Polina Shepherd

Sing with Me 122 Yiddish and Russian Song session online
2021-09-27 18:00 - 19:30 UTC
See more about Sing with Me on the project page

Sing with Me Russian & Yiddish Song Sessions Online open to everyone.
Sing with Me run from 20 March 2020 until 3 June 2021 regularly, from every day to twice a week, with online concerts with international musicians every fifth day, with up to 90 people turning up (one we even had a whole choir from Greece!) in the first months of the pandemic. By the end of the long2020 – 2021 stretch we became a lovely group of people from USA, Brazil, Iceland, Canada, France, Germany, the United Arab Emirates and other corners of the world. We sung folk songs (lyrical, drinking, dance, celebratory songs…), Art songs (The Russian Romance and Yiddish art songs) plus a bit of classics like Shostakovich and Rachmaninoff.
6-6.45 pm UK time (1-1.45 New York) for a Yiddish song and 6.45-7.30pm UK time (1.45-2.30pm New York) for a Russian song.
Please come exactly on time. You can them separately or come to both.

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Singing Stencl - Concert live stream
2021-09-24 19:00 - 20:30
24 September – in person and online via live streaming.
Yiddish song concert – 7pm GMT

Watch here on Youtube
or on Facebook here

Renowned singer, composer and choir leader Polina Shepherd will bring to life two beautiful poems by the late poet Abraham Nehum Stencl. This concert will be tribute to Stencl, and to the Yiddish musical and poetic traditions.

This project is a collaboration between SOAS Music Department and their library, which recently acquired some materials by poet Abraham Nehum Stencl (1897-1983), who lived in London in his later years and who was a Yiddish culture hero. This concert will be tribute to Stencl, and to the Yiddish musical and poetic traditions.
I was asked to compose two songs for his poems. This will be their premiere.

There will be some traditional klezmer music and my vocal cycle Di Khasene. The band is Merlin Shepherd on clarinet, Anna Lowenstein on fiddle, Simon Diamond on double bass and Polina Shepherd on voice and piano.

Booking (voluntary contribution) and links to watch are here.

Alternatively, follow the event page on Facebook to sign up and learn more!

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London Zingeray
2021-09-19 15:00 - 17:00 | Hargrave Hall Community Centre, Hargrave Road, London, N19 5SP, United Kingdom
19th September 3-5 pm – in person. Islington, London. BOOK HERE
London Zingeray. Yiddish Song: Dig deeper. Take it further.
Join Polina Shepherd, The London Yiddish Choir leader, for the first post-pandemic Yiddish song workshop and sing-along. Let’s dig into a whole variety of songs from known to newly discovered or composed, all with attention to context, history and style. Let’s come together and enjoy the beauty of singing together, making the walls shake and krekhtsn with us!
A couple of songs will be taught with 2-3 part harmonies. All welcome, teaching with sheet music and by ear.
Book here
Fee £10, concessions available, please get in touch.
Venue: Hargrave Hall , Hargrave Road, London N19 5SP
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The London Russian Choir resumes weekly sessions
2021-09-16 19:00 - 21:00
The London Russian Choir – The Brighton & Hove Russian Choir – read about the choir and contact for joining here.
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The Brighton & Hove Russian Choir resumes weekly sessions
2021-09-14 18:00 - 20:00
Brighton & Hove Russian Choir resumes weekly sessions

The Brighton & Hove Russian Choir – read about the choir and contact for joining here.

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The Brighton & Hove Yiddish Choir resumes weekly sessions
2021-09-14 11:30 - 13:30
The Brighton & Hove Yiddish Choir resumes weekly sessions. More about the choir here
Please get in touch for joining.
The Brighton & Hove Yiddish Choir

