20 MARCH 2016
JEWISH CULTURE \\ STREET FESTIVAL
Klezmania
Zumba United
Zumba United is Melbourne’s biggest Zumba school providing over 10 classes a week in Melbourne Inner South East. United has trained some of Melbourne’s top Zumba Fitness instructors and is proud to bring the easy-to-follow fun Zumba fitness workout to our community. United offers Women only classes as well as a range of morning and evening classes to chose from. Our team wants to share this fun way to get fit with everyone who enjoys moving to music. All shapes and sizes, fitness levels and nationalities are welcome. Classes are only $12 for casuals and no bookings are necessary. Just show up with an open mind, ready to have a blast!
More info can be found on our website: www.zumbaunited.com.au or 0425 207 073
Klezmania is regarded as Australia's foremost exponents of klezmer music and Yiddish song. They perform dynamic instrumentals and songs in Yiddish and English. They carry the audience along an emotional journey and break down language barriers through engaging explanations of the songs. With energy and passion they play everything from romantic ballads to whirling frenetic traditional dance tunes to foot tapping jazzy songs. Klezmania's broad repertoire moves from the diverse cultures of the "Old World" of Rumania, the Balkans, Turkey and the Ukraine to the USA and Australia with their own spirited original music. Enjoy the depth and colour of klezmer music and yiddish folk with Klezmania live or on recordings.
Street Concert
A big part of In One Voice is the Street Concert, where well known Jewish musicians and performers, local choirs and bands, Jewish day schools and other community organisations perform songs, dances and other acts with a focus on Hebrew, Yiddish, Jewish and Israeli music.
This page will be continually updated with information about artists and groups that will be performing at In One Voice 2015.
Two summers ago Lauren Glezer was traveling her way around India, finding inspiration in all of it’s beauty and blemishes. It was when she fell ill that she vowed to spend the remainder of her days writing and singing the songs of her soul. Since then she has spent many hours locked away in her bedroom writing and recording her debut EP, “Searching For Tall”. 'I use music to map my personal journey - my own ups and downs and the stories of the people that I meet along the way. I find the more honest my songs are, the freer I become' , writes Lauren. Old news to her friends but a newcomer to the Melbourne scene, Lauren has played at some of Melbourne best-loved venues including the Toff in Town, the Wesley Anne and Pop Records, playing solo, or with her incredibly talented band that consists of bassist, Ryan Monro (The Cat Empire) and drummer Conrad Tracy (founder of Revolver drums).
Lauren Glezer
SKIF is a Jewish youth movement where kids, aged 8-18 can come and have fun with others their age while also learning about important current events and different aspects of their Jewish identity including exploring Yiddish as a language and culture. SKIF is proud to once again be part of putting on this magnificent festival together with the Kadimah. SKIF runs weekly meetings on Sundays between 3 and 5pm. In 2015, SKIF will be celebrating it's 65th year in Melbourne! Come and say hi at our stall for more information!
The SKIF choir will be singing in Yiddish and English at In One Voice!
SKIF Choir
Sefra Burstin
Dance Studios
Mir Kumen On
Choir
Galit Taylor Klas
My first success was at the Moorabbin Primary School talent show, I dressed up as a nanna. "Nanna" told funny stories from when she was a student at at the school eighty years ago. I have never looked back. I have completed a Performing Arts degree at Monash University on scholarship and have been lucky enough to travel to the USA to study with some of the best coaches and performers around like Robert X. Modica and Rachel Rosenthal. Back in Melbourne, I have worked with international directors and teachers including Howard Fine, Wendy Ward and Stefan Mrowinski. In the early years, while I was waiting for my "big break" I decided to mount my own shows. Several shows later, I won best actress and best writing at Short and Sweet Sydney with my Centrelink comedy "Joanne's Real World" and have toured my Yiddish cabaret "My Mameloshn" all over. Mum is Israeli, dad is Lithuanian, with Romanian grandparents on one side and a bubba from the shtetl on the other, you can see why I love culture and languages.
Currently I'm writing a Jewish Australian sit-com so stay tuned.
The Mir Kumen On Yiddish choir began meeting in June 2008, under the auspices of the J. Waks Cultural Trust. Led by Tomi Kalinski, the Mir Kumen On Yiddish choir learns Yiddish songs, both old and new, and performs around Melbourne. People of all levels of knowledge of Yiddish are welcome (transliterated music is available), as well as people of all musical ability.
