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Madrigals on the Brooklyn Waterfront!!

                  July 8 & 10 at 8PM

 

 BargeMusic presents

 

                The Western Wind

                                         in

  Bar La Barca

2 MADRIGAL COMEDIES 400 Years Apart

 

 

                                       “Barca di Venetia per Padova” (1605)

                              by Adriano Banchieri

                       &

                        “JukeBox in the Tavern of Love” (2008)

                                                  by Eric Salzman and Valeria Vasilevski 

 

                      AT the music barge july 8 and 10, 8 PM

                          click here for details

 

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Sing your heart out this summer!

 

Summer Workshops

in Ensemble Singing

at Smith College

 

Come for the weekend, 5-days or all 8-days!

 

 Session I:   June 26-28;

                      June 29-July 4

 Session II: July 24-26;

                         July 27-August 1

 

click here for details

(A kids and teens program will run concurrently with the adult program from 6/26/-6/28).

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The Western Wind Featured in

ChamberMusic Magazine

Read about us! click here (and scroll down the PDF)

 

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See and hear The Western Wind on You Tube!

Click here to watch

 

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   A Cappella Since 1969

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 May 16, 2009 

 "And So It Goes..."

40 Years of Making Music

Concert at 4 pm followed by a Dinner Party at the historic Central Park Arsenal

 

 

The concert and post-concert benefit party were a great success!!

Here are some pictures.

 

 

A kaleidoscopic tapestry of vocal hues...                       The New York Times

...versatility...virtuosity...a  stunning concert.    Los Angeles Times

 

Featured   Recordings

The Happy Journey

A delightful and moving compendium of early American song including Shaker Songs, New England Anthems, Folk-hymns and Fuging-Tunes by rough-hewn Yankee tunesmiths Billings, Ingalls, Jenks and Wood. Also featured are Southern Spirituals, both black and white, including the first published version of Amazing Grace (called New Britain) and the first piece of published music written by an American woman, 

For more info click here

 

 

The Western Wind Judaica Series

 

 7 recordings!

Just  $87.95 (including shipping

 

The Chanukkah Story
The Passover Story
Mazal Bueno: A Portrait in Song of the Spanish Jews
Birthday of the World, Part I: rthday of the World, Part I:

Rosh Hashanah
Birthday of the World, Part II:

Yom Kippur
 
Taste of Eternity: A Musical Shabbat, Part I.  Friday Evening Service

Taste of Eternity: A Musical Shabbat, Part II. 

Saturday Morning Service

  details

 

 

New Release!

Taste of Eternity: A Musical Shabbat, Part II is finally here! A glorious recording of music for the Saturday Morning Service. 

Please visit our recordings page to purchase this new release as well as The Birthday of The World  CDs or our entire 7-CD Judaica Series! Click here.

News     (please click Concert Schedule for a complete list of performances and events)

 

     
     
3/24/08   Todd Frizzell has posted a lovely video for Elliot Levine's "i thank you God" on You Tube

Click here to watch, and look for familiar faces.

"i thank you God" is available on Western Wind Encores.  Click here to purchase.

11/2006   See The Western Wind in action!  Check out this clip from the Western Wind residency at Colgate University this past November.  

 

     
Ordering Chanukkah Music   
   

We are proud to announce that four of the Chanukkah pieces from our Chanukkah Story program have just been published by Transcontinental Music. They are Three Chanukkah Songs (arr. Levine/Zukof) 993306 and Lo V’Chayil by Elliot Z. Levine 9933041. 

Go to http://press.securesites.net/cgi-bin/hazel.cgi and enter the item # to order.

 
Concert Schedule

 

6/26/09  

Friday, June 26, at 8:00 P.M.
Northampton, Massachusetts


The Western Wind presents:  Workshop Faculty Concert

Renaissance, Contemporary, Jazz and Pop arrangements.
Guest artists: Robert Eisenstein, viols; Yumiko Matsuoka, voice.

Sweeney Auditorium
Sage Hall, Smith College

Northampton, Massachusetts

Tickets at the door: $10, $8 (students/seniors)

6/28/09  

Sunday, June 28, at 3:15 P.M.
Northampton, Massachusetts


 Workshop Participants' Weekend Concert

Sweeney Auditorium Sage Hall,
Smith College

Northampton, Massachusetts

Admission FREE

6/29/09  

Monday, June 29, at 8:00 P.M.
Northampton, Massachusetts


The Western Wind presents:  Workshop Faculty Concert

Renaissance, Contemporary, Jazz and Pop arrangements.
Guest artists: Robert Eisenstein, viols and Grant Herreid, lute; Yumiko Matsuoka, voice.

Sweeney Auditorium Sage Hall,
Smith College

Northampton, Massachusetts

Tickets at the door: $10, $8 (students/seniors)

7/3/09  

Friday, July 3, at 1:30 P.M.
Northampton, Massachusetts


 Workshop Participants' Concert

Solos and duos with lute, theorbo and bass viol.

