Polina Shepherd

Yiddish Song About Us. The Worker's Circle online course
2022-03-21 18:00 - 19:30 UTC | Online
7, 14, 21, 28 March and 4 April – online. TBA
Yiddish Song About Us. Learn, share, discuss!
The Worker’s Circle Spring Schools course
You are the first to hear!
This interactive course will explore Yiddish songs that have special resonance to each of us personally. You will be invited to offer songs for the leader to teach. We will look into their musical styles, history, context and language and discuss our connections with them. Let’s bring more songs closer to our hearts and let’s take loving ownership of the Yiddish song.
Book here.
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On the Poem's Other Side Online event - KlezKanada - TBA
2022-03-20 14:00 - 15:30 (America/Toronto)
KlezKanada will be hosting On the Poem’s Other Side – an event dedicated to Rokhl’s Korn poem Fun yener zayt lid, and to the beautiful ways in which this beloved poem has been set to music by different Yiddish culture makers.

Polina Shepherd will join us for this event, where her setting of this poem will be featured. TBA: a moderated conversation about the poem where a little bit about the creators’ artistic process in setting the words to music will be shared.

The event will be a live online event via Zoom (with advance registration) and will take place on Sunday, March 20th at 14h00.

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Faithful Voices workshops - London
2022-03-20 13:00 - 17:00 UTC
St-Martin-in-the-Fields – Polina will be teaching Nigunim workshops as part of Faithful Voices, new Interfaith Song Festival.
1pm – 5pm Workshops
(£10 registration) [final workshop content TBC]

Gospel Singing
Contemporary Song for Jewish Worship
Vedic Chanting
Kirtan

Registration for workshops is now open. Please book here
5pm – Open Evensong at St Martin-in-the-Fields, Trafalgar Square, London WC2N 4JH
Workshop participants and guests are warmly encouraged to stay for a special evensong at St-Martin-in-the-Fields
The Zemel Choir is proud to announce ‘Faithful Voices’, a new Interfaith Song Festival. There’ll be workshops on 20 March and concerts on 24 and 27 March, as well as open services and visits. For further details, please visit http://www.zemelchoir.org/faithfulvoices.
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Yiddish Song About Us. The Worker's Circle online course
2022-03-14 18:00 - 19:30, 2022-03-07 18:00 - 19:30 UTC | Online
7, 14, 21, 28 March and 4 April – online.
Yiddish Song About Us. Learn, share, discuss!
The Worker’s Circle Spring Schools course
You are the first to hear!
This interactive course will explore Yiddish songs that have special resonance to each of us personally. You will be invited to offer songs for the leader to teach. We will look into their musical styles, history, context and language and discuss our connections with them. Let’s bring more songs closer to our hearts and let’s take loving ownership of the Yiddish song.
Book here.
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Russian Choirs Sing for Peace - concert in Brighton
2022-03-12 14:00 - 16:00 UTC | BHASVIC, 205 Dyke Road, Hove, BN3 6EG, United Kingdom
RUSSIAN CHOIRS SING FOR PEACE
ENTRANCE FREE but registration is necessary: Register HERE

BHASVIC, 205 Dyke Road, Hove, BN3 6EG
Doors 2pm, concert 2.30om.
The choirs bring together music lovers from many backgrounds and promote culture, unity and building bridges through singing. Come and hear classical pieces, Orthodox liturgy music, Art Songs, folk songs and
a special addition – a Ukrainian folk song.

IN THIS EVENT OUR COMMUNITY CHOIRS WILL SING FOR PEACE.

Organised in collaboration with the Sussex Russian Centre Kalinka

There is parking on-site but places may be limited.
We recommend that this event is suitable for young spectators over 7 years old.

