Album Release Celebration Concert
York University’s Koschitzky Centre for Jewish Studies and the Department of Music in the School of the Arts, Media, Performance and Design invite you to the opening of the fifth season of Sound and Sense: Jewish Music at York, with a special release concert celebrating Pursue Peace, the initiative’s debut album. The program brings together the work of three distinguished Canadian composers and leading performers in an evening of music shaped by memory, identity, history, and the many ways music gives voice to human experience.
Released by New Focus Recordings, the New York-based independent label devoted to contemporary and creative music, Pursue Peace features composers Noam Lemish (ON), Sid Robinovitch (MB), and James Rolfe (ON), whose music spans intimate works for violin and piano, string quartet and clarinet, and a larger work for choir, soprano and ensemble.
More than three years in the making, the album is the culmination of an ongoing artistic collaboration at York, bringing the work of Sound and Sense: Jewish Music at York to a wider audience. We invite you to join the ongoing conversation through music and celebrate this milestone with us.
Featuring:
Amy Hillis, violin, Katherine Dowling, piano, Sara Schabas, soprano, David Fallis, conductor, Maya Lahyani, mezzo-soprano, Noam Lemish, piano, Anthony Thompson, clarinet, Ilana Waniuk, violin, Carol Gimbel, viola, Mark Chambers, cello, Clark Schaufele, chamber organ, Nathan Petitpas, percussion, Jane Fingler, soprano, Vania Chan, soprano, Veronika Muggeridge, alto, Rebecca Claborn, alto, Laura Chambers, flute, Cheryl Duval, piano.
Program:
Adieu Babylon by Sid Robinovitch
Di Mezinkeh by Sid Robinovitch
Pursue Peace by Noam Lemish
Selections from Blood and Water by James Rolfe
O Greenest Branch by James Rolfe
“Sound and Sense: Jewish Music @ York” is a performance and lecture series dedicated to showcasing the multicultural diversity of Jewish musical expression as well as the ongoing intersections between Jewish and non-Jewish musical practices and communities. The initiative is driven by an inclusive philosophy that believes in the power of music to serve as a bridge-builder and a vehicle for cultural exchange and dialogue.
Parking is available at the Student Services Parking Garage (15 James Gillies St, North York, ON).
The Accolade East Building is located immediately outside the York University subway station (TTC line 1) in front of the left hand exit.
The series has been made possible via the generous support of the Azrieli Foundation.