Fw: 19th Annual Berkeley, CA Jewish Music Festival

[Ari Davidow <ari...>]

>19th Annual Jewish Music Festival
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>March 20 ? 27, 2004
>a program of the Berkeley Richmond
>Jewish Community Center
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>Box Office tickets & info 925-866-9599 or <http://www.brjcc.org>www.brjcc.org
>Tickets on sale March 1 BRJCC members.
>March 4 general public.  Call today for a brochure!
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>David Krakauer's Klezmer Madness!
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>with guest DJ So-Called
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>Saturday, March 20, 8:00pm
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>Wheeler Auditorium, UC Berkeley
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>$20-$25
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>Jazz and klezmer collide in a dazzling display of clarinet virtuosity 
>spiced with hip hop.
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>Ronnie Gilbert:  A Radical Life with Songs
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>Sunday, March 21 4:00pm
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>Berkeley Richmond Jewish Community Center
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>1414 Walnut Street (at Rose), Berkeley
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>$15-$20
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>A one-woman show that celebrates the life of a singer, actor, writer and 
>community activist.
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>Also March 18 7:30pm
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>Osher Marin JCC
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>Call 415-444-8000 for tickets
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>Back to the Sources: The music collections of pioneer Russian Jewish 
>folklorists
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>Tuesday, March 23, 7:30pm
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>$15-$10
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>BRJCC
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>A dialog and musical demonstration with eminent scholars
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>Dr. Izaly Zemtsovsky and Michael Alpert, member
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>of the klezmer ensemble Brave Old World.
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>Kinetic Klezmer Jam
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>Thursday, March 25 7:30pm
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>BRJCC
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>$15-$10
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>Traditional musical styling taught by a mother and daughter duo,
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>descendants of the Hoffman klezmer dynasty.  All instruments and skill 
>levels welcome.
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>Philly Klezmer Swing Dance Party
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>with Dance Lesson
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>Saturday, March 27   6:30pm lesson   8:00pm  party
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>The Crowden Music Center
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>1475 Rose (at Sacramento), Berkeley
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>near North Berkeley BART
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>$20-$15
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>It?s time to swing to Bei Mir Bistu Shein! The Hoffmans are joined by Josh 
>Dolgin, dance master Steven Weintraub, and Bay Area jazz allstars Sheldon 
>Brown and Richard Saunders.
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>Additional Events---
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>(Call telephone numbers listed below for information.)
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>Ashkenazi and Sephardi Music Workshop?2 Sessions
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>Part One?Ask Dr. Klez: Musical Intermarriage in the Ashkenazi World
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>Thursday March 4  7:30 - 9:00pm
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>A provocative history of klezmer, the traditional music of Eastern 
>European Jews, with live music,
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>historical recordings and unique insight.
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>Presented by Joshua Horowitz, founder and director of the klezmer ensemble 
>Budowitz.
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>Thursday March 11 7:30 - 9:00pm
>Part Two?The Other Half of the Jewish Musical Sky: An Introduction to 
>Sephardic Traditions From Morocco to Bulgaria, to the New World, Sephardic 
>music encompasses Ladino songs to liturgical chants inspired by Arabic and 
>Turkish modes, to modern Israeli pop. Presented by Francesco Spagnolo, 
>ethnomusicologist and director of Yuval Italia-the Italian Center for the 
>Study of Jewish Music.
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>Co-sponsored with Lehrhaus Judaica. To register for either or both, call 
>(510) 845-6420 or <http://www.lehrhaus.org/>www.lehrhaus.org
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>Both sessions at the BRJCC, 1414 Walnut Street (at Rose), Berkeley
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>Wednesday, March 10, 6:00pm
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>Lecture ? From Kiev to California and Back
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>Klezmer Music and History
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>Joshua Horowitz and Francesco Spagnolo
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>San Francisco Public Library, Main Branch, (415) 557-4400 (Free)
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>Friday March 12 ? 7:30pm
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>Shir HaShirim
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>Kabbalat Shabbat Service
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>Jewish sacred music, poetry and prayer from around the world.
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>BRJCC
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>510-848-0237
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>Wednesday, March 17, 7:30pm
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>Teen Concert ? So-Called on Second Avenue
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>with Josh Dolgin
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>Temple Isaiah
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>3800 Mt. Diablo Blvd., Lafayette
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>For tickets and info: 925-283-8575
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>Sunday, March 28, 4:00pm
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>Classical Concert ? 20th Century Jewish Masterpieces
>Works by Ernest Bloch, Mario Davidovsky, Daniel David Feinsmith, Arnold 
>Schoenberg, Stefan Wolpe, and William Susman. Performed by 
>Grammy-nominated pianist David Holzman. Old First Church, 1751 Sacramento 
>Street, San Francisco. For tickets and info, (415) 474-1608, or 
>www.oldfirstconcerts.org
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>In association with Old First Concerts.
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>Tuesday, March 30, 8:00pm
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>Film ? Chants of Sand and Stars
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>A tapestry of Jewish world music ? From Azerbaijan, to Manhattan to Israel
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>In association with The San Francisco Jewish Film Festival and the Jewish 
>Community Center of San Francisco
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>Kanbar Hall at JCCSF
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>3200 California Street & Presidio Avenue
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>San Francisco
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>415-292-1233 or www.jccsf.org
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>June 20-25
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>KlezCalifornia, a five-day celebration of klezmer, Yiddish language, dance 
>and cultural arts. Children and teen programs included.
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>Jewish Community High School of the Bay
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>San Francisco
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>Contact 415-789-7679 or <http://www.klezcalifornia.org/>www.klezcalifornia.org
>  <mailto:eleanors (at) brjcc(dot)org>eleanors (at) brjcc(dot)org

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