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Oli Spleen "Still Life" Album Launch. Brighton UK
2022-03-04 20:00 - 23:00 UTC | The Hope and Ruin, 11-12 Queens Road, Brighton & Hove, East Sussex, BN1 3WA, United Kingdom
Oli Spleen’s “Still Life” album launch! Featuring… SPLEEN (the band) Link to event here.
at The Hope and Ruin, 11-12 Queens Road, Brighton, East Sussex, BN1 3WA
Mishkin Fitzgerald
Nick Hudson
Merlin and Polina Shepherd
Tristram Arnold
Stuart Warwick

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Sing with Me 133 Yiddish song, online
2022-02-28 18:00 - 18:45 UTC | Online
Sing with Me
6 – 6.45 pm London / 7 – 7.45 pm Paris, Berlin… / 1 – 1.45 pm New York / 3 – 3.45 pm São Paulo
This block of sessions:
February 7, 14 for Yiddish songs, 21 for a Russian song, 28 February for a Yiddish song.

Sing with Me Yiddish Song Sessions Online open to everyone.

A new Yiddish song in every 45 minute session.
Learn about cultural context and style.
No knowledge of Yiddish is needed.
Song sheets are shown on the screen during sessions.
Session videos are posted on Youtube.
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 this page minimum two hours before the session.
Here are some basics for Yiddish transliteration

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Sing with Me online 132 Russian song
2022-02-21 18:00 - 18:45 UTC | Online

Sing with Me online 131 Yiddish song
2022-02-14 18:00 - 18:45 UTC | Online

Sing with Me 130 Yiddish song. Online
2022-02-07 18:00 - 18:45 UTC | Online

Winter in Yiddishland Online - The Workers Circle
2022-02-06 | Online
WINTER IN YIDDISHLAND ONLINE, held entirely on Zoom, will offer a variety of programming on February 6, 2022.

Our program includes Yiddish classes for all levels and ages, lectures by Yiddish scholars (in English and Yiddish), Klezmer, Yiddish song and Yidishe nigunim workshops, concerts featuring Klezmer stars, Yiddish singalongs, children’s program and the opportunity to meet with ardent Yiddishists from around the world. We hope you will join us and become a part of our international Yiddishland mishpokhe!
The program starts at 10 AM EDT and ends at 6:00 PM EDT.
Registration for Winter in Yiddishland Online is $25 per individual program.
Polina Shepherd will be leading a workshop at 12:00 – 1:15 pm EDT

A Snow-Covered Singing Journey with Polina Shepherd: In Vinter Farnakhtn
Join Polina Shepherd for a singing journey through Russian fields towards a Jewish home in a shtetl. In Vinter Farnakhtn by Dovid Hofshteyn is about a path surrounded by deep snows and memories. Let’s walk this path with two very different melodies and see how the colours change from melody to melody.

Join us for the concert: 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM EDT

The Workers Circle Annual Lorraine (Libby) Buch Yiddish Concert
Lorraine (Libby) Buch z”l was a longtime member of the Workers Circle, passed away in May 2019. Libby left the Workers Circle a generous legacy donation in her will that reflects her commitment to lifelong learning and celebrates her love of Yiddish, music, and Jewish culture. The legacy Libby left for the Workers Circle will be memorialized with an annual Yiddish Music concert named for her. The inaugural Lorraine Buch concert will be held at our first Winter in Yiddishland program and features performances from Polina Shepherd (UK), Svetlana Kundish (Germany), Tania Grinberg (Brazil), Yasmin Garfunkel (Argentina), Daniel Kahn (Germany), Deborah Strauss and Jeff Warschauer, Michael Winograd, Jake Shulman-Ment, Nicole Borger (Brazil), Teressa Tova (Canada), Mikhl Yashinsky, Cindy Paley, Zhenya Lopatnik, Psoi Korolenko, Lloika Czaskis (France), Motl Didner & Leyzer Burko, Timur Fishel (Estonia) , Annie Cohen, Sheva Zucker, Miri Koral, Daniel Galai (Israel), Gustavo Emos (Brazil), and more.

We are also thrilled to offer free community events; KinderKlub Yiddish: Winter Edition, The Workers Circle Annual Lorraine (Libby) Buch Yiddish Concert, and Yiddish Sing-Along with Cindy Paley. Advance registration for free events is required.
If you have any questions, please email Kolya Borodulin at nborodulin@circle.org or Baruch Blum at bblum@circle.org.
Read more here

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Sing with Me 129
2022-01-24 18:00 - 18:45 UTC | Online
Sing with Me is back!
We will meet on four Mondays in January, 3, 10, 17, 24, for Yiddish songs.
Sing with Me Yiddish Song Sessions Online open to everyone.

