Boston, my old stomping ground, is finally getting a Jewish Music Festival. According to the website, it will take place the week of March 6th, and consist of separate venues and concerts all around the town. They've got quite a line up planned....By the way, they've got as interesting a boards of directors & advisers as they do performers.
- 30th Anniversary Celebration of the Klezmer Conservatory Band with special guest artists
- A Day of Family Music with Shira Kline (Newton JCC), Ellen and Peter Allard (North Shore), and Reva l’Sheva (South Shore)
- An Evening of Jazz and Poetry with Robert Pinsky
- Composer Oswaldo Goligov in Conversation with Boston Globe critic Jeremy Eichler, featuring a performance by the Borromeo Quartet. Presented in association with the New Center for Arts and Culture
- A Very Special Evening with Flory Jagoda, 88 year-old Ladino Songwriter and National Heritage Fellow
- A Gesher Party for Young Adults featuring New York sensations, Electro Morocco
- Greater Boston Cantorial Assembly Concert
- A rare performance of Bloch’s Sacred Service presented with Chorus Pro Musica, the New England Philharmonic, and the Zamir Chorale of Boston
- Closing Celebration with a major Israeli Artist
Board of Directors
- Morris Hausen, Erving Paper
- Alexis Kopikis, Propel Consulting
- Hankus Netsky, World-renowned musician and musicologist
- Judith Pike, Attorney
- Gerald Slavet,Executive Director: From the top
- Howard Wolk, The Cross Country Group
- Ronny Vance, former President Geffen Music Publishing
- Francine Achbar, New Center for Arts and Culture
- Allison Berenson, Gesher City
- Cantor Gaston Bogolmoni, Temple Aliyah
- Robert Cohen, Jewish Music Historian
- Annette Ezekial, Jdub Recording Artist, Golem
- Joshua Jacobson, Zamir Chorale of Boston
- Barrie Keller, GBJCC
- Cantor Jeff Klepper, Temple Sinai, Sharon
- Paul Levenson, Rabbi Emeritus, Temple Chayai Shalom
- Rabbi Yosse Lipsker, Chabad of the North Shore
- Rabbi Audrey Marcus-Berkman, Shir Hadash Reconstuctionist Congregation
- Victor Mendoza, Berklee School of Music
- Rabbi David Paskin, Temple Beth Abraham
- Jennifer Rudin, Kehilleth Israel
- Tedd Saunders, Saunders Hotel Group
- Mark Sokoll, GBJCC
- Rabbi Jeff Summit, Tufts Hillel
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Sounds very exciting! I have one small correction to make. "Zamir Chorale" is a NY-based choir, led by Matthew "Mati" Lazar. The group appearing in this festival is the "ZAmir Chorale of Boston," led by Joshua Jacobson.
Steve...Thanks for the catch. I've made the update you suggested. The funny thing is that I copied the info directly from the Boston Jewish Music Festival website. They goofed as well. I'll drop them a line and let them know.
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