Our school provides a learning environment aimed at nurturing students’ individual talent. We offer over 70 classes a week to suit various levels and styles – boys and girls, aged 2, toddler, dancers to professionals. Our dancers are known for their outstanding performances in many community events, competitions and eisteddfods; in solos and troupes. Our exam results in all dance styles are consistently excellent. We take pride in our annual concert, where our students get a chance to not only showcase their talent but more greatly, share their love for dance.
Sefra Burstin School of Dance is defined by the energy, passion and enthusiasm of our students, teachers and parents - uniquely bonded in dance, and in the lifelong friendships they find along the way.
Come and join us today!
The Bashevis
Singers
The first songs we ever heard were Yiddish songs, sung to us by our grandmothers. Even then, when we could hardly understand a word of Yiddish, these songs reached into our hearts. Perhaps that was because it was our grandmothers who sang them to us. They had been through so much and yet they could still love with so much passion and humanity. Then we got older and our grandmothers and mothers taught us to sing these songs and we sang them for our grandparents and with our grandparents and they forged a bond with the past and the future that remains unbroken. These Yiddish songs are full of gentle humour, yearning for love and a fragile hope.
'We must believe in free will - we have no choice' Isaac Bashevis Singer, Yiddish writer, Nobel Prize Laureate
Evie Gawenda- Vocals
Husky Gawenda- Vocals, Guitar, Piano
Gideon Preiss- Vocals, Piano, Piano Accordion
Sibling Revelry -
Music Duo
Sibling Revelry performs popular Jewish melodies in Hebrew,
English and Yiddish – ensuring they are very sought after in the
Jewish Wedding and Bar/Bat Mitzvah scene.
They also appear regularly at Nursing and Retirement Homes in
the Caulfield/St Kilda area such as Montefiore Homes, Gary
Smorgon House, Arcare, Regis, BUPA to name but a few.
Sibling Revelry comprises:
Singer/songwriter Laiya Rothberg whose powerful, clear, ringing
vocal quality leaves her audiences in raptures.
Laiya’s brother David Rothberg is on keyboards and vocals and
provides a solid backing to his talented sister.
The Duo have a diverse repertoire of both original and popular
songs built up over several decades - from Inspirational Ballads
and Folk through to Blues, Jazz, Rock, Country and Current Hits.
Sibling Revelry are very excited to be a part of this year’s In One
Voice Festival for 2015 – having performed at several of the
previous In One Voice concerts over the years.
The pair is available to perform at Restaurants and Festivals, and
Concerts but can also be booked for Private and Corporate
Functions as well as Nursing and Retirement Homes.
Laiya and David have also recorded ‘First Light’ -an album of
original songs on various Jewish and universal themes of spirituality
and search for meaning.
To Book Sibling Revelry for your next function or for information
about their CD ‘First Light’:
Email - sibrevmusic@gmail.com
Call David on 0419 307 376
Liron Choir
Formed in 1987 the Liron Choir is part of the Jewish and multicultural Melbourne musical landscape. The choir has a vast repertoire of Hebrew, Yiddish and English songs and sings at both Jewish community and multicultural events throughout Melbourne. In 2006 Liron launched its CD Liron – a Decade of Song which has been highly acclaimed and well received.
Access Inc Drumming Group
The Access Inc Drumming Group has been a successful program for 10 years and has provided a truly integrated model for people with disabilities and volunteers to meet and perform in a supported environment. Meeting weekly through the school terms this program brings together 30 - 40 people from all parts of the Jewish community.This skill based program works toward technical skill development in drumming, hand percussion and movement.
Veod Band has been around the Jewish community for about 2 years, and has already performed at a few important events like the "Israeli day" that was held in Canberra, Yom Haazmaut in Sydney and Adelaide and many more. Veod Band is a mixed band that symbolizes "Togetherness " with the lead singer Vered Harel, well known among the Jewish community who arrived in Melbourne 4 years ago from Israel, Oded Gordon - Guitar and vocals -known for his sing along, Fady Melik -Keyboard and Vocals from Egypt, Byron Triandafyllidis -Buzuki, guitar and vocals from Greece.
Together they play Mediterranean music with a Latin flavour.
The band plays every Thursday in Simbar at Hughesdale, functions, weddings and more.
Veod