A new Yiddish song in every 45 minute session.
Learn about cultural context and style.
No knowledge of Yiddish is needed.
Song sheets are shown on the screen during sessions.
Session videos are posted on Youtube.
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 this page minimum two hours before the session.
Here are some basics for Yiddish transliteration

JOIN and read more HERE
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Sing with Me 128
2022-01-17 18:00 - 18:45 UTC | Online

Choral Studies session. Augsburg University, USA - online
2022-01-16 17:00 - 19:00 UTC
Choral Studies at Augsburg University
Global Harmony Class – today’s class taught by Emma Björling (Sweden) and Polina Shepherd
Students in this course join once a week with Augsburg’s other choirs and with community partners to form the Augsburg/Twin Cities Global Harmony Choir. In this project we learn community vocal-harmony traditions from a wide variety of cultures. Instruction is given directly by culture-bearers, Zooming to us from several continents. This year’s area studies will include music from: Appalachia, Black gospel communities, Madagascar, Black South Africa, Sweden, Yiddish-speaking Russia, Muslim Bosnia, and the Republic of Georgia. Members will perform in live community events and for the annual observation of Augsburg’s Advent Vespers program. No music-reading ability is required; all material will be offered orally. In some cases, scores in various notational systems will also be available.
Details here.
ALL INTERESTED MUST CONTACT DR. KRISTINA BOERGER: boerger@augsburg.edu
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The London Russian Choir resumes weekly sessions
2022-01-13 19:00 - 21:00 UTC
The London Russian Choir
weekly sessions, choir open to all.
Read about the choir and contact for joining here.
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The Brighton & Hove Russian Choir resumes weekly sessions
2022-01-11 18:00 - 20:00 UTC
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
2022-01-11 11:15 - 13:15 UTC
The Brighton & Hove Yiddish Choir resumes weekly sessions. More about the choir here
Please get in touch for joining.
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Sing with Me 127
2022-01-10 18:00 - 18:45 UTC | Online

Sing with Me 126
2022-01-03 18:00 - 18:30 UTC | Online

Yiddish New York Film Festival Talkback session
2021-12-27 18:00 - 19:30 UTC | Online
Talkback session – Monday, December 27 PM1 NYC time / 6pm UK time – with award-winning scholar/author of Russian Soviet history Elissa Bemporad and musician Polina Shepherd, moderated by Josh Waletzky.
To discuss Five Brides shown this week at the YNY Film Festival .
See more about the film here. To book to see the film, please please go to the YNY tickets link and scroll down to the Film only pass.
YNY Film Festival

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Yiddish New York Film Festival - Five Brides, online
2021-12-25 - 2021-12-30 | Online
The Sound & Light Cinematic Duo accompany a Black & White Silent film as part of Yiddish New York 2021.
FIVE BRIDES [ПЯТЬ НЕВЕСТ / Pyat’ Nevest] (1929, 60 minutes — silent film)
Directed by Aleksandr Solovyov, screenplay by Dovid Maryan.
Live musical score composed and played by Merlin Shepherd and Polina Shepherd.
To book, please go to the YNY tickets link and scroll down to the Film only pass, otherwise join other evens – the festival has lots to offer.
Note– attendees whose registration allows access to this class (with a Full-Festival Pass, any Sun-Wed Day Pass, PM1 Course Pass, or any PM1 Single Session Pass) will be able to watch ALL of this year’s films – a moviephile mekhaya!
This is a rare piece of Soviet agit-prop from 1929, made by Ukrainian film director and former Red Army soldier, Aleksandr Solovyov. Cinematography by Albert Kyun brings us almost-dizzying camera tilting, close-up, panning shots, camera rolling etc. The minimalist yet meaningful screenplay is by Dovid Maryan.
A peaceful Jewish village in Ukraine is under threat from the Petliurian Army. Symon Petliura’s soldiers fought against the Red Army and the Bolsheviks. They demanded Ukrainian independence. Part of their plan was to carry out pogroms against anyone who wasn’t Ukrainian enough. A commander kills an old woman in the village square and a small group try to retaliate but get nowhere. The evil commander then threatens a pogrom and to burn the entire village. Unless the villagers agree to give five virgin girls (five brides), for the pleasure of five Officers.The Jewish council decides they have no choice but to comply… Enter a detachment of partisans of the Red
Army!
Although the last reel is missing, the film narrative retains all its power and emotion. And we’re left with a superb cliff-hanger.
Talkback session – Monday, December 27 PM1 – with award-winning scholar/author of Russian Soviet history Elissa Bemporad and musician Polina Shepherd, moderated by Josh Waletzky.
YNY Film Festival

