Polina Shepherd

The Art of Monetising the Arts. A live stream event from Hastings, UK.
2021-03-11 08:00 - 17:00 UTC
A live stream event from the Stables Theatre, Hastings, UK.
The Art of Monetising the Arts.
Are we asking the right questions?
A live stream event from the Stables Theatre, Hastings, UK. Platform event as part of the AltPitch Arts and Technology Festival. The event is exploring how the artists in the South East of England adapted to the lockdown and the pandemics using digital technology and how they managed (or not) to still monetise their practices. I am one of the participants who’d be sharing their knowledge and experience about this subject. Subscribe to We Stream Live YouTube channel to receive a reminder. See the full list of contributors here, full info here.
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Yiddish harmonies in style for The Workers Circle (New York) ONLINE 2
2021-03-10 18:00 - 19:30
3 March – 12 May – online choir
Yiddish harmonies in style – The Workers Circle (New York) Choir

Wednesdays 1:00 – 2:30 pm NYC / 6 – 7.30pm GMT.
Mar. 3, 10, 17, 24 Apr. 7, 14, 21, 28 May 5, 12
New and traditional songs in 2-4 part vocal harmonies will bring us as close to being a choir as singing online can be. Make it sound rich and modern yet with a proper nod to tradition, embellish it with krekhtsn and sing, sing, sing, because it’s good for the spirit. All singers are welcome. Learning with sheet music and by ear. Song sheets with music, transliterations and translations will be provided. Watch a video of our autumn choir course.
More information coming soon.
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Concert: Russian Songs about love in Yiddish - S’iz do azoy fil meydlekh sheyne
2021-03-08 16:00 - 17:30
INTERNATIONAL CONCERT 8 MARCH

Event Information

In partnership and with support by the International Festival of Arts “Sholom-Aleichem GALA”.
Russian Songs about LOVE in Yiddish – «S’iz do azoy fil meydlekh sheyne»
Celebrate the International Woman’s Day with four amazing Yiddish singers of the world!
Svetlana Kundish with Patrick Farrell (Germany), Efim Chorny (Moldova), Lorin Sklamberg (USA) and Polina Shepherd (Russia / UK).
The International Women’s Day is celebrated on the 8th of March every year around the world and it marks an important point in the global movement for equality. Over a hundred years since it was established (1910), we celebrate it with songs about love!
Have a glass of wine ready and have a drink (or two) with us for love and music across the world.
Starting time: 19.00 Moscow, 18.00 Kishinev, 17.00 Berlin, 16.00 London, 11 am New York…
A ZOOM link will be sent to you after you’ve paid. Please don’t share with anyone.
Book here: https://www.wegottickets.com/event/511292

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The Sound & Light Cinematic Duo at KlezNorth
2021-03-05 19:00 - 20:00
The Sound & Light Cinematic Duo play for a Black and White Silent Jewish Film from 1926 as part of KlezNorth.
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The Sound & Light Сinematic Duo – New and traditional live music accompanying B&W silent films from Ukraine and Russia, 1910-1927.
Against Fathers’ Will (Mabul) 1926 (43’30) dir Evgeny Ivanov-Barkov
Based on Shalom Aleichem’s story, Flow of Blood, this film depicts the participation of Jews in the 1905 Revolution. The first version (Mabul) was banned by the Soviet government because it depicted only rich Jews as revolutionaries. Also the government disliked the depiction of the pogrom, which showed an inhuman side to soviet citizens. This version was also banned for the same reasons, and didn’t get screened during Soviet times. Although of a serious nature, the film contains many comedy elements including a wonderful revolutionary argument on seder night between Kaufmann and his daughter Esfir.
Performing as Jewish musicians would have done in the early days of cinema, Merlin and Polina Shepherd play Jewish music to accompany the Yuri Morozov Silent Jewish Film Collection.
By transportation backwards in time with this historically accurate visual and aural experience, these two world-class musicians bring their audiences forward to a deeper understanding of former and present day Yiddishkeit.
KlezNorth: A weekend of klezmer music, song and dance – normally taking place in the beautiful surroundings of the Peak District near Buxton, but in 2021 ONLINE. First weekend in March 2021. More here.
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Yiddish harmonies in style for The Workers Circle (New York) ONLINE
2021-03-03 18:00 - 19:30
3 March – 12 May – online choir
Yiddish harmonies in style – The Workers Circle (New York) Choir
Wednesdays 1:00 – 2:30 pm NYC / 6 – 7.30pm GMT.
Mar. 3, 10, 17, 24 Apr. 7, 14, 21, 28 May 5, 12
Singing new and traditional Yiddish songs in 2-4-part vocal harmonies, to be as close to being a choir as singing online can be. Learning songs with sheet music and by ear.
Song sheets with music, transliterations and translations will be provided.
We will be meeting on Zoom and participants will be invited to send their audio recordings to the leader so that we hear ourselves singing together on an edited audio file 2-3 of times in the course.
You will also have an opportunity to sing to the group – one person at a time, if you feel inspired!
Teaching methods are based on traditional SATB chorale plus experimentation with East European sound, phrasing, ornamentation, and modalities; with attention to stylistic detail, history, and context.
Knowledge of Yiddish or pitch perfect singing are not necessary but love of music and and open mind would help. Come, sing, it’s good for you!
Young people from the former Soviet Union can register for free, college students elsewhere can register with 50% discount.
Watch a video of our autumn choir course.
Booking here: https://www.circle.org/yiddishregistration

