Third International Festival of New Jewish
Liturgical Music
The Third International Festival of New Jewish
Liturgical Music took place June 13 to 16, 2008 in Milwaukee
in partnership with The Wisconsin Society For Jewish Learning,
Inc. At a concert
and five workshops, 40 new compositions, the work of 30 composers
living in the U.S., Canada, England and Israel were introduced. This
was the first Shalshelet Festival to be held outside the Washington
DC metropolitan area.
The 2008 Festival was made possible in part by grants from the
Wisconsin Arts Board with funds from the State of Wisconsin, and
a grant from the Helen Bader Foundation, Inc. Read
a review
of the concert from The Wisconsin Jewish Chronicle.
The 2008 Festival Songbook was supported in part by funding from
the Rita Poretsky Foundation, the Montgomery County government
and the Arts and Humanities Council of Montgomery County, Maryland.
Read about:
June
2008 Concert Review
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“The composers and compositions spanned an amazing range of styles — Sephardic
and klezmer, chant and lieder, soft rock and gospel. Our community
contains a wealth of musical creativity that deserves to be more widely
known.”
–– Leon Cohen
The Wisconsin Jewish Chronicle |
Festival Composers
and Compositions
Unless otherwise noted, all of the compositions below
appear in the 2008 Festival Songbook
Compositions included on the 2008 Festival
CD
Steve Cohen Yedid
Nefesh*
Susan Colin New
Moon
Erik Contzius And
Hannah Prayed
Julian Dawes Ha-Neshamah
Lakh, Rahamana
Marsha A. Dubrow Hashkiveinu
Coreen Duffy Shema
Kolenu
Helene Engel Shalom
Rav
Mary Feinsinger Ha-Yom
Teamtzenu, Yismehu, Hashkivenu
Arlene Frank Safta
Saba
Manel Frau-Cortes Mah
Tovu
Marcelo Gindlin Candle
Blessing, Ve
Shamru
Mark
Glicksman Ba
Yom Ha-Hu
Devin Goldenberg Shahar
Avakeshkha
David Goldstein Modeh
Ani
Sylvia Goldstein Mi
Yode'a 'Oz
Steven Greenman Yah
Ribon 'Alam
Terry S. Horowit Tov
Lehodot, Ohila
La-El, Da'
Sharone Horowit-Hendler Mah
Adam
Wayne Krieger Simeni
Khahotam, Yefe
Nof
Yosl (Joe) Kurland Der
Meshiekh Vet Ersht Kumen
Judi Lamble 'Oseh
Shalom
Orit Perlman 'Ozi
Ve Zimrat Yah, `Ve
Ten Tal, Song
of the Omer
Geela Rayzel Raphael Angels
Carry You
Lance Rhodes Psalm
29*
Robbi Sherwin & Katy Jordan Ma'ariv
'Aravim
Robbi Sherwin Love
A’
Jhos Singer Gam
Zeh (Zu) L’Tovah
Jeremy Stein Magen
Avot
Irene Steiner Shalom
Rav, An'im
Zemirot
Shawn Zevit Ve
Shamru
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