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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

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

Join us for a a special Shabbat with Dr. Samuel Torjman Thomas! Samuel Torjman Thomas, PhD ethnomusicologist and multi-instrumentalist Dr. Torjman Thomas is a multi-instrumentalist (saxophone,... Read More

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

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

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

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