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SUMMARY:Caravan Orchestra and Choir. Germany.
DESCRIPTION:Caravan Orchestra & Choir concerts \n \n\nThursday\, August 14th\, 2025: Germany\, Yiddish Summer Weimar\, Jugend- und Kulturzentrum mon ami\, Goetheplatz 11\, 99423 Weimar\, 8 PM. Tickets: www.yiddishsummer.eu\n\nFriday\, August 15th\, 2025 Germany\, Eisenach\, Wandelhalle\, 8 PM\nSaturday\, August 16th\, 2025 Germany\, Zughafen Halle 6\, Zum Güterbahnhof 20\, 99085 Erfurt. Tickets: www.yiddishsummer.eu\nSunday\, August 17h\, 2025 Germany\, Weimar\, Marktplatz\, evening (with many other bands): 25 Years Yiddish Summer Weimar celebration\n\n28 July – 4 August. Rehearsals in Volksmusikakademie in Freyung\, Bavaria  \n5 August – 17 August. Rehearsals in Weimar and concerts in Thuringia.  \nFor the 8th time\, Caravan Orchestra & Choir brings together young musicians from different traditions and backgrounds with the common goal of exploring East European Jewish\,East Mediterranean\, and Middle Eastern music traditions. Every year\, we build a learning community that relies on curiosity\, transcultural experience\, and a general understanding of friendship and partnership. We invite you to become a member of this unique community. All instrumentalists and singers who live in Germany or Israel (regardless of your nationality) are invited to apply. \nWhat to expect from your participation in Caravan? In the summer of 2025\, we will continue to explore the connection between Yiddish (East European Jewish) music and musics that derive from the Ottoman heritage\, including Arabic music\, which will be taught by veteran members of Caravan. We have found a wonderful shared repertoire (including instrumental melodies\, songs\, and dances) between these traditions and will study their common heritage as well as their individual musical lives in different cultures in Europe\, the Levant\, and Asia Minor. We will learn a lot of music by ear\, and improvisation will play a major role in our music making. The teaching faculty (see below) consists of renowned practitioners of Yiddish\, Turkish\, and Ottoman traditions with decades of teaching expertise in projects like Caravan. \nThe 2025 Caravan Orchestra and Choir will take place from July 28 in the morning to August 18 in the afternoon. We will spend the first week of our time together at the beautiful Volksmusikakademie in Freyung\, Bavaria and the second part in Weimar during Yiddish Summer Weimar. \nApply by clicking HERE!\nApplication deadline is April 27th\, 2025. \n\n \nVolksmusikakademie Freyung \n\nWhile we will sing in many languages\, English will be the main language of communication. \nWe will ask a 100 EUR fee for participation in Caravan Orchestra & Choir. In return\, we will cover your travels\, tuition with great teachers\, all of the food in Bavaria and most of it in Weimar\, and we will – hopefully with your help – find accommodation for participants in Weimar. There is an age limit of 30 years\, so your birthday should be after August 18th\, 1995. However\, if you are older than that\, please apply anyway and we’ll try to make your participation possible somehow. \nFor participants living in Weimar: please get in touch if you can offer accommodation for fellow band members from Haifa or Germany. If so\, we can waive the participation fee for you. \nIf you have any questions\, please get in touch with the project manager\, Anna Grünhardt \n(anna.gruenhardt@othermusicacademy.eu).  \nRelated Images:
URL:https://www.polinashepherd.co.uk/event/caravan-2025/
CATEGORIES:Workshops
ORGANIZER;CN="Yiddish Summer Weimar":MAILTO:management@othermusicacademy.eu
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SUMMARY:Caravan Orchestra & Choir in Weimar\, Germany
DESCRIPTION:Last year\, the artistic director of Caravan Orchestra and Choir\, Polina Shepherd\, introduced her new musical setting of Meyer Kharats’ Yiddish poem Mir farshidene\, mir nemen zikh arum (We\, who are different\, embrace each other). \nThere could hardly be a more fitting motto for Caravan Orchestra & Choir. Recipient of the Shimon Peres Prize in 2018\, it brings together young musicians with very different backgrounds from Germany and Israel for three weeks\, during which they discover and come to value their many differences\, as well as what they have in common. \nGuided by internationally renowned musicians\, the Caravan Orchestra & Choir dives into a centuries-old exchange among diverse musical cultures\, including Yiddish\, Sephardic\, Arabic\, Ottoman and Greco-Turkish instrumental and vocal music. Over three weeks of rehearsing and traveling together\, the young musicians come to recognize these great traditions as a shared heritage and a living source of new musical creativity.  \n\n\nConcerts:\n14 August Gugend- und Kulturzentrum Mon Ami. Weimar. Book here.\n15 August – Eisenach\, Wandelhalle. Book here.\n16 August – Erfurt\, Zughafen. „Mir farshidene\, mir nemen zikh arum” concert. Book here.\n17 August – Weimar. Marktplatz (part of a bigger programme): 25 Years Yiddish Summer Weimar celebration. Book here.\n\n\nThe Caravan Orchestra was founded in the summer of 2017\, as an exchange project between Yiddish Summer Weimar (Germany) and the Department of Music of the University of Haifa (Israel)\, in cooperation with the University of Music FRANZ LISZT Weimar (Germany). \n \n  \nRelated Images:
