Chorus Information
 
Jewish Folk Chorus of San Francisco
Stephen Varney, Conductor
Information last updated: 2008-06-01
Status:
Current
Basic Information
Description: | This is an amateur, community, recreational, special interest chorus, open to the general public. |
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Year Estab: | 1926 |
Mission: | Our purpose is to keep Yiddish language and Jewish Folk Music alive. We do this through concerts in the community several times a year. We see the Yiddish music and poetry as important parts of our cultural heritage and are determined to pass them on to future generations. |
Emphasis: | Yiddish folk songs; worker and labor songs; songs of peace, struggle; lullabies, resistance to the Holocaust songs. We also do a few Hebrew and Ladino songs representing our diversity as a people. |
Size: | 30-40 people |
Concerts/Year: | 7-10, often Sunday afternoons Annual concert, 2d S |
Auditions: | No. |
Dues: | $50 per year |
Dress: | Chorus t-shirts with black pants or long skirts (women can wear pants or skirt); or bright tops with black pants or skirt. |
Rehearsals: | Tuesday, 7:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m., Congregation Beth Sholom, 14th Avenue at Clement (Friedman Center), San Francisco |
Categories
Type of Music: | Ethnic/Folk |
Type of Chorus: | Ethnic Singalong |
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Rehearse City: | San Francisco | ||
Region: | San Francisco | ||
Audition Req'd: | N |
Chorus Contact Information
Mailing Address: | P.O. Box 590987, San Francisco, 94159 |
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Phone: | 415-928-5465 |
Email: | yidshlid@earthlink.net |
Other Information
Related Groups: | Opportunities for solos, duets, and small groups |
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Bibliography: | Gluck, Peggy Isaak, Northern California Jewish Bulletin. August 22, 1986, p. 22 Gluck, Peggy Isaak, Northern California Jewish Bulletin. October 16, 1987, p. 33 |