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The Jewish People’s Philharmonic Chorus (JPPC) is part of the modern Yiddish renaissance
– more than forty members strong, ages 15 to 85, a good number of whom speak or are learning Yiddish (though fully 1/3
speak no Yiddish, and are attracted by the beautiful Yiddish choral music). The JPPC has a century-spanning repertoire –
exciting oratorios and operettas, labor anthems, folksongs, and popular tunes – all in Yiddish. Committed to strengthening
Yiddish as a living language, the JPPC has commissioned and premiered new Yiddish choral works by composers Helen Medwedeff
Greenberg, Robert Ross, Binyumen Schaechter, Josh Waletzky, and Mark Zuckerman.
The JPPC shares the rich legacy
of Yiddish song by performing year-round for old and young of all faiths at community centers, universities, K-12 schools,
museums and places of worship throughout NYC's 4-state region. The JPPC has also performed at Carnegie Hall and Lincoln Center,
at Ground Zero and the West Point Military Academy, as well as at the North American Jewish Choral Festival. So that the newest
generation can carry on the lamp of Yiddish song, the Chorus also performs with "Di Shekhter-tekhter" (The
Schaechter Daughters), a one-of-a-kind sister duo (age 14 and 10) which has performed on 3 continents in the last year. The
JPPC also annually gives a NYC spring concert at Symphony Space, open to the public, with highlights from that season's choral
repertoire.
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The JPPC performed in front of a crowd of 50,000 at Shea Stadium, NY, on Jewish Heritage Day, 2005,
singing "Amerike di prekhtike" (America the Beautiful) and
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WE
ARE HERE TO SING FOR YOU!
The JPPC is always looking for new audiences to which we can reveal the power and beauty
of Yiddish choral music. If you would like your group to have this moving experience, we are ready to help plan a program
for you. We can provide either an entire concert or perform several numbers to enhance a commemoration or special event.
For availability and booking arrangements, please email us at the JPPC. We look forward to hearing from you! |
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JPPC's 80th Anniversary Concert
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YOU
CAN SING WITH US!
If you have a good voice, enjoy choral singing, and live in the New York metropolitan area, come
sing with us. Speaking or reading Yiddish is not a requirement, because all our musical texts are transcribed into English
letters.
Ability to read musical notes or sight-sing is recommended, but MP3s or CDs of vocal parts are provided
for those who need them. There is a simple audition to be accepted into the Chorus.
The Chorus rehearses Monday
evenings from 6:30 to 8:30 PM at the Marseilles Hotel, 230 West 103rd Street (SW corner of Broadway in Manhattan). Our season
runs from September to June, with the exception of Jewish and some national holidays.
For information on singing
with us, email the JPPC.
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