Re:NYC Yiddish concert

[Carol Freeman <tsipra...>]

Concert of Old World Yiddish Songs, Ballads, and Melodies

with
SONG OF THE SHTETL Jewish Music Ensemble

Sunday  October 17th, 1:30 and 3pm

 featuring:

CAROL FREEMAN - Vocals
ISMAIL BUTERA - Accordion
MICHAEL HESS - Violin
ALAN ZEMEL - Domra Bass, Balalaika

TONIC  107 Norfolk Street
(between Rivington and Delancey Streets, around the corner from Ratner's

F or J train to Delancey and Essex Streets)

Information and Reservations:   212-358-7501
Band Information: 212-255-7890
Admission $10 or $15 for both shows (different programs)

this concert is a part of the Sunday Klezmer Brunch series
curated by David Krakauer

About the ensemble:

Well known as a performer, researcher, and teacher of a variety of
East European and Judaic singing traditions, Carol Freeman has performed

since 1970 as vocalist for Song of the Shtetl  Jewish Music Ensemble,
the Smyrneiki Kompania  Asia Minor Greek Music Ensemble, Sevda
Balkan Music Ensemble, and Zhenska Pesna  (Balkan womenís trio),
and as a solo interpreter of traditional song, and has appeared at arts
centers,
music festivals, museums, universities, folklore seminars, synagogues,
and
community facilities, and on radio and television, throughout North
America.

First introduced to Yiddish song by her grandmother, Carol Freeman
has been actively involved in its research and presentation since 1977,
when
she was selected a vocalist for the American Jewish Congress' CETA
Artists'
Project. Keenly aware of the extraordinary value of folk artistry and
sensitive to the intricacies of traditional vocal expression, Carol has
approached Yiddish song with a unique focus. Choosing to learn her songs

directly from Old World singers, she has developed a repertoire that
includes
old, rarely heard ballads as well as the better known sing-along tunes.
She has sought out the most beautiful of melodies and poignant of
stories,
and has used her musical expertise to make the subtle embellishments
and vocal inflections of traditional Yiddish singers her own.

Carol has received many awards to study traditional arts, including a
1985
New York State Council on the Arts Folk Arts apprenticeship with Master
Yiddish singer, Bronya Sakina. She has also worked as Field Researcher
with immigrant Yiddish singers for the Federation of Jewish
Philanthropies'
1982 Festivals of Soviet Jewish Traditions, and the Center for
Traditional
Music and Dance's 1998 Soviet Jewish Community Cultural Initiative
Nashi Traditsii Festivals.

Ismail Butera, Michael Hess, and Alan Zemel, three of the finest
musicians to be heard anywhere, use their indisputable musical
virtuosity to interpret these lovely, old-fashioned Yiddish melodies
with extraordinary sensitivity, spirit, sweetness, and depth.