In collaboration with the Lipinsky Family San Diego Jewish Arts Festival, we welcome Yale Strom and Hot Pstromi. With an all-star band including Fred Benedetti (guitar), Gunnar Biggs (bass), Elizabeth Schwartz (vocals) and special guest Peter Stan (accordion), Strom explores the accordion in the music of Jews and Roma. The concert’s offerings will range from […]
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When the Jewish Folk Chorus of San Francisco started way back in 1926, all of the singers, not to mention most of the audience, understood the Yiddish lyrics they were singing. “It was a Yiddish-speaking group at that point,” explained Renee Enteen, the chorus‘ president. “It was very progressive, with members from various branches of the […]
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As a gay kid in the 1960s, I loved to take my money earned from lawn mowing to J.J. Newberry’s and F. W. Woolworth’s to search the cut-out bins for LPs of Original Broadway Cast albums, soundtracks, and peculiar pop musicians, the more obscure the greater the thrill. For you kids, Newberry’s and Woolworth’s were 20th century variety stores, referred […]
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Produced by: Hillel Kapnick Composed by: Yumi Rosenbaum MUSIC ARRANGED, PRODUCED & MIXED BY Hillel Kapnick MUSIC RECORDED AT Uptop Studios (Monsey, NY) VOCALS RECORDED AT Salt Studios (Melbourne) COVER DESIGN BY Australia Online Printing SOLOISTS Moshe Rosenbaum, Yumi Rosenbaum MEN’S CHOIR Duvid Pollack, Yumi Rosenbaum, Meir Yechiel Erlichster, Laizer Rosenbaum ADDITIONAL VOCALS Yakov & […]
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Date Sunday, June 02, 2019 Time: 2:00pm Location: Central Library Mark Taper Auditorium Audience: Adults Category: LA Made, Performance RSVP: Free tickets available via Eventbrite. Description: Mitzi Manna, an international star of the Yiddish stage, has appeared in basements everywhere from Berlin and Bucharest to the Bronx and back. She is thrilled to at last be […]
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Tickets going fast! Sunday, June 16, 2019 3:00 p.m. YIDDISH FLAVORS OF LOVE: A MUSICAL CELEBRATION performed by The Jewish People’s Philharmonic Chorus / JPPC Binyumen Schaechter, Conductor Seth Weinstein, Pianist ENGLISH TRANSLATIONS PROVIDED Merkin Concert Hall, 129 West 67th Street, New York City $40 $30 for groups of at least 10 $25 for students […]
Read MoreTickets going fast! Sunday, June 16, 2019 3:00 p.m. YIDDISH FLAVORS OF LOVE: A MUSICAL CELEBRATION performed by The Jewish People’s Philharmonic Chorus / JPPC Binyumen Schaechter, Conductor Seth Weinstein, Pianist ENGLISH TRANSLATIONS PROVIDED Merkin Concert Hall, 129 West 67th Street, New York City $40 $30 for groups of at least 10 $25 for students […]
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Learn to sing Yiddish song at Golden Peacock Yiddish Song School in the heart of London at SOAS this Summer 2019. The Golden Peacock The Yiddish Song course led by internationally acclaimed Yiddish singer and teacher Shura Lipovsky with esteemed colleagues from around the world. It is designed for all singers who wish to deepen […]
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Join a fun-packed afternoon for all the family in one of London’s most beautiful parks with special guest presenter BBC Radio 3 DJ Max Reinhardt. On the bandstand: 1pm: JMI Youth Big Band, led by Sam Eastmond with special guest musician 2pm: Shir with Debbie Charles and the London International Gospel Choir 3pm: 3yin with Jon […]
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The musical history of a Jewish family set in a shtetl was a risky gamble when it premiered on Broadway more than half a century ago. But, after initial criticism, “The Fiddler on the Roof” would continue to capture the hearts of audiences, and would be the first musical that would exceed 3,000 performances in […]
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