The Consulate General of the Republic of Poland in Los Angeles announces the concerts of the music group from Poland Shofar in Los Angeles:
Wednesday, February 27th, 2013
2 sets: at 9:00 pm and 11:00 pm
(Doors open at 8:00 pm)
Blue Whale
123 Astronaut E S Onizuka St. Suite 301, Los Angeles, CA
(Subterranean parking entry from 2nd street.)
More at: http://bluewhalemusic.com/
and in other locations of the West Coast:
Seattle, WA
Tuesday, February 26th, 2013 at 7:30 pm
The Royal Room
5000 Rainier Avenue South (Columbia City), Seattle, WA
More at: http://www.earshot.org/Events/Promo_Pages/promo_2013_02_Shofar-Knight.html
Berkeley, CA
Saturday, March 2nd, 2013 at 7:00 pm
Berkeley Repertory Theater Thrust Stage, 2025 Addison Street, Berkeley, CA
More at: http://www.jewishmusicfestival.org/events/polesye-shofar
Opening Night of 28th Jewish Music Festival:
The Future of Jewish Music in Poland
with
Shofar & Polesye: Jewish Folksongs from the Shtetl
Multimedia introduction by Ruth Ellen Gruber
Portland, OR
Sunday, March 3rd, 2013 at 8:00 pm
Blue Monk, 3341 SE Belmont, Portland, OR
More at: http://www.thebluemonk.com
The band consists of three leading Polish musicians: Mikołaj Trzaska (saxophone, bass clarinet), Raphael Rogiński (electric guitar) and Macio Moretti (drums). The trio’s repertoire includes nigunim, or religious songs meant to induce a state of religious ecstasy, freylakhs of a more dancelike nature, as well as pieces derived from Jewish liturgy. Unchanged in form, this material unlocks the whole broad spectrum of Hasidic music and culture.
