[HANASHIR:1656] Re: music theory

[Judy Caplan Ginsburgh <jerd...>]

Thank you Adrian.  I agree 100%.  There is some great, uplifting music being
written by many in the Jewish world.  It is exciting.  But the only way we will
ever make a statement about who we are to the world at large is to share and
support one another.  When musicians share and help each other out as has been
done at CAJE and the UAHC Biennial, it is truly a beautiful thing.  Yes,
sometimes ego creeps in there, and the negative feelings are evident.  Sometimes
people feel they need to "prove" to themselves or others they they are
"better".  However, when egos are put aside and people on a stage are sharing
from their hearts, this can create a powerfully spiritual moment.

Judy : )

Judy Caplan Ginsburgh, Award-winning Singer/Music Specialist
       http://www.ax.centuryinter.net/jewishentertainment/judy/index.html
Director:  Jewish Entertainment Resources
       http://www.ax.centuryinter.net/jewishentertainment/index.html
Cantorial Soloist, Touro Synagogue, New Orleans, LA
Past Conference Chair:  23rd Conference on Alternatives in Jewish Education


Adrian A. Durlester wrote:

> Rich:
>
> Although I agree with many of your points, I have to take exception to your
> characterization of the state of contemporary Jewish music as "sedentary,
> folkie, non-physical, non-exciting." Did you get to hear Bruce Benson? Yom
> Hadash? Seth Glass?
>
> What about the "world beat" style that Fran Avni is using on her new CD? Are
> Craig Taubman's Disneyesque creations sedentary? Is Jess Gold non-physical?
>
> Were you there to feel the raw power at the final closing kumsitz after the
> closing program when Sam Glaser played almost an hour straight,
> extemporaneously, never missing a beat and whipping the crowd into a frenzy
> worthy of the most ecstatic chassidut gathering? Would you lump Sam's
> original work into the "folksy" category?

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