URL:https://www.polinashepherd.co.uk/event/caravan-weimar-2025/
LOCATION:Mon Ami\, Goetheplatz 11\, Weimar\, \, 99423\, Germany
CATEGORIES:Concert
ORGANIZER;CN="Yiddish Summer Weimar":MAILTO:management@othermusicacademy.eu
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SUMMARY:Caravan Orchestra and Choir in Eisenach\, Germany
DESCRIPTION:Last year\, the artistic director of Caravan Orchestra and Choir\, Polina Shepherd\, introduced her new musical setting of Meyer Kharats’ Yiddish poem Mir farshidene\, mir nemen zikh arum (We\, who are different\, embrace each other). \nThere could hardly be a more fitting motto for Caravan Orchestra & Choir. Recipient of the Shimon Peres Prize in 2018\, it brings together young musicians with very different backgrounds from Germany and Israel for three weeks\, during which they discover and come to value their many differences\, as well as what they have in common. \nGuided by internationally renowned musicians\, the Caravan Orchestra & Choir dives into a centuries-old exchange among diverse musical cultures\, including Yiddish\, Sephardic\, Arabic\, Ottoman and Greco-Turkish instrumental and vocal music. Over three weeks of rehearsing and traveling together\, the young musicians come to recognize these great traditions as a shared heritage and a living source of new musical creativity.  \n\n\nConcerts:\n14 August Gugend- und Kulturzentrum Mon Ami. Weimar. Book here.\n15 August – Eisenach\, Wandelhalle. Book here.\n16 August – Erfurt\, Zughafen. „Mir farshidene\, mir nemen zikh arum” concert. Book here.\n17 August – Weimar. Marktplatz (part of a bigger programme): 25 Years Yiddish Summer Weimar celebration. Book here.\n\n\nThe Caravan Orchestra was founded in the summer of 2017\, as an exchange project between Yiddish Summer Weimar (Germany) and the Department of Music of the University of Haifa (Israel)\, in cooperation with the University of Music FRANZ LISZT Weimar (Germany). \n \nRelated Images:
URL:https://www.polinashepherd.co.uk/event/caravan-eisenach-2025/
LOCATION:Wandelhalle\, Wartburgallee 53\, Eisenach\, 99817
CATEGORIES:Concert
ORGANIZER;CN="Yiddish Summer Weimar":MAILTO:management@othermusicacademy.eu
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SUMMARY:Caravan Orchestra and Choir in Erfurt\, Germany.
DESCRIPTION:Last year\, the artistic director of Caravan Orchestra and Choir\, Polina Shepherd\, introduced her new musical setting of Meyer Kharats’ Yiddish poem Mir farshidene\, mir nemen zikh arum (We\, who are different\, embrace each other). \nThere could hardly be a more fitting motto for Caravan Orchestra & Choir. Recipient of the Shimon Peres Prize in 2018\, it brings together young musicians with very different backgrounds from Germany and Israel for three weeks\, during which they discover and come to value their many differences\, as well as what they have in common. \nGuided by internationally renowned musicians\, the Caravan Orchestra & Choir dives into a centuries-old exchange among diverse musical cultures\, including Yiddish\, Sephardic\, Arabic\, Ottoman and Greco-Turkish instrumental and vocal music. Over three weeks of rehearsing and traveling together\, the young musicians come to recognize these great traditions as a shared heritage and a living source of new musical creativity.  \n\n\nConcerts:\n14 August Gugend- und Kulturzentrum Mon Ami. Weimar. Book here.\n15 August – Eisenach\, Wandelhalle. Book here.\n16 August – Erfurt\, Zughafen. „Mir farshidene\, mir nemen zikh arum” concert. Book here.\n17 August – Weimar. Marktplatz (part of a bigger programme): 25 Years Yiddish Summer Weimar celebration. Book here.\n\n\nThe Caravan Orchestra was founded in the summer of 2017\, as an exchange project between Yiddish Summer Weimar (Germany) and the Department of Music of the University of Haifa (Israel)\, in cooperation with the University of Music FRANZ LISZT Weimar (Germany). \n  \n \nRelated Images:
URL:https://www.polinashepherd.co.uk/event/caravan-orchestra-and-choir-in-erfurt/
LOCATION:Zughafen\, Zum Güterbahnhof 20\, Erfurt\, Germany
CATEGORIES:Concert
ORGANIZER;CN="Yiddish Summer Weimar":MAILTO:management@othermusicacademy.eu
