17
September
2024
The Art of the Niggun: Melody as Devotion
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Art of the Niggun @ Hunter College
soprano sax & piano duo, with new music settings of Hasidic niggunim
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21
September
2024
Brown University: Mediterranean Encounters
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A Concert of Judeo-Islamic Musical Intersections ASEFA, led by Dr. Samuel Torjman Thomas, traverses several Mediterranean musical traditions, drawing upon a rich intercultural mix of... Read More
22
September
2024
Milhaud Triptych: All the Musics of the World
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The event, open to the Brown as well as the larger Rhode Island public, focuses on Darius Milhaud’s Jewish identity in dialogue with questions of... Read More
09
January
2024
Brandon University Jazz Festival
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For 40 years the Brandon Jazz Festival occupied a special place in the School of Music calendar. For faculty and students alike the festival represented... Read More
15
November
2023
Sounds of Mediterranean Jewry: Sephardi-Mizrahi Songlines
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Presented by: Dr. Samuel Torjman Thomas, Founder and Artistic Director of ASEFA and the New York Andalus Ensemble and Adjunct Assistant Professor in music and... Read More
16
October
2023
Queens Public Library – Hispanic Heritage Month
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Celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month: Sounds of Sepharad: Hispano-Jewish Songlines Celebre el Mes de la Herencia Hispana: Sonidos de Sefarad: canciones hispano-judíasEnglish: Asefa, a musical trio... Read More
22
May
2023
Bloomington Early Music Festival
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Mediterranean Encounters: Judeo-Islamic Soundscapes Mediterranean Encounters traverses the Arab-Andalusian past as carried by Jews and Muslims into North Africa. With songs performed in Hebrew, Arabic,... Read More
14
November
2022
Univ Minnesota: Piyyut Conference
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The piyyut (poem) has long been a means for rendering the Jewish experience through language and song. For Jews in the Islamic World, piyyutim (pl.)... Read More