Erik Bendix: Hora, onga, khosidl, frelekhes, bulgar, kolomeike, Terkishe, shiffers tanz and sirba.
($10.00 general, $8.00 seniors and 12-17yrs., under 12 free)

Saturday, March 1st Classes:
8:30am-10:30am - Klezmer dance with Erik Bendix: review and refining of Friday's dances and variations.
Also: the Russian Sher, couple's bulgar, Polka Koketka, Alexandrovska, and a Romanian Passover dance Das Tsigele.

10:30am-12:30pm -Klezmer music with Josh, Cookie and Stuart. Meet in sectionals first and come together later: strings, rhythm, woodwinds and brass. All levels welcome - must have basic knowledge of instrument.
1:30-3:30 - Dance class with Erik OR music class with Josh, Cookie and Stuart.
($25 each class general, $20 seniors and kids up to 17 yrs.)
Saturday, March 1st, 7:30pm 'til whenever we poop out - Dance party and student performances:
Featuring dance music by New Mexico's favorite simcha band: The Rebbe's Orkestra
Dancing and music with our teachers: Erik Bendix, Josh Horowitz, Cookie Segelstein and Stuart Brotman
($10 general, $8 seniors and 12-17yrs., $5 students of Saturday classes, under 12 free)
Sunday March 2nd, 1:30-3:00pm - Advanced classes:
Fidl Kapelye with Cookie Segelstein,
Accordions/Keyboard instruments with Josh Horowitz
Rhythm and Bass lines with Stuart Brotman
Reeds and lead brass with ABQ's own Stewart Mennin
($25 general, $20 seniors and kids up to 17yrs.)

(Advanced payment/registration required for discounts: $45 for two classes, $65 for three, $85 for four - general; $35 for two classes, $50 for three, $65 for four - seniors and up to 17yrs; $90 general - all events, $75 seniors & up to 17yrs. - all events)

Pre-registration and info: Congregation Nahalat Shalom "Klezmerquerque", 3606 Rio Grande Blvd. NW,

Albuquerque, NM USA 87196-0723, (505) 343-8227, www.nahalatshalom.org

Other questions: klezmerquerque coordinator, Beth Cohen (505) 243-6276 cohenedmunds@netzero.net

2nd Annual Washington Jewish Music Festival
The joyous, soul-charging sounds of Jewish music in Washington. The 2nd Annual Washington Jewish Music Festival will once again be held at the Cecile Goldman Theater. Get Involved! If you're interested in helping out, please call Jessica Harbeson at (202) 777-3254 or send e-mail to MusicFest@dcjcc.org for more information about details.

The Washington Jewish Music Festival is funded by a generous grant from the Howard & Geraldine Polinger Family Foundation and the United Jewish Endowment Fund of the Jewish Federation of Greater Washington.

Fête de la musique à Genève

Scène de l'association A.M.J.
Terrasse Agrippa-d'Aubigné
SAMEDI 23 JUIN 2001

13h00-14h00 "Ensemble Sylvie Pique"
de Offenbach à Lloyd Weber
chorale, dir. Sylvie Pique

14h15-15h15 "Otazoï"
klezmer . mais pas seulement
Geneviève Romang : accordéon, percussion, chant
Muriel Ernandes : violon, mandoline, chant

15h30 - 16h30 "Trio Tzigane"
musique tzigane et d'europe de l'est
József Tamás : cymbalum - Adolf Csik : violon
Gyula Csik : contrebasse, mandoline

16h45 - 17h45 "Goylem"
musique klezmer sans limite
Patrice Mugny : accordéon - René den Haan : saxophone
Christine Asselin : flûte - Fred Berney : basse

18h00 - 19h00 "Acratopège"
grand chour sans frontières
chorale dir. Christine Niggeler

19h15 - 20h15 "Rojinkes mit Mandeln"
musique klezmer, chants yiddish, slaves & séfarades
Marie-Claire Stambac - chant, accordéon, danse
Michel Borzykowski - saxophones, guitare

20h30 - 21h30 "Skaros"
musique de Macédoine, Grèce, Albanie
Gilles Torrent : clarinette - Erida Bega : violon
Bruno Crochet : luth - Patrick Lenoir : percussions

21h45 - 22h45 "Hotegezugt"
délire klezmer...
Michel Borzykowski - saxophone - Mirella Vedeva - basse
Christine Niggeler : accord, chant - Anne-Cl. Monnier : chant

23h00 - 24h00 "Klezmer PowWow"
musique klezmer et chants yiddish
Freddy zaugg : clarinettes
Victor Pantiouchenko : bajan
Andras Taubert : contrebasse

24h00 - ... "Jam Klezmer"
scène klezmer sous les étoiles...

