Norwich Jewish Center celebrates centennial with klezmer concert
NORWICH—The City of Norwich's year-long centennial celebration continues this weekend with a special event that just so happens to coincide with the 100-year anniversary of one of the city's prominent and stoic landmarks.
In partnership with The Norwich Centennial Committee, the Norwich Jewish community will be hosting the celebration in light of the 100 years since construction of The Norwich Jewish Center and Synagogue.
Likewise, the event will serve as another opportunity for community members to discover the history of the City's turn-of-the century colonial revival architecture, commerce and religious and cultural history.
In 1955, the Eaton residence was acquired by a group of local congregants. These congregants included a number of German-Jewish refugees who have since used the building as both a community center and synagogue. The Norwich Jewish Center's congregants range from Orthodox to Reform, as it is the only facility of its kind in the immediate area.
The centennial event comes nearly one year after a dedication ceremony to mark the building’s restoration, which was a necessity after it was vandalized in April of 2008. The vandalization destroyed much of the period interior.
Tours of the newly-renovated circa 1914 facility—which is listed on the National Registry of Historic Places—will be conducted at 2 p.m. Sunday.
In addition to tours of the building, beginning at 3 p.m. renown clarinetist Robin Seletsky will be performing a set of klezmer music along with violinist Sasha Margolis and Ronn Yeddia on accordion.
Best characterized as Jewish soul music, it is the spiritual folk music of the Jews of central and eastern Europe. In the early 1900’s, klezmer flourished in both the Old World and the New. But by the 1950’s, it had all but died out on both continents. The current revival of klezmer is not merely a matter of recreating the old, but a renewal in the truest sense – constantly evolving and filled with the vitality and creativity that comes from rediscovery.
The program, to be announced from the stage, will be drawn from the repertoire of Yiddish theater favorites, original klezmer tunes and comic songs, and music from the Sephardic lands and the Middle East.
Well known to area audiences, clarinetist Robin Seletsky has been performing with many groups in and around central New York, including the Glimmerglass Opera, Catskill Symphony, Binghamton Philharmonic and with her own klezmer ensembles, the Catskill Klezmorim and Big Galut(e). Seletsky is an instructor of clarinet at Hartwick College and is the music director at Temple Beth El of Oneonta
The dual centennial event will be held at the Jewish Center at 72 S. South Broad St. There is no charge for this concert and refreshments will be served.
In partnership with The Norwich Centennial Committee, the Norwich Jewish community will be hosting the celebration in light of the 100 years since construction of The Norwich Jewish Center and Synagogue.
Likewise, the event will serve as another opportunity for community members to discover the history of the City's turn-of-the century colonial revival architecture, commerce and religious and cultural history.
In 1955, the Eaton residence was acquired by a group of local congregants. These congregants included a number of German-Jewish refugees who have since used the building as both a community center and synagogue. The Norwich Jewish Center's congregants range from Orthodox to Reform, as it is the only facility of its kind in the immediate area.
The centennial event comes nearly one year after a dedication ceremony to mark the building’s restoration, which was a necessity after it was vandalized in April of 2008. The vandalization destroyed much of the period interior.
Tours of the newly-renovated circa 1914 facility—which is listed on the National Registry of Historic Places—will be conducted at 2 p.m. Sunday.
In addition to tours of the building, beginning at 3 p.m. renown clarinetist Robin Seletsky will be performing a set of klezmer music along with violinist Sasha Margolis and Ronn Yeddia on accordion.
Best characterized as Jewish soul music, it is the spiritual folk music of the Jews of central and eastern Europe. In the early 1900’s, klezmer flourished in both the Old World and the New. But by the 1950’s, it had all but died out on both continents. The current revival of klezmer is not merely a matter of recreating the old, but a renewal in the truest sense – constantly evolving and filled with the vitality and creativity that comes from rediscovery.
The program, to be announced from the stage, will be drawn from the repertoire of Yiddish theater favorites, original klezmer tunes and comic songs, and music from the Sephardic lands and the Middle East.
Well known to area audiences, clarinetist Robin Seletsky has been performing with many groups in and around central New York, including the Glimmerglass Opera, Catskill Symphony, Binghamton Philharmonic and with her own klezmer ensembles, the Catskill Klezmorim and Big Galut(e). Seletsky is an instructor of clarinet at Hartwick College and is the music director at Temple Beth El of Oneonta
The dual centennial event will be held at the Jewish Center at 72 S. South Broad St. There is no charge for this concert and refreshments will be served.
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