KlezCalendar

The Freilachmakers Klezmer String Band celebrate the release of our 3rd CD, “Klezmer at the Confluence: Jewish Music from Sacramento”

Where: The Center at Twenty-Three Hundred, 2300 Sierra Blvd., Sacramento, CA 95825
When: Wednesday Dec. 1st, 7 pm
Tickets: $8.00 at the door

Celebrate the 1st night of Chanuka with great klezmer and Sephardic music!!

The Freilachmakers Klezmer String Band consists of:
Marc Epstein - clarinet
Felipe Ferraz - classical guitar and voice
Wayne Lutzow - accordion
Andy Rubin - 5-string banjo, mandolin, guitar and voice
Lou Ann Weiss - string bass

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COME ONE AND ALL TO...

... a concert by The Freilachmakers Klezmer String Band to celebrate the release of our 3rd CD, “Klezmer at the Confluence: Jewish Music from Sacramento”

Where: The Center at Twenty-Three Hundred, 2300 Sierra Blvd., Sacramento, CA 95825

When: Wednesday Dec. 1st, 7 pm

Tickets: $8.00 at the door

Celebrate the 1st night of Chanuka with great klezmer and Sephardic music!!

The Freilachmakers Klezmer String Band consists of:
Marc Epstein - clarinet
Felipe Ferraz - classical guitar and voice
Wayne Lutzow - accordion
Andy Rubin - 5-string banjo, mandolin, guitar and voice
Lou Ann Weiss - string bass

A freylekh'n Chanukah!

-Andy Rubin
The Freilachmakers Klezmer String Band (Sacramento, CA)
www.freilachmakers.com

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Opening night bash—Sephardic Music Festival
Warehouse Art Rave and Fashion Show
THE JEWISH DIVERSITY NIGHT
Interactive art installations
Live art performances
Art gallery
Tagging wall
Israeli Keffiyeh Fashion Show
music
Location: 20,000 square foot loft on the water!
220 36th Brooklyn, NY 11232

Sephardic Music Festival

sephardicmusicfestival.com

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First Night of Hannukkah Concert
Thursday, December 2, 2010
6:00 PM
Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
Celebrating the reinstallation of Chagall's American Windows exhibit
www.artic.edu

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Hip Hop Hanukah
featuring SoCalled

Thursday, Dec 2
Doors: 9:00, show: 9:30pm
Mod Club
722 College St.
Toronto, Ont, CA

Tix: $20 advance/ $25 door
Purchase Tickets

Hip Hop Hanukah Toy Drive: Please bring a new unwrapped toy to the event for a chance to win some awesome prizes! Toys will be donated to Chai Lifeline, an organization that brings hope to children suffering from serious illness & their families. Toy donations will be matched by Best Made Toys, a local toy importer.

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Come join Lox & Vodka for our annual Chanukah celebration
US Botanic Gardens, Thursday, December 2nd, 6:00-8:00pm
100 Maryland Ave, SW, next to the US Capital.
Plan to sing, dance and be entertained!!! Free and open to the public.
www.loxvodka.com

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Thursday, December 2, 8pm, Hannukah Dance Blowout, Berkeley. Klezmer music with Kugelplex and Adama, Also on the bill Israeli Reggae artist, Lior Ben Hur, appearing with Kugelplex. Allen King will lead Israeli dance and Bruce Bierman will lead klezmer dance. At Ashkenaz, $10. More info: www.ashkenaz.com.

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Concert Tremplin: Mazal - AutorYno - DJ RKK, le 02.12.2010

Ce concert a lieu au Centre Barbara Fleury Goutte d'Or à Paris 18ème.
Tarif unique: 15€

Mazal est un subtil mélange de chants séfarades anciens et de musique actuelle aux sonorités électroniques. MAZAL fait souffler un air de modernité sur cette culture malmenée, créant dans la rencontre un flux musical énergique et dansant.

"Wild Klezmer Rock Fusion": AutorYno est un Power Trio énergique où se rencontrent Rock, Groove, influence du YiddishLand et une large place à l'improvisation. Le combo, qui s'appuie sur une solide rythmique basse batterie, est porté par une guitare Fretless, qui donne des sonorités à la fois puissantes et sensibles, deux caractères qui s'expriment ensemble tout au long des créations et des improvisations.

RKK: Figure de Radio Nova, il sait enchaîner les musiques et dégoter des perles nostalgiques authentiques, électroniques. Un Konexionneur, comme il dit.

Styles: Electro Séfarade, Jazz, rock, punk, Yiddish

Le Festival Jazz'N'Klezmer 2010 est soutenu par Tradexpo
For more info: www.culture-juive.org

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December 2, 2010
Pharaoh's Daughter & Soulfarm
@ 92Y Tribeca
200 Hudson Street
NYC

Sephardic Music Festival

sephardicmusicfestival.com

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Metropolitan Klezmer

Friday, December 3
Philadelphia Museum of Art
First Friday concert: Art After Five
5:45pm & 7:15pm sets
Free after museum admission
Benjamin Franklin Pkwy & 26th St, Philadelphia PA 19130
(215) 684-7506
www.philamuseum.org/artafter5/

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December 3, 2010, 7pm
Theatre Divadlo Na pradle, Prague, Czech Republic, Besedni 3, Praha 1

"Lenka Lichtenberg & Yair Dalal in Concert, special guest cantor Michal Forst"
sponsored by Bejt Simcha and B'nai B'rith, Prague Chapter.

Iraqi Jewish tradition meets Eastern European musical sensibilities in a unique dialogue, backed up by Czech Republic's top jazzmen. Lenka Lichtenberg (voice, guitar, Yiddish, Hebrew, Czech, English); Yair Dalal (oud, violin, voice); cantor Michal Forst (voice); David Doruzka (guitars); Tomas Reindl (tabla, dumbak, percussion); Petr Dvorsky (bass), and Jiri Stivin (flutes, saxophones).

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Friday, December 3rd, Lox & Vodka will be performing a Chanuakh concert for Temple Beth Ami in Rockville, MD.
www.loxvodka.com

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FRIDAY DECEMBER 3, 2010
7:30 PM TO 9:30 PM

Chanukah Celebration/Shabbat at Congregation Sherith Israel
Celebrate Shabbat the traditions of Chanukah with a performance with 3 Members of KLEZMANIA!

Congregation Sherith Israel
2266 California Street
San Francisco, CA 94115
415-346-1720

www.bennybemusic.com

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Clare Burson

Dec 3
The Rock Shop
Brooklyn, NY

"In Silver and Ash, 28 years of questioning, studying and mourning have been channeled into song" —New York Times

Indie songtress Clare Burson will be embarking on a headlining tour this December in support of Silver and Ash, her new album released on Rounder September 14. Silver and Ash is a concept album that imagines Burson's maternal grandmother's life in Europe, from before her birth in 1919 to her escape from Germany in 1938. It also explores Burson's own struggles with rupture, silence, guilt, empathy, and continuity. Burson visited her childhood home in Memphis, Tennessee, where she interviewed her grandmothers, and ventured to the homes of her ancestors in Germany, Latvia, Ukraine and Lithuania.

