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July 2010 Events
Please click here for the July 11 and 18, 2010 JMF Electronic Press Kit
The Jewish Music Festival culminates its 25th Silver Anniversary season
July11, 2010, noon to 5 pm, with a FREE OUTDOOR MUSIC FESTIVAL in Yerba Buena Gardens, in the heart of downtown San Francisco. Artists include Eprhyme, Glenn Hartman and the Klezmer Playboys, Peter Jacques, Elana Jagoda, Kugelplex, Ira Levin, Joe Nguyen, Kat Parra, Red Hot Chachkas, Dror Sinai, Gerry Tenney and California Klezmer, Vocolot and Joshua Walters. Plus klezmer, maqamat (Middle Eastern modes) and Middle East percussion jam/ workshops, an Instant Chorus, and an Instrument Petting Zoo, in association with the Community Music Center and Zambaleta World Music Institute.
Plus much more!
Controlled Chaos and Brawny Braininess
Direct from Marseilles, France — Watcha Clan with Charming Hostess
Nomadic genre bending music with Berber, Algerian, Sephardi, Ashkenazi and French influences. With a Bay Area band renowned for its eerie harmony, hot rhythm and radical braininess.
Sunday, July 18, 8 pm
Yerba Buena Center for the Arts
$25 / $20
Co-sponsored by Gaia Fund
_Presented in association with New Frequencies, Yerba Buena Center for
the Arts_
Check back soon for the complete July schedule of events…
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News
JMF Presenter Dan Plonsey named USA Broad Fellow
In December we received incredible news: Bay Area composer Dan Plonsey was named USA Broad Fellow in Music by United States Artists. The mission of USA is “to invest in America’s finest artists and illuminate the value of artists to society.” Plonsey is one of seven musicians recognized across the nation for:
“their willingness to risk, reach, hold, experiment, nurture, and bring forth… essential cultural innovation and connection…”
Online Exhibitions
In honor of our 25th year, the Jewish Music Festival and the Judah L. Magnes Museum have collaborated to produce online exhibitions of cover and print art over the course of the Festival’s history. Thanks to this collaboration we have produced the following:
- a digital archive of the JMF promotional materials since 1987
- a digital history of the JMF as part of the Judah L. Magnes Museum’s Jewish Digital Narratives project
- a host of online resources:
Community participation is encouraged…
JMF Commissioned Artist Eric Kupers in New York Times
The JMF is commissioning a new multimedia piece entitled Dan Plonsey’s Bar Mitzvah by Bay Area composer Dan Plonsey and choreographer Eric Kupers to premiere as part of our silver anniversary season. Eric’s ensemble, Dandelion Dancetheater, recently performed in New York and received a raving review in the New York Times. Click here to read the review! Mazel tov to Eric and to Dandelion!