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“Shabbat Across America” is coming to the East Village on Friday, March 2! The Sixth Street Community Synagogue and the Stanton Street Shul invite you to an inspiring Friday night service with lots of singing, a scrumptious Shabbat dinner, delicious wines, warm company, and much more! Mincha at 5:37 p.m., followed by Kabbalat Shabbat, champagne kiddush and dinner. Come one, come all! Reserve HERE..
On Friday night, March 2, 2012 hundreds of synagogues across the continent will take part in an historic national Jewish event to celebrate what unifies all Jews — Shabbat! Everyone is invited… singles, couples, families — all ages.
“Turn an ordinary Friday night into something extraordinary!”
That’s the magic of Shabbat Across America. By participating in this continent wide event, you will not only have the opportunity to experience Shabbat, but you will be sharing your experience with tens of thousands of Jews across North America.
Tix available HERE
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The Annual Purim Bash and Masquerade @ The Sixth St. Synagogue returns Wednesday, March 7.
Celebrating "Purim in the Shtetl" with incredible shtetle gourmet food by Itta Roth of "The Hester", liquid cheer and music by Aaron Alexander's Midrash Mish Mosh!
Tickets start at $25/early bird special $18 (before March 1)
Purchase tickets here.
Midrash Mish Mosh is a modern klezmer band featuring all original music by Alexander, an all-star band of downtown jazz/Jewish music stalwarts, and an exciting mix of klezmer with thrash punk, jazz, balkan & African influences. The band has performed in the NY metro area, as well as in Canada, and Europe. It is led by Aaron Alexander, one of the prominent drummers in the worldwide klezmer revival since the late 1980s, who performs with such groups as Frank London’s Klezmer Brass All-Stars, Hasidic New Wave, Klezmerfest, Babkas, Alicia Svigals Party Band, The Klezmatics, Greg Wall’s Later Prophets and many more. He is also curator of the East Village Klezmer Yiddish Culture Series.
ft. Michael Alpert, vocals + Alex Kontorovich - clarinet, Arnold Hammerschlag - trumpet.
Zach Mayer - baritone sax, Rabbi Greg Wall - special guest tenor sax, Jon Madof - guitar
Brian Glassman - bass, Alioune Faye and Rich Faye - Sabar drums, Aaron Alexander - drums
6:30PM Maariv
7:00PM Megillah Reading
7:30PM Buffet Dinner
8:00PM Concert with Aaron Alexander's Midrash Mish Mosh
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4:30-6:00PM Yiddish Class taught by Dmitri Slepovitch $25
6 - 7:30PM Klezmer Workshop led by Aaron Alexander and various esteemed guests $25
8 – 9:15PM East Village Klezmorim & The City College Klezmer Band in Concert $15 (includes a drink)
9:30 – 11PM Klezmer Jam Session, led by Aaron Alexander and guests
Full evening pass $35 (includes Workshop or Yiddish Class, Concert, Jam Session & one drink!)
Student Concert featuring the East Village Klezmorim, The City College Klezmer Band and more!
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Jazz Rabbi Greg Wall is hosting his Thursday night series of mystical learning and jazz. The nights begins with his popular class, “The Art Of Judaism”, featuring the work of Rabbi Moshe Chaim Luzzato, Rav Kook, and the Rav HaNazir at 7:30pm, and then continues with a concert featuring one of Rabbi Wall’s bands at 8:30pm.
The class is free, the cover charge for the concert is $10.
New American Quartet
Playing the original jazz compositions of pianist/composer Mitch Schechter, the New American Quartet features Mitch Schechter on the piano, Greg Wall on the saxophone, Takashi Otsuka on the acoustic bass, and Jonathon Peretz on the drums.
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Admission is $10
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Created and Curated by cellist Jessie Reagen Mann, “6th Street Sundays” is a salon-style world and classical music series currently in its 3rd season.
3 PM Concert with Vampire Suit
2 PM Workshop/Masterclass: The workshop will focus on some of the rhythmic and metric ideas that go into our music. We will be playing some music and breaking down the rhythmic language it's comprised of. Come join in the fun!
Vampire Suit creates a highly personal musical texture that takes you from the tribal dances of North Africa to the marshes of the Balkans. The band's unique sound comes from drawing on rhythms and forms of musical traditions from around the world and infusing them with ideas and harmonies from jazz, 20-century music, blues and other modern genres. The result is a musical journey that is at once personal and global, music that is at the same time unmistakably modern, yet feels old and familiar, a new tradition for a generation that hails from so many traditions.
Performers of Vampire Suit include:
Jay Vilnai - guitar, Skye Steele - violin, Gary Pickard - soprano sax and clarinet, Reuben Radding - bass and Rich Stein - percussion
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New work by established and up-and-coming artists involved in New York City's vibrant Downtown/Jazz/Jewish music community.