DIMANCHE 24 JUIN 2001

13h00 - 14h00 "Trio Piechowitz"
musique juive et klezmer en famille. de cordes
Philipp von Piechowski : violon
Alexander et Benjamin von Piechowski : violons

14h15 - 15h15 "Voix et Regards"
un chour avec du coeur
chorale dir. Marie-Claire Stambac

15h30 - 16h30 "Sirba klezmer"
musique klezmer et chants trad.
Shams Ahrenbeck : chant, tambourin - Alain Vulliez : accord.
Simon Descombes : clarinette - Marika Tabin : violon

16h45 - 17h45 "Duo Larvego"
chants séfarades et judeo-espagnols
Katia Larvego : chant
Christian Deloraine : guitare, bouzouki etc.

18h00 - 19h00 "Matita de Romero"
musica flamenca
Manuel Manuel Carmona el huelebien : chant
Etienne Mayerat el niño de los alpes : guitare
Ghani Bouziane el moro : guitare
Marta Przekaza la polaka : percussions
Christian Dutour el negrito de l'AMR : flûte

19h15 - 20h15 "Nomades"
Musique et chants arabo-andalous
Amar Toumi : percussions, chant, luth
Adel Degaïcha : percussions, violon, chant
Claude Jordan : flûte

Activités de l'AMJ pour l'avenir proche.

.TALILA et ses musiciens:les chant yiddish du shtetl
Concert de clôture de "la fureur de lire"
Salle Communale de Plainpalais (Genève) dimanche 23 sept. 2001 à 18h
entrée libre (buffet!)

.Huit trios de Max Bruch pour clarinette, violoncelle et piano
par Anat Kolodny, Kim Mi-Kiyung et Kiyoko Ichishima
Salle Robert Dunant (Carouge) dimanche 7 oct. 2001 à 17h.

.YANKELE de Paris,
quintet klezmer
salle de la Cité Bleue dimanche 18 nov. 2001 à 18h.
Soutenez nos activités Devenez membre AMJ

Dann:022/320.86.28 - Michel:022/755.41.23
amj@club-association.ch
borzykowski@infomaniak.ch
Site Web AMJ: http://www.club-association.ch/amj
Geneva Klezmer page: http://borzykowski.users.ch

July, 2001

KlezFest, London

KlezFest comes to London 1-4 July 2001

The thirst for knowledge and understanding of Jewish culture and music of Eastern Europe, is to be satisfied in London next month. 'Fiddler' may have been the catalyst that set off the enquiry into the Jewish music and dances of the early 20th century. The spread of interest throughout the world in the music of itinerant Jewish and Gypsy players at the turn of the century has been phenomenal. Klezmer bands have sprung up all over the world.

The Jewish Music Institute has perceived a real hunger in the UK, from both Jewish and non-Jewish musicians and non-musicians, to learn the techniques and repertoire as well as the history and cultural background of this music. Now the first JMI KlezFest London brings twenty five the word's most outstanding teachers of Yiddish language, literature, song and klezmer music for a four-day hands-on participatory programme at SOAS, London University.

From 1-4 July, SOAS, London University will ring out with the jubilant sounds of Klezmer music as over 100 participants young and old, from as far afield as Australia and Canada get together to be immersed in Eastern European Jewish folklore and Culture. At last there will be the opportunity for all those longing to capture the life and spirit of this culture, to really find out what it was about, and to have tuition from, and hear performances by, the best in the world. The teaching team includes Brave Old World's Michael Alpert, Klezmer Conservatory Band's Deborah Strauss and Jeff Warschauer, Khevrisa's Zev Feldman and New York's Yiddish star vocalist Adrienne Cooper, all of whom have performed with Itzhak Perlman. >From the UK Merlin Shepherd, Majer Bogdanski and Gregori Schechter will teach and perform.

The music will be put in context with lectures on history, debates on the burning issues of the time, introduction to Yiddish expressions. Participants can join a choir or listen to masterclasses on Yiddish song, hear lectures on Yiddish theatre, literature and poetry, as well as join instrumental and ensemble workshops. There are three choices of activity all day, so plenty to interest non-musicians in the programme which starts at 9.00 am on Sunday morning and ends at 10.30pm on Wednesday evening.

Evening Concerts at SOAS:
Three Eastern European Klezmer Bands, from Kharkov, Simferopol and Ekaterinaburg, will entertain as part of the three evening concerts open to the general public.

Sunday 1 July 'East Meets West: Klezmorim from Europe and America' Michael Wex, Yiddish teacher and raconteur par excellence, introduces the performers on the faculty.

