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The Center of Jewish Education in Ukraine,
with the support of
the Jewish Communities Development Fund for Russia and Ukraine
(USA) and the Canadian Embassy in Ukraine announces the fourth
annual Klezfest music festival in Kiev on August 24-29, 2003!
Klezfest Ukraine 2003 will be devoted to the study of the traditional
performance of Ashkenazi music and its modern
interpretation and composition. Special attention will be devoted
to methods of promotion of modern Jewish music in the music
market.
Performers (vocalists and musicians), members of Jewish
music bands and composers who use elements of traditional Jewish
music are invited to take part in Klezfest Ukraine 2003.
On the Klezfest Ukraine 2003 program:
Vocal master class by a talented singer and outstanding
interpreter of Jewish songs, Adrienne Cooper, New York;
Composition master class by composer Marilyn Lerner, Canada,
soloist from The Flying Bulgar Klezmer Band; Master class for
musicians by clarinetist and soloist of the Sukkah trio,
Merlin Shepherd, Great Britain, and leader of the Kharkov
Klezmer Band Stas Raiko (violin);
Choral classes by composers, veterans of Klezfests in St.
Petersburg and in Ukraine, Paullina Achkinazi (Russia) and Yefim
Chorny (Moldova);
Yiddish classes for everyone. The classes will be taught by
highly qualified teachers in groups according to the students'
level of Yiddish;
Lectures-discussions on Jewish musical folklore;
A roundtable devoted to the problems of using Jewish music in
communities as a means of reviving and spreading Jewish
self-identification;
A gala concert for the general public by participants of Klezfest Ukraine
2003!
Changes may be added to the seminar portion of the program.
The number of participants is limited. Please send your
application forms to the organizing committee before July 1, 2003.
The committee will not examine application forms received
after that deadline. To your form please add an audio or a
videotape with the applicant's performance, quality pictures and
information about the band or performer. The organizing
committee will not examine application forms without these
supplements. Participants will be informed about the selection
results before July 15, 2003, by telephone, fax, or e-mail. The
participation fee of $500 will cover housing, food and training expenses.
The fee may drop to $400 for Russian and\or Yiddish speakers. For the
student rate, contact the organizing committee.
For additional information please contact the organizing
committee.
The Center of Jewish Education in Ukraine
6 Kurska St., Room 37, 03049, Kiev, Ukraine
Telephone: (380-44) 248-3670, 248-3634, 248-5377; fax: (380-44)
248-3670, 248-5377 E-mail: center (at) cjeu(dot)carrier(dot)kiev(dot)ua
APPLICATION FORM
for the participation in Klezfest in Ukraine - 2003
First and last name
Date of birth
Zip code
City
Street
Number
Apt.
Telephone: work ( ) home ( )
Fax E-mail
Education/specialty
Place of work/study
What languages do you speak (please specify the degree of your
knowledge of each language and underline which areas are applicable)?
speaking reading writing
speaking reading writing
speaking reading writing
The level of your knowledge of Yiddish (please specify the degree
of your knowledge and underline which areas are applicable):
speaking reading writing
What musical instruments do you play (please specify skill level)
For vocalists and teachers of music in Jewish schools:
What is your voice?
What is your style (classical, pop, folk)?
For leaders of bands and performers (vocalists and musicians): Please add
to your application form an audio or
a videotape with a fragment of your performance and brief
information about your band and repertoire (on a separate sheet of
paper).
For musicologists and folklorists: please specify your scientific
interests, present a list of publications, and a copy of one of them if
possible.
For composers: Please present a list of compositions.
Center of Jewish Education in Ukraine
6 Kurska St., Room 37, 03049, Kiev, Ukraine
Telephones: (380-44) 248-3670, 248-3634, 248-5377; fax: (380-44)
248-3670, 248-5377 E-mail: center (at) cjeu(dot)carrier(dot)kiev(dot)ua
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