SFAJL Sponsors FAU's Jewish Kultur Festival Event

Once again, SFAJL will be sponsoring the opening event of Florida Atlantic University's Jewish Kultur Festival. The event, geared towards children and families, is called Klez4Kids. It will feature SFAJL's own Heidi Estrin as guest storyteller, performing The Wedding That Saved a Town by Yale Strom with live backup from members of the Klezmer Company Orchestra. It all takes place on Saturday, March 5 at 3pm on the fifth floor of FAU's Wimberly Library.

You can buy tickets for Klez4Kids or any of the festival events at fauevents.com/kulturfest11.html. Buy a festival pass and save 15%!

Here's a little taste of the Klezmer Company Orchestra to whet your appetite!

Jewish Music Lecture at FAU

FAU Libraries’ Judaica Sound Archives to Host “The Development of Jewish Art Music” with Paul Green

WHAT:
“The Development of Jewish Art Music,” a lecture and demonstration by clarinetist Paul Green exploring Jewish art music from its biblical roots to modern times with excerpts from vintage phonograph recordings.

WHEN:
Wednesday, April 1, at 3:30 p.m.

WHERE:
Florida Atlantic University
Wimberly Library
Fifth Floor East
777 Glades Road
Boca Raton, FL 33431

COST:
Free and open to the public.
JSA donors can reserve seats
by calling the JSA.

CONTACT:
JSA at FAU Libraries at 561-297-0080

DESCRIPTION:
Paul Green teaches clarinet and chamber music at Florida Atlantic and Florida International universities, and is principal clarinetist of the Florida Grand Opera, the Concert Association of Florida and the Boca Raton Symphonia. He studied with the noted clarinetist Leon Russianoff and performed Saint-Saens’ “Carnival of the Animals” in a Young People’s Concert with the New York Philharmonic under the direction of Leonard Bernstein. Green received a Bachelor of Art degree in music theory and composition from Yale University and a Master of Science degree in performance from The Juilliard School in 1972.

The JSA has been collecting, preserving and digitizing Judaica sound recordings since 2002. For more information, visit www.fau.edu/jsa.