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The Cantors and Choirs of Congregation Rodeph Sholom will celebrate Chanukah, the Festival of Lights, during Shabbat services, 6 P.M., Friday, December 3, 2010. The unique intergenerational service will feature Cantor Rebecca Garfein and Cantor Shayna De Lowe and the volunteer adult and children’s choirs from the synagogue. This year, the first night of Chanukah is Wednesday, December 1, 2010.

“Chanukah celebrates miracles and the power to overcome hardship,” according to Congregation Rodeph Sholom’s Senior Cantor, Rebecca Garfein. “For many people in our country, this has been an especially tough year. Chanukah can help remind us all of the everyday miracles in our lives.”

Some highlights of the service will be Peter Yarrow’s, “Light One Candle,” and “Bring on the Light,” a piece by composer, singer and actor, Danny Maseng, that was commissioned by Congregation Rodeph Sholom for Chanukah in 2001. The service will also feature the Children’s Choir for grades 2-8 and the Jr. Jr. Choir, which is for children from the pre-kindergarten, kindergarten and first grades.

Cantor Garfein will be joined by Rodeph Sholom’s Associate Cantor, Shayna De Lowe and Cantorial-Intern, Melanie Cooperman. Accompanying the cantors and choirs will be Rodeph Sholom’s organist, J. David Williams. Joining Mr. Williams will be: John Hadfield, percussion, Susan Rotholz, flute, Eliot Bailen, guitar and cello and Daniel Freeman, acoustic and electric bass.

The service is free of charge and open to the entire community.

Congregation Rodeph Sholom is located at 7 West 83rd Street off of Central Park West in Manhattan. For more information, please call (646) 454-3030 or go to www.rodephsholom.org.

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Friday, December 3, Klezmer Hanukkah, 8:15pm, San Francisco. At Temple Sha'ar Zahav. Music by Cantor Sharon Bernstein and klezmorim Stuart Brotman and Sheldon Brown, with Bruce Bierman leading dancing. KlezCalifornia is a co-sponsor. More info: www.shaarzahav.org.

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Metropolitan KlezmerSaturday, December 4
Metropolitan Klezmer plays NightCat Club, Maryland's Eastern Shore
5 Goldsborough St
Easton MD

We'll play two sets at NightCat -- our debut here, and it's Hanukah! Metropolitan Klezmer quintet for this stop on our Midlantic tour.
5pm and 8pm shows.

NightCat is a very cool 60-seat club on Maryland's Eastern Shore. Please spread the word (and reservations are a good idea!) this is a wonderful place to hear music.
http://nightcatmusic.com/
410-690-4544

Ismail Butera: accordion
Pam Fleming: trumpet & flugelhorn
Dave Hofstra: upright bass & tuba
Debra Kreisberg: clarinet & alto sax
Eve Sicular: drums | leader

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On the Fourth Night of Hanuka, My True Love Sent Me A Book In Jail:

Jeanette Lewicki will play klezmer accordion & sing Yiddish songs on Dec 4, 2010, 6-8pm for a free holiday party & silent auction to benefit the Prisoners Literature Project.

The event will be held at Rock Paper Scissors Community Art Collective, 2278 Telegraph Ave (at 23rd), Oakland, CA.

Auction Items will include: signed prints by HOWL animator Eric Drooker, David Lance Goines, & others; a custom-built backyard garden; professional website design; gourmet gifts; handcrafted fashion; six months of private accordion lessons—the perfect gift! Bring a T-shirt to silkscreen, a paperback dictionary to donate, &/or a 78rpm record for DJ Victrola dancing. Hanuka celebrates the lamps that burned for eight days; the PLP celebrates the inextinguishable light of human kindness. All proceeds go to pay postage on free books for people in prison.

More info: prisonersliteratureproject.com

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Hankus Netsky and Friends … A Chanukah Celebration

Saturday, December 4, 8:00pm
Temple Beth Israel
25 Harvard St
Waltham, MA

The program will feature vocalists Lisa Jacobs and Jessica Kate Meyer, along with six of the areas finest instrumentalists. This lively performance will include Yiddish and Hebrew repertoire, including little-known eastern European Chanukah music gathered from Temple Beth Israel member and Holocaust survivor Morris Hollender. This joyous evening will offer Menorah lighting, an exquisite concert performance, as well as dancing and refreshments for all. All ages are welcome to come and celebrate the season!

Hankus Netsky is founder and director of the Klezmer Conservatory Band and Music Director for Itzhak Perlman's "In the Fiddler's House" and "Jewish Roots" projects. He is the director of the Discovery Project at the National Yiddish Book Center and chair of the Contemporary Improvisation Department at the New England Conservatory.

Tickets are $15 for Temple Members, $20 for Non-members.
For more info: 781-894-5146
or visit their website www.tbiwaltham.org to buy tickets online.

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Saturday, December 4, 7:00pm, Hanukkah Community Celebration, with Veretski Pass, Adama, Nigunim Chorus, and Rivka Amado. Candlelighting, performances, dancing and food. At JCC East Bay, Berkeley. Admission $15. KlezCalifornia is a co-sponsor.

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December 4th at 7:30pm: Annual Khanike in the Kheights—

Celebrate Khanike with Yale Strom & Hot Pstromi with very special guest percussionist Sunny Jain of Junoon, at Hebrew Tabernacle Congregation, 551 Fort Washington Avenue (185th Street), NYC 10033. Holiday singalong and candle-lighting too! $18 adults, $10 children and students.

For reservations and information:(212) 568-8304

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Eatala: A Life In Klezmer: New documentary premiere & concert honors Elaine Watts and four generations of Philadelphia Jewish musicians
WHO: Elaine Hoffman Watts, Susan Lankin Watts & band
WHAT: Premiere of new documentary about a ground-breaking woman & concert of klezmer music from waltzes to freylechs, representing the legacy of four generations of Jewish musicians (Hoffman family) renowned in Philadelphia
WHEN: December 4, 2010 at 7:30 PM (Tickets: $10 - $30 through http://crossroadsconcerts.org)
WHERE: Crossroads Music / 801 S. 48th Street (Produced by the Philadelphia Folklore Project)

Tickets ($10 - $30) are available through Crossroads Music (http://crossroadsconcerts.org/)

“The documentary Eatala: A Life in Klezmer is a loving portrait of Elaine Hoffman Watts, a renowned klezmer percussionist. The film shows how Elaine (her Yiddish name is “Eatala”), a feisty and determined musician, has broken barriers—as a musician, a working mother, and in her persistent devotion to her family’s klezmer music. Drawing on performance footage, family movies, historic photographs, and interviews, Eatala traces a klezmer tradition sustained over four generations in a single family— with a good dose of humor and joy. Eatala features performances by Elaine Hoffman Watts, Susan Lankin Watts and an all-star klezmer band with Josh Dolgin, Jay Krush, Rachel Lemisch, Hankus Netsky, Henry Sapoznik, and Carmen Staaf. Directed by Barry Dornfeld and Debora Kodish. Produced by the Philadelphia Folklore Project.

A klezmer concert featuring Elaine and Susan Watts and other musicians follows the screening. A special reception with refreshments for Chanukah will conclude this evening celebrating the accomplishments of some extraordinary Philadelphia musicians.