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Sing with Me 121
2021-09-13 18:00 - 19:30 | Online
See more about Sing with Me on the project page
Sing with Me Russian & Yiddish Song Sessions Online open to everyone.
Sing with Me run from 20 March 2020 until 3 June 2021 regularly, from every day to twice a week, with online concerts with international musicians every fifth day, with up to 90 people turning up (one we even had a whole choir from Greece!) in the first months of the pandemic. By the end of the long2020 – 2021 stretch we became a lovely group of people from USA, Brazil, Iceland, Canada, France, Germany, the United Arab Emirates and other corners of the world. We sung folk songs (lyrical, drinking, dance, celebratory songs…), Art songs (The Russian Romance and Yiddish art songs) plus a bit of classics like Shostakovich and Rachmaninoff.
Our first session this autumn – Sing with Me 121 – will be on Monday 13 September. 6-6.45 pm UK time (1-1.45 New York) for a Yiddish song and 6.45-7.30pm UK time (1.45-2.30pm New York) for a Russian song.
Please come exactly on time. You can them separately or come to both.
I will add more information about our first session in the beginning of September, please watch this space. Let’s see how this goes. I would be happier with sessions on a Wednesday but we cannot do it in September because of the Jewish High Holidays. Come, it would be great to see you all again and have a reunion, bring friends. Sing with us, it’s good for you!
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My Goat is on the Roof - interactive workshop and concert ONLINE
2021-08-25 18:00 - 19:15
Wed, 25 August 2021 19:00 – 20:15 CEST (6-7.15 pm UK time) ONLINE

Join singer and performer Polina Shepherd on a heart-opening journey from the madness of the world back to your own power on solid ground

My Goat Is On the Roof ~ An interactive event – workshop and concert – with Polina Shepherd
This unique song programme presents two East European cultures: Russian and Yiddish. My Goat is On The Roof is about beauty in the heart surrounded by madness of the world, about finding one’s own solid ground to stand on, strength in the voice to carry on singing and the power to move forward. It presents a mixture of original, classical and folk songs, some of which will be taught to the audience. You can sing along, no language is needed. This new, multi-lingual, multi-cultural, and multi-faceted weave of songs will take you on a deep emotional journey.
Polina leads Magical Songs of the East at Cortijo Romero, 16 – 23 October
BOOK HERE

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Yiddish Choral Sing-In! Weimar, Germany
2021-08-20 18:30 - 19:30
Yiddish Choral Sing-In!
First ever public community singing event @ YSW, followed by Jam SessionAugust 20 Fr 07:30 PM Berlin time @Beethovenplatz WeimarFree admission. Donations gratefully accepted.If you love choral singing, this evening is for you! The first ever Yiddish Summer Weimar Choral Sing-In! Since the Corona pandemic began, choir director Polina Shepherd has brought together hundreds of people throughout the world in joyful, online singing sessions. Tonight, it happens live! Polina will lead us through a set of beautiful Yiddish choral songs. We will supply the music and the words (in Latin alphabet), so no previous knowledge of Yiddish song or Yiddish language is required. Whether you’re a soprano, alto, tenor or bass, or none of the above, join us for this community singing event. And after the Sing-In, stay around and experience the last official Jam Session of Yiddish Summer Weimar 2021.
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Yiddish Summer Weimar Choir workshop
2021-08-18 - 2021-08-21
18 – 21 August – in person, outdoors
Yiddish Summer Weimar Choir workshop

Yiddish Choir Workshop
Aug 18 – 21
10 a.m. – 1 p.m. & 3 – 6 p.m.
with Polina Shepherd
You know how beautiful a choir sounds, but what is the sound of a Yiddish choir? The masterful choir director, singer, pianist and composer Polina Shepherd is ready to show you what Yiddish sound, phrasing and expression means in a choir setting. In this workshop you will sing a touching and exhilarating mixture of folk and original songs, including some rare gems collected over 100 years ago in towns and villages in Ukraine and Belarus during the famous An-ski expeditions. Thanks to the work of the Kiselgof-Makonvetsky Digital Manuscript Project, we’ll be able to sing these songs again for the first time in decades during Yiddish Summer Weimar. Starting with powerful nigunim that warm up the voice, open the heart and energize the body, the Yiddish Choir weaves together all of our voices into an instrument of great beauty and power. No knowledge of Yiddish is necessary, just a love of singing together and a passion to learn!
Workshop fee: 120 € Standard / 90 € Reduced / 150 € Sponsor / 60€ under 18 / 40 € Affected by the Corona pandemic

The YSW Yiddish choir workshop offers a unique opportunity to experience a fascinating repertoire in an inspiring atmosphere. For several years now, the course has been focusing on specific aspects of Yiddish singing, including language, musical style, history and cultural context.

