Guild Talks Music, Jewish Choral Movement & HaZamir

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An overview of the Jewish choral phenomenon, beginning with New York's first and oldest Jewish community choir, The Yiddish Philharmonic Chorus, founded in 1922; the Boston Zamir Chorale, founded in 1969; Zemer Chai, the Jewish chorale of the nation's capitol, founded in 1976, and the Zamir Choral Foundation, founded by Matthew Lazar in 1960. We will learn about Makhelet Hashacher, a world renowned Japanese Hebrew Choir, Joshua Nelson and the Kosher Gospel Singers, the college a capella choir movement, and HaZamir: The International Jewish Teen Choir.

Guild Talks Music: Choral Collaboration with Dave Schlossberg

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Dave will share about his experiences arranging choral works for a wide variety of artists, including the challenges and opportunities that come with these exciting collaborations! He will also explore arrangements from his most recent choir songbook with Noah Aronson. Dave Schlossberg is a professional collaborative keyboard artist, composer, arranger and presenter from New Jersey. More information about Dave can be found at his website, www.daveschlossberg.com.