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SATURDAY, DECEMBER 4, 2010
8 PM to 10 PM

Our Yearly Concert with Old First Concerts • Don't Miss This Show!
Celebrate the Holidays and Chanukah with Northern California's premiere klezmer jazz ensemble, Ben Brussell's KLEZMANIA!, a contemporary representation of klezmer music. Founded in May 1989 in San Francisco by Ben Brussell, KLEZMANIA! began to professionally perform klezmer music throughout the Bay Area and Los Angeles. As the group evolved, Brussell brought in players from a variety of backgrounds and expanded the repertoire to encompass the klezmer musical experience—and beyond. Their program will comprise, some traditional sing-a-long Chanukah songs, klezmer, Yiddish folk songs, some Israeli, and some original klezmer songs, as well. Wild, fun, and very high-energy.

Old First Concerts
1751 Sacramento St.
San Francisco, CA 94109
Phone (415) 474-1608
www.bennybemusic.com

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Clare Burson

Dec 4, 2010
City Winery
New York, NY

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No Rock Like You: Songs for the Jewish Soul
December 4, 2010, 8 p.m.
Ansche Chesed, 251 West 100th Street, NYC

Sponsor: Shalshelet: The Foundation for New Jewish Liturgical Music

Experience the next generation of Jewish liturgical music featuring 22 original and contemporary pieces in styles ranging from jazz, pop, and classical to klezmer and cantorial. Shalshelet's International Music Festival continues on Dec. 5 from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. with Meet the Composer workshops, the debut of 35 additional compositions, and brunch.

Co-Sponsors: H.L. Miller Cantorial School, JTS; School of Sacred Music, HUC-HIR; Academy of Jewish Religion

Admission: $20 (concert only); $30 (workshops/brunch); $40 (concert plus workshops/brunch). Half price for seniors, students, and children. Additional $5 per event after 11/30 and at the door.

Tel: 212-865-0600 ext 242
Web: www.shalshelet.org

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Soirée Klezmer avec Klezmer Kaos, Trio klezmer & Hadida and Co

Dec 4, 2012, 20h30
Quinzaine de la Solidarité à l'Espace Rachi
en faveur de l'Appel National pour la Tsédaka
Tarif plein: 15 € - Tarif réduit: 10€

Le Centre d'Art et de Culture organise une soirée Klezmer avec deux jeunes groupes prometteurs dont les artistes ont moins de 25ans, Klezmer Kaos et Trio Klezele. Sera aussi présent, le groupe Hadida and Co avec Jean-Pierre Hadida au chant et à la guitare et son trio composé de Philippe Hadida à la contrebasse, Dilan Hadida à la guitare et de Jean Albert Ananou au drums.

Le Festival Jazz'N'Klezmer 2010 est soutenu par Tradexpo
For more info: www.culture-juive.org

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Zoyres Eastern European Wild Ferment & Kugelplex
Klezmer Chanukah Blowout!

Subterranean Arthouse
Saturday December 4, 2010
Doors at 8:00, concert at 8:30pm
2179 Bancroft Way
downtown Berkeley, California
subterraneanarthouse.org
$10-20 suggested donation; no one turned away for lack of funds

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Maoz, Ligeti and Muskatel Trio

Friday, December 4th at 9 PM, $5
The Freedom Garden
294 Troutman St. 1L, Brooklyn, NY 11237
Event URL: bushwickbackyards.com

Eyal Maoz, guitar, is a downtown guitarist and composer. Band leader and cooperator in numerous original music projects.

Lukas Ligeti, percussion, is a composer, drummer, percussionist and electronic music artist. He is the leader of the renown African pop band Burkina Electric and numerous ensembles.

Elad Muskatel is a renowned bassist and composer.

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Sunday, December 5, 11:00am and 3:00pm, The Red Hot Chachkas with the San Francisco Symphony in the "Deck The Hall" holiday shows for children at Davies Symphony Hall. More info: www.sfsymphony.org.

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Sunday 5 December, 1.30-4.30pm

Klezmer workshop in Lewes
The Royal Oak, Station Street, Lewes

If you missed the sold-out workshop in September, come along to this one! We'll look at tunes, modes, ornamentation and accompaniment, as well as dance steps to go with the melodies that form this hugely enjoyable musical tradition. Open to any instrument.
Tickets £15 (£10 concs)

Please book in advance by emailing Linda at l.hardcastle@talk21.com or calling 01903 770581. Places are limited, so early booking is essential!

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Sunday 5 December, 1.30-4.30pm

Klezmer workshop in Lewes
The Royal Oak, Station Street, Lewes

Open to any instrument.

If you missed the sold-out workshop in September, come along to this one! We'll look at tunes, modes, ornamentation and accompaniment, as well as dance steps to go with the melodies that form this hugely enjoyable musical tradition.
Tickets £15 (£10 concs)

Please book in advance by calling 01903 770581. Places are limited, so early booking is essential!

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Sunday, December 5, 2010, 3pm
Folksbiene Troupe
Weinberg Park Heights JCC
Baltimore, MD

Folksbiene Yiddish Theatre at the JCC of Greater Baltimore

Folksbiene New York National Yiddish Theatre, the longest running professional theatre in America, brings their troupe to the Weinberg Park heights JCC Straus Auditorium for a new performance of "Makht a Tsimes!" (Make a Fuss!), a Yiddish Production with English and Russian Subtitles.

Tickets are limited and will be available on a first come first serve basis.
For more info and tickets: www.mpt.org/mpt?q=node/11094

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Diptyque: Hommages croisés 2010

Premier volet
le dimanche 5 décembre 2010 à 15h00

Une Europe début et fin de siècle, 1810-1910

autour du Liederkreis Op. 39 de Schumann
oeuvres de Chopin, Schumann, Wolf, Mahler, Albeniz

avec
Alison Kamm - soprano
Liudmila Rozum-Ancel - piano

Théâtre de la Vieille Grille
1, rue du Puits de l'Ermite
75005 Paris
M° Place Monge
Places 18 et 11 euros
Réservations: 01 47 07 22 11

Alison Kamm
New York-Paris-Varsovie-Moscou-Jérusalem-Tel Aviv-Vienne- Paris
élève et assistante d’Irmgard Seefried, masterclasses avec Victoria de los Angeles
Master’s musique et 1er Prix de chant de l’Académie Rubin TA, Actor’s Studio Vienne, études de musicologie et histoire
concerts, tournées, festivals (Klangbogen, Wien Modern…) à travers l’Europe, Amérique du Sud - répertoire du baroque au contemporain.opéras de l’Orfeo de Monteverdi au Medium de Menotti
masterclasses de Lied et musique baroque, jurys, CDs, radios et télévisions…

Liudmila Rozum-Ancel
originaire de Biélorussie, établie depuis quelques années en France
l' union des arts et des sciences : pianiste, compositrice (CNSM) et aussi spécialiste de design sonore et développement Web, Master’s en Ingénierie des Médias à l’Université du Sud Toulon Var.
conception pour l’Opéra de Toulon du site « Les Métiers de L’Opéra », assistante de mise en scène au Théâtre Mariinsky (Kirov) de St Petersbourg,
publications telles « Des expérimentations sonores dans la musique contemporaine » ( 2003, St Petersbourg)

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I hope you can join us on the fifth night of Hanukah (Dec 5) for this this celebratory triple bill, 3pm at Zellerbach Hall:

1. From Winnipeg: North End Klezmer Project celebrates the release of their brand new CD Transylvania Avenue.
2. From the Bay Area: Teslim (yours truly on fiddle and Gari Hegedus on oud and other strings). We'll become Teslim Extreme when joined by very special guests Shira Kammen and Julian Smedley on fiddles, percussionist Susu Pampanin and vocalist/cellist Caleb O'Reilly.
3. To rock the low end, we have the amazing bass clarinet duo Sqwonk featuring Jonathan Russell and Jeff Anderle!

