RECENT AND UPCOMING
2020 SUNDAY, AUGUST 30TH, 2:30 PM Poughkeepsie District Library SATURDAY, AUGUST 29TH Monticello, NY TUESDAY, AUGUST 11TH, 5 PM Big Galut(e) with guest Aryeh Nussbaum Cohen Glimmerglass Festival Pavilion Cooperstown, NY TUESDAY, JULY 28TH, 5 PM Big Galut(e) with guest Aryeh Nussbaum Cohen Glimmerglass Festival Pavilion Cooperstown, NY 2019 WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 21ST, 7:00 PM Central Vermont Chamber Music Festival Chandler Music Hall, Randolph, VT SATURDAY, JULY 20TH, 7:30 PM Glen Conservancy 1538 Ste. Hwy. 161 Glen, NY APRIL 7 Oneonta Concert Association Foothills Performing Arts and Civic Center 24 Market St. Oneonta, NY MARCH 16TH, 7:30 PM Chamber Concert Series Oak Ridge Civic Music Association Pollard Auditorium Oak Ridge, TN 2018 MONDAY, DECEMBER 3RD The Tale of Monish for narrator, ensemble, and dancers Center for Jewish History 15 W.16th St., NY, NY SUNDAY, DECEMBER 2ND, 2:30 PM Boardman Rd. Library 141 Boardman Rd. Poughkeepsie, NY FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 30TH Keneseth Israel Elkins Park, PA TUESDAY, AUGUST 14TH, 5 PM Glimmerglass Festival Glimmerglass Festival Pavilion SUNDAY, APRIL 15TH, 11AM-3PM Jewish Food Festival Congregation Kol Ami 1008 W. Water St., Elmira, NY THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 22ND, 7:30 PM University of Albany Performing Arts Center Albany, NY WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 21ST, 7:30 PM The Tale of Monish for narrator, ensemble, and dancers Barnes Hall Sage Avenue Cornell University Ithaca, NY TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 20TH, 7 PM Goldenberg Cultural Series Temple Concord 910 Madison Street Syracuse, NY MONDAY, FEBRUARY 19TH, 7 PM The Tale of Monish for narrator, ensemble, and dancers SUNY Oneonta FA M201 Oneonta, NY 2017 TUESDAY, AUGUST 8TH, 5 PM Glimmerglass Festival Glimmerglass Festival Pavilion FRIDAY, MAY 5TH and SUNDAY, MAY 7TH International Jewish Music Festival Uilenburgersjoel Amsterdam, Netherlands MONDAY, MARCH 20TH, 7 PM Goldenberg Music Series Temple Concord 910 Madison Street Syracuse, NY SATURDAY, MARCH 18TH, 7:30 PM Hartwick College Foreman Series Anderson Center Theater Hartwick College Oneonta, NY THURSDAY, MARCH 16TH, 8:30 PM New York Klezmer Series Jalopy Theater 315 Columbia St. Brooklyn aaronalexander.com/wp/ 2016 SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 25TH Syracuse Jewish Music and Culture Festival Syracuse, NY https://www.facebook.com/SyrJMAC SUNDAY, JULY 24TH, 7:30 pm Cherry Valley Artworks Cherry Valley, NY https://www.facebook.com/Cherry-Valley-Artworks-137916469562367 SUNDAY, JUNE 19TH, 3 pm Stamford Friends of Music Series On the grounds of the former Rexmere Hotel Stamford, NY http://friendsmusic.org SATURDAY, APRIL 9TH, 7:30 pm "The Tale of Monish" Yiddish Book Center Amherst, MA http://www.yiddishbookcenter.org/ 2015 SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 1st, ,4:15 pm Scarsdale Synagogue-Temples Tremont and Emanu-El Scarsdale, NY http://www.sstte.org/big-galute---klezmer-concert.html SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 26TH, 7:30 PM Campbell Recital Hall Stanford University, CA FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 25TH, 7:30 PM The Red Poppy San Francisco, CA THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 24TH, Sonoma State University, CA Schroeder Hall, Green Music Center www.gmc.sonoma.edu/about_schroeder SUNDAY, AUGUST 30th, 3 PM Syracuse Jewish Music and Cultural Festival Main Stage www.syracusejewishfestival.org SUNDAY, AUGUST 16TH, 7PM premiere of the theater piece "The Tale of Monish" Cherry Valley, New York www.cvartworks.org |
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WRUV Reviews "Soulful and unselfconsciously poignant, and a lot of this you can dance to"
New York Music Daily "Vivacious, joyful outpouring of creativity and celebration" Midwest Book Review “Understanding when to follow the notes and when to feel the music, Big Galut(e) stays true to the freewheeling tradition of folk music while building in opportunities to showcase the virtuosity of its members." Utne Reader “I experienced pure and simple joy, and felt a level of happiness that I have not experienced in along time ... I cannot describe how good they were—at making us laugh, making us sing, making us completely forget the outside world.” Newsletter of the Jewish Congregation of Oak Ridge, TN “One of the most interesting nights I’ve ever had here in San Francisco”
a concertgoer, September 2015 ”Head and shoulders above the pack” Midwest Record "There is only one other song that I have ever been captivated by like that at a concert, and that was when I saw Yo-Yo Ma" a concertgoer, September 2015 "A serious band with lousy American humor" Duby Lenz, Israeli radio personality |