Yiddish New York 2024

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11:15am EST

Lecture: Jews in the Groove - The Great Mid-Century Jewish Record Labels

Monday December 23, 2024 11:15am - 12:30pm EST

507 - Hebrew Union College

From the advent and popularization of vinyl records in the late 1940s to the early 1950s, a handful of eccentric amateur businessmen ventured to use this unprecedented new and accessible mass media technology to commercialize and distribute Jewish music. Today we are left with hundreds of dusty records from a small handful of iconic and idiosyncratic mid-century Jewish record labels. This talk will give a broad introduction to the “major” Jewish record labels of the mid-20th century, and a glimpse into their storied discographies.

Speakers

Aaron Bendich

Aaron Bendich is the founder of Borscht Beat, a Yiddish music cultural organization that operates as a record label, radio show, music archive, social media brand and concert booking and promotion agency. This will be his second year curating the Yiddish New York concert program... Read More →

Monday December 23, 2024 11:15am - 12:30pm EST
507 - Hebrew Union College 1 West 4th Street, New York, NY 10012

Lecture (Hybrid), Instrumental

9:30am EST

Lecture: Transylvanian Folk Music Ethnography in Cluj, Romania

Tuesday December 24, 2024 9:30am - 10:45am EST

507 - Hebrew Union College

From 2021-2023, Zoë Aqua spent 2 years as a Fulbright research grantee in Cluj, Romania studying Transylvanian folk music pedagogy. In this presentation, she will share stories and insights she gained from working with folk musicians there. Drawing from her experience with both multi-generational musical family dynasties and with revivalists, she'll compare and contrast the musical scene in Transylvania with our klezmer revitalization in North America.

Speakers

Zoë Aqua

Zoë Aqua (violin) is an American violinist currently based in Romania. She was awarded a Fulbright research grant for the 2021-’22 and 2022-’23 academic years to study Transylvanian folk music pedagogy in Cluj, Romania. In September 2022, she released a full-length album of... Read More →

Tuesday December 24, 2024 9:30am - 10:45am EST
507 - Hebrew Union College 1 West 4th Street, New York, NY 10012

Lecture (Hybrid), Instrumental

9:30am EST

Lecture: Sofia Magid’s Collection - The Missing Link in Eastern European Jewish Music

Wednesday December 25, 2024 9:30am - 10:45am EST

506 - Hebrew Union College

In his talk, Dr. D. Zisl Slepovitch will introduce the figure of Sofia Magid (1892—1954), an eminent Soviet Russian ethnomusicologist and linguist who, among a small handful of scholars, documented the last moments of the vibrant Jewish musical tradition in Ukraine and Belarus shortly before World War Two. Dr. Slepovitch will discuss the uneasy fate of Sofia Magid’s scholarly legacy, as well as its life on the arts scene and academic work in the 1990’s through the present day, including Slepovitch’s own work with these unique materials.

Speakers

Zisl Slepovitch

D. Zisl Slepovitch, a native of Minsk, Belarus (in US since 2008) is a musicologist his primary field of interest being Jewish music in Eastern Europe (Ph.D., Belarusian State Academy of Music,), klezmer, classical, and improvising multi-instrumentalist musician, conductor / music... Read More →

Wednesday December 25, 2024 9:30am - 10:45am EST
506 - Hebrew Union College 1 West 4th Street, New York, NY 10012

Lecture (Hybrid), Instrumental

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