I've written a new piece called Crushed for three violins, two bass clarinets, doumbek and frame drum which we'll premier!

So come--we'll light the menorah, schmooze, nosh a little and listen to some great music already!
What's not to like?

Best,
Kaila

For more information and to purchase tickets:
Cal Performances

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Fifth Annual Open Sing: Handel and Bloch w/Zamir

Sunday, December 5, 3:00 pm, at Temple Reyim, 1860 Washington St, Newton.You've sung Messiah, now sing Handel's other great oratorio, Judas Maccabaeus, and the first three movements of the most sublime setting of the synagogue liturgy, Ernest Bloch's "Sacred Service." Open to all interested singers and listeners. Tickets: $10; $8 for seniors and students and GBCC members; available at the door only. Free admission for conductors and conducting students. Musical scores will be provided. Zamir is grateful to Phyllis and Michael z"l Hammer and the Newton Cultural Council for underwriting the Open Sing.

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Sunday, December 5, 2010 (matinee)
Cal Performances presents
POMEGRANATES & FIGS: A FEAST OF JEWISH MUSIC
Zellerbach Hall 3:00 p.m.
UC Berkeley Campus, Berkeley CA
ticketscalperfs.berkeley.edu
510.642.9988

Here's this year's line up:
Teslim with special guests
Shira Kammen and Julian Smedley
North End Klezmer Project
(this Canadian group features former members of Bay Area favorites Finjan)
Sqwonk - bass / clarinet duo

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What: "€œFrom Shelf to Stage,"€ a musical performance and multimedia presentation with Aaron Kula and Klezmer Company Orchestra musicians Randi Fishenfeld and Jackie De Los Santos. Sponsored by the Jewish Cultural Society at Florida Atlantic University, the performance will showcase the library'€™s Jewish print music collection.
Where: Florida Atlantic University Wimberly Library, 5th Floor, Boca Raton campus. 777 Glades Road Boca Raton, FL 33431
When: December 5, 2010 at 3p.m.
Cost: $15 for members, $25 for two family members, $20 for non-members.
Contact: 561-852-9720 or 561-735-0176.

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Metropolitan Klezmer

Sunday, December 5
Metropolitan Klezmer
BlackRock Center for the Arts
3PM concert
12901 Town Commons Drive
Germantown, MD 20874-9120
(301) 528-2260
blackrockcenter.org

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Shirim Klezmer Orchestra
Klezmer Nutcracker

Sun, Dec 5, 2010, 4:30pm
Club Passim
47 Palmer St.
Cambridge, MA

Early Booking for Members available. Tickets go on Sale for Members on 10/27/2010 at 12:00 pm EST and for Non-Members on 11/3/2010 at 12:00 pm EST

For more info: Club Passim

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Yiddishe Cup

Sun. Dec. 5, 6pm
Congregation Tifereth Israel,
Columbus, Ohio
Chanukah concert/dance. $.
www.tiferethisrael.org

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Sunday, December 5, 2010, 7:00pm
Hannukkah Concert
Chicago Botanic Gardens
Glencoe, IL
www.chicagobotanic.org

Tickets: Adults $38.00 / Children 3-12yrs $32 / under 2yrs free

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Asefa
December 5, 2010, 7pm
Edmond J. Safra Synagogue
11 East 63rd st.
Free for members | $12 for non-members | all ages

Sephardic Music Festival

sephardicmusicfestival.com

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Clare Burson

Dec 5, 2010
M Room
Philadelphia, PA

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9 Volt Circuistry Live

Saturday, December 5th at 8 PM, FREE
Shrine.
2271 Adam Clayton Powell Jr. Blvd. (133-134 St)
New York, NY 10030
Telephone: 212-690-7807
Event URL shrinenyc.com/schedule.php

9 Volt Circuistry is an unlikely collaboration between 2 accomplished band leaders: trombonist, New York City native Rick Parker and Israeli guitarist Eyal Maoz. Parker's use of electronics with the trombone combined with Maoz's unique approach to guitar and effects results in a music that is a synthesis electronic experimental, rock, jazz and neoclassical minimalism. The trio is usually completed by drummer Yonadav Halevy or Ziv Ravitz, both of whom can be found crossing genres of music and the globe with their unique rhythmic talents.

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December 6, 2010
Sephardic Scholar Series
Sepharad: Voices From Across the Strait w/Vanessa Paloma & d'Safi Takht Ensemble

Center for Jewish History
Presented in collaboration with the American Sephardi Federation and Yeshiva University Museum. Curated by Samuel R. Thomas with Co-sponsorip by The Foundation for Iberian Music, the Institute for Sephardic Studies, AsefaMusic and Shemspeed.
15 West 16th Street, NYC
Sunday, December 6, 2010, 6:30pm
General Admission: $15/ $12 for ASF & YUMuseum members and students
Ticket includes both performances, panel discussion with the artists, entrance to Yeshiva University Museum and viewing the current ASF exhibit, Looking Back: The Jews of Morocco.
Tickets @ www.smarttix.com; or 212.868.4444.
For more info: 212.294.8350 x2 or visit: www.americansephardifederation.org

Sephardic Music Festival

sephardicmusicfestival.com

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Dec 6 8.30pm
Greg Wall’s Later Prophets ft. Shai Bachar (p), David Richards (b) and Aaron Alexander (dr)
Jazz/Klezmer fusion
Sixth Street Synagogue: 325 East Sixth Street (b/n 1st and 2nd Ave)
$10 cover includes a drinkJazz Rabbi’s Invitational: Later Prophets

7:30pm: Class on Ramchal’s (Rabbi Chaim Luzzato) ‘”Derech Hashem”
8:30pm: Later Prophets

Greg Wall’s Later Prophets, Tzadik recording artists, bring a highly literate Jewish sensibility to the forefront of jazz. Wall, has found the perfect partners in his bandmates keyboard wiz Shai Bachar, drummer extraordinaire Aaron Alexander, and the effervescent David Richards on bass. Together, they are able to simultaneously straddle the gates of the ancient and avant-garde. A leading figure in NY’s downtown music scene, “rabbi and fiery, eclectic Jewish-jazz luminary” (Time Out NY) Greg Wall was ordained in 2006 and may well be the only recording and touring jazz musician who is also a rabbi. His work is “a surprising multicultural collision worthy of Bill Laswell or Kip Hanrahan at their best,” noted Jon Andrews in DownBeat.
sixthstreetsynagogue.org

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Clare Burson

Dec 6, 2010
IOTA Club
Arlington, VA

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Laura Wetzler

December 7, 2010
Riverdale Y
5625 Arlington Ave.
Bronx, NY 10471
(718) 548-8200

Tickets are now on sale and reservations can be made by calling the Simon Senior Center @ 718-548-8200, x 223 Toby; or x224 Vicki

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Tuesday, December 7, we'll be at the Bain Center in Columbia, MD in the early afternoon.
www.loxvodka.com

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The Workmen's Circle Klezmer Ensemble session

Led by famed klezmer musician Jeff Warschauer

Play wonderful music while making new friends and having a great time!

