Brandon University Jazz Festival
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
09
January
2024
Sounds of Mediterranean Jewry: Sephardi-Mizrahi Songlines
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
15
November
2023
Queens Public Library – Hispanic Heritage Month
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
16
October
2023
Bloomington Early Music Festival
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
22
May
2023
Univ Minnesota: Piyyut Conference
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
14
November
2022
Mizraḥi Heritage Weekend 2022
Dr. Samuel Torjman Thomas will spend the weekend with Cornell University Hillel, presenting workshops in piyyutim and MENA music, working with the university music department,... Read More
02
December
2022
Traversing Jewish Soundscapes – Sivananda Bahamas Yoga Retreat
Interfaith Devotional Singing Festival: On the Wings of Ecstasy Devotional singing is a widespread practice in religions and spiritual traditions worldwide. Join us as we... Read More
21
April
2023
Mediterranean Encounters
Dr. Samuel Torjman Thomas presents a musical treasury of individual and shared traditions among Jews and Muslims. Blending vocals, oud, violin, nay, and percussion, with... Read More
10
April
2022
Univ Minnesota: Piyyut, Pathways, & Performance
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
31
March
2022
UST Chapel Arts Series – A Musical Gathering
In trio performance, ASEFA traverses several Mediterranean musical traditions, drawing upon a rich intercultural mix of Hebraic and Islamic traditions from North Africa and the... Read More
03
April
2022