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Yiddish Song workshop with Efim Chorny, Moldova. Guest: P. Shepherd
2021-02-28 16:00 - 17:30
Sunday, February 28, 2021, On ZOOM Platform,
19.00 (Moscow); 18.00 (Chisinau, Kyiv); 17.00 (Vienna, Berlin); 16.00 (London);11.00 (New York)
«Yiddish Song Workshop»
Polina Shepherd will be a special guest of this event.
Please, send us an email to register.
Classes will be conducted in English and Russian. Presentation by Efim Chorny, accompaniment by Suzanna Ghergus (Chisinau, Moldova), award winners of the Solomon Mikhoels International Festival, recipients of the Bubbe Award (Sao Paulo, Brazil) in the Best Yiddish Song nomination, recipients of the Adrienne Cooper Dreaming in Yiddish Award.
Minimum contribution for one session – 5 euros.
Registration by e-mail: yiddishsongworkshopmoldova @ gmail.com
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28 Февраля, Воскресенье)2021 года – 19.00 Москва , 18.00 Кишинёв, 17.00 Вена, Берлин, 16.00 Лондон, 11.00 Нью-Йорк)на платформе ZOOM
Занятия проводятся на английском и русском языках.
Автор и ведущий Проекта Ефим Чёрный, концертмейстер – Сюзанна Гергус (Кишинёв, Молдова) — лауреаты Международного Фестиваля имени Соломона Михоэлса, лауреаты первой премии Международного конкурса «Bubbe Awards» (Сан-Паулу, Бразилия) в номинации «лучшая еврейская песня», обладатели премии имени Адрианы Купер “Dreaming in Yiddish”.
Специальный гость программы – Полина Шеперд
Минимальный взнос за одно занятие – 5 евро.
Регистрация по электронной почте: <yiddishsongworkshopmoldova @gmail.com>. Отправьте нам электронное письмо: «Я хочу принять участие в семинаре по песням на идиш на предложенных условиях», и мы вышлем вам дополнительную информацию.
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Sing with Me Russian & Yiddish Song Sessions Online - 100
2021-02-18 18:30 - 19:15
18 January – 18 February
Sing with Me Russian & Yiddish Song Sessions Online.

Learn a song in a 40 minute session, be part of a wonderful and easy-going international group of singers. Learn about context and history of the songs.
WATCH and read about previous sessions here.
Project web page is here
To sign please write to me up via my website.

Sing with Me Russian & Yiddish Song Sessions Online are open to everyone.

Twice a week 10.30 am California / 1.30 pm New York/ 6.30 pm UK time / 7.30 pm most of Europe

Mondays for Yiddish, Thursdays for Russian songs.
A different song taught in every session, each meeting being 40 – 45 minutes.
No knowledge of languages is needed.
A printable song sheet is uploaded to this page at least two hours before we start and shown on the screen during the sessions.
Videos are posted online afterwards.
Come to as many sessions as you like.
Payments are really appreciated but you can join us free of charge too.
Some songs will be introduced with optional harmony lines.
A Zoom link for each session, as well as a printable song sheet with music, lyrics, translation and transliteration appears here minimum two hours before the session, as well as information about the song, sometimes with audio or video links. Occasionally we will repeat our most loved songs so please keep your eye on our repertoire and mark your favourites.

Winter block dates:
Mo 18 January – SWM 91 – Yiddish song
Th 21 January – SWM 92 – Russian song
Mo 25 January – SWM 93 – Yiddish song
Th 28 January – SWM 94 – Russian song
Mo 1 February – SWM 95 – Yiddish song
Th 4 February – SWM 96 – Russian song
Mo 8 February – SWM 97 – Yiddish song
Th 11 February – SWM 98 – Russian song
Mo 15 February – SWM 99 – Yiddish songs
Th 18 February – SWM 100 – Russian songs

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Sing with Me Russian & Yiddish Song Sessions Online - 99
2021-02-15 18:30 - 19:15

Me Inside Art - for Russian speakers only - для русскоязычных
2021-02-14 14:00 - 15:30
При поддержке Paideia – The European Institute for Jewish Studies in Sweden
и Международный Центр Тренинга и Профессионального Развития ICTPD
проект «Me Inside” получил свою новую жизнь и продолжение.