Jeremiah Cymerman & Anthony Coleman
Jeremiah Cymerman (clarinet, electronics)
Anthony Coleman (keyboard)
The first evening length concert between improvisers Jeremiah Cymerman and Anthony Coleman. Dysfunction and malady abound.
Anthony Coleman is a composer-keyboardist who has performed and recorded throughout the world. His projects include the piano trio Sephardic Tinge, which has released three discs: Sephardic Tinge, Morenica, and Our Beautiful Garden Is Open (Tzadik) and has performed at the Sarajevo Jazz Festival, North Sea Jazz Festival, Saalfelden Festival, and the Krakow and Vienna Jewish Culture Festivals. His Selfhaters Orchestra has issued two CDs: Selfhaters and The Abysmal Richness of the Infinite Proximity of the Same (Tzadik).
Jeremiah Cymerman is a composer & clarinetist based in New York City since 2002. An active participant in several different scenes, Cymerman’s work reflects an interest in improvisation, electronic manipulation & production, traditional, studio & graphic composition and solo performance. Cymerman has worked or performed with a broad range of contemporary artists and frequent collaborators include Toby Driver, Nate Wooley, Brian Chase, Mario Diaz de Leon, Christopher Hoffman, Jessica Pavone and Matthew Welch. Cymerman has toured internationally, received numerous commissions and published several articles on music and music production. He has released several recordings of his own music and his record output has been documented on the Tzadik and Porter record labels.
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4:30-6:00PM Yiddish Class taught by Dmitri Slepovitch $25
6 - 7:30PM Klezmer Workshop led by Aaron Alexander and various esteemed guests $25
8 – 9:15PM The Sy Kushner Jewish Music Ensemble $15 (includes a drink)
9:30 – 11PM Klezmer Jam Session, led by Aaron Alexander and guests
Full evening pass $35 (includes Workshop or Yiddish Class, Concert, Jam Session & one drink!)
The Sy Kushner Jewish Music Ensemble
featuring Sy Kushner (accordion), Aaron Kushner (alto sax), Jeremy Brown (violin,) and Marty Confurius (bass) and special guest Ken Maltz on clarinet
On a mild July evening, seven years ago [1960], on a semi-lit stage in Camp Hi-Li, three musicians (who were to become known as The Mark 3) met and played their first note together. To all present, it was obvious that they were witnessing the birth of a sound-a sound that was to bring to Israeli and Chassidic music a depth which it had never before known. - Excerpt from the liner notes of the original 1966 Mark 3 recording which was re-released in 2009.
That album was to become the seminal opus: an album that was to influence the course of Jewish music for years to come. And Sy Kushner was one of its founders and musical director. It was the beginning of a long and varied career for Sy, taking him through Chassidic, Israeli folk, klezmer, and most recently newly composed Jewish music. His CDs of original works have received rave reviews.
This disc[Arise!] embodies the idea that klezmer is a living and viable genre…. Kushner’s klezmer music integrates non-klezmer sounds, but so smoothly that the result is more like stirred paint, in which each new added element changes the color of the whole. – Paul Wieder, Jewish United Fund/Jewish Federation.
Sy Kushner is a klezmer lifer, a leading figure on accordion as well as a composer since his Mark 3 days in the ’60s…… highly refined musical gold. - George Robinson…..Jewish Week 2009
What a wonderful day you gave us. Your music brings me warm memories of a time long ago. Thanks. - Joan Levine and Jonah Berman commenting on a 2009 City Winery performance.
Kushner’s authority, clarity, and grace on the accordion makes this album very special.….The way Kushner plays, you feel as though you can tell what is really happening. - Ari Davidow’s review of KlezSqueeze(CD)
The CD (KlezSqueeze) impresses with its simplicity and virtuosity. In many respects, I wondered, how is it possible to play like that? ….For myself, it is one of the best records ever. - Andreas, from Virtual Klezmer(Germany)
The Kushners are the great biblical begots of klezmer music. - Jonathan Mark, Associate Editor, Jewish Week
Accordionist Kushner has been making excellent klezmer since his hits with the Mark 3 Orchestra back in the 1960s. He has only gotten better and deeper. - Ari Davidow-Klezmer Shack
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New work by established and up-and-coming artists involved in New York City's vibrant Downtown/Jazz/Jewish music community.
Shabbes Elevator
Matt Darriau: Saxes, clarinets, kaval, electrics.
Nir Felder: guitar
drums: tba
Shabbes Elevator is the new project from Matt Darriau (Paradox Trio and the Klezmatics). After years of dedication to the performance and study of Klezmer music and its surrounding tributaries, Darriau approaches his new group from a more original and free point of view. The use of electronic sounds come into play as well, from Darriau's multi-reeds to Nir Felder's wide ranging modernist guitar approach. The trio also often features Curtis Hasslebring on trombone!
