25th Annual Jewish Music Festival's March Concerts
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March 2010 marks the 25th anniversary of the Jewish Music Festival, highlighting Jewish music and cultures. This year the festival takes place March 14-29, 2010 and July 2010. This year, the festival presents a mix of the sacred and secular. The schedule includes: Sacred Jewish and Muslim Music of the Middle East with the Yuval Ron Ensemble, including Mevlavi Dervish Aziz (March 20) Irish and Jewish songs about love, death, betrayal, and the demon drink: Saints and Tzadiks (March 29) the spectacular ensemble of klezmer, tango, jazz and avant garde New York, Berlin and Buenos Aires: Diaspora Redux (March 27).Festival goers can also discover bliss the old-fashioned way: by learning nigunim, the melodies used in Hassidic tradition to achieve an ecstatic state, from Klezmatics members Frank London and Lorin Sklamberg at an open Friday night service and participatory performance of Zmiros (March 26). You can also be transported by the return of the brilliant duo Klezmer Buenos Aires (March 29, 1:30pm Matinee). For more information, visit the Jewish Music Festival. Check their website for complete line-ups and updates on the festival schedule. Tickets: 1-800-838-3006 Group Sales 20% Discount for groups of ten or more: contact Niema Jordan at 510-848-0237 ext 119 The Alliance for California Traditional Arts is pleased to fund a portion of the festival through its Living Cultures Grants Program. |
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