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The London Russian choir last weekly session before the break
2021-12-16 19:00 - 21:00 UTC
The London Russian Choir is open to all. Read about the choir and contact for joining here.
This is our last session in 2021 and we will restart in January.
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The Brighton & Hove Russian choir last weekly session before the break
2021-12-14 18:00 - 20:00 UTC
This is our last session in 2021 and we will restart in January.
The Brighton & Hove Russian Choir – read about the choir and contact for joining here.
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Brighton & Hove Yiddish Choir last weekly session before the break
2021-12-14 11:15 - 13:15 UTC
Weekly sessions on Tuesdays 11.15 – 13.15 in Hove.
The Brighton & Hove Yiddish Choir will stop for a break after this date and restart in January. More about the choir here
Please get in touch for joining.
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Brooklyn Conservatory of Music Klezmer Fellowship Presentation ONLINE
2021-12-12 17:00 - 18:00 UTC | Online
Brooklyn Conservatory of Music
KLEZMER NEW LEADERS FELLOWSHIP FINAL PRESENTATION
Sunday, December 12, 2021 – 10.00 am New York time– FREE

Join us for a virtual presentation and conversation with our Klezmer New Leaders fellows and mentors, hosted by BKCM

Klezmer New Leaders Fellows: Melissa Markoff, Beth Silver and Lorie Adi Wolf

Mentors: Zoe Guigueno, Cookie Segelstein and Polina Shepherd

This is the second year that BKCM has selected three women or gender-nonbinary fellows interested in expanding their knowledge of the klezmer repertoire, arranging, improvisation and composition. Led by klezmer accordionist Ira Temple, with assistance from cellist Francesca Ter-Berg, the fellows receive mentorship from established women and nonbinary musicians in the klezmer scene. The fellows learn about band-leading, finding performance opportunities, recording and producing their own music.

Link for the free event is here

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The Workers Circle Khanike Party online
2021-12-05 18:00 - 19:30 UTC
5 December. Online More info and booking here
The Workers Circle Khanike Party 1 pm New York / 6 pm London
Our group, Yiddish Songs for Love and Harmony, part of The Workers Circle Autumn schools, will take part in this online celebration of Khanuka.

Join The Workers Circle on Zoom for our Yiddish Khanike Party, with Khanike candles and warm greetings from our wonderful teachers and students from all over the world!

Sing Khanike lider with us together with: KinderKlub Yiddish, Polina Shepherd and her online group, Deborah Strauss and Jeff Warschauer, Psoy Korolenko, Judy Bressler, Cindy Paley, Paula Teitelbaum, Tânia Grinberg and surprise guests. Enjoy skits from Daniel Galay, Matthew ‘Motl’ Didner and Mikhl Yashinsky.

All participants will be entered in our Annual Khanike Raffle for a chance to win free registration to any of our Winter 2022 semester Yiddish classes! To secure your spot in the raffle, please register by Saturday, December 4 9PM EST.

This event is free, but we welcome an $18 suggested donation that will go to strengthening our world-renown Yiddish program.

#chanukah #Hanukkah #chanukkah

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Yiddish Songs for Love and Harmony, online
2021-11-22 18:00 - 19:30, 2021-11-15 18:00 - 19:30, 2021-11-08 18:00 - 19:30 UTC | Online
Yiddish Songs for Love and Harmony
Part of The Workers Circle Autumn schools

6 – 7.30pm UK time, 1 – 2.30pm New York
This short workshop course will explore the expression of Love in Yiddish song, from laments to joyous dance songs plus modern compositions, with focus on the phrasing, the modes, the ornamentation and influences from neighbouring cultures. More information and booking here.
25 October, 1, 8, 15, 22 November Online

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