All workshops in 2021 will take place outdoors.
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Village Harmony workshop
2021-08-15 19:00 - 20:00
Excited to be part of!

Come on and join Village Harmony for a joyous summer-long celebration of global song!

Summer ’21 Virtual Weekend Workshops

Village Harmony is the umbrella organisation for a diverse range of choral, world music and harmony singing activities under the direction of Larry Gordon and Patty Cuyler.

Polina will be teaching a workshop in Yiddish song as part of Village Harmony Virtual Summer – Weekend Workshop Series 2021. Each of the 22 workshops in the series will be unique; all will be led by experts in their music genres. Traditions represented include: Appalachian, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Corsican, Cuban, Georgian, Gospel, Iranian, Malagasy, Nigerian, Quebecois, South African, Swedish, Ukrainian, Yiddish and singer-songwriter taught new songs in English.
More here.

From Saturday June 12th through Sunday August 30th, two unique teaching sessions will take place every weekend (except July 3-4). Unless otherwise noted, the workshops will take place on Saturdays from 8-9pm EDT and on Sundays from 1-2pm EDT.

Each live, interactive zoom session will be backed up on our online learning platform with word sheets, individual voice parts, performance recordings and videos and a recording of the zoom session itself.

Sign up for the complete series of 22 @ 60-minute sessions on a self-chosen sliding scale. Full tuition is $300, with a tier of available self-chosen reduced fee levels as low as $75.

For details, please visit VC’s website: www.villageharmony.org
Note: Saturdays are 8-9PM EDT and Sundays are 1-2PM EDT (with the exception of July 18, which will take place from 11-12noon EDT)

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Wandering Stars Song Project in Erfurt, Germany
2021-08-13 18:00 - 19:30
Aug 13, ’21 07:00 PM @Zughafen, Erfurt – BOOK HERE
YSW Wandering Stars Song Project
A celebration of traditional and New Yiddish Song
Admission: €20.00 / €10.00
“Inspired by songs collected 100 years ago in Ukraine and Belarus that until recently slumbered in an archive of the Vernadsky National Library of Ukraine, the Song Project is a celebration of the beauty and variety of Yiddish song and singing styles. Folk songs, liturgical songs, songs of celebration and wordless melodies of devotion and ecstasy share the stage in this international, co-creation project. Featuring some of today’s most charismatic and influential creators and performers of traditional and New Yiddish Song.
Line-up:
Patrick Farrell (USA/D) – piano, accordion
Craig Judelman (USA/D) – violin
Sveta Kundish (D) – voice
Sasha Lurje (D) – voice
Polina Shepherd (GB) – voice, piano
Lorin Sklamberg (USA) – voice, accordion, piano”
Location: Zughafen, Zum Güterbahnhof 20, 99085 Erfurt
Contact: info@yiddishsummer.eu, +49(0)15776463340

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Wandering Stars Song Project in Eisenach, Germany
2021-08-12 18:30 - 20:00
Thu, Aug 12, ’21 07:30 PM @Wandelhalle, Eisenach – BOOK HERE
YSW Wandering Stars Song Project
A celebration of traditional and New Yiddish Song
Admission: €20.00 / €10.00
Inspired by songs collected 100 years ago in Ukraine and Belarus that until recently slumbered in an archive of the Vernadsky National Library of Ukraine, the Song Project is a celebration of the beauty and variety of Yiddish song and singing styles. Folk songs, liturgical songs, songs of celebration and wordless melodies of devotion and ecstasy share the stage in this international, co-creation project. Featuring some of today’s most charismatic and influential creators and performers of traditional and New Yiddish Song.
Line-up:
Patrick Farrell (USA/D) – piano, accordion
Craig Judelman (USA/D) – violin
Sveta Kundish (D) – voice
Sasha Lurje (D) – voice
Polina Shepherd (GB) – voice, piano
Lorin Sklamberg (USA) – voice, accordion, piano
Location: Wandelhalle, Wartburgallee 53, 99817 Eisenach
Contact: info@yiddishsummer.eu, +49(0)15776463340