Monday 2 July Adrienne Cooper and Zalmen Mlotek present their acclaimed show: 'Ghetto Tango', presenting the complex Yiddish musical legacy of the Holocaust, conveying to an English-speaking audience of today, the spirit of defiance, love of life and creativity against impossible odds.

Tuesday 3 July Memories of the Yiddish Theatre. Barry Davis introduces theatre songs and stories with Bernard Mendelovitch, David Mazower, Saul Reichlin, Zalmen Mlotek, Adrienne Cooper, Michael Wex and others. (this is followed by a late night session with Oi-Va-Voi and the Kharkov Klezmer Band at the Spitz 020 7392 9032).

Wednesday 4 July. On the last evening ensembles of the participants at KlezFest will perform what they have learned during the week. Klezmer music today has a world-wide following, even way outside the Jewish arena. The four-day participatory programme, has been devised by the Jewish Music Institute (JMI) in association with the Oxford Institute for Yiddish Studies, the London Jewish Cultural Centre, Leeds Jewish Music Education and YaD. It is co-hosted by the Department of Music of the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) and is sponsored by the Jewish Chronicle.

You can attend KlezFest for the full four days or on a daily basis, or just attend the evening concerts.

For further information, registration and tickets for the evening concerts, see the JMI website: www.jmi.org.uk/klezfest or contact JMI c/o Barbara Rosenberg, Tel: 01628 603278 email: barbara@rosenberg87.freeserve.co.uk or ring the JMI Harrow office on 020 8909 2445.

Associazone SFERA, Torino, Italy
Held each July in Turin and Pinerolo, Italy. Annual Klezmer and Gypsy music Festival.
Via San Domenico, 49, 10122 Torino (Italy). Tel./fax: +39 011 4368741.
http://www.geocities.com/tsfera/

--Verona, Italy--
Verona, Italy Klezmer Express 2001, Jul 20 - 29

friday july 20th:: DI NAYE KAPELYE (Hungary-U.S.A.), Bob Cohen. violin: mandolin vocals; Christina Crowder: accordion, vocals; Ferenc Pribojksky :cimbalom, clarinet; Gyula Kozma: bass, koboz

saturday july 21st: ZAKARYA (France), Yves Weyh: accordeon; Pascal Gully: drums; Gautier Laurent: acoustic bass; Alexandre Wimmer: guitar

sunday july 22nd: SATLAH (israel-U.S.A.), Danny Zamir: sax; Kevin Zubek: drums; Shanir Ezra Blumenkranz: acoustic bass

friday july 27th: PAUL BRODY'S TANGO TOY (Germania-Stati Uniti); Paul Brody: trumpet; Andreas Schmidt:piano; Tomi Jordi:acoustic bass; Michael Griener:drums

saturday july 28th: KLEZMATICS (Stati Uniti), Frank London: trumpet; Lorin Sklamberg: accordeon, voice; Matt Darriau: clarinet, sax; David Licht:drums; Paul Morrissett:bass, tsimbl; Lisa gutkin: violin

sunday july 29th: ZAHAVA SEEWALD & PSAMIM (Belgium), Zahava Seewald: voice; Estelle Goldfarb: violin; Tur: accordeon; Walter Poppeliers: acoustic bass

The Venue: Parco Ferroviario, Via G. Galilei - Porto S. Pancrazio, Verona - Italy

Info: Anna Maria Turcato, ph.: + 39 045 597000. e-mail: annamariaturcato@tiscalinet.it

All the concerts will start at 9.30pm, it is possible to enjoy great vegetarian food inspired by the jewish recepies at the "dining car" starting from 8.00pm.

KLEZFEST IN ST PETERSBURG 2001
The Center for Jewish Music of the Jewish Community Center of St.Petersburg
is proud to announce
"KlezFest in St. Petersburg 2001,"
an international seminar on the traditional music of Eastern European Jewry, to be held July 8-12, 2001 in St. Petersburg, Russia.

"KlezFest in St. Petersburg 2001," now in its fifth year, is the oldest Klezmer seminar in Russia. It 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 "White Nights in St. Petersburg." Our staff will include three world-famous Yiddish musicians -- pianist and conductor Zalmen Mlotek and singer Adrienne Cooper, both from New York, and the brilliant Klezmer clarinetist from London, Merlin Shepherd -- as well as Leonid Sonts, the leader of "Simcha," Russia's first professional Klezmer band.

