16th Annual Jewish Music Festival

[Judith McFadin <brjcc-pr...>]

16th Annual Jewish Music Festival

March 10-17, 2001 

The Berkeley Richmond Jewish Community Center presents the 16th annual Jewish 
Music Festival, March 10-17, at various locations in the East Bay, San 
Francisco, Marin and Sacramento (a complete schedule follows).  Festival 
highlights include Yair Dalal & Hamza El Din, internationally acclaimed 
composers/performers of Israeli, Arabic and Nubian music in a rare 
collaborative concert; Pharaoh's Daughter, hot New York-based world music 
sextet melding Hasidic, Moroccan, Indian and Turkish melodies and rhythms; Long 
Live Life.Theresienstadt 1941-1945, inspired cabaret, opera and chamber music 
composed by prisoners at this "model" concentration camp; Brundibár children's 
opera from Theresienstadt, featuring members of the Berkeley Symphony 
Orchestra, children from The Crowden School, storyteller Joel ben Izzy, and Ela 
Weissberger, a survivor and original cast member; Ramón Tasat, renowned 
Argentine Cantor singing the rich folk and liturgical music of the Italian, 
Turkish and Spanish Jews; The Jews of Africa, lecture and demonstration by 
music researcher Jay Sand; Za'atar, Mizrahi and Sephardic music performance and 
community jam session. For tickets and information, call (925) 866-9559 or 
visit www.brjcc.org.  Group sales available. 

Calendar of Events
Pharaoh's Daughter, Saturday, March 10, 8:00pm, BRJCC, 1414 Walnut Street, 
Berkeley. $20 general admission, $18 seniors, students and BRJCC members.  
(Also March 15, 7:00pm, Osher Marin JCC.  Call (415) 479-2000.)

Brundibár Children's Opera, Sunday, March 11, 11:30 am & 2:00pm, Julia Morgan 
Center for the Arts, 2640 College Avenue, Berkeley. $24 general admission, $22 
seniors, students and BRJCC members, $12 children 9-18.

Jews of Africa: Lecture with Jay Sand, Monday, March 12, 7:30pm, BRJCC.  $10 
general admission, $8 seniors, students and BRJCC members.   (Also March 14, 
7:00pm, Osher Marin JCC.  Call (415) 479-2000.)

Cantor Ramón Tasat: Music of Italian, Turkish and Spanish Jews, Tuesday, March 
13, 2:00pm & 7:30pm, BRJCC.  Matinee- $12 general admission, $10 seniors, 
students and BRJCC members.  Evening -  $20 and $18.  (Also March 11, 7:00pm, 
Mosaic Law Congregation, Sacramento.  Call (916) 488-1122.  Also March 15, 
7:30pm Congregation Emanu-El, 2 Lake Street, San Francisco.  Call (415) 
751-2541.)

Long Life Life.Theresienstadt 1941-1945, Wednesday, March 14, 7:30 pm, St. 
John's Presbyterian Church, 2727 College Avenue, Berkeley. $20 general 
admission, $18 seniors, students and BRJCC members.

Za'atar Performance/Community Jam, Thursday, March 15, 7:30pm, BRJCC. $16 
general admission, $14 seniors, students and BRJCC members.

Yair Dalal & Hamza El Din, Saturday, March 17, Wheeler Auditorium, UC Berkeley, 
8:00pm. $25 general admission, $23 seniors, students and BRJCC members.

 

Additional Events:

(Call locations for further information)

March 1-29, Exhibit of works from Theresienstadt

Judah L. Magnes Museum, 2911 Russell St. Berkeley  (510) 549-6950

 

Wednesday, March 7, 6:00pm, Lecture: The Music of Theresienstadt

Sylvie Braitman, Artistic Director, Long Live Life.Theresienstadt 1941-1945, 
and 

Ela Weissberger, Theresienstadt survivor and original Brundibár cast member

San Francisco Public Library, (415) 557-4400 (Free)

 

Friday, March 9, 7:30pm Shir HaShirim Kabbalat Shabbat Service

BRJCC, 1414 Walnut St., Berkeley, (510) 848-0237 (Free)

 

Thursday, March 15, 7:30pm, Lecture/Recital: The Music of Theresienstadt

With Benjamin Simon, violist, and Sylvie Braitman.

Performance of Gideon Klein's String Trio by A Tempo Chamber Ensemble.

Stanford University; Limited seating - call (650) 725-2650 (Free)

 

Friday, March 16, 3:00pm, Lecture/demonstration

 Israeli composer and performer Yair Dalal (oud, violin)

125 Morrison Hall, UC Berkeley, (510) 642-2678 (Free)

  

Contact: Judith McFadin, Festival Producer (510) 848-0237 x126, brjcc-pr (at) 
eb(dot)jfed(dot)org 
or Eleanor Shapiro, Festival Co-Chair (510) 559-8161 
 

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