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The Klezmatics & Caravan Orchestra & Choir in Leipzig
2021-08-08 17:00 - 19:30
Caravan Orchestra & Choir
05:00 PM @Marktplatz Leipzig
This project brings together young German, Israeli and Palestinian instrumentalists and vocalists in making Traditional Yiddish and Middle Eastern music. The powerful sound of the 40-piece ensemble takes the audience on a journey through an eclectic mix of languages and musical styles.
Jiryis Murkus Ballan (IL/USA) – artistic co-director orchestra
Polina Shepherd (UK/RU) – artistic co-director choir
Amal Murkus (IL) – artistic co-director choir
Ilya Shneyveys (LTV/USA) – artistic co-director orchestra
Members of Caravan Orchestra and Caravan Choir
5 Aug Caravan Orchestra & Choir concert in Eisenach AND the Song Project concert in Gotha
6 Aug Caravan Orchestra & Choir concert in Weimar Sommertheater
7 Aug Caravan Orchestra & Choir concert in BUGA, Petersberg, Erfurt
8 Aug The Klezmatics and Caravan Orchestra & Choir at Marktplatz, Leipzig
Please go here for all the links and booking info
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Caravan Orchestra & Choir in Erfurt, Germany
2021-08-07 19:00 - 21:00
Caravan Orchestra & Choir
07:00 PM @Sparkassenbühne der BUGA, Petersberg Erfurt
This project brings together young German, Israeli and Palestinian instrumentalists and vocalists in making Traditional Yiddish and Middle Eastern music. The powerful sound of the 40-piece ensemble takes the audience on a journey through an eclectic mix of languages and musical styles.
Jiryis Murkus Ballan (IL/USA) – artistic co-director orchestra
Polina Shepherd (UK/RU) – artistic co-director choir
Amal Murkus (IL) – artistic co-director choir
Ilya Shneyveys (LTV/USA) – artistic co-director orchestra
Members of Caravan Orchestra and Caravan Choir
5 Aug Caravan Orchestra & Choir concert in Eisenach AND the Song Project concert in Gotha
6 Aug Caravan Orchestra & Choir concert in Weimar Sommertheater
7 Aug Caravan Orchestra & Choir concert in BUGA, Petersberg, Erfurt
8 Aug The Klezmatics and Caravan Orchestra & Choir at Marktplatz, Leipzig
Please go here for all the links and booking info
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Caravan Orchestra & Choir in Weimar, Germany
2021-08-06 19:30 - 21:30
Caravan Orchestra & Choir
07:30 PM @Sommertheater am e-werk weimar (Weimar) | Admission: €20.00 / €10.00
This project brings together young German, Israeli and Palestinian instrumentalists and vocalists in making Traditional Yiddish and Middle Eastern music. The powerful sound of the 40-piece ensemble takes the audience on a journey through an eclectic mix of languages and musical styles.
Jiryis Murkus Ballan (IL/USA) – artistic co-director orchestra
Polina Shepherd (UK/RU) – artistic co-director choir
Amal Murkus (IL) – artistic co-director choir
Ilya Shneyveys (LTV/USA) – artistic co-director orchestra
Members of Caravan Orchestra and Caravan Choir
5 Aug Caravan Orchestra & Choir concert in Eisenach AND the Song Project concert in Gotha
6 Aug Caravan Orchestra & Choir concert in Weimar Sommertheater
7 Aug Caravan Orchestra & Choir concert in BUGA, Petersberg, Erfurt
8 Aug The Klezmatics and Caravan Orchestra & Choir at Marktplatz, Leipzig
Please go here for all the links and booking info
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Caravan Orchestra & Choir in Eisenach, Germany
2021-08-05 19:30 - 21:30
Caravan Orchestra & Choir
@Schlosshof des Eisenacher Stadtschlosses, 7.30pm
This project brings together young German, Israeli and Palestinian instrumentalists and vocalists in making Traditional Yiddish and Middle Eastern music. The powerful sound of the 40-piece ensemble takes the audience on a journey through an eclectic mix of languages and musical styles.
Jiryis Murkus Ballan (IL/USA) – artistic co-director orchestra
Polina Shepherd (UK/RU) – artistic co-director choir
Amal Murkus (IL) – artistic co-director choir
Ilya Shneyveys (LTV/USA) – artistic co-director orchestra
Members of Caravan Orchestra and Caravan Choir
5 Aug Caravan Orchestra & Choir concert in Eisenach AND the Song Project concert in Gotha
6 Aug Caravan Orchestra & Choir concert in Weimar Sommertheater
7 Aug Caravan Orchestra & Choir concert in BUGA, Petersberg, Erfurt
8 Aug The Klezmatics and Caravan Orchestra & Choir at Marktplatz, Leipzig
Please go here for all the links and booking info
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Wandering Stars Song Project - concert, Weimar, Germany
2021-08-03 18:30 - 20:00
Tue, Aug 3, ’21 07:30 PM @Herderplatz, Weimar – BOOK HERE
YSW Wandering Stars Song Project
A celebration of traditional and New Yiddish Song
Admission: €20.00 / €10.00
Inspired by songs collected 100 years ago in Ukraine and Belarus that until recently slumbered in an archive of the Vernadsky National Library of Ukraine, the Song Project is a celebration of the beauty and variety of Yiddish song and singing styles. Folk songs, liturgical songs, songs of celebration and wordless melodies of devotion and ecstasy share the stage in this international, co-creation project. Featuring some of today’s most charismatic and influential creators and performers of traditional and New Yiddish Song.
Line-up:
Patrick Farrell (USA/D) – piano, accordion
Craig Judelman (USA/D) – violin
Sveta Kundish (D) – voice
Sasha Lurje (D) – voice
Polina Shepherd (GB) – voice, piano
Lorin Sklamberg (USA) – voice, accordion, piano
Location: Herderplatz, Herderplatz, 99423 Weimar
Contact: info@yiddishsummer.eu, +49(0)15776463340

