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Lider-shmideray / Songsmiths Workshop
Monday December 23, 2024 9:30am - 10:45am EST
501 - Hebrew Union College
The hands-on workshop for Yiddish song-writing welcomes songsmiths, newcomers and old hands, to take an inside look together at how new Yiddish songs are being created today. Bring your song-in-progress or your interest in songwriting to YNY’s Lider-shmideray/Songsmiths Workshop, led by veteran Yiddish songwriters Josh Waletzky and Daniel Kahn, joined by Adah Hetko. Get inspired by songwriting-in-action. We will all share our expertise and experience in exploring the how-to’s and the for-whom's of song-writing in the 2020s. We'll examine sources and resources for texts and music and discuss various modes of collaboration. If you are bringing a song-in-progress, please send us a recording and/or lead sheet by December 15. Please include your name and the title of the song as part of the file name. You can also reach us at lidershmideray@gmail.com. Participate in the room and on Zoom!
Speakers
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Adah Hetko

Adah Hetko (vocals) started writing songs at the age of three and hasn’t been able to stop since. One fateful winter night, she fell in love with Yiddish folk song, and began to dream of someday writing new songs in Yiddish. Adah’s dream has come true: today she is a Yiddish... Read More →
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Daniel Kahn

Daniel Kahn (vocals) is a Detroit-born troubadour, translator, multi-instrumentalist, and theater artist, now harboring in Hamburg. His work crosses many borders, linguistic and otherwise.
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Josh Waletzky

Josh Waletzky**(vocals, film) is a leading contemporary Yiddish songwriter and an award-winning documentary filmmaker.He co-produced the Grammy-nominated album of Jewish songs of resistance, Partisans of Vilna (1989), and his groundbreaking CD of original Yiddish songs, Crossing... Read More →
Monday December 23, 2024 9:30am - 10:45am EST
501 - Hebrew Union College 1 West 4th Street, New York, NY 10012
  Vocal (Hybrid)

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