KlezCalendar

This year KlezFest London (Sunday August 13 - Friday August 18) will again be led by Frank London, with Veretski Pass as the Resident Band. New this year will be a special strand for professional Klezmer bands and players. Also running parallel is the now famous Jewish Song Summer School and they all are preceded by Ot Azoy! - how to read, write and speak (and specially sing) Yiddish in one week (6-11 August 2006). See details below!!

See the website for details of each European Academy course: www.yiddish-klezmer.net

For further information: www.jmi.org.uk

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Jewish Song School
Sunday 13-Friday 18 August

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 assisted by Judith Silver. (Read about Song Summer School 2005 and see the comments and pictures Website www.jmi.org.uk)

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