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An evening for sharing songs in Weimar, Germany
2021-07-30 18:30 - 21:00
A shtim fun harts
An evening for sharing, under the tents of Beethovenplatz
July 30, Fri 7.30 p.m. @Beethovenplatz Weimar
Free admission. Donations gratefully accepted.
A shtim fun harts is a beloved YSW tradition. Inspired by the spirit of shabes (Sabbath) – the day of rest that is the very center of traditional Jewish life – we invite all friends of YSW to join us for an evening of shared songs, melodies, stories, memories – anything we feel like sharing with each other at the moment! This year, we transform our workshop tents on Beethovenplatz into “homes”on Friday evenings and invite you to visit us in our temporary village. Each “home” will be different, and you are welcome to come and go as you like. Not a performance, but a shared evening that will be what we make it! Stop by for a visit and help us create A shtim fun harts!
Polina Shepherd and Patrick Farrell will be in house accompanists, ready to support you in song.
Event link
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Yiddish Song Workshop Weimar
2021-07-26 - 2021-08-01
Part of Yiddish Summer Weimar
Introduction to Yiddish Song July 26-30
with Polina Shepherd & Lorin Sklamberg, in collaboration with the Intermediate/Advanced song workshop teachers.
Yiddish Song, Intermediate – Advanced July 26 – Aug 1
with Sasha Lurje, Craig Judelman, Sveta Kundish & Patrick Farrell, in collaboration with the Introduction to Yiddish Song workshop teachers.
All workshops in 2021 will take place outdoors. Here are the dates and topics of the workshops with names of the teachers who have already confirmed. All information is subject to Covid travel regulations prior to and during YSW 2021.
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Erfurt Yiddish Summer Weimar concert
2021-07-25 16:00 - 19:00
Official start of YSW at the BUGA (Federal Garden Show) in Erfurt
July 25, Sun 3 p.m. @Parkbühne, Egapark Erfurt
Opening of Yiddish Summer Weimar 2021 at BUGA Erfurt Yiddish Summer Weimar (YSW) has been a guarantor of great Yiddish music and culture in an intercultural context for over 20 years. As a global learning community, YSW attaches great importance to the social dimension of its project. In 2021, the YSW will move its opening to Erfurt and offer an afternoon with international artists, music, stories, projects, surprise guests and interaction with the audience. The show will include The Wandering Stars Song Project
Patrick Farrell (USA/D) – piano, accordion
Craig Judelman (USA/D) – violin
Sveta Kundish (D) – voice
Sasha Lurje (D) – voice
Polina Shepherd (GB) – voice, piano
Lorin Sklamberg (USA) – voice, accordion, piano
Under the artistic direction of Dr. Alan Bern, the YSW today stands on four pillars: education, research, presentation and recreation in the field of Yiddish and related cultures. International projects such as the Caravan Orchestra & Choir (with Haifa), the Kadya Youth Choir (with Tel Aviv-Jaffa), the Yiddish operas “Di Megile fun Vaymar”, and “Bas-Sheve” (Paris and Lodz) as well as numerous new productions complement the work of the YSW and carry the reputation of Weimar and Thuringia as a hotspot of Yiddish culture into the world.
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Yiddish Song; Dig deeper. Take it further. A course for The Workers Circle 5
2021-07-08 18:00 - 19:30
Yiddish Song; Dig deeper. Take it further.
The Workers Circle (New York) ONLINE Register here