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SUMMARY:Mazltov! Yiddish Summer Weimar 25th Anniversary Gala Concert. Weimar\, Germany
DESCRIPTION:Sun\, Aug 17 ‘25 04:00 PM – 10:00 PM\nMarktplatz\n\nThe YSW 25th anniversary gala concert will take place on a large open-air stage directly in front of City Hall on Weimar’s historic Market Square. The concert will feature many of the audience favorites from over the years in a variety-filled program ranging from traditional klezmer to contemporary\, progressive Yiddish rock. Some seating is available and there will also be plenty of room for dancing. \nAdmission: €20.00 / €10.00\nCaravan Orchestra and Choir will play one of the final sets of the celebration. \nOther concerts by Caravan Orchestra and Choir: \n14 August Gugend- und Kulturzentrum Mon Ami. Weimar. Book here.\n15 August – Eisenach\, Wandelhalle. Book here.\n16 August – Erfurt\, Zughafen. „Mir farshidene\, mir nemen zikh arum” concert. Book here.\n17 August – Weimar. Marktplatz (part of a bigger programme): 25 Years Yiddish Summer Weimar celebration. Book here. \nCaravan Orchestra and Choir was founded in the summer of 2017\, as an exchange project between Yiddish Summer Weimar (Germany) and the Department of Music of the University of Haifa (Israel)\, in cooperation with the University of Music FRANZ LISZT Weimar (Germany). \n \nRelated Images:
URL:https://www.polinashepherd.co.uk/event/caravan-weimar-ysw25/
LOCATION:Marktplatz\, Marktplatz\, Weimar\, 99423
CATEGORIES:Concert
ORGANIZER;CN="Yiddish Summer Weimar":MAILTO:management@othermusicacademy.eu
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250818
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SUMMARY:Golden Peacock - Yiddish Song week. London
DESCRIPTION:Please note the event is from 17 August but Polina is not there for the first 1\,5 days. \n\nYiddish Song School is designed for everyone who wishes to deepen their knowledge of the rich Yiddish song repertoire. \nYou will spend the morning studying music theory\, repertoire\, roots and traditions of Yiddish Song\, modes and melodies. While afternoons will focus on studying further repertoire\, master-classes and a Yiddish Choir. You will be amazed at how much you will be learning\, singing and performing Yiddish song in only one week! \nHere are a few reasons why this promises to be a week not to be missed this summer… \nThis is the only opportunity in the UK to immerse yourself in the deep and inspiring world of Yiddish Song for a whole week with interesting and like-minded people of all ages and from all backgrounds. \nYou will have the privilege of working with some of the UK’s\, USA’s and Europe’s top educators and performers. No matter what your level in Yiddish whether a beginner or a budding linguist\, professional singer or amateur enthusiast\, you will benefit from the width and breath of programmes on offer through the week\, both day and night. \nThe programme is based at SOAS\, the heart of Ethnomusicology and the study of world cultures in the UK\, at the Russell Square Campus in central London. What better chance to combine meeting an eclectic bunch of Yiddish enthusiasts with exploring one of Europe’s finest capital cities. \nThe Golden Peacock The Yiddish Song course is led by Shura Lipovsky\, artistic director of Golden Peacock\, singer and writer of new Yiddish songs with her esteemed colleagues Zalmen Mlotek and Polina Shepherd.  \n\nFull rate £260 (£230 if booked before 1st June 2025)\nStudent / Senior rate £190 (£175 if booked before 1st June 2025)\nSenior rate is set at 65+ \nRefund policy: \n10% deducted if cancelled before 1 June\n25% deducted if cancelled before 1 July.\n50% deducted  if cancelled after 1 August. \nDaily timings:\nSunday 17th August: 11am-6pm\nMonday 18th August: 10am-7pm\nTuesday 19th August: 10am-7pm\nWednesday 20th August: 10am-7pm\nThursday 21st August: 10am-9pm\nFriday 22nd August: 10am-5pm \nRelated Images:
URL:https://www.polinashepherd.co.uk/event/golden-peacock2025/
LOCATION:SOAS\, University of London\, Thornhaugh Street\, Russell Square\, London\, WC1H 0XG\, United Kingdom
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SUMMARY:Klezfest London.
DESCRIPTION:Come learn\, play\, share klezmer music in a three-day programme by the JMI. The programme includes Klezmer Orchestra\, Yiddish Dance with Sayumi Yoshida\, Nigunim and Repertoire Sessions\, Evening Jams and Socials and a session with the Yiddish Choir led by Zalmen Mlotek and Polina Shepherd. \nRead more here.  \nRelated Images:
URL:https://www.polinashepherd.co.uk/event/klezfest-london/
LOCATION:SOAS\, University of London\, Thornhaugh Street\, Russell Square\, London\, WC1H 0XG\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Workshops
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