Tuesday, December 7 from 6:30-8:30 PM

* For all instrumentalists who play and read music (intermediate level and above)
* Study with an internationally recognized master instructor
* Learn tunes from the diverse klezmer tradition
* Develop tools for improvisation

Single session class fee: $30. $25 for Workmen's Circle members.

Sessions will take place at the Workmen's Circle, 45 East 33 Street, Manhattan (between Park and Madison).

Jeff Warschauer (guitar, mandolin, vocals)
Internationally renowned as an instrumentalist, Yiddish singer and teacher. He is a member of the Strauss/Warschauer Duo, and was a long-time member of the Klezmer Conservatory Band. Jeff is Founding Artistic Director of KlezKanada, is on the faculty of Columbia University, and is pursuing graduate studies in the cantorial program at the Jewish Theological Seminary.

For more information, please contact Sara Lerman by phone at (212) 889-6800 ext. 252
www.circle.org
www.klezmerduo.com

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December 7, 2010, 7:45pm
Layali El Andalus & East of the River

Spanish and Portuguese Synagogue
3 West 70th St. at Central Park West
$15 adv or $18 door | all ages
212-873-0300 x221

Sephardic Music Festival

sephardicmusicfestival.com

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East Village Klezmer Series schedule
curated by Aaron Alexander

Please join us for an exciting new series at the Max Raiskin Center on Tuesday nights, featuring some of the finest klezmorim I know. Performances start at 8:30pm, $15 cover (includes one drink)

Max Raiskin Center
325 E. 6th St. (bet. 1st & 2nd)
NY NY 10003

Dec 7 The Tarras Band, featuring Pete Sokolow
More info: sixthstreetsynagogue.org

Please tell your friends and come down often!

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WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 8, 2010
2:30 PM to 3:30 PM

Chanukah Celebration Sing-A-Long with Ben Brussell
Jewish Family & Children's Services

Jewish Family & Children's Services
600 Fifth Avenue
San Rafael, CA 94903
415-491-7690

www.bennybemusic.com

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Wednesday, December 8 2010, 5:30 pm

Hanukkah Dance Party with the Mount Holyoke Klezmer Band,
Adrianne Greenbaum, director.
Warbeke Room, Pratt Hall, Mt Holyoke College
South Hadley, MA
Free

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Clare Burson

Dec 8, 2010
Thunderbird Café
Pittsburgh, PA

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Wednesday, December 8, 2010, 8 pm
"The Art of Yiddish Song"

In celebration of the ensemble's 10th anniversary, the Jumbo Knish Factory (Tufts Klezmer Ensemble) will present a concert of Yiddish folk songs and Yiddish theater numbers new and old with special faculty guests Barbara Grossman and Leon Gunther.

Distler Performance Hall,
Tufts University
Medford, MA

Free; no tickets required.

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Culture Mash (Closing Night Party!)
with Diwon, Dr. Israel & tons more artists tba

December 8, 2010, 8pm
Knitting Factory
361 Metropolitan Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11211
$10 pre-sale or RSVP | $15 Door

Culture Mash takes Shemspeed's Balagan Boogaloo series, which The Village Voice dubbed Stereotype-defying music, to the next level. The party series is produced byIsraeli/American world music maestro Diwon and hosted by Brooklyn's Knitting Factory. It features worldwide MCs and Dub Selectas from varied backgrounds, including Balkan, Dancehall, Baile Funk, Mizrahi, Bhangra, New Mediterranio and Afro Beat. Culture Mash is a festive and energetic blend of the sounds that moves shoes to dance floors worldwide, and unifies people through culture and music, celebrating diversity and finding the common ground.

Sephardic Music Festival

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Balkan Beat Box & Pad Brapad

Dec 9, 2010, 19h00
Ce concert a lieu à la Bellevillouse, 21 rue Boyer 75020 Paris
Tarif unique: 26€

Balkan Beat Box par du style klezmer et lui administre une bonne dose d'électro. Ori Kaplan (saxophone) forme le groupe en 2004 à New York, Balkan Beat Box est remarqué dès sa sortie en 2005. Il faut dire que la fusion de Balkan Beat Box sait intégrer des éléments multiples, pour en faire une musique dansante, joyeuse et originale. Blue Eyed Back Boy sort en mars 2010 pour que l'aventure continue et que la fusion soit belle.

C'est sur scène que leur musique prend toute son ampleur. Les musiciens se livrent à 300%, hurlent, dansent, parlent des langues inconnues, se battent en duel. Pad Brapad allie l'énergie de l'Est aux beats de l'Ouest pour une ambiance chaude et festive... Un livre volcanique qui vous emmène loin!

Le Festival Jazz'N'Klezmer 2010 est soutenu par Tradexpo
For more info: www.culture-juive.org

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Clare Burson

Dec 9, 2010
Grog Shop
Cleveland, OH

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YAFAC Khanike Simkhe honoring the memory of Mina Bern Bonus, z"l, 12/9/10

Libe Mendelyaner,
Ir zent hartsik farbetn/ You are cordially invited:

Yidishe Artistn un Fraynd Khanike Simkhe, a musical tribute to the memory of our beloved Mina Bern Bonus, will take place on Thursday, December 9,2010 at 6:30 PM at our headquarters 31 East 7th Street, NYC

A glatt kosher dinner will be served with all the yom tov trimmings---latkes with apple sauce, tzimes, and other tasty maykholim.

We are proud to have as our guest entertainers

BOB ABELSON
SHANE BAKER,
JOANNE BORTS
DANIELLA RABBANI
CAROL TOSCANO
HY WOLFE
AND OTHER SURPRISE GUESTS

Members: $ 25.00, Guests: $ 30.00

Reservations required by DECEMBER 1, 2010 - send checks to Ruth Harris, 379 Barnard Ave, Cedarhurst, NY 11516.

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Alicia Jo Rabins will be performing
Girls In Trouble w/Corrie Beth

Dec 10 2010, 7:30pm
Pete's Candy Store
709 Lorimer St
Brooklyn, NY

More info: events.myspace.com/Event/7918765/GIT-and-friends-at-Petes-Candy-Store

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Clare Burson

Dec 10, 2010
The Bishop
Bloomington, IN

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Saturday, December 11, 1:30pm - 3:30pm, Ellis Island Old World Folk Band. Mo'Joe Cafe, Berkeley. No charge. More info: 510.704.8500.

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Clare Burson

Dec 11, 2010
Beauty Bar
Chicago, IL

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The Red Hot Chachkas

Saturday Dec 11 - Armando's, Martinez
Armando's is an intimate, close-to-the-music, get-to-know-the-performers, hot-spot for local talent, located at 707 Marina Vista, Martinez, CA [map]. Saturday July 17th, 8-11 pm. $10.

