3rd Berkshire Summer Celebration of Jewish Music, 29 May, 2012
3rd Berkshire Summer Celebration of Jewish Music
Tuesday, May 29, 7:30 p.m., Congregation Knesset Israel, 16 Colt Road, Pittsfield.
Special concert: "The Connections Between African-American and Jewish Music" featuring Charles Neville and Celebration co-director Paul Green. Tickets, $18., and can be reserved in advance by calling (413) 442-4360, Ext. 10.
The Celebration opens on Tuesday, May 29, at 7:30 p.m. with a special concert at Congregation Knesset Israel in Pittsfield. Guest artist, saxophonist Charles Neville of the Neville Brothers, will join co-director Paul Green and friends in a concert showing the deep connections between African-American and Jewish music. A wide variety of music illustrating the interaction between the two cultures will include works from the Yiddish Theater that demonstrate an early fusion of Jewish music and jazz, works from the blues and gospel traditions that have incorporated Jewish elements , and pieces that have Jewish roots, such as Klezmer music, which have incorporated African-American elements. Tickets are $18 and can be reserved in advance by calling (413) 442-4360, Ext. 10.
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.