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April 28, 2013 | $18, $15 students/seniors, $12 members 1-4pm
@ Museum of Jewish Heritage
36 Battery Place, New York, NY 10280 map
www.mjhnyc.org
ASEFA will be presenting a concert and workshop featuring our Yemenite repertoire as part of the Museum's Lag B'Omer program "A Magic Carpet Ride: Celebrating the Jews of Yemen." Our performance is sponsored in part by the American Sephardi Federation, Jewish Heritage, and the Yemenite Jewish Federation of America.
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May 5, 2013 | $25/$15/18&under FREE 3-6pm
@ CBE
274 Garfield Place, Park Slope, Brooklyn, NY map
www.congregationbethelohim.org
The New York Andalus Ensemble is directed by Samuel R. Thomas. This 21-piece, community-based large ensemble performs traditional music from Spain and North Africa. CBE will be the Brooklyn debut of this exciting ensemble. The program starts with a pre-concert workshop on Andalus instruments, a concert, and an after party with mahia, pastry, and mint tea tastings.
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December 8, 2012 | $12 8:30pm
@ Jewish Music Cafe, Iyyun Center
650 Sackett Street Brooklyn NY 11215 map
jewishmusiccafe.com
Members of Asefa -- Sam Thomas, Elie Massias, Eric Platz, Yoshie Fruchter -- will be performing as part of the Sefardic World Jam Band in the inaugural night of the new Jewish Music Cafe.
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December 10, 2012 | FREE 7pm
@ Elebash Recital Hall, CUNY-Graduate Center
365 Fifth Avenue, NY, NY (@34th St.) map
sephardicmusicfestival.com | www.NewYorkAndalusEnsemble.com
Asefa director Samuel Thomas will be leading the NY Andalus Ensemble in performance. Several Asefa members will be performing, including Elie Massias, Eric Platz, Yoshie Fruchter, and Rich Stein. This event will also feature an introduction into the music of al-Andalus as part of the "Sephardic Music Festival: Sephardic Scholar Series."
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December 26, 2011 7pm
@ Sixth Street Synagogue
325 E. 6th St., NY, NY map
sephardicmusicfestival.com
Asefa will be performing in the annual Sephardic Music Festival. This night will also include a performance by Gerard Edery and Oud Blues.
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March 31, 2011 7pm $20 (SOLD OUT)
@ WNYC Radio - The Greene Space
44 Charlton St., NY, NY map
thegreenespace.org for webcast and podcast
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WNYC's Leonard Lopate hosts ethnomusicologist Samuel R. Thomas's band ASEFA, along with Syrian Rabbi Joseph Dweck and Moroccan Rabbi Gad Bouskila, performing and discussing Sephardi piyyutim (sacred poetry). WNYC's Leonard Lopate hosts. ASEFA members: Elie Massias, Yoshie Fruchter, Noah Jarrett, Eric Platz, Rich Stein. Additional musicians: Victor Esses, oud; Rachid Halihal, violin; David Buchbut, percussion; Toby Levy, vocals; Yossi Marciano, vocals
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April 3, 2011 9:30pm $18
@ Joe's Pub - The Public Theater
425 Lafayette St., NY, NY map
www.joespub.com | Livestream.com WEBCAST
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CD RELEASE PARTY!! Our second album, "Resonance," will be out and available that night. This is a featured performance at Joe's Pub in the month of April, so expect a great time. Special guests: Rachid Halihal, violin; Brahim Fribgane, percussion
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April 28, 2011 10am - 6pm
@ The Jewish Museum
The Jews of Egypt Travel U Program
5th Avenue at 92nd St., NY, NY map
www.thejewishmuseum.org
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Samuel Thomas and Yoshie Fruchter will present a workshop on music of Egypt and Egyptian Jewry as part of the Jewish Museum's Travel U spring program. We will be joined by a litany of presenters on topics ranging from art to politics, theology to history and poetry.
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July 17, 2011 11am-7pm
@ The Golus Festival
Goshen, NY map
yiddishfarm.org
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A trio of ASEFA members, Samuel Thomas, Yoshie Fruchter, and Eric Platz, will be performing traditional Sephardi songs from Syrian and North Africa. In addition, Samuel will be leading a performance workshop/lecture called "Piyyutim: The Poetics of Prayer," exploring the rich and diverse history of Sephardi piyyutim traditions.
The Golus Festival is an outdoor, weekend-long event with camping, musical, and other activities. Daypasses are available as well for $50. For more information: yiddishfarm.org
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VENUE ARCHIVE
BAM Cafe
www.bam.org
The Blue Note
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Brooklyn Arab Music Festival 2008
Brooklyn Historical Society - Roundtable: Arab Music Traditions and Their History in Brooklyn Listen...
Sha'abi Shake Down @ Sultana, Williamsburg
www.brooklynartscouncil.org
Sephardic Music Festival Sephardic Scholarship Series
www.sephardicmusicfestival.com
The Jewish Museum - Travel U
www.thejewishmuseum.org/TravelU
Brooklyn Children's Museum
www.brooklynkids.org
Indiana University, Bloomington Opening concert for the Sephardic Initiative and class visit to Jewish Studies
Laila Lounge Bridging the Divide Benefit Concert
Center for Jewish History Moroccan Dream-weavers
Temple Beth Torah (Board of Jewish Education)
Makor
Congregation Beth Shalom JAMs workshop
Jewish Music Cafe
www.jewishmusiccafe.com
Southpaw
www.spsounds.com
RADIO FEATURES
WNYC-NPR Radio Feature
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WFMU 91.1FM -- Transpacific Sound Paradise, DJ Rob Weisberg's trend setting world music show
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WBAI 99.5FM -- Beyond the Pale, with DJ Abe Velez
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