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Creating original world music ... " The Hevreh Ensemble is an original Band from NYC, stunning listeners with the unique sounds of exotic instruments " Gazeta Krakowska

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“The Hevreh Ensemble is an original Band from New York, stunning listeners with unique sounds of exotic instruments”

— Gazeta Krakowa

“The Hevreh Ensemble engaged our students in the musical and cultural experience, sharing stories behind the music and inviting students to participate with a wonderful and friendly attitude.

The students were excited to be able use music as a means of communication and to join you in the performance.”

Katerina Dejmalova, Principal
The Lauder School, Prague

The Hevreh Ensemble has been called “strikingly original and spiritually uplifting”.

Their CD “Dance of the Sheydim” was recently released. Listen to some of the short clips on our recordings page.

Hevreh Activities

The group has just returned from a tour to Eastern Europe where they performed concerts in Prague and Krakow. They presented concerts in Museums, Schools and a special gala concert for the Spanish Synagogue in Prague. The group has been recipients of a grant from the Harold Grinspoon Foundation to present concerts in the Pioneer Valley of Massachusetts.

The Hevreh Ensemble was recently invited to participate in a special collaboration with the Hofstra University Emily Lowe Art Gallery for the Spring of 2011: “Soweto Art”- Commemorating the 35th Anniversary Uprising of Soweto.

They are also planning a collaboration with the Brooklyn College Academy World Ensemble - where they will present special Master Classes and Workshops.

The Hevreh Ensemble also announces an exciting new addition the group: Keyboardist Adam Morrison- MFA World Music Studies California Institute of the Arts. Adam Morrison has been active a player, producer and teacher in the jazz and ethnic music scene in NYC for the past 20 years.

 

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THE HEVREH ENSEMBLE: CREATING ORIGINAL WORLD MUSIC

The Hevreh Ensemble was formed in 2001 when Oboist Judith Dansker gathered a group of highly acclaimed musicians to perform a concert for Hevreh of Southern Berkshire in Great Barrington, MA. The ensemble performs original contemporary American compositions by group member and composer Jeff Adler. The works are often inspired by themes from Religious and Racial Tolerance, World Peace and Environmental Sustainability, and combine classical, jazz and world music elements.The wide and varied instrumentation includes the innovative use of Native American Flutes along with: Oboe, Oboe D’amore, English Horn, Clarinet, Bass Clarinet, Soprano Saxophone, Native American Flutes, World Percussion, Keyboard and Shofar.

Currently Ensemble in Residence at Hevreh of Southern Berkshire, the group has performed widely at such places as the Northampton Center for the Arts, St. Mark’s Church in the Bowery ( NYC), The National Yiddish Book Center, Amherst, MA, WAMC-Northeast Public Radio, WNPR-CT Public Radio, Synagogue for the Arts- NYC, Harlem School of the Arts and the Hudson River Museum.

A special thanks and credit to Bess Adler for her photography skills and contributions.

 

The Hevreh Ensemble is available for Concerts & Workshops For Bookings: Please contact us at: hevrehmusic@gmail.com

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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