Sweeney Auditorium Sage Hall,
Smith College

Northampton, Massachusetts

Admission FREE

7/3/09  

Friday, July 3, at 5:00 P.M.
Northampton, Massachusetts


 Workshop Participants' Concert

Jazz Ensembles.

Sweeney Auditorium Recital Hall,
Smith College

Northampton, Massachusetts

Admission FREE

7/4/09  

Saturday, July 4, at 2:30 P.M.
Northampton, Massachusetts


 Workshop Participants' Final Concert

Sweeney Auditorium Sage Hall,
Smith College

Northampton, Massachusetts

Admission FREE

7/8/09
7/10/09
 

Wednesday/Friday, July 8/10, at 8:00 P.M.
The Music Barge


Bar La Barca

Two Madrigal Comedies 400 Years Apart!

“Barca di Venetia per Padova” (1605)
by Adriano Banchieri

“JukeBox in the Tavern of Love” (2008)
by Eric Salzman and Valeria Vasilevski

The Music Barge, Fulton Ferry Landing near the Brooklyn Bridge
Advance tickets can be purchased by MasterCard or VISA, phone 718.624.2083
Tickets: $40 regular, $35 senior, $20 student.

7/19/09  

Sunday, July 19, at 5:00 P.M.
Nantucket, Mass


Music from the Time of Shakespeare

with Mollie Glazer, viola da gamba

Music by Morley, Johnson, Weelkes, Tomkins, Dowland, Gastoldi and Marenzio.

St. Paul's Church
Nantucket, Mass

7/20/09  

Monday, July 20, at 8:00 P.M.
Nantucket, Mass


Pre-concert talk and demonstration of July 21 program

Unitarian Church
Orange Street
Nantucket, Mass

7/21/09  

Tuesday, July 21, at 8:00 P.M.
Nantucket, Mass


And So It Goes…40 Years of Making Music

The program celebrates the groups four decades of music-making
and is
highlighted by some of its “greatest-hits” through the years. 
Renaissance, Early American, Judaica, Contemporary, Pop & Jazz arrangements.

Congregational Church
62 Center Street

Nantucket, Mass

Box Office: 508.228.1287

7/21/09  

Tuesday, July 21, at 8:00 P.M.
Nantucket, Mass


And So It Goes…40 Years of Making Music

The program celebrates the groups four decades of music-making
and is
highlighted by some of its “greatest-hits” through the years. 
Renaissance, Early American, Judaica, Contemporary, Pop & Jazz arrangements.

Congregational Church
62 Center Street

Nantucket, Mass

Box Office: 508.228.1287

7/24/09  

Friday, July 24, at 8:00 P.M.
Northampton, Massachusetts


The Western Wind presents:  Workshop Faculty Concert

Renaissance, Contemporary, Jazz and Pop arrangements.
Guest artist: Robert Eisenstein, viols

Sweeney Auditorium
Sage Hall, Smith College

Northampton, Massachusetts

Tickets at the door: $10, $8 (students/seniors)

7/26/09  

Sunday, July 26, at 3:15 P.M.
Northampton, Massachusetts


 Workshop Participants' Weekend Concert

Sweeney Auditorium Sage Hall,
Smith College

Northampton, Massachusetts

Admission FREE

7/27/09  

Monday, July 27, at 8:00 P.M.
Northampton, Massachusetts


The Western Wind presents:  Workshop Faculty Concert

Renaissance, Contemporary, Jazz and Pop arrangements.
Guest artists: Robert Eisenstein, viols and Gwen Toth, harpsichord; Yumiko Matsuoka, voice.

Sweeney Auditorium Sage Hall,
Smith College

Northampton, Massachusetts

Tickets at the door: $10, $8 (students/seniors)

7/31/09  

Friday, July 31, at 1:30 P.M.
Northampton, Massachusetts


 Workshop Participants' Concert

Solos and duos with lute, theorbo and bass viol.

Sweeney Auditorium Sage Hall,
Smith College

Northampton, Massachusetts

Admission FREE

7/31/09  

Friday, July 31, at 5:00 P.M.
Northampton, Massachusetts


 Workshop Participants' Concert

Jazz Ensembles.

Sweeney Auditorium Recital Hall,
Smith College

Northampton, Massachusetts

Admission FREE

8/1/09  

Saturday, Aug 1, at 2:30 P.M.
Northampton, Massachusetts


 Workshop Participants' Final Concert

Sweeney Auditorium Sage Hall,
Smith College

Northampton, Massachusetts

Admission FREE

9/13/09  

Sunday, Sept 13, at 7:00 P.M.
Amsterdam, NY


And So It Goes…40 Years of Making Music

The program celebrates the groups four decades of music-making
and is
highlighted by some of its “greatest-hits” through the years. 
Renaissance, Early American, Judaica, Contemporary, Pop & Jazz arrangements.

United Presbyterian Church
25 Church Street
Amsterdam, NY

Tel. 518-842-2280   
Email:
rswenson@nycap.rr.com

     
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