For more information for the St. Petersburg Klezfest, please contact the Jewish Community Center of St. Petersburg via fax at (7-812) 314-5117, or e-mail frenk@lea.spb.su

For help with travel and visa arrangements contact our American sponsor, JCDF, via telephone at (212) 273-1643 or 273-1642, or e-mail jcdf@ajws.org

The cost of the festival is $500, which includes all klezfest concerts, workshops and classes, room and board for five days and two cultural excursions. Travel is not included. For more information and for help with travel arrangements and visas please contact: The Jewish Community Development Fund at (212) 736 - 1642 or 1643 or jcdf@ajws.org

Dutch Summer Music Festival
Tulips and Klezmer, July 19-22, 2001, Holland Tulip Art Connection with Dutch Summer Klezmer Music Festival,
19 -22 July - 2001.

Workshop: "MAZLTOV!" Klezmer music- songs- dances
Location: Castle Oud-Poelgeest, between Amsterdam and The Hague in The Netherlands.
Music types: Klezmer music for singers and instrumentalists:choir, small and larger mixed ensembles, Participants: singers, and all instruments, but no piano available (participants are welcome to bring their own electronic pianos and amplifiers)
max 60 participants, divided in 4 groupes of 15 people, all levels of ability, adults only. Faculty include: Monique Lansdorp, Shura Lipovsky, Deborah Strauss, Jeff Warschauer.
music program: choice of daily sessions:
singing, instrumental ensembles, dancing special Klezmer strings, mandolin and guitar techniques techniques for learning by ear repertoire studies
facilities: accommodations are in a fully modernized 17th-century estate in the woodlands, 10 minutes from beaches, Leiden, Amsterdam and the Hague.
Approx cost: fl. 525 ( is ca.250 euro)
Cost includes: lodging (double room), meals, tuition
Languages spoken: Yiddish, English, German, Dutch, French
Sponsor: Tulip Art Connection
Contact: Olga van der Hoeden
Address: P.O.Box 9649, 1006 GC Amsterdam.
phone/fax: +31 20 6103483.
Website: http://www.intermusica.org e-mail: info@tulipart.nl

August, 2001

Ukraine Klezfest
August 28 - September 1, 2001

The cost of the festival is $500, which includes all klezfest concerts, workshops and classes, room and board for five days and two cultural excursions. Travel is not included. For more information and for help with travel arrangements and visas please contact: The Jewish Community Development Fund at (212) 736 - 1642 or 1643 or jcdf@ajws.org

Martin Horwitz, Director, JCDF - The American Sponsor of Klezfest in St. Petersburg and Ukraine.

North American Jewish Choral Festival
This 11th annual choral festival will be held August 5-9, 2001 at the Nevele Grande Hotel in Ellenville, New York. The festival features a wide spectrum of activities including: daily community sings, "instant ensembles" for all participants, evening concerts, late night gatherings.
http://zamirfdn.org/festival.html

Ashkenaz'01: A festival of New Yiddish Culture
Ashkenaz '01 is held in Toronto, Canada. This will be the fourth bienniel festival held in Toronto and it has grown each time. Included in the website is expected a list of artists, a schedule and calendar of events, and costs associated with ticketed events. Ashkenaz '99 had over 175 different Jewish artists from around the world. Many events were free and open to the public. The Ashkenaz site also links to Jewish Toronto through an UJA/federation site. To get a flavor, visit the Ashkenaz '99 site.
http://www.ashkenaz.org/index.shtml

--San Francisco (and East Bay, Marin, Palo Alto, Sacramento), California--
Jewish Music Festival
A celebration of classical, traditional and contemporary Jewish world music March 10 - 17, 2001. Brochures and tickets will be available January 15, 2001. To receive a brochure, e-mail brjcc-pr@eb.jfed.org .For information and volunteer opportunities call (510) 848-0237 x110.
http://brjcc.org/Jewish_Music_Festival/jewish_music_festival.htm

--Boston, MA--
Israel Folkdance Festival of Boston. Sunday, March 18, 2001, at 3:00pm One show only! Kresge Auditorium, MIT, Cambridge MA. The Festival is sponsored by the B’nai Brith Hillel Foundation at MIT. Special 25th Anniversary Show! Israel Folk dancers from all over New England and elsewhere participate in this event. For children, families, schools and colleges. For more information you can email at: isrfdfestbos@hotmail.com

AbuGosh Vocal Music Festival
Classical music concerts held twice a year in Israel, in May and October, the festival director is Gershon Cohen. The programs consist of general classical music, not music specifically Jewish in content. Performances are primarily by Israeli music groups with some visitors.
http://www.update.co.il/agvfestival/

Ashkenaz'99: A festival of New Yiddish Culture
Ashkenaz '99 is held August 30 to September 6, 1999 at the Harbourfront in Toronto, Canada. This is the third bienniel festival held in Toronto and it has grown each time. Included in the website is a list of artists, a schedule and calendar of events, and costs associated with ticketed events. Ashkenaz promises over 175 different Jewish artists from around the world. Many events are free and open to the public. There is also a link to Jewish Toronto through an UJA/federation site.
http://www.ashkenaz.org/index.shtml