24, 29 June, 1, 6, 8 July. 6 – 7.30pm UK time, 1 – 2.30pm New York

This practical course focuses on the very core of the Yiddish Song: phrasing, modes, language twists, ornamentation, harmonies, singing styles and where it all comes from. We will look at the golden thread between the oldest simple folk songs to newly composed sophisticated originals.
What makes a song sound traditional or modern, how do we relate to old songs and how has our perception changed in recent times? The context of these songs has drastically changed and so have we. So what’s next? Let’s sing, let’s hear, let’s keep moving forwards.
We will learn Yiddish songs and make them our own, some with 2-3 part harmonies.
All singers are welcome, although you will need to be able to follow written music and / or be prepared to learn by ear.
Led by Polina Shepherd
Register here
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Yiddish Song; Dig deeper. Take it further. A course for The Workers Circle 4
2021-07-06 18:00 - 19:30

Yiddish Song; Dig deeper. Take it further. The Workers Circle (New York) ONLINE 3
2021-07-01 18:00 - 19:30
Yiddish Song; Dig deeper. Take it further. Register here
The Workers Circle (New York) ONLINE

24, 29 June, 1, 6, 8 July. 6 – 7.30pm UK time, 1 – 2.30pm New York

This practical course focuses on the very core of the Yiddish Song: phrasing, modes, language twists, ornamentation, harmonies, singing styles and where it all comes from. We will look at the golden thread between the oldest simple folk songs to newly composed sophisticated originals.
What makes a song sound traditional or modern, how do we relate to old songs and how has our perception changed in recent times? The context of these songs has drastically changed and so have we. So what’s next? Let’s sing, let’s hear, let’s keep moving forwards.
We will learn Yiddish songs and make them our own, some with 2-3 part harmonies.
All singers are welcome, although you will need to be able to follow written music and / or be prepared to learn by ear.
Led by Polina Shepherd
Register here
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Yiddish Song; Dig deeper. Take it further. A course for The Workers Circle 2
2021-06-29 18:00 - 19:30