Приглашаем вас принять участие в новом творческом проекте «Me Inside Art”.

Проект «Me Inside Art» – это продолжение прошлогоднего мотивационного проекта «Me Inside», который помог многим женщинам по-новому посмотреть на себя.
Каждая из вас пройдет тренинг по психологии о том, как развить творческий потенциал, окунется в мир еврейской традиции и Каббалы, а также попробует себя в одном из видов творчества.

А в конце проекта фотограф Шенди Копитман сделает вам онлайн портрет.

Теперь об условиях: участие, как и в прошлом году, бесплатное. От вас требуется только желание, дисциплина и присутствие. Ну, и успеть записаться! Количество мест, ограничено.

Занятия будут проходить на русском языке в зуме.

Даты:

7 февраля – Тренинг по психологии и занятие по еврейской традиции.

14 февраля – четыре творческих потока: Фотография, Танец, Живопись, Вокал с Полиной Шеперд. (На Ваш выбор)

(Для мастер-класса по живописи потребуется приобрести дополнительные материалы)

21 февраля – выставка-презентация наших творческих достижений. А также онлайн-выставка портретов участниц.

Для записи пишите сообщение сообщение Шенди Копитман. Если вы в Кишиневе, звоните на номер+37360101098

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Sing with Me Russian & Yiddish Song Sessions Online - 98
2021-02-11 18:30 - 19:15

Sing with Me Russian & Yiddish Song Sessions Online - 97
2021-02-08 18:30 - 19:15

Sing with Me Russian & Yiddish Song Sessions Online - 96
2021-02-04 18:30 - 19:15

Sing with Me Russian & Yiddish Song Sessions Online - 95
2021-02-01 18:30 - 19:15

The Crow’s Tale by String Theatre - online show
2021-01-31 16:15 - 17:00, 2021-01-30 16:15 - 17:00, 2021-01-24 16:15 - 17:00, 2021-01-23 16:15 - 17:00, 2021-01-17 16:15 - 17:00, 2021-01-16 16:15 - 17:00
The Crow’s Tale by String Theatre – online show
16, 17, 23, 24, 30, 31 January 4:15- 5:00 pm GMT
The Crow’s Tale tells a Native American story of a Crow with colourful rainbow feathers that flies to the sun to save the world. With a soundtrack of achingly beautiful original music with Polina Shepherd as the Crow’s voice going up to B6, and accompanied by an original text, The Crow’s Tale is a piece of moving and heartwarming puppetry guaranteed to delight adults and children alike. Watch trailer here. 4:15- 5:00 pm GMT, book here

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Sing with Me Russian & Yiddish Song Sessions Online -94
2021-01-28 18:30 - 19:15

Sing with Me Russian & Yiddish Song Sessions Online - 93
2021-01-25 18:30 - 19:15

Sing with Me Russian & Yiddish Song Sessions Online - 92
2021-01-21 18:30 - 19:10

Sing with Me Russian & Yiddish Song Sessions Online 91
2021-01-18 18:30 - 19:15

HMD 2021 with Friends of the GREAT BRITISH HOME CHORUS
2021-01-17 16:30 - 17:30
HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL DAY 2021
with
POLINA SHEPHERD & FRIENDS OF THE GREAT BRITISH HOME CHORUS
ONLINE
The Friends of the Great British Home Chorus is a virtual choir, inspired by the run by TV’s Gareth Malone GBHC in the first lockdown. To mark Holocaust Memorial Day, which falls on 27 January, they will be learning a Yiddish song and recording their individual voices into a choral performance accompanied by photographs of the singers lighting a candle. They will also watch a live survivor testimony over Zoom.
The song is Ver firt die ale shifn (“Who guides all the ships?”): a Yiddish poem by Zishe Landau set to music by Chava Alberstein, daughter of Holocaust survivors. The song, about lost children, has been recorded by Lorin Sklamberg and the Klezmatics. The 4-part arrangement is by Lorin Sklamberg, adapted for SATB choir by internationally renowned Yiddish singer Polina Shepherd, who will lead and take part in the performance.
There will be a final rehearsal with Polina at 16.30 GMT on Sunday 17 January (and preliminary rehearsals during January with musician Jane Ward) after which singers will submit their voice recordings to be mixed.
To take part in this project click this link and ask to join the Friends of the GBHC:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/GreatBritishHomeChorusFriends
Contact Polina about joining if you are not on Facebook.
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A workshop for the Natural Voice Network
2021-01-16 - 2021-01-17, 2021-01-09
NVN Annual Gathering 2021 – 8-10 and 16-17 January

