Jewish Music Forum
2012-2013 SEASON
A Living Connection: The Musical Lives and Legacies of
Morris Hollender, Sonia Victor, and Marty Levitt
Wednesday, May 8, 7:30 P.M.
Center for Jewish History
15 West 16th Street
New York, NY 10011
Creative individuals of the younger generation more and more often turn to the legacies of Eastern European Jewish musicians in order to re-connect to their cultural roots. Dr. Hankus Netsky, Founder and Director of the Klezmer Conservatory Band and Chair of Contemporary Improvisation at New England Conservatory, has made a career of connecting with compelling sources that have generally been off the radar of both Jewish educators and academics. In this program he explores some of the musical treasures from the "The Discovery Gallery," an exhibit he curated at the Yiddish Book Center in Amherst, Mass. Netsky considers three approaches to cultural recovery: personal contact with Eastern European Jewish immigrants, dialogue with younger family members, and learning from artifacts that have been handed down—in a suitcase or even a pocketbook. Leading klezmer musicians Amanda Miryem-Khaye Seigel (voice), Dave Levitt (trombone), and Michael Winograd (clarinet) join Netsky to perform the music of Morris Hollender, Marty Levitt, and Sonia Victor, three little-known individuals who have important legacies to share.
Admission is free; Please RSVP to info@jewishmusicforum.org
Admission is free; Please RSVP to info@jewishmusicforum.org
Dr. Hankus Netsky, a multi-instrumentalist and composer, teaches klezmer, jazz, contemporary improvisation, and composition at the New England Conservatory in Boston, where he has taught for twenty-three years. He serves as research director of the Klezmer Conservatory Foundation, a non-profit organization dedicated to research in and perpetuation of Yiddish music. Netsky has taught Yiddish Music at Hebrew College, New England Conservatory, and Wesleyan University and lectures extensively on the subject in the United States., Canada, and Europe.
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Founded in 2004, the Jewish Music Forum is now in its ninth season.
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http://www.jewishmusicforum.org/.
The Jewish Music Forum is a project of the American Society for Jewish Music, with the support of
the American Jewish Historical Society and the Center for Jewish History.
Founded in 2004, the Jewish Music Forum is now in its ninth season.
For more information please visit
http://www.jewishmusicforum.org/.
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