On Stage with Elaine and Susan Hoffman Watts

Posted by on Nov 28, 2011 in News, Upcoming Events | 0 comments

On Stage with Elaine and Susan Hoffman Watts

Sunday, December 4, 2011 will find me on stage at the York Jewish Community Center, opening with the Old World Folk Band for Elaine and Susan Hoffman Watts and the Fabulous Shpielkes, and then joining Susan and her group on the bandstand for a number or two.  In the world of contemporary klezmorim, the Hoffman family name itself makes Elaine and Susan, mother and daughter, legendary.  Third and fourth generation klezmorim, they play the music that defined the Philadelphia sound in the early 20th Century, and have taken it, soaring, into the 21st!  Elaine was the first woman to be accepted to the Curtis School of Music in percussion, having been taught drumming by her father, and her passion for the family’s musical ‘yikhes‘ (pedigree) is obvious in her daughter Susan’s extraordinary trumpet playing and singing.  This free concert will begin at 4...

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“Our Lives in Song: Healing the World in Yiddish”

Posted by on Nov 2, 2011 in News, Upcoming Events | 0 comments

“Our Lives in Song: Healing the World in Yiddish”

My solo vocal presentation on Tuesday, April 24, 2012 will weave threads of social justice, workers’ rights, children’s visions of peace, and a yearning for a more sane, beautiful, and fair world into a splendid tapestry of Yiddish song.  And if you think that all the songs that need to be sung in Yiddish are a century old and require dusting off, I have some surprises for you!  Co-sponsored by Dickinson College, the Association for Jewish Studies, Legacy Heritage Jewish Studies Project, and the Jewish Federation of Greater Harrisburg, the concert will take place at the Harrisburg JCC at 7:30 pm.  As always, I will be sharing anecdotal and contextual backgrounds for the songs, and will be utilizing PowerPoint to project translations as I sing, so the concert will be totally accessible.  The program is free and open to the public. Come to listen. Come to sing along, perhaps.  Expect your perceptions to be changed!...

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KlezKamp 27 – Yiddish Theater!

Posted by on Oct 26, 2011 in News, Upcoming Events | 0 comments

KlezKamp 27 – Yiddish Theater!

December 25 to 30, 2011 – mark your calendars!    KlezKamp, the renowned Yiddish Folk Arts program, returns for its 27th year to the vaunted Catskill Mountains, and this year’s theme is the Yiddish Theater.   I’ll be teaching traditional papercutting and a 4-day lecture recital course, and maybe this year I’ll finally have time to study drumming with illustrious Elaine Hoffman Watts!    Look here for everything you’ll need to join the...

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Making it Better: Folk Art in Pennsylvania Today

Posted by on Oct 25, 2011 in News, Upcoming Events | 0 comments

Making it Better: Folk Art in Pennsylvania Today

As part of a two-year traveling exhibit titled “Making it Better: Folk Art in Pennsylvania Today,”  my large papercut of a home blessing in Hebrew will be hanging at the State Museum of Pennylvania from November 19, 2011 through April 29, 2012.   On Sunday, November 20, I’ll be featured in a “Conversation with the Artist” immediately following a curator’s tour of the entire exhibition with Amy Skillman.   I’ll be working on a papercut design at the museum all afternoon, and from 2 to 4 PM I’ll be talking about my work, answering questions, and letting people try their hands at this traditional folk art. The museum is located at 300 North Third Street in Harrisburg.   Check out the exhibition and the Artist’s Talk...

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Kindergarten Magic

Posted by on Oct 18, 2011 in News, Susan at work | 0 comments

Kindergarten Magic

Kindergarten students learn the magic of Hebrew letters...

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