News Archive – Asefa Music

13 November 2025

Piyyut Workshop: Have No Fear!

Delve into the world of Sephardic Golden Age poetry and song in this performance workshop led by Dr. Samuel Torjman Thomas, professor and bandleader from... Read More

19 June 2025

Omni-American Juneteenth: Blues, Jazz, and Sephardi Piyyut

By nyae staff

As part of Festival Sefarad‘s month-long celebration of Sephardic culture, ASEFA will be featured this Juneteenth, in an event honoring the Black American experience by... Read More

08 May 2025

U.S. Library of Congress

By AsefaMusic Staff

Live at the Library! – Echoes of Andalus We are honored to perform at the U.S. Library of Congress – Thomas Jefferson Building Great Hall.... Read More

22 February 2026

NC Art Museum – Milhaud and Esther

By AsefaMusic Staff

Darius Milhaud, in conjunction with the exhibit “The Book of Esther in the Age of Rembrandt.” Performance and lecture related to the work of this... Read More

18 June 2025

Sephardi Scholars Series with Dr. Edwin Seroussi and Dr. Samuel Torjman Thomas on Yisrael Najara’s Piyyutim

By AsefaMusic Staff

Join us for a deeper look into life and works of the prolific paytan, musician and Torah scholar Rabbi Israel Najara (c. 1550-1625/8) whose songs... Read More

21 June 2025

Shi(u)r Piyyut: The View from Ibn Gabirol

By AsefaMusic Staff

15 May 2025

The Kitchen – Return to Eden

By AsefaMusic Staff

Our prayerbook represents our community’s shabbat tefillah, and is the first in North America to integrate Sepharadi and Ashkenazi prayers into a single nusach. We’re... Read More

21 May 2025

Spring 2025 Concert – La Nacional

By AsefaMusic Staff

The New York Andalus Ensemble, in conjunction with the Foundation of Iberian Music and La Nacional, presents: Ya’alat Ḥen (Graceful Beloved) An evening of music... Read More