Ashkenaz 97: A Festival of the New Yiddish Culture
Ashkenaz Festivals are fairly new, the first one held in 1995. The scope and emphasis is on new work being created out of the many forms of Eastern European Yiddish culture. Ashkenaz Festivals have attracted as many as 30,000 people. Artists come from all over North America and Europe, bringing new, vibrant and challenging work ranging from the traditional to the unpredictable and experimental in music, theatre, modern dance, storytelling, comedy, poetry, film, the visual arts and more. Lists of participants are available at the website.
http://www.ivritype.com/ashkenaz/about.html

Dutch Klez Kamp
A DUTCH KLEZ KAMP will be held July 17-24, 1999 with Jeff Warschauer. The camp will cover Klezmer music, other Jewish music songs, instrumental music, dances, and lectures. Additionally, an "Active Art" Program with workshops in the morning and excursions in the afternoon, to Anne Frank House, monuments, Musea, Remembrance-places,etc. is included. This is being held at Castle Oud Poelgeest te Oegstgeest near Leiden, 20 minutes from Amsterdam, (10 minutes from the dunes and the sea.) The prices includes hotel, food, tutoring and excursions. For general conditions, prices and specifics see the brochure in the newspage "Active Art in Amsterdam" workshops.
http://www.TulipArt.nl

15th Annual Jewish Music Festival
March 4 - 12, 2000
The Berkeley Richmond Jewish Community Center presents the 15th annual Jewish Music Festival, March 4 - 12, 2000, at various locations in the East Bay, San Francisco, Marin and Palo Alto (a complete schedule follows). Highlights of the Festival include Jacques Fromental Halevy's 19th century opera, "La Juive" (The Jewess), the only Jewish-themed opera in standard repertory; internationally acclaimed Klezmer group Brave Old World with songs from the Lodz Ghetto; Hasidic nigunim (melodies) performed by Frank London and Lorin Sklamberg of the world-renowned Klezmatics; seventy-nine year old Arkady Gendler direct from Ukraine, an authentic voice of the Jewish cultural revival in the former Soviet Union; Ben Goldberg's Twelve Minor jazz sextet; "Sounds Like Peace", a lecture on Jewish-Arab musical collaboration in Israel, with UC Berkeley ethnomusicologist Ben Brinner. For Festival tickets and information: (510) 848-0237, X227 or http://www.brjcc.org Group sales available.
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Hazamir--MidWinter Festival for Teens
The Zamir Choral Foundation sponsors a Mid-Winter Festival for teens in grades 8-12, held over Presidents Weekend (February 20-21, 2000). Information about that program will also available at Zamir's website.
http://www.zamirfdn.org/hazamir.htm
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14th Annual KlezKamp:The Yiddish Folk Arts Program
The 14th Annual KlezKamp was held between December 23-29, 1998 at the Paramount Hotel in Parksville, New York. The theme of the festival was Yiddish culture in Israel's past, present and future. Gila Flam, Dov Noy and Chava Alberstein presented insights into Yiddish in Israel's culture. Classes were held by a myriad of klezmer artists and other Jewish musicians. Yiddish language and folklore courses were also be offered. For more information about future events contact: Living Traditions, 430 West 14th Street Suite 409, New York NY 10014 Tel. (212) 691-1272 Fax (212) 691-1657
email: livetrads@aol.com

International Jewish Music Festival
The International Jewish Music is a multi-performance multi-location festival of Jewish music, with artists convening from all over the world. With over performances in multiple countries such as last years' held in The Netherlands, Belgium and Germany. The 1997 festival was one of the biggest of its kind. Concerts in the Netherlands were held in The Hague, Rotterdam, Enschede and Arnhem. The German part of the Festival took place in Munich and additional performances were in Antwerp, Belgium. Biographical information on participants is available on the website.
http://www.joods.nl/jmf/

Jewish Culture Festival in Cracow, 2000
The Tenth Annual Jewish Culture Festival in Cracow running July 1-9, 2000, will be an all-out affair, with major klezmer musicians from all over and such superstars as Chava Alberstein expected to perform. Blockbuster performers in every category from cantorial to film music to world music in addition to a tribute to Mordechai Gebertig and a performance of joint choirs. Brave Old World, Klezmatics, Chava Alberstein, Alberto Mizrachi,Dave Krakauer,Adrienne Cooper, Michael Alpert and Lorin Sklamberg will make this the place to be in early July for Jewish music. There is scheduled perfomance with joint music of Gypsy, Hungarian, Polish, Ukrainian and Jewish music on stage. The website is both in Polish and English with clear table of contents.
http://www.jewishfestival.pl/index.php