Arrangements for the first online NVN Annual Gathering are currently underway. This event will take place in January, held over two weekends, and will enable members living overseas or those with caring responsibilities to attend, often for the first time.
There will be a wide-ranging programme of workshops, which is still being finalised. There are keynote workshops from Camilo Menjura and Polina Shepherd on the two Saturdays, (Polina’s being on Saturday the 16th, 2.30pm) plus a whole host of other exciting sessions!
Proposed dates and times:

Friday 8th January – evening
Saturday 9th January – morning
Sunday 10th January – afternoon and evening
Saturday 16th January – afternoon
Sunday 17th January – morning
Sunday 17th January – evening party

The link to book your ticket is here.
Please ensure you also complete the booking form.
Thank you! We look forward to welcoming you to our first online Annual Gathering ever!

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Merlin & Polina Shepherd concert ONLINE
2021-01-09 19:00 - 20:15
Merlin & Polina Shepherd perform a Duo concert for the Richmond Synagogue, event open to public.
BOOK HERE

Light up the new 2021 with a lovely treat.
Merlin & Polina Shepherd perform together in a way that is rarely encountered.
They play music from several linked cultures and incorporate improvisation, freedom and spontaneity. With a unique approach and dynamic, they perform klezmer and Russian music.
They weave a sound that moves the listener physically, emotionally and spiritually.

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SOAS Winter Schools, Russian Winter Songs Online
2021-01-04 19:30 - 2021-01-08 20:45
Book here
Dates: Monday 4th – Friday 8th Jan 2021, 7.30pm – 8.45pm
Course Fee: £65 (or £15 per session if booked as a ‘one off’)
Russian songs present an amazing variety of musical styles, as endless as the snowy steppes and pine forests of Siberia. Each song in this course will represent another style and will sound like nothing else. We are lucky to have the Russian Christmas right in the middle of our week, celebrated on 7 January. To mark this, we will sing the traditional “kolyadkas” – short songs with origins in ancient pagan rituals that became part of the Christmas tradition over the centuries. We will also dip our toes into the magic of the Christmas fortune-telling that is always accompanied by a song. We will add some Russian Art songs (with sub-categories like The City Romance, The Cruel Romance and The Gypsy Romance) to the mix, plus folklore: lyrical songs, love songs, dance songs, – all sung in different vocal manners and with a variety of stylistic elements that will certainly enrich your musical palette. Make sure to have a decorated fir tree on the background! No knowledge of Russian is needed. Learning by ear and with sheet music. Open to all.

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SOAS Winter Schools course. Yiddish Songs
2021-01-04 18:00 - 2021-01-08 19:15
Dates: Monday 4th – Friday 8th January, 2020, 6-7.15pm BOOK HERE
Course Fee: £65 (or £15 per session if booked as a ‘one off’)

Yiddish, the 1000-year-old language of the Jews of Eastern Europe, is flourishing, as people young and old, Jewish and non-Jewish, explore its rich cultural heritage. Some of the songs come from the Yiddish theatre and cinema or describe the diverse lives of Jewish people across Eastern and Central Europe and all the countries they have emigrated to – their history, hopes, memories, politics, celebrations and resistance to oppression. Others are are spiritual and liturgical, particularly the nign – a melody that is believed to change consciousness. Join us in singing traditional and new Yiddish songs while also paying attention to the specific elements (ornamentation, phrasing, modes) of this singing style.
With Polina Skovoroda-Shepherd

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Online Yiddish Choir @ the Workers Circle
2020-12-16 18:00 - 19:30
Wednesdays 1:00 – 2:30 pm New York time – part of The Workers Circle Autumn Courses
October 7, 14, 21, 28; November 4, 11, 18; December 2, 9, 16
Explore part of the rich cultural heritage of Yiddish songs that describe the history, memories and yearnings, journeys to freedom and love. They will range from old to new, from unknown to classics and from simple to challenging — and all will bring hope and power to our hearts.
Song sheets with music, transliterations and transliterations will be provided. Most songs will be introduced with 2-4 part vocal harmonies, though we won’t be able to sing together.
Open to all.
Stretch your vocal muscles with a charismatic leader and add your voice to the international chorus of Yiddish singers.
This will be a continuous course where we learn not just the songs but harmonies and parts. We won’t be able to hear everyone at the same time but we’ll think of some way of getting as close to being a choir as possible. If the groups feels inspired, we could create a music video of some other final product for our course. Let’s get creative! Registration here

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