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Ancient Prayers – New Songs
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Ancient Prayers – New Songs
Ancient Jewish prayer-songs and poetry – such as the Psalms – are often rollercoaster-like expressions of the human soul that vary as widely in their thematic consistency as they do in their musical meters. This class will explore how we can draw out coherent ideas from the Psalms and other ancient texts, and fit them into contemporary musical expressions and song structures. This class will take place in the choir loft at Germantown Jewish Centre, which is located up a set of spiral stairs. This class is part of the Open Beit Midrash series and meets in-person at GJC from 7:00-8:30 PM on Tuesdays, January 4, 11, and 18. You must be fully vaccinated and wear a mask at all times to attend this class.
Joey Weisenberg
Musician, composer, and teacher Joey Weisenberg is the founder and director of Hadar’s Rising Song Institute, which aims to cultivate the grassroots musical-spiritual creativity of the Jewish people. He is the author of The Torah of Music (2017 winner of the National Jewish Book Award) and Building Singing Communities and teaches virtual master classes in Jewish song. Joey recently recorded his eighth album for Rising Song Records.