The Jewish Music Institute
The Jewish Music Institute is sponsoring a conference with the University of London of the Third London Jewish Music Conference. You can visit the website for complete details. Along with the conference is the Tenth London International Jewish Music Festival sponsored by the London Jewish News and SoJewish.com . Booking is now open for all events. The complete calendar for June 11-July 13, 2000 is available. This will be the largest festival of Jewish music eve held in Britain. For a complete listing of concert dates and information about conference schedules: Jewish Music Conference London Special Announcements page or visit the Jewish Music Institutes home page.
http://www.jmi.org.uk

Jewish Music Heritage Trust Event
The Jewish Music Heritage Trust is calling for male choristers to participate in a concert scheduled for Tuesday, June 29 at St. John's Smith Square as part of the American Jewish Music Season 1999. The concert will be held at 7:30pm and is sponsored by the Jewish Chronicle.

Participants would need to attend at least three of the last four rehearsals:
Sunday May 16, 1999 6-10pm
Sunday June 20, 1999 6-10pm
Sunday June 27, 1999 6-10pm
Monday June 28,1999 7-10pm

Cantors such as Benzion Miller from New York and Alberto Mizrahi from Chicago are scheduled to participate. Marc Temerlies, founder and conductor of the Ne'imah Singers of St. John's Wood Synagogue will train the choir for a performance of Al Nahros Bovel (By the Rivers of Babylon) by American composer Zavel Zilberts. The concert will be included in the multicultural Sacred Voices Festival in London in the summer of 1999. The music will be recorded on CD for the Milken Archive of American Jewish Music, artistic director, Neil Levin.
To participate: please call to send you a registration pack.
Viv Bellos at +44 (0)181 883 1773
or email:viv@jmht.org

Klez Kamp
The 15th Annual Yiddish Folk Arts Program will be held this December 22-28, 1999 in the Paramount Hotel in Parksville, N.Y. For further details, call the LivingTraditions Office at (212)-691-1272.
http://www.livingtraditions.org/
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Klezkanada '98
Conference on Klezmer music held at Camp B'nai B'rith, Lantier, Ontario.Participants keep in touch via the website.
http://www.klezkanada.com/index.html

Klezmer Music Workshop in Amsterdam
July 20-24, 2000, Jeff Warschauer and Deborah Strauss will conduct workshops in klezmer for instrumentalists and singers for the Tulip Art Festivals in Holland. For more information contact Olga vd Hoeden, postbus 9649- 1006 GC Amsterdam, or email at info@tulipart.nl
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Leeds International Klezmer Festival
A report on the The Leeds International Klezmer Festival held in August, 1998, is now available online. Over 400 people attended the Grand Concert and over 80 participated in workshops. The festival aimed to provide 2 days of instrumental and non-instrumental workshops around the broad themes of klezmer in particular and Jewish music in general. Located in Leeds, England.
http://www.klezmer.co.uk/klezfest/

9th London International Jewish Music Festival
"The Festival is part of Jewish Music Festivals of Europe and is associated with Bnai Brith. This year's London International Jewish Music Festival, World of Jewish Music held 1-29 November,1998, included music from around the world and focused on the music of Israel today. Festival Director, Geraldine Auerbach, of the Jewish Music Heritage Trust said, 'We want to show the rich cultural diversity of music from Israel where ancient and modern tradition mix with Eastern and Western Styles, creating new and exciting syntheses.' The month-long festival, sponsored by the Jewish Chronicle, held over forty events, both light hearted and more serious, at the Barbican, the South Bank Centre, St John's Smith Square and other venues."
http://www.jmht.org/festival98/index.html

New England Folk Festival
There will be a lot of Jewish music happening this year at NEFFA (the New England Folk Festival) on April 14,15,16, 2000 at the Natick High School, 15 West Street, Natick, Massachusetts. Check out their website at http://www.neffa.org/~neffa which includes a map and directions to Natick High School,
The schedule isn't fixed in stone yet but here's what is happening in Jewish music on Sunday, April 16:
10 - 11:Yiddish Sing Along, Garlic & Onions
11 - 12:Easy Israeli Dances,Klezmaniacs
12:15 - 1:Yiddish Songs and others, Honey Novick
1:45 - 2:30: Shtetl/Shul/Kibbutz, Kol Dodi
2:30 - 3:15: Jews : Seville to Odessa , A Little Klez
4:45 - 5:30: Klezmer Concert, Terry Traub