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4:30-6:00PM Yiddish Class taught by Dmitri Slepovitch $25
6 - 7:30PM Klezmer Workshop led by Aaron Alexander and various esteemed guests $25
8 – 10:00PM Tantshoyz Yiddish Dance Party, featuring Michael Alpert $15 (includes a drink)
10:00 – 11PM Klezmer Jam Session, led by Aaron Alexander and guests
Full evening pass $35 (includes Workshop or Yiddish Class, Concert, Jam Session & one drink!)
The Center for Traditional Music and Dance's An-sky Institute for Jewish Culture is pleased to present our popular Tantshoyz Yiddish Dance Party series, as part of the Sixth Street Community Synagogue's klezmer series. Featuring dance leading by Michael Alpert, and a live ensemble led by Michael Winograd.
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Ayn Sof Arkestra & Bigger Band
Meet NYC’s newest addition to the canon of new Jewish influenced music and culture, the Ayn Sof Arkestra and Bigger Band, under the direction of saxophonist Jazz Rabbi Greg Wall and grammy winning trumpeter Frank London. The Arkestra consists of some of the most innovative artists on the scene today – Pam Fleming, Paul Shapiro, Aaron Alexander, Fima Ephron, Eyal Maoz, and many others. The repertoire includes original compositions and arrangements of the members and guest composers in the great NuJu/Rad Jew/SunRaJoo tradition.
Read the low-down on Ayn Sof in the New York Times
admission: $10 at the door
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New work by established and up-and-coming artists involved in New York City's vibrant Downtown/Jazz/Jewish music community.
Rare As Radium
Catherine Sikora - soprano sax
Sara Schoenbeck - bassoon
Sam Bardfeld - violin
Art Bailey, accordion and compositions.
Richly hued, complex tapestries of sound and improvisation-Rare As Radium. A new avant-chamber project from composer/accordionist/pianist Art Bailey, featuring four of the most adventuresome and sympathetic improvisers active today.
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4:30-6:00PM Yiddish Class taught by Dmitri Slepovitch $25
6 - 7:30PM Klezmer Workshop led by Aaron Alexander and various esteemed guests $25
8 – 9:15PM Benjy Fox-Rosen and Arkady Goldenshteyn $15 (includes a drink)
9:30 – 11PM Klezmer Jam Session, led by Aaron Alexander and guests
Full evening pass $35 (includes Workshop or Yiddish Class, Concert, Jam Session & one drink!)
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Darshan
7:30pm The Art of Judaism with Rabbi Greg Wall
8:30pm Darshan in concert
Only $10 (at the door)
The first Thursday of every month Shir Yaakov and Eden
“Eprhyme” Pearlstein perform with a rotating cast
of creative characters. Each month offers something
new, showcasing this unique and versatile Musical
Midrash project. From straight-up hip-hop, to sit-down
meditative acoustic experiences, to far-out improv-
oriented excursions, and everything in between. Each
month features very special guests....
Each month will feature a guest lecture or class taught
by Jazz Rabbi Greg Wall, followed by the concert.
DARSHAN IS...
Astral rap. Liturgical jazz. Audio alchemy. Harmonizing
Hebrew chant with hiphop, folk rock with electro-pop,
love poetry with kabbalistic psychology, Darshan is a
unique and organic weave of world wisdom traditions
and modern musical styles.
Shir Yaakov is a master of melody who has given
birth to hauntingly beautiful liturgical chants that
echo around the world. He is the Creative and Musical
Director of Romemu, NYC’s Renewal Community.
Eprhyme is a Radical Jewish Rennaissance Rapper.
Together, as Darshan, these two combine and connect
to create something that is altogether new, and at the
same time ancient. Darshan is “an uncompromising
blend of urban forms and neo-Hasidic spirituality.” —
The Forward.
.Ayn Sof Arkestra & Bigger Band
Meet NYC’s newest addition to the canon of new Jewish influenced music and culture, the Ayn Sof Arkestra and Bigger Band, under the direction of saxophonist Jazz Rabbi Greg Wall and grammy winning trumpeter Frank London. The Arkestra consists of some of the most innovative artists on the scene today – Pam Fleming, Paul Shapiro, Aaron Alexander, Fima Ephron, Eyal Maoz, and many others. The repertoire includes original compositions and arrangements of the members and guest composers in the great NuJu/Rad Jew/SunRaJoo tradition.
