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www.zemelchoir.org
A Sephardi Celebration
Workshops on singing and choral techniquefrom experienced,
professional coaches
Find out about the history of Sephardi music
Musical Director Benjamin Wolf Guest Workshop Leaders Michael
Cayton & Gareth Roberts
Workshops 12th June & 26th June 2011Final Concert 26th June
2011
To register, or for further information, call 020 8236
0317(evenings), or email [email protected]
Cost 45 (Including sheet music); 35 if booked before April
30th;No charge for youth participants (18 and under)
Celebrate with Song 2011
Music from Italy, France, Spain and theMiddle East
Come and sing!
All workshops and concert at JFS, The Mall, HA3 9TE
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Benjamin Wolf (Musical Director) is a conductor,
pianist, composer, singer and academic. He hasperformed with the
Zemel choir at major Londonvenues, on tour to Europe and Israel,
and for theBBC. He conducts a number of choirs in and aroundLondon,
as well as composing music for theatre andthe concert hall and
singing with the acclaimed
barbershop quartet, bOYbershop. He works in the MusicDepartments
of Royal Holloway and Bristol universities.
The music of the Sephardim has proven beguiling andattractive to
audiences throughout the world. It hasinspired folk bands and
composers of choral, instrumentaland orchestral music, offering a
glimpse into the world of Spanish Jewry many hundreds of years ago,
and demonstrat-ing the musical diversity of the Jewish diaspora.
This musicis the focus of the Zemel Choir's 2011 Celebrate With
Song,an event now in its fifth year and aimed at attracting
newsingers and new audiences to mixed-voice Jewish choralmusic. Do
you enjoy singing? Then come and join us.
WORKSHOP LEADERS
Michael Cayton (Choral Technique) is in demand
as a choral conductor, accompanist and organ-ist. He has
performed at major concert venuesin London and cathedrals all over
Great Britainand abroad. He has made several broadcastsfor BBC
radio. He is Director of Music at St.John's Wood Church in London
where he con-ducts the Church's critically acclaimed profes-
sional choir, is the Organist at Belsize Square Synagogueand
Musical Director of the Chiltern Choir
Gareth Roberts , ARAM, GRSM, LRAM (Vocal Technique) isa former
member of the BBC Singers. Since leaving the BBCSingers he has
worked mainly with the Royal Opera Houseand other professional
groups. He is a professor of singingat the Royal Academy of Music,
and taught at the City Litfor many years. He has given
masterclasses both here inthe UK and as far afield as Brazil.
