Zamir Goes Baroque!
Two performances:
Wednesday, May 23, and
Thursday, May 24, 2018
7:30 pm
Slosberg Recital Hall
Brandeis University
415 South St., Waltham, MA
In the intimate environment of Brandeis University’s Slosberg Concert Hall, Zamir and friends explore rarely heard Jewish polyphony from the 17th and early 18th centuries: synagogue motets (and a few love songs) by Salamone Rossi Hebreo of Mantua, Cantata ebraica by Carlo Grossi of Venice, Louis Saladin’s Canticum Hebraicum, written for the Provençal Jewish community, excerpts from Giuseppe Lidarti’s oratorio Ester, composed in Hebrew for the Jewish community in Amsterdam, and more. This music is not only fascinating historically, it is also beautiful and delightful. Zamir will be joined by an awesome instrumental ensemble, led by renowned violinist Daniel Stepner.
This concert is a part of Newton Festival of the Arts 2018.
Zamir News
- Sponsorship opportunities and tickets now available for Zamir Goes Baroque! See below.
- Zamir celebrates 50 years of "music with a mission," beginning in September 2018. Check out our plans for the year. And while you're at it, join our first-ever Halleluyoh Virtual Choir.
- Zamir's Artistic Director and Founder Josh Jacobson receives the 2018 Chorus America Distinguished Service Award, which recognizes a member whose long-term service to the choral field significantly furthers Chorus America’s mission “to empower singing ensembles to create vibrant communities and effect meaningful change." Read more.
- Josh Jacobson is interviewed weekly by Hal Slifer, producer and host of "Chagigah," a Sunday-morning program of Jewish music aired from 8 to 11 am on WERS-FM 88.9 in Boston and worldwide on WERS.org. Here's a sample:
- Visit our photo gallery for photos of Zamir's concerts.
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Who We Are
Performing on concert stages throughout North America, Europe, and Israel, the award-winning Zamir Chorale of Boston awakens audiences to the exotic rhythms of the Middle East to the majestic anthems of 19th-century European synagogues, from the romances of Spain to the chants of Yemen, and from contemporary American jazz to the much-loved Yiddish tunes of Jewish musical theater.
Founded in 1969 by Joshua Jacobson, one of the world’s leading authorities on Jewish choral music, the Zamir Chorale of Boston’s “music with a mission” brings the joy of Jewish music to audiences that transcend age, religious and ethnic background. Zamir sets the bar for musical excellence.
Founder and Artistic Director
JOSHUA R. JACOBSON, founder and director of the Zamir Chorale of Boston, holds a Bachelors degree in Music from Harvard College, a Masters in Choral Conducting from the New England Conservatory, a Doctor of Musical Arts from the University of Cincinnati, and a Doctor of Humane Letters honoris causa from Hebrew College. He served 45 years as Professor of Music and Director of Choral Activities at Northeastern University, including nine years as Music Department Chairman and six years as the Bernard Stotsky Professor of Jewish Cultural Studies. He is also Visiting Professor and Senior Consultant in the School of Jewish Music at Hebrew College.
Prof. Jacobson has guest conducted a number of ensembles, including the Boston Pops Orchestra, the Bulgarian National Symphony and Chorus, the New England Conservatory Orchestra and the Boston Lyric Opera Company. He has guest lectured and taught workshops for schools, synagogues, festivals and conventions throughout North America and in Israel, Germany and Australia. He has also written articles on various aspects of choral music, and compositions and arrangements that have been published and performed by choirs around the world. In 1989 he spent four weeks in Yugoslavia as a Distinguished Professor under the auspices of the Fulbright program. In 1994 Hebrew College awarded him the Benjamin Shevach Award for Distinguished Achievement in Jewish Educational Leadership, in 2004 the Cantors Assembly presented him with its prestigious “Kavod Award,” and in 2016 Choral Arts New England presented him the Alfred Nash Patterson Lifetime Achievement Award. And in June, 2018, Prof. Jacobson will receive the Distinguished Service Award from Chorus America at its national convention in Chicago.
