Musica Ebraica, Ottawa’s preeminent mixed-voice Jewish choir, looks forward to presenting an evening of song, festivity, and fun on Dec. 6th at 7 p.m. at 395 Wellington in downtown Ottawa together with The Council of the Jacob M. Lowy Collection, with the support of the Friends of Library and Archives Canada, and the Canada-Israel Cultural foundation. The weather outside might be frightful but inside will be shir delight, as the choir entertains with the Chanukah chestnuts we all know and love, in new and tantalizing variations. Treasures from Library and Archives Canada’s Jacob M. Lowy Collection will be on display! So come, gather round, we’ll give you a treat: dreidls to play with and latkes to eat! Come light the menorah! Let’s have a party!

For information contact Patsy Royer at 613-233-3099

Musica Ebraica is pleased to showcase A Joyful Shout: Jewish Choral Music, Past and Present. Presented by retired lichenologist and A Touch of Klez mandolin player Irwin Brodo, this talk will describe the development of Jewish choral music from Salomone Rossi (Monteverdi’s contemporary) to Srul Israel Glick (our contemporary). Musica Ebraica will bring the text alive through performance.

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Musica Ebraica brings its audience something a different with our Spring concert.

On Tuesday, May 12^th,  at 7:30 pm, Freiman Hall, inside the Perez Building at the University of Ottawa, will be the site for new Yiddish music written in the last 20 years, new Israeli music and old time spirituals based on Torah tales.

Beginning with a lively hora and an ethereal rendering of “Love, Smoke, Dreams”, both new Israeli melodies, we turn to prayers of gratitude and celebration.  Toes will tap to Spirituals written to pass on the stories of Daniel, Noah, Ezekiel and more and we will present some Yiddish tunes from the New York stage and others just recently composed.  Yiddish is certainly a living language!

The Vhovskyi Strings will provide a beautiful musical interlude. This group of young violinists is becoming well known in Ottawa music circles and Musica Ebraica is delighted to share the concert with them.

Professor Rebecca Margolis of the University of Ottawa Department of Modern Languages specializing in Yiddish Language will act as the Emcee.

Mark your calendars for a special evening of music and Jewish song.

Tickets are $20/$5 for students and will be available at the door, from all Musica Ebraica members or by calling 613-233-3099.  The Perez Building is located at 50 University Avenue. However, there is an entrance on Cumberland,  just south of Laurier.  Paid parking is available.

Photos courtesy of Geof Burbidge

Love, longing, worry about children, mermaids, Shabbat, Lewandowski treasures….From East to West in Song is the concert that has it all.

Musica Ebraica salutes Sephardic tradition as well as the great musicians of the Ashkenazi world on November 30th at 2pm at Temple Israel.

The 120th anniversary of Louis Lewandowski of 19th century Berlin whose melodies still define Jewish prayer, the passing of popular songwriter Arik Einstein and Israeli composer Yehezkhel Braun will form the nucleus of this eclectic concert. Familiar tunes such as Erev Shel Shoshanim, but in new arrangments will entertain and delight. And a Canadian premier of several works by young Israeli composer Eyal Bat will be a highlight.
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Under the baton of conductor Gloria Jean Nagy with Carol Gurofsky accompanying on piano, with special guest Chazzan Jeremy Burko, From East to West in Song will be an afternoon not to be missed.

November 30th at 2pm Temple Israel 1301 Prince of Wales Drive. Tickets $20 and $10 for students. 613-233-3099. musicaebraica.ca

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Hope you will join us as we put the j-o-y back into J-e-Wish music!