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North American Jewish Choral Festival
The Tenth Annual Jewish Choral Festival is a participatory event giving individuals opportunity to hear and sing Jewish choral music. It includes daily community singing, "instant ensembles", evening concerts and late night events including Yiddish and contemporary Jewish music. There is a form for requesting more information at the website.
http://www.zamirfdn.org/festival.htm

11th North American Jewish Choral Festival
The North American Jewish Choral Festival will be held July 23-27, 2000 at the Nevele Grande Hotel in Ellenville, NY. For more information visit their website. The festival is sponsored by the Zamir Choral Foundation, Gratz College and the Commission on Synagogue Music. Participants enjoy community sings, ensemble singing, and concerts. The 10th festival amassed an impressive array of musical talent.
http://www.zamirfdn.org/festival.htm

World-Jam
"The Hungarian group, Muzsikas, which has a fine CD entitled "Maramaros... the lost Jewish music of Transylvania" , is appearing in Cincinnati on Sunday Oct 10 [1999] featuring Marta Sebestyen as part of "WorldJam" a two day admission-free outdoor festival. The Cincinnati Klezmer Project will appear earlier in the day, featuring Michele Gingras-clarinet, Irina Bernatsky-mandolin, Josh Moss-keyboard and vocals and yours truly on the violin." (from Stu Warshauer)

Load date 10.01.99

THE PROGRAM of "KLEZFEST - 2000"
Being held near Kiev, Ukraine. The first time in Ukraine. August 27-Sept. 1, 2000. With support of the Fund of development of Jewish communities in Russia and in Ukraine (New York). The Center of Jewish education in Ukraine, from August 27 till Sept. 1, 2000, will devote a seminar on the study of traditions and modern interpretation of Klezmer music.

Contact:
The Fund of Development of Jewish Communities in Russia and Ukraine
989 Avenue of the Americas, 10th Floor, New York, NY 10018,
Ph: 212-736-2597 or 800-889-7146 Fax: 212-736-3463
jcdf@jws.org
or contact:

The Center of the Jewish education in Ukraine,
6, Kurskaya str. # 37,
02049, Kiev, Ukraine
Ph/Fax: (380-44) 276-74-31, 276-12-14,271-71-44
E-mail: center@cjeu.carrier.kiev.ua

Their press release reads:
"For everyone, who performs, composes and teaches Jewish music! To all musicians, who is not indifferent to melodies of the Jews of East Europe! For everyone, whom the destiny of the Jewish folklore is not indifferent! If names Sidy Tal, Michael Epelbaum, Michael Alexandrovich and other outstanding performers of Jewish music force often to beat your hearts and you aspire to achieve tops of performer skills - specially for you in the program of the seminar:

Master - classes on vocal under the direction of the known connoisseur of the Jewish folklore, pianist, singer, artistic administrator of theatre "FOLKSBINE" Zalman MLOTEK (New York) and talented singer and uncommon interpreter the Jewish songs Adrianne Cooper (New York);

Master - classes for instrumentalists under the direction of the conducting Musician well known Klezmer group "KLEZMATICS" Frank London (New York);

Yiddish lessons for all. The lessons will be carried out in groups according to a levelof preparation under the direction of the qualified teachers;

Interactive lectures about the Jewish musical folklore based on materials of practical expeditions and hand-written archives; an exchange of experience in collecting of a musical material;

Practical lessons on a technique of work in the Jewish musical collective; The help in search of the information and updating of repertoire. A novelty of aSeason! The review of resources of the Internet for the Jewish musicians. For those who successfully has worked as day - daily evening programs, concerts, "round tables", excursion, sea walk.

In the program of a seminar the changes are probable.
It'll cost $ 500 for 5 days and cover training courses, two concerts, food, lodge, interpreter, but not include your costs for the transportation. This event will take place in Evpatoria city, it is 60 km from international airport Simpheropol. We'll organise the meeting at the airport free of charge.

The amount of the participants of a seminar is limited. The application forms for participation in a seminar should be sent in organizing committee not later by June 15, 2000. The applications which have arrived after this term, will not be examined.

THE PROGRAM of " KLEZFEST - 2000 "
Group A vocalists, leaders of choruses and vocal ensembles, music teachers of Jewish schools, composers, musicologists.
Group B all instrumentalists

August 27 2000, Sunday
10:00 - 13:00 Registration and accommodation of the participants of a seminar
13:45 - 14:45 Lunch
15:00-15:45 Opening of a seminar, announcement of the program, performance of the teachers,production of the purposes and tasks
16:00 - 17:30 Preparation to " to a round table "
17:45 - 18:45 Dinner
19:00 " A Round table ", concert - acquaintance to the participants of a seminar

