 The Polina Shepherd Vocal Experience presents; CHUTZPAH -
The Brighton & Hove Yiddish Choir Polina leads us with such infectious enthusiasm. I realise it has made me do something I never thought I could.
Cecile Levine Article by Mel Poluck - A Yiddishe Choir by the seaside
Article by Maxine Toff - The New Yiddish Choir
MUSIC LOVERS OF ALL BACKGROUNDS AND SINGING LEVELS ARE INVITED. The Choir is a secular community, but we do talk about the historic context of our material, carefully translating Yiddish words and paying attention to details of the musical language. CONTACTS:
Musical Director P. Shepherd e-mail here tel. (01273) 553737
New Members Contact Person (01273) 541031
Administrator: chutzpahchoir@hotmail.co.uk SAMPLES FROM OUR LAST CONCERT:
Romaynishe nign - fragment
Oy da ne Vecher - fragment
A la Una - fragment
Kosher Tants - fragment
TEACHING & LEARNING mainly by ear. REPERTOIRE: The choir material features Jewish folk songs in Yiddish and Hebrew, Niggunim (the age old Jewish “songs without words”), also songs in Ladino, Russian and Ukrainian,combined with original compositions, challenging improvisation in Jewish modes, with special attention to folk elements in singing - mostly a capella.
SCHEDULE: Wednesdays, 7 - 8.45 pm weekly with summer and winter breaks, 2009 season starts 28 January
VENUE: Ralli Hall (near Hove station), 81 Denmark Villas, Hove, East Sussex BN3 3TH; left of the main entrance and down the slope. There is a small parking area.
FEEs: £6 per session or £4 per session for Ralli Hall members. (Membership £27 for 2009) NEW members pay for the first sessions as a "trial" but from then on general rules apply: choir members to pay for one month on the first session of each month; you don’t pay for sessions you can’t attend if you tell us in advance. Once paid, the deposit is non-refundable. TEXTS & SAMPLES
AY-YAY-YAY
Samples for practicing with:
high part
low part
Example of Ay-yay-yay plus improvisation in Jewish modes: - Ay-yay-yay by Ashkenazim SHLOF ZHE MAYN FEYGELE Yiddish folk lullaby.
Sleep, my little one, close your eyes, sleep, my child, sleep...
Shlof zhe, mayn feygele
Makh tsu di eygele
Shlof, mayn kind, shlof
Makh tsu dayn eygele
Mayn tayer feygele
Shlof, my kind, shlof
Samples for practicing with:
high part
middle part
low part
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