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Magillah

Saturday december 11 2010 - 8pm
Maison de la culture Maisonneuve -
4 200, rue Ontario Est -
Information : 5148726898

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19.12.10, 11.00 Uhr
EINTRITT FREI!!!!!!
ANDREA PANCURs FEDERMENTSH
Klezmer fun yidishland
Mit Markus Milian Müller (Gitarre, Kontrabass)

80802 München, Seidlvilla – Jahresabschlussmatinée des VVN, Nicolaiplatz 1b
www.seidlvilla.de

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Every Sunday Morning, combining live music and food in a fresh, cultural environment, City Winery’s Klezmer brunch series pairs some of the greatest musicians in the world with delicious lox, bagels and other tasty fare on Sunday mornings from 11am to 2pm. City Winery's brunch on Dec 12, 2010 features Yale Strom & Hot Pstromi.

General Admission: $10 / Children Under 13 - Free
City Winery
155 Varick Street
New York, New York 10013
(212) 608-0555

For further info: www.citywinery.com

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Kingsborough Performing Arts Ceneter's season of world-class dance, music, theatre, and family shows continues with National yiddish Theatre-Folksbeiene's artistic director Zalmen Mlotek's highly entertaining "100 Years of Yiddish Musical Theatre," with special guest star Daniella Rabbani and the New Yiddish Chorale.
Sunday, December 12
3 PM
Tickets: $25; available at the box office: 11 am-5 pm M-F, by phone at (718) 368-5596, or online at www.kcckpac.org.
Kingsborough Performing Arts Center, Kingsborough Community College, 2001 Oriental Boulevard, Brooklyn, NY

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Diptyque: Hommages croisés 2010

Deuxième volet
le dimanche 12 décembre 2010 à 17h30

La possibilité d'une Europe centrale

Autour des Rückert Lieder de Mahler
autres mélodies et oeuvres pour piano de J.L. Dussek, Schumann, Chopin, Mahler, Wolf

avec
Alison Kamm - soprano
Jean Dubé - piano

Théâtre de la Vieille Grille
1, rue du Puits de l'Ermite
75005 Paris
M° Place Monge
Places 18 et 11 euros
Réservations: 01 47 07 22 11

Alison Kamm
New York-Paris-Varsovie-Moscou-Jérusalem-Tel Aviv-Vienne- Paris
élève et assistante d’Irmgard Seefried, masterclasses avec Victoria de los Angeles
Master’s musique et 1er Prix de chant de l’Académie Rubin TA, Actor’s Studio Vienne, études de musicologie et histoire
concerts, tournées, festivals (Klangbogen, Wien Modern…) à travers l’Europe, Amérique du Sud - répertoire du baroque au contemporain.opéras de l’Orfeo de Monteverdi au Medium de Menotti
masterclasses de Lied et musique baroque, jurys, CDs, radios et télévisions…

Jean Dubé
Premiers concerts à l'âge de 4 ans, à 9 ans 1er Prix « Jeunes Prodiges Mozart à Paris », joue en direct sur France-Musique avec l’Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France, à 10 ans, plus jeune 1er Prix de l’histoire du Conservatoire de Nice, et à 14 ans 1er Prix du CNSM de Paris.
lauréat de nombreux concours, dont : Grand Prix Messiaen, 1er Grand Prix du Concours International Franz Liszt d’Utrecht 2002 et du Concours Européen Ouistreham Riva 2009
grands festivals internationaux, concerts avec orchestres tels le London Philharmonia ou la WDR Rundfunkorchester discographie d’une trentaine de CDs et DVDs, « Choc du Monde de la Musique », enregistrement de l’intégrale pour piano de Liszt en cours
jurys de concours internationaux, master-classes à travers le monde

Parmi toutes les critiques dithyrambiques sur Jean Dubé, il suffira amplement de citer celle-ci!
Ce jeune pianiste « fait spontanément de la musique tout comme Hamilton faisait spontanément des mathématiques ou Leibniz de la philosophie... ce genre de génie que l’on ne rencontre qu’une fois dans sa carrière» (Le Monde de la Musique)

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This month we'll meet the second Sunday instead of the first. That is Dec. 12

.Workmen's Circle building, 1762 Beacon St., Brookline
7:00 - 9:00pm

A wonderful place to enjoy the wonderful legacy of Klezmer music in an
informal and
friendly atmosphere. We play from music, available at the jam. We have a
variety of instruments, and welcome players at all levels. Keyboardists
should bring electric keyboards if possible.

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Clare Burson

Dec 12, 2010
Off Broadway
St. Louis, MO

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David Krakauer with the madness Orkestra.

Dec 12, 2010, 20h00
Ce concert a lieu au New Morning, 7 rue des Petites Ecuries 75010 Paris

Avec sa clarinette, David Krakauer a su se distinguer en interprétant Brahms, Bartok, Schoenberg ou Bério mais, comme de nombreux musiciens juifs américains, il s'est pris de passion pour les vieux airs venus d'Europe de l'Est. Il rencontre et collabore avec tout ce que le milieu klezmer compte comme figures incontournables. Il rejoint les Klezmatics, enregistre pour le compte du musicien John Zorn sur son label Tadzik dédié aux musiques juives. David Krakauer revisitera pour l'occasion l'oeuvre de John Zorn.

Le Festival Jazz'N'Klezmer 2010 est soutenu par Tradexpo
For more info: www.culture-juive.org

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Tzadik Records Guitar Night with Edom and Rashanim

Monday, December 13 between 8:30 to 10:30 PM., $10
Community Synagogue/Max D. Raiskin Center.
325 E. Sixth Street (between 1st Ave. and 2nd Ave.)
East Village, New York, NY 10003
Tel: 212.473.3665

More info: sixthstreetsynagogue.org

Two of the most interesting bands join forces in this
special night of music.

Edom: Where Jazz meets New Wave, and echoes of Joy Division are counterposed with John Zorn's Electric Masada, begins the rocking odyssey of Edom. With Eyal Maoz, guitar; Brian Marsella, keyboards; Shanir Blumenkranz, bass and Yuval Lion, drums.

Rashanim: Rashanim ('noisemakers' in Hebrew) combines the power of rock with the spontaneity of improvisation, deep Middle Eastern grooves, and mystical Jewish melodies. With Jon Madof, guitar; Shanir Blumenkranz, bass and Mathias Kunzli, drums.

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The Workmen's Circle Klezmer Ensemble session

Led by famed klezmer musician Jeff Warschauer

Play wonderful music while making new friends and having a great time!

Tuesday, December 14 from 6:30-8:30 PM

* For all instrumentalists who play and read music (intermediate level and above)
* Study with an internationally recognized master instructor
* Learn tunes from the diverse klezmer tradition
* Develop tools for improvisation

Single session class fee: $30. $25 for Workmen's Circle members.

Sessions will take place at the Workmen's Circle, 45 East 33 Street, Manhattan (between Park and Madison).

Jeff Warschauer (guitar, mandolin, vocals)
Internationally renowned as an instrumentalist, Yiddish singer and teacher. He is a member of the Strauss/Warschauer Duo, and was a long-time member of the Klezmer Conservatory Band. Jeff is Founding Artistic Director of KlezKanada, is on the faculty of Columbia University, and is pursuing graduate studies in the cantorial program at the Jewish Theological Seminary.

