Weathervane Community Arts

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<span fr-original-style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:#222222;background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;" style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;color:rgb(34, 34, 34);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;box-sizing:inherit">The Voice of Embodied Prayer: A Concert Featuring Lisa Sokolov <span fr-original-style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:#222222;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;" style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;color:rgb(34, 34, 34);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;box-sizing:inherit">Saturday November 9, 7:30pm<span fr-original-style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:#222222;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;" style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;color:rgb(34, 34, 34);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;box-sizing:inherit">Temple Israel, 27 Pierce St, Greenfield, MA<span fr-original-style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:#222222;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;" style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;color:rgb(34, 34, 34);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;box-sizing:inherit">Suggested donation $20 advance/$25 at the door<span fr-original-style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:#222222;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;" style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;color:rgb(34, 34, 34);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;box-sizing:inherit">No one turned away for lack of fundsMore information: www.weathervane-arts.org/sokolov <span fr-original-style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:#222222;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;" style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;color:rgb(34, 34, 34);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;box-sizing:inherit">On the evening of Saturday November 9, acclaimed New York-based vocalist, composer, and cantor Lisa Sokolov will present a concert of original sacred music for voice and piano. This event will offer an intimate glimpse into Sokolov’s unique approach to <span fr-original-style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;" style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;box-sizing:inherit">integrating Jewish religious song into contemporary musical performance, through improvised and composed pieces drawing on jazz, experimental, and liturgical music. The beautiful, resonant sanctuary at Temple Israel is the perfect venue to enjoy this special musical offering. <span fr-original-style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;" style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;box-sizing:inherit">The evening will begin with a short participatory experience facilitated by local musician and Weathervane Arts director Jesse Olsen Bay, leading the audience in singing niggunim, Jewish wordless melodies, often used as a form of prayer. <span fr-original-style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;" style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;box-sizing:inherit">About Sokolov: <span fr-original-style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;" style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;box-sizing:inherit">As a frontline New York jazz vocalist, improviser and composer, Sokolov’s has received great acclaim, including Best CD of the Year (“Presence”) and “Best of the Decade” by Downbeat Magazine. <span fr-original-style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:#ffffff;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;" style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;box-sizing:inherit">She has performed on many world stages, including <span fr-original-style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;" style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;box-sizing:inherit">Montreaux Jazz Festival, Opera House of Lyons, the Spoleto Festival, The Vision Festival, Havana International Jazz Festival, Alice Tully Hall, and Symphony Space<span fr-original-style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:#ffffff;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;" style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;box-sizing:inherit">. Her recordings have received wide acclaim. Her book Embodied VoiceWork: Beyond Singing was released by Barcelona Publishers in 2020. <span fr-original-style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;" style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;box-sizing:inherit">Her work as a lay cantor has been featured in a CBS Special, “Sacred Art; Ancient Voices”. Her recent work has focused on integrating Jewish religious song into contemporary musical performance, including an acclaimed rendition of the liturgical, sacred prayer “Kol Nidre” on her newly released CD “A Quiet Thing”.

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The Voice of Embodied Prayer: A Concert Featuring Lisa Sokolov Saturday November 9, 7:30pmTemple Israel, 27 Pierce St, Greenfield, MASuggested donation $20 advance/$25 at the doorNo one turned away for lack of fundsMore information: www.weathervane-arts.org/sokolov On the evening of Saturday November 9, acclaimed New York-based vocalist, composer, and cantor Lisa Sokolov will present a concert of original sacred music for voice and piano. This event will offer an intimate glimpse into Sokolov’s unique approach to integrating Jewish religious song into contemporary musical performance, through improvised and composed pieces drawing on jazz, experimental, and liturgical music. The beautiful, resonant sanctuary at Temple Israel is the perfect venue to enjoy this special musical offering. The evening will begin with a short participatory experience facilitated by local musician and Weathervane Arts director Jesse Olsen Bay, leading the audience in singing niggunim, Jewish wordless melodies, often used as a form of prayer. About Sokolov: As a frontline New York jazz vocalist, improviser and composer, Sokolov’s has received great acclaim, including Best CD of the Year (“Presence”) and “Best of the Decade” by Downbeat Magazine. She has performed on many world stages, including Montreaux Jazz Festival, Opera House of Lyons, the Spoleto Festival, The Vision Festival, Havana International Jazz Festival, Alice Tully Hall, and Symphony Space. Her recordings have received wide acclaim. Her book Embodied VoiceWork: Beyond Singing was released by Barcelona Publishers in 2020. Her work as a lay cantor has been featured in a CBS Special, “Sacred Art; Ancient Voices”. Her recent work has focused on integrating Jewish religious song into contemporary musical performance, including an acclaimed rendition of the liturgical, sacred prayer “Kol Nidre” on her newly released CD “A Quiet Thing”.

Weathervane Community Arts

Lisa Sokolov: The Voice of Embodied Prayer

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