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Saturday, February 27th, 2010, 7:30 pm

 

The Western Wind in concert for

THE COMMON GROUND COFFEE HOUSE

 

Concert will be held at South Presbyterian Church, Dobbs Ferry, NY

 

Tickets: $20 for adults and $18 for seniors (60+) and students (12+);

kids under 12, free

 

For more info click here


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February  12-15, 2010

Presidents' Day Weekend

Winter Wonderland Workshop

in Ensemble Singing

in Brattleboro, Vermont

A Cappella Winter Madness !!

 

For more info click here


   A Cappella Since 1969

Click Here to hear us sing

(i thank You God by Elliot Z. Levine; visuals by Todd Frizzell)

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 May 16, 2009 

 "And So It Goes..."

40 Years of Making Music

Concert at 4 pm followed by a Dinner Party at the historic Central Park Arsenal

 

The concert and post-concert benefit party were a great success!!

Here are some pictures.

A kaleidoscopic tapestry of vocal hues...                       The New York Times

...versatility...virtuosity...a  stunning concert.    Los Angeles Times

 

Featured   Recordings

MY FUNNY VALENTINE

 

Order 1, get a 2nd one free!!  2 for $14.95

Get ready to hear some unbelievable a cappella arrangements of American jazz and pop standards. This 1997 recording features lush arrangements of songs by George Gershwin, Rodgers and Hart, Duke Ellington, Thelonious Monk, Brian Wilson, John Denver, and Bonnie Raitt. details 

 

 

Chanukkah In Story & Song

As heard on public radio!

Leonard Nimoy, Guest Narrator
Sung by the The Western Wind with Guest Instrumentalists

The acclaimed vocal sextet and the renowned actor present 25 eclectic selections, from the Ladino songs of the Spanish Jews and Yiddish melodies of Eastern Europe to modern Israeli tunes and their original version of "I Have a Little Dreydle." The singers are  joined by instruments including violin, accordion, bass and guitar. The narration written by Rabbi Gerald Skolnik sheds light on the holiday customs and rituals. 

Click here to purchase and for more info.

 



 

 

The Western Wind Judaica Series

 

 7 recordings!

Just  $87.95 (including shipping

 

The Chanukkah Story
The Passover Story
Mazal Bueno: A Portrait in Song of the Spanish Jews
Birthday of the World, Part I: 

Rosh Hashanah
Birthday of the World, Part II:

Yom Kippur
 
Taste of Eternity: A Musical Shabbat, Part I.  Friday Evening Service

Taste of Eternity: A Musical Shabbat, Part II. 

Saturday Morning Service

  details

 

 

Taste of Eternity

A Musical Shabbat

This liturgical Sabbath feast explores works from the 17th through the 20th centuries. ... The pitch-perfect Western Wind ... [makes] even standards such as 'Adon Olam' become extraordinary. -- Hadassah Magazine

Part I: Friday Night Service and Table Songs (details)

Part II: Saturday Morning
Service (details)

 



News     (please click Concert Schedule for a complete list of performances and events)

 

7/08/09   Bar La Barca
Two Madrigal Comedies 400 Years Apart


Hailed by the New York Press!
Click here to read reviews.
5/16/09   "And So It Goes ... "
40 Years of Making Music


Concert and Dinner Party at the historic Central Park Arsenal
Here are some pictures
4/2009   The Western Wind Featured in ChamberMusic Magazine

Click here (and scroll down the PDF)

3/24/08   Todd Frizzell has posted a lovely video for Elliot Levine's "i thank you God" on You Tube

Click here to watch, and look for familiar faces.
"
i thank you God" is available on Western Wind Encores.  Click here to purchase.

11/2006   See The Western Wind in action!  Check out this clip from the Western Wind residency at Colgate University this past November.  
     
Ordering Chanukkah Music   
   

We are proud to announce that four of the Chanukkah pieces from our Chanukkah Story program have just been published by Transcontinental Music. They are Three Chanukkah Songs (arr. Levine/Zukof) 993306 and Lo V’Chayil by Elliot Z. Levine 9933041. 

Go to http://press.securesites.net/cgi-bin/hazel.cgi and enter the item # to order.

 
Concert Schedule

 

     
9/13/09  

Sunday, Sept 13, at 7:00 P.M.
Amsterdam, NY


And So It Goes…40 Years of Making Music

The program celebrates the groups four decades of music-making
and is
highlighted by some of its “greatest-hits” through the years. 
Renaissance, Early American, Judaica, Contemporary, Pop & Jazz arrangements.

United Presbyterian Church
25 Church Street
Amsterdam, NY

Tel. 518-842-2280   
Email:
rswenson@nycap.rr.com

     
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