August 28 2000, Monday

8:00-8:30 Rise, dancing program
8:30-9:00 Breakfast
9:15 - 10:35 Introduction in Yiddish language culture. Lexicon of acquaintance and greetingsand its reflection in the Jewish folklore songs. "Alef-Beys" and fundamentals of reading on Yiddish.(Arcady Gendler, Mila Sholohova)
10:45 - 12:15 Master class
Group A: Traditional Songs Style (Zalmen Mlotek, Adrienne Cooper)
Group B: Instruments (Frank London)
12:25 - 13:55 Ensemble
Group A : Chorus (Zalmen Mlotek, Adrienne Cooper)
Group B: Instrumental ensemble (Frank London)
14:00 - 14:45 Lunch
15:00-16:20 Special studies
Group A: The Jewish settlements in East Podoliye. The Jewish musical life. Study of the Jewish musicalfolklore on Podoliye (historical excursion) . Principles of "field work" inmodern conditions (Gusak Raisa)
Group B: Music in a context of the Jewish traditional education. (Mary Gutahova)
16:30 - 17:35 Lectures (Zalmen Mlotek)
17:45 - 18:30 Dinner
18:40 - 20:00 Walk to the sea
20:30 Monitoring: musical life in the Jewish communities. Problems of musical management in the Jewish community. (Conducting - Mary Gutahova and Mila Sholohova)

August 29 2000, Tuesday
8:00-8:30 Rise, dancing program
8:30-9:00 Breakfast
9:15 - 10:35 Lexicon on a subject "The Jewish family " (" a yidishe mishpokhe ") and its use in song folklore. "Alef-Beys" and fundamentals of reading on Yiddish.(continuation of a subject, practical lessons) (Arcady Gendler, Mila Sholohova).
10:45 - 12:15 Master class
Group A: Traditional Songs Style (Zalmen Mlotek, Adrienne Cooper)
Group B: Instruments (Frank London)
12:25 - 13:55 Ensemble
Group A : Chorus (Zalmen Mlotek, Adrienne Cooper)
Group B: Instrumental ensemble (Frank London)
14:00 - 14:45 Lunch
15:00-16:20 Group A: Jewish - Ukrainian - Moldavian connections in musical folklore of Ukraine. (Gusak Raisa)
Group B: Use of the Jewish songs for development of musical hearing of children. (Mary Gutahova)
16:30 - 17:35 Lectures (Adrienne Cooper)
17:45 - 18:30 Dinner
18:40 - 20:00 Walk to the sea
20:30 "A Round table" by results of folklore expeditions. Tasks and experience of study of the Jewish musical folklore in a higher school on an example of work of folklore ensemble of the Kiev University of culture and arts (Conducting - Mary Gutahova and Mila Sholohova)

August 30 2000, Wednesday

8:00-8:30 Rise, dancing program
8:30-9:00 Breakfast
9:15 - 10:35 Yiddish in song tradition of Chassids. "Alef-Beys" and fundamentals of reading on Yiddish (continuation of a subject, practical lesson). Specific lexicon of songs (interlacing of elements of lexicon Yiddish, Hebrew, Ukrainian, Russian and other languages). The Jewish national proverbs on Yiddish about songs, musicians and musical tools.(Arcady Gendler, Mila Sholohova).
10:45 - 12:15 Master class
Group A: Traditional Songs Style (Zalmen Mlotek, Adrienne Cooper)
Group B: Instruments (Frank London)
12:25 - 13:55 Ensemble
Group A : Chorus (Zalmen Mlotek, Adrienne Cooper)
Group B: Instrumental ensemble (Frank London)
14:00 - 14:45 Lunch
15:00-16:20 Group A: Freylahs in folklore assembly of M. Beregovsky. (Gusak Raisa). Group B: Open lesson on the basis of a traditional musical material. Interaction of vocal and choreographic elements during preparation of the musical programs. (Mary Gutahova)
16:30 - 17:35 Lectures Jewish Musical resources of Internet (Yana Yanover)
17:45 - 18:30 Dinner
18:40 Sea walk by the steam-ship

August 31 2000, Thursday

8:00-8:30 Rise, dancing program
8:30-9:00 Breakfast
9:15 - 10:35 Preparation for an evening concert
10:45 - 12:15 Master class
Group A: Traditional Songs Style (Zalmen Mlotek, Adrienne Cooper)
Group B: Instruments (Frank London)
12:25 - 13:55 Ensemble
Group A : Chorus (Zalmen Mlotek, Adrienne Cooper)
Group B: Instrumental ensemble (Frank London)
14:00 - 14:45 Lunch
15:00 Departure in Simferopol. A final concert

September 1 2000, Friday

8:00-8:30 Rise, dancing program
8:30-9:00 Breakfast
9:15 Departure of participants

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