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
Sephardic Songlines
Beth Jacob Congregation hosts this Shabbat day learning session. Journey through the sonic and spiritual landscapes of the Sephardim through song and textual discussion.
02
April
2022
Beth Shalom Congregation
Join us for a a special Shabbat performance with Samuel Torjman Thomas and Jeremy Brown! Samuel Torjman Thomas, PhD ethnomusicologist and multi-instrumentalist Dr. Torjman Thomas is... Read More
01
April
2022
Jewish Music Forum – Contesting Boundaries
The role of music has been central to defining a new diaspora identity within the Jewish community. For Moroccan Jews in one synagogue community in... Read More
07
February
2022
SF Jewish Library – Jewish Maghreb: A Musical Journey
Exploring different areas of Moroccan and Algerian Jewish musical life, including liturgical, para-liturgical, and secular performance in a hybrid lecture–demonstration. Oct. 24, 2021, 2:00pm (PST),... Read More
24
October
2021
UCLA – Mizrahi Music
Explore the inner-workings of Mizraḥi (Eastern) Jewish musical culture. On ZOOM!
26
October
2021
Staten Island JCC
“Musical Intersections in Muslim and Jewish Cultures” on ZOOM, is a performance-lecture exploring the role of music in Judeo-Muslim approaches to ritual practice, philosophy, theology,... Read More
11
March
2021
Hunter College – Lunch Lecture Series
KLEZMERICA: Jewish Invention and Repackaging of the Instrumental Jam. A live trio performance and discussion on ZOOM, exploring the antecedents and developments of Klezmer-tinged music... Read More
28
April
2021
Kuumba’s Santa Cruz
Trio performance: Samuel Torjman Thomas, oud/vocals/sax/nay; Salah Rhani, violin; Dror Sinai, percussion ASEFA (meaning “gathering”) is led by ethnomusicologist and multi-instrumentalist Samuel Torjman Thomas, Ph.D. Blending vocals, oud,... Read More
09
January
2020
Philadelphia 2020
Musical Shabbaton at Society Hill Synagogue, with programming on piyyutim and Sephardic history and thought. Musical post-Shabbat performance co-sponsored by Society Hill Synagogue and Beth... Read More
28
February
2020