For more information, please contact Sara Lerman by phone at (212) 889-6800 ext. 252
www.circle.org
www.klezmerduo.com

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Eyal Maoz (acoustic guitar) / Avi Avital (mandolin)—solos and duets. Curated by Marc Ribot and Marco Cappelli

Tuesday, December 14 at 10 PM
Watty and Meg Restaurant
248 Court St. Brooklyn, NY 11201
Tel: 718- 643 0007
www.wattyandmeg.com

Cover price: $10

Curated by Marc Ribot and Marco Cappelli, Eyal Maoz is invited to perform a solo set at this intriguing concert series that brings two acoustic guitarists into a 30 minutes solo set each, and a duet session, that may be joined by Ribot or Cappelli.

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Clare Burson

Dec 14, 2010
Third & Lindsley
Nashville, TN

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Di Tsvey

Tue Dec 14, 8.30 pm
Sixth Street Synagogue: 325 East Sixth Street (b/n 1st and 2nd Ave)

In a rare NYC concert, Di Tsvey – Pete Rushefsky (tsimbl) and Steven Greenman (violin) present a performance of “Concert Form Klezmer,” a new model of composition and performance inspired by western and eastern classical musics as well as Jewish mysticism. Pete Rushefsky is a leading performer of the Jewish tsimbl (cimbalom/hammered dulcimer) and serves as Executive Director of the Center for Traditional Music and Dance in New York City, dedicating to maintaining the vibrancy of immigrant performing arts traditions. Steven Greenman is an internationally renowned violinist and the co-founder of some of North America’s leading ensembles dedicated to Jewish klezmer and Eastern European music, including Khevrisa, Budowitz and Harmonia. The two appear on Greenman’s recent albums of original compositions, “Stempenyu’s Neshome” and “Stempenyu’s Dream.”

Cover: $15 (includes a drink).
sixthstreetsynagogue.org

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East Village Klezmer Series schedule
curated by Aaron Alexander

Please join us for an exciting new series at the Max Raiskin Center on Tuesday nights, featuring some of the finest klezmorim I know. Performances start at 8:30pm, $15 cover (includes one drink)

Max Raiskin Center
325 E. 6th St. (bet. 1st & 2nd)
NY NY 10003

Dec 14 Pete Rushevsky - Concert Form Klezmer
More info: sixthstreetsynagogue.org

Please tell your friends and come down often!

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Klezmer Celebration at the New School of Music.
$10.00 in advance / $15 at the door / seniors $5.00
Free to New School students, and children under 6.
$5.00 for seniors

Wednesday, December 15, 7 pm,
New School Of Music,
25 Lowell St,
Cambridge Ma
cambridgemusic.org

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Clare Burson

Dec 15, 2010
Bottletree
Birmingham, AL

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Thursday 16 December, 7pm
Winter Warmer with the London Klezmer Quartet

Pages of Hackney, Lower Clapton Road, London E5

Come along for mulled wine, mince pies and klezmer with the LKQ (Ilana Cravitz (fiddle), Susi Evans (clarinet), Carol Isaacs (accordion) and Francesca Ter-Berg (cello). Invest in seasonal gifts at this popular independent local bookshop, and purchase klezmer-related items for friends and family!

Tickets £5 on the door

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Judith Cohen ~ Sephardic Song

Saturday, December 18 · 7:30pm
Newton, MA

Canadian ethnomusicologist Judith Cohen offers a wide-ranging repertoire of Jewish song, mixed with the stories behind the songs from her decades of field research in Spain,Portugal, and around the world.

This is a house concert. Light kosher refreshments will be provided. For address info, email Ari Davidow. Shuttle to/from Chestnut Hill T stop available.

More info: www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=135347699857415

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This event has been canceled.

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Every Sunday Morning, combining live music and food in a fresh, cultural environment, City Winery’s Klezmer brunch series pairs some of the greatest musicians in the world with delicious lox, bagels and other tasty fare on Sunday mornings from 11am to 2pm. City Winery's brunch on Dec 19, 2010 features Isle of Klezbos

General Admission: $10 / Children Under 13 - Free
City Winery
155 Varick Street
New York, New York 10013
(212) 608-0555

For further info: www.citywinery.com

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Sunday, December 19, in the afternoon, "Hungry for Yiddish," Yiddish/Jewish/world music and art to raise money for the San Francisco Food Bank. Congregation Ner Tamid, San Francisco. Price TBD.

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Sun Dec 19th, 3pm
Meandros Ensemble

3pm Concert, 2pm workshop/masterclass, free with admission
Sixth Street Synagogue: 325 East Sixth Street (b/n 1st and 2nd Ave)

The Maeandros Ensemble, led by oud player and vocalist Mavrothi Kontanis, combines lively traditional and innovative sounds from Greece and the Near East in high energy, emotional performances. Featuring a talented line-up of musicians, including Lefteris Bournias on clarinet, Megan Gould on violin, and Timothy Quigley on percussion, each concert highlights the group’s deep love and respect for the folk and urban songs of the early 20th Century Aegean, while simultaneously pushing the musical limits of that tradition with virtuosic improvisations and the ensemble’s own original compositions.

Maeandros has performed concerts and led educational seminars at prestigious venues and institutions throughout the US. Maeandros will be presenting an educational workshop at 6th Street Sundays for those interested in learning more about the music and culture of the Aegean Sea region, including background on the instruments, rhythms, musical modes and history behind this beautiful and unique musical tradition.

At 2pm Maeandros will present a workshop structured for people who have some familiarity with music, although anyone with an interest in Greek music is welcome. Our presentation will include a performance of a few songs, explanations of the historical and geographical context of the music, and a brief description of the instruments. We will include some audience participation with rhythms and singing, and for those with more advanced musical knowledge, we will briefly discuss the structure of the makams (musical modes), and ornamentation. The workshop will conclude with a brief question and answer period.

Cover $15 (includes a free drink).
sixthstreetsynagogue.org

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Dec 20th
Jazz Rabbi’s Invitational: The New American Quartet
Sixth Street Synagogue: 325 East Sixth Street (b/n 1st and 2nd Ave), NYC

7:30pm: Class on Ramchal’s (Rabbi Chaim Luzzato) ‘”Derech Hashem”
8:30pm: Greg Wall’s New American Quartet: Mystical Americana-influenced music.

Jonathon Peretz – dr
Takashie Otsuka – b
Mitch Schechter – p
Greg Wall – s

Cover $10 (class is free).
sixthstreetsynagogue.org

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Tue Dec 21st, 8.30 pm
Klezmerfest! ft. Greg Wall
Sixth Street Synagogue: 325 East Sixth Street (b/n 1st and 2nd Ave), NYC

Klezmerfest! is a outstanding klezmer band in the great Eastern European tradition. They have been delighting audiences for years at such venues as the Museum of Jewish Heritage, the Eldridge Street Project, the Knitting Factory, and synagogues and schools throughout the Northeast. Featuring some of the top musicians in the New York area, they have two CDs out and are a great example of the New York klezmer/hasidic sound as played by such groups as the Epsteins, Beckerman, and Rudy Tepel. With Greg Wall-clarinet, Jordan Hirsch – cornet, Zevy Zions- accordion, Brian Glassman-bass, and Aaron Alexander- drums, as klezmer giant Pete Sokolow says in the liner notes to their most recent recording: “Make no mistake, dear listeners – this is the emese zakh (real thing)…… It is totally honest and completely true to the ideals of the music. It just doesn’t come any better.”

More info about Klezmerfest!.