In Russian Беседа онлайн.
2021-06-25 17:00 - 19:00
ОНЛАЙН через ZOOM

Полина Шеперд – певица, композитор, руководитель хоров, педагог.
Наша гостья закончила Казанскую Государственную консерваторию по классу теории и истории музыки. Начинала концертную деятельность в 1990-е как певица, аранжировщик и пианистка в первом в пост-советской России клезмерском ансамбле “Симха” (Казань, Россия).
Специализируясь в адаптации поэзии на Идиш к новым музыкальным композициям она активно работала в России и во всем бывшем Советском Союзе, а также в США с её еврейским вокальным квартетом “Ашкеназим”. Программный директор Международного Еврейского Фестиваля в Москве в 2005-2006гг. В 2003 году переехала в Великобританию, где продолжила деятельность как музыкант в сфере World music.
Объединенные единым брендом The Polina Shepherd Vocal Experience вокальные проекты Полины включают в себя многосоставные хоры, вокальный квартет, дуэты, соло. Полина руководит четырьмя хоровыми коллективами в Великобритании: двумя идишскими и двумя русскими.
Полина постоянно гастролирует по миру как певица, в её концертных списках – города бывшего СССР, Европы, США, Канада, Бразилия. Очень часто она выступает в дуэте со своим мужем, инструменталистом Мерлином Шепердом, исполняя традиционную восточно-европейскую еврейскую музыку, перемежая ее с современными влияниями и балканскими ритмами.
Регулярно преподаёт в SOAS London University и University College London.
Подключиться к конференции Zoom
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87429507992
Идентификатор конференции: 874 2950 7992
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Yiddish Song; Dig deeper. Take it further. A course for The Workers Circle 1
2021-06-24 18:00 - 19:30

Merlin & Polina Shepherd Duo concert online
2021-06-06 19:30 - 21:00
Polina and Merlin Shepherd concert for Beit Klal Yisrael, London – ONLINE
Duo website

BKY will be holding a special fund-raising concert from 7:30pm on Sunday 6th June.
Back by popular demand, Klezmer duo Polina & Merlin will bring the music of Eastern European Jews to a special place. They defer to traditions and build on those wonderful elements. Composing original material based deeply on an age-old aesthetic, language and culture, they educate, entertain and enlighten!
Zoom links will be sent to all ticket holders. We will invite guests in from 7:15pm
Tickets can be purchased here

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Sing with Me online session
2021-06-03 18:30 - 19:15
Sing with Me Russian & Yiddish Song Sessions Online are open to everyone. Join here. Project page.
Twice a week 10.30 am PDT / 1.30 pm EST / 6.30 pm UTC / 7.30 pm CET
We have a lovely group of people joining from USA, Brazil, Iceland, Canada, France, Germany, the United Arab Emirates and other corners of the world. Join us, it’s good for you!

Mondays – Yiddish, Thursdays – Russian songs in 40 – 45 minute sessions.
A new song in every session.
Learn about cultural context and style.
No knowledge of languages is needed.
Song sheets are shown on the screen during sessions.
Session videos are posted on Youtube.
Come to as many sessions as you like.
Payments are appreciated but you can also join free of charge.
A Zoom link for each session, printable song sheet with music, lyrics, translation and transliteration appear on the project page minimum two hours before the session.

Monday 3 May – SWM 111 – Yiddish song
Thursday 6 May – SWM 112 – Russian song
Monday 10 May – SWM 113 – Yiddish song
Thursday 13 May – SWM 114 – Russian song
Monday 17 May – SWM 115 – Yiddish song
Thursday 20 May – SWM 116 – Russian song
Monday 24 May – SWM 117 – Yiddish song
Thursday 27 May – SWM 118 – Russian song
Monday 31 May – SWM 119 – Yiddish song
Thursday 6 May – SWM 120 – Russian song
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The Sound & Light Cinematic Duo. Silent film w/ live music online
2021-06-02 19:30 - 21:00 | Online
JMI Online: The Sound & Light Cinematic Duo – Five Brides

Wednesday 2nd June 2021 | 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm UK time
Performing as Jewish musicians would have done in the early days of cinema, Merlin and Polina Shepherd will play Jewish music to accompany this silent film. Their playing acts as the perfect foil for these amazing historic documents. With their deep training, musical experience and by using tradition musical pieces and stylistically accurate new compositions, these films are magically brought back to life almost a century after their first screenings.

More information here: https://www.jmi.org.uk/event/5brides/

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