Read the low-down on Ayn Sof in the New York Times
admission: $10 at the door
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4:30-6:00PM Yiddish Class taught by Dmitri Slepovitch $25
6 - 7:30PM Klezmer Workshop led by Aaron Alexander and various esteemed guests $25
8 – 9:15PM Michael Winograd
9:30 – 11PM Klezmer Jam Session, led by Aaron Alexander and guests
Full evening pass $35 (includes Workshop or Yiddish Class, Concert, Jam Session & one drink!)
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Created and Curated by cellist Jessie Reagen Mann, “6th Street Sundays” is a salon-style world and classical music series currently in its 3rd season.
3 PM Concert with A Capella Choral Blast
2 PM Workshop/Masterclass
A Capella Choral Blast featuring: Jewish People’s Philharmonic Chous, Cantigas Women’s Choir and NYU Madrigal Singers
The Jewish People’s Philharmonic Chorus (JPPC) is part of the modern Yiddish renaissance – more than thirty members strong, from teens to retirees. The JPPC has a century-spanning repertoire – exciting oratorios and operettas, labor anthems, folksongs, and popular tunes – all in Yiddish. Committed to strengthening Yiddish as a living language, the JPPC has commissioned and premiered new Yiddish choral works and shares the rich legacy of Yiddish song by performing year-round for old and young of all faiths at community centers, universities, K-12 schools, museums and places of worship throughout NYC's 4-state region. The JPPC has also performed at Carnegie Hall and Lincoln Center, at Ground Zero and the West Point Military Academy, as well as at the North American Jewish Choral Festival.
Cantigas Women's Choir is under the artistic direction of Joan Isaacs Litman. The choir brings women of the community together to explore the rich tradition of women's singing and performs a broad spectrum of global music, both ancient and contemporary. The Cantigas Women's Choir advocates through song for those whose hearts need to be uplifted and whose voices need to be heard; the group has performed with the inmates of the Edna Mahan Correctional Facility for Women in Clinton, New Jersey, and performs regularly in Hoboken.
NYU Madrigal Singers is a small, coed ensemble of 12-16 singers dedicated to the joy of a capella singing. Challenging repertoire includes music from Renaissance to Contemporary and all things in between. Directed by Nancy Ellen Shankman, the group is trained to perform without a conductor. In addition to participating in the fall and spring concerts at the university, the ensemble pursues its mission to bring music to the community by performing at local public and private schools, such as the George Jackson Academy, and hospitals and senior centers including the Hallmark Senior Residence in Battery Park City. Madrigal Singers also takes its program to organizations such as the Salmagundi Arts Club and others dedicated to supporting the arts. The ensemble is involved in the revitalization of the NYU Choral Alumni and sang last spring at the Memorial/Dedication of the plaque for Marian Konstan, in the choral suite at the Kimmel Center.
The New York University Madrigal Singers performed at the 29th Annual Conference of the International Society of Music Education held in Beijing, China in August of 2010. Last spring, the ensemble did a combined concert with the Yale University Madrigal singers, and just concluded a 9 concert tour with the NYU Jazz Choir at the United Arab Emirates University, The University at Sharjah and NYU Abu Dhabi during January of 2012.
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4:30-6:00PM Yiddish Class taught by Dmitri Slepovitch $25
6 - 7:30PM Klezmer Workshop led by Aaron Alexander and various esteemed guests $25
8 – 10:00PM Tantshoyz Yiddish Dance Party, $15 (includes a drink)
10:00 – 11PM Klezmer Jam Session, led by Aaron Alexander and guests
Full evening pass $35 (includes Workshop or Yiddish Class, Concert, Jam Session & one drink!)
The Center for Traditional Music and Dance's An-sky Institute for Jewish Culture is pleased to present our popular Tantshoyz Yiddish Dance Party series, as part of the Sixth Street Community Synagogue's klezmer series.
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4:30-6:00PM Yiddish Class taught by Dmitri Slepovitch $25
6 - 7:30PM Klezmer Workshop led by Aaron Alexander and various esteemed guests $25
8 – 9:15PM Dmitri Slepovitch's Hasidic Nigunim Project $15 (includes a drink)
9:30 – 11PM Klezmer Jam Session, led by Aaron Alexander and guests
Full evening pass $35 (includes Workshop or Yiddish Class, Concert, Jam Session & one drink!)
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4:30-6:00PM Yiddish Class taught by Dmitri Slepovitch $25
6 - 7:30PM Klezmer Workshop led by Aaron Alexander and various esteemed guests $25
8 – 9:15PM Tarras Band
9:30 – 11PM Klezmer Jam Session, led by Aaron Alexander and guests
Featuring:
Pete Sokolow - piano
Michael Winograd - clarinet
Ben Holmes - trumpet
Jim Guttman - bass
David Licht - drums
Full evening pass $35 (includes Workshop or Yiddish Class, Concert, Jam Session & one drink!)
