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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

Dr. Samuel Torjman Thomas will spend the weekend with Cornell University Hillel, presenting workshops in piyyutim and MENA music, working with the university music department,... Read More