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February 2019
Erica Rabner in Concert
Golda Och Academy-Wilf Lower School Campus, West Orange, 10:30-11:45 a.m. GOA alumna will perform; program geared toward ages 2-5. Go to jfedgmw.org/easy-jewish-family-fun-events.
Find out more »The Klez Dispensers 20th Anniversary Concert
The Klez Dispensers return to Richardson Auditorium on the Princeton University campus to celebrate their 20th anniversary. The celebrated NJ band has served up an innovative blend of fabulous folk music, sizzling jazz and spicy world music flavors to audiences for two decades. The band members are regarded as some of the top klezmer luminaries worldwide. Featuring founding singer Inna Barmash as well as trumpet/vocal legend Susan Watts, this spirited performance will have audience members of all ages tapping toes,…
Find out more »March 2019
The Art of the Niggun with Musical Scholar in Residence Joey Weisenberg
Based on his extensive knowledge of nigunim (wordless melodies), nusach (prayer chant), and other musical styles, Joey Weisenberg, Creative Director of Hadar's Rising Song Institute teaches us how to mine the soul of any melody. Focusing on beautiful old melodies nearly lost to history as well as Joey’s original compositions, we will collectively bring the music to life. Warm-ups begin at 6:00 PM followed by Kabbalat Shabbat and dinner.
Find out more »Musical Scholar in residence: Joey Weisenberg & “The Architecture of Listening”
Merging traditional nusah and soulful nigunim, Joey Weisenberg, Creative Director of Hadar's Ricing Song Institute will cultivate the power of the communal voice through rhythm, spontaneous harmony, and careful listening. Joey will teach during services and lead a spirited Musaf. Kiddush Lunch & Learn follows with "The Torah of Music", Drawing from his 2017 National Jewish Book Award-winning book, Joey explores the spiritual teachings of music through a wide range of Jewish musical-spiritual texts and stories. We will sing, discuss,…
Find out more »Harmony Coffeehouse
Come join us for a fun filled afternoon of live music and help support the local arts community. We will have various local musicians of all genres performing. Refreshments will be available. All proceeds will go to Asbury Park Music Foundation and Axelrod Performing Arts Center.
Find out more »Piano Trio Umami
The Gaelen Center for the Arts at JCC MetroWest announce a performance of The Juilliard School’s Piano Trio Umami on Sunday, March 3rd at 4pm. Piano Trio Umami is comprised of notable young artists Tal First (an Israeli native) on violin, Tomsen Su on cello, and Ilya Laskin on piano. As part of the Gaelen Center’s 2019 Conservatory Chamber Music Series, the concert will feature three of the greatest composers of the Romantic period: Ludwig von Beethoven, César Franck, and…
Find out more »Concert: Simply Tsfat
Chai Center Chabad of Millburn/Short Hills, 1 Jefferson Rd., Short Hills, 7 p.m. Cost is $10 in advance, $20 at the door. Go to chaicenterchabad.org/event/concert.
Find out more »Artist-in-residence, Cantor Lisa Levine
Temple Sharey Tefilo-Israel, South Orange. Levine — a worship, ritual, recording, and performing artist; songwriter; and yoga prayer facilitator — will participate in Friday night services at 6; on Saturday at 7 p.m., she will present a free concert and lecture about the music of the Jews of Cuba. Register for the March 9 program at tsti.org/calendar/artist-in-residence.
Find out more »Cantorial Concert
Temple Sholom, Cedar Grove, 4 p.m. New Jersey Cantor Concert Ensemble performs benefit concert. Cost is $10. Call 973-239-1321.
Find out more »The Simon & Garfunkel Songbook: an Evening of Songs & Stories
This fun and profoundly poignant show celebrates the iconic songs and career of Simon & Garfunkel, as well as their contribution to American Pop Culture in the 1960s and beyond. Unquestionably, the music speaks for itself, presented here in beautiful fashion by the renowned Aztec Two-Step Rex Fowler & Friends; but so does the story line of the Songbook show, which was originally created by the late great Pete Fornatale, a renowned pioneer of progressive FM radio, rock historian and…
Find out more »Tefilah Lab, Session 2: Chanting Circle
You may associate chanting in religious ceremonies with Native American traditions or perhaps Hindu or Buddhist practices, but this technique is also widely practiced in many Jewish communities. Chanting is simply the repetition of a sacred phrase in a melodic and rhythmic way. Chanting quiets the mind and uplifts the soul. It facilitates the internalization of the teachings of the Tanakh. Chanting does not require knowledge of Hebrew or confidence in one’s singing voice. Only a desire to engage with…
Find out more »Broadway to Bimah
Makhelat Hamercaz, the Jewish Choir of Central New Jersey, will perform “From Broadway to Bimah,” a benefit concert for the Highland Park Community Center featuring music by Leonard Bernstein, Marvin Hamlisch, and many others on Sunday, March 17, at 3 p.m. at the center. Donations of canned and unopened boxed foods for the food pantry will be accepted as well as funds for the Senior/Youth Center. Call 732-819-0052.
Find out more »Jewish music
“The Chosen Songs: Celebrating Jewish Music” will be performed by singer and pianist Avi Wisnia at JCC of Middlesex County, Edison, on Tuesday, March 19, at 1:15 p.m. Hamentaschen will be served. Cost is $11, $8 members. Call 732-593-5958.
Find out more »Kids’ Concerts n’ Cookies
Village Apartments, South Orange, 4 p.m. Area seniors are welcome to join residents for a pre-Purim program with students from the Bayt Yeladim Jewish Learning Center in Livingston. RSVP to 973-763-0999.
Find out more »Saturday night concerts
In a move to attract new audiences to live orchestral music, the Princeton Symphony Orchestra has expanded its concert offerings to include Saturday night (8 p.m.) performances at Richardson Auditorium. The Orchestra offers a new Pick 3+ promotion, in which anyone ordering tickets for three or more concerts receives savings off full-price single tickets. All concerts feature a pre-concert talk, free to ticket holders. On Saturday, March 23, Dvořák/Liebermann/Mazzolli features former PSO principal flutist Chelsea Knox as a soloist performing…
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