Cover: $15 (includes a drink).
sixthstreetsynagogue.org

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Friday Dec 24th, 8 & 10 PM * $10
Barbès - www.barbesbrooklyn.com - Corner of 6th Ave and 7th Street in Park Slope, Brooklyn
A Purely Coincidental Night of Klezmer. Featuring Ben Holmes (trumpet), Karen Waltuch (viola), Reuben Radding (bass), Uri Sharlin (accordion) & special guests. For the past two years, December 24th has proven to be an exceptionally lovely evening for klezmer, for no particular reason, really. The first concert certainly wasn't motivated by a book we found at an elementary school music program with the fascinating title of "Christmas Music for Everyone". This year, ditch the movie (but feel free to bring the Chinese food) and come to the continuation of the klezmer coincidence for a delightful evening of music, dancing and drink. Sets at 8 PM & 10 PM, $10 suggested.

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Saturday, December 25, Annual Family and Community Concert of Jewish Music at 5:30 p.m., with the Nu Haven Kapelye and many guest vocalists. Congregation Mishkan Israel, 785 Ridge Road, Hamden, CT. For further information, call (203) 288-3877

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Jewmongous
December 25, 2010, 7pm
Skokie Theatre
7924 N. Lincoln Avenue
Skokie, IL
Tel: 773.362.4760

Organized By: KFAR Jewish Arts Center

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Fishel Bresler's Klezmer Hassidic Ensemble
Sat 7:30 PM, December 25th,
Cong Ohawe Shalom
671 East Ave, corner of Glenwood
Pawtucket, RI

$10 for adults, $7 for (quiet) children under b-mitzvah
Refreshments for sale. Plenty free parking.

Lively & Moving Music, world class musicians, a comfortable environment, a little humor thrown in.

funded in part by a Folk Arts Fellowship grant from the RI State Council on the Arts.

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Sat Dec 25th, 8.30pm
Tzadik /East Village Jewish Music Festival
Ayn Sof Arkestra & Bigger Band, Hasidic New Wave, Midnight Minyan, Pitom, Rashanim and poet Jake Marmer

Admission $25 ($20 students/advance sales).
Reserve Now!

For more info: hsixthstreetsynagogue.org/special-events/#tfest

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Every Sunday Morning, combining live music and food in a fresh, cultural environment, City Winery’s Klezmer brunch series pairs some of the greatest musicians in the world with delicious lox, bagels and other tasty fare on Sunday mornings from 11am to 2pm. City Winery's brunch on Dec 26, 2010 features Margot Leverett and the Mountain Boys

General Admission: $10 / Children Under 13 - Free
City Winery
155 Varick Street
New York, New York 10013
(212) 608-0555

For further info: www.citywinery.com

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KlezKamp 2010 will be held December 26-31, 2010 at the Hudson Valley Resort and Spa in New York's Catskills Mountains.

"Our theme this year, Gilgulim/Transmigrations, celebrates not only the diverse and dynamic history of Yiddish culture on the move, but also Living Traditions' "transmigration" into the Mayrent Institute for Yiddish Culture at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Please check out our online registration. Or, if you are not on our mailing list and would prefer a good old-fashioned in-your-mailbox registration brochure, drop us a line or call our office at (212) 532-8202 with your name and address. Please hurry, though: space is limited and we are already swamped with many more requests than we have seen in a number of years.

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Due to somewhat extreme snow, tonight's concert has been cancelled.

sixthstreetsynagogue.org

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KlezKamp 2010 will be held December 26-31, 2010 at the Hudson Valley Resort and Spa in New York's Catskills Mountains.

"Our theme this year, Gilgulim/Transmigrations, celebrates not only the diverse and dynamic history of Yiddish culture on the move, but also Living Traditions' "transmigration" into the Mayrent Institute for Yiddish Culture at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

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Lyrebird
This Tuesday, December 28th at
Barbes (6th ave @ 9th st BROOKLYN)
7pm (one set)

Matt Darriau - multi reeds/winds/loops/sugar plums
Katie Down - flute/glass instruments/loops/ornaments
with special guest percussionist Shane Shanahan
www.shaneshanahan.com
www.myspace.com/mattdarriau

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KlezKamp 2010 will be held December 26-31, 2010 at the Hudson Valley Resort and Spa in New York's Catskills Mountains.

"Our theme this year, Gilgulim/Transmigrations, celebrates not only the diverse and dynamic history of Yiddish culture on the move, but also Living Traditions' "transmigration" into the Mayrent Institute for Yiddish Culture at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

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KlezKamp 2010 will be held December 26-31, 2010 at the Hudson Valley Resort and Spa in New York's Catskills Mountains.

"Our theme this year, Gilgulim/Transmigrations, celebrates not only the diverse and dynamic history of Yiddish culture on the move, but also Living Traditions' "transmigration" into the Mayrent Institute for Yiddish Culture at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

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Eyal Maoz (NYC) and Asaf Sirkis (London) Duet. Celebrating their Ayler Records release Elementary Dialogues
Daniel Sarid, Assif Tzahar and Ariel Armoni will follow.

December 29 at 8 PM
Levontin 7
7 Levontin St.
Tel Aviv, Israel

Cover price: 40 NIS
Telephone: +972-0(3)5605084
More info: agenda.nana10.co.il/220/forum/615478

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KlezKamp 2010 will be held December 26-31, 2010 at the Hudson Valley Resort and Spa in New York's Catskills Mountains.

"Our theme this year, Gilgulim/Transmigrations, celebrates not only the diverse and dynamic history of Yiddish culture on the move, but also Living Traditions' "transmigration" into the Mayrent Institute for Yiddish Culture at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

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Klezmerfest in "Klez for Kids"

Thursday, 12/30
NY Public Library Main Branch
42nd St. and 5th Ave.
2:00PM. Free

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Eyal Maoz (NYC) and Asaf Sirkis (London) Duet. Celebrating their Ayler Records release Elementary Dialogues
Daniel Sarid, Assif Tzahar and Ariel Armoni will follow.

December 30 at 9:30 PM
Studio Salon 22
Yahuda Ayamit 22
Yaffo. Tel Aviv, Israel
Tel Aviv, Israel

Cover price: 40 NIS
More info:

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KlezKamp 2010 will be held December 26-31, 2010 at the Hudson Valley Resort and Spa in New York's Catskills Mountains.

"Our theme this year, Gilgulim/Transmigrations, celebrates not only the diverse and dynamic history of Yiddish culture on the move, but also Living Traditions' "transmigration" into the Mayrent Institute for Yiddish Culture at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

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December 31, Mike Cohen’s Global Road Ensemble with Allen Watsky, David Chevan, and Rich Huntley, First Night Morris County, Church of the Redeemer Parish House, 36 South Street, Morristown, New Jersey, Two sets 9:45 and 10:45

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Yiddishe Cup

Fri. Dec. 31, 7:30pm
First Night
Akron, Ohio
concert. $.
www.firstnightakron.org

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KlezKamp 2010 will be held December 26-31, 2010 at the Hudson Valley Resort and Spa in New York's Catskills Mountains.

"Our theme this year, Gilgulim/Transmigrations, celebrates not only the diverse and dynamic history of Yiddish culture on the move, but also Living Traditions' "transmigration" into the Mayrent Institute for Yiddish Culture at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

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