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Workshops and Programming
performance workshops | music and culture programming
audio/video samples | testimonials | concert music | private events
ASEFA enriches the concertgoers experience with a plethora of educational programming and performance workshops to go behind the music. |
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Whether you want to discover more about Middle Eastern musical traditions, Sephardic poetry, or simply have an interactive experience touring different world musics, the educational programming and performance workshops add incredible value to any Asefa experience! As a part of JAMs (Jewish Awareness through Music), ASEFA offers many different performance workshops and educational programs aimed at better understanding the confluences of musical cultures in the musics of the Jewish people. Of course the depth of experience with many different musical cultures that Samuel Thomas has as an ethnomusicologist provides for a much wider range of programming options as well. Please take a moment to look through the different formats for JAMs by clicking here, and be sure to ask about anything you don't see on the website that might interest you.
Workshops and programming are facilitated by Samuel Thomas by incorporating members of ASEFA. Many options are available so our workshops and programming are customized based upon your interests and community.
Participants in our programs are always left excited and energized about music, GUARANTEED!
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Performance Workshops
Our Perfomance workshops cover a wide range of different instruments and musical styles. Instrumental workshops include Western (sax, clarinet, guitar, bass, drumset) and non-Western instruments (nay, oud, African percussion, Middle Eastern percussion, guimbri) as well as vocals. Style workshops focus on theory and practice of Western (Jazz, Blues, Rock) and non-Western (Middle East, Jewish, Sub-Saharan Africa, Hindustani) musics. Workshops on composition, improvisation, and music theory are available as well. To learn more...
Music and Culture Programming
Our "music and culture" programming focuses on the meaning of music in different cultural contexts. For instance, a program on Hindustani music would include the aesthetic meaning of different ragas and the spiritual uses for music in Hindu and Muslim culture in India. In an effort to foster dynamicism, these programs often combine presentation with interactive performance. For instance, in explorations of different sacred Jewish chanting traditions, we learn to sing Torah tropes as well as examine the uses of chanting as a means for fostering collective memory. To learn more...
Audio and Video Samples
 The Jewish Museum, NY - Moroccan Cha'abi Rhythm
Sounds of Shabbat - Interfaith Concert and Workshop
NPR/WNYC - Leonard Lopate Show
Brooklyn Historical Society 2008 - Arab Music in Brooklyn
Talkback
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Congregation Beth Shalom in Modesto, Ca just hired Sam to do an adult education program as well as a children's program this past weekend. He was fantastic!!! The adult program was thought provocating, spiritual, meditative, entertaining & educational. The children's program was filled with interactive music from around the world. The kids and their parents loved Sam's style & knowledge of the musical Jewish world! Thank you Sam!
-- Marlene Gonsalves, Program Director and parent, Congregation Beth Shalom
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To see more of what others have to say about our workshops, and to see some great photos, please
check out our testimonials. I believe in the value of sharing experiences by our participants.
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