On Sunday, May 15 at 4:30 p.m., Temple Sholom, 300 East Putnam Avenue, will highlight the voices of the synagogue’s music program in a spring concert, open to the community.
Led by Cantor Asa Fradkin, the concert, for all ages, will feature melodies from different eras of Jewish music in tribute to the temple’s 100th anniversary.
“The theme of this concert is celebrating Temple Sholom and Jewish music through time,” said Fradkin. “When celebrating an anniversary, there is a tendency to look back and see how you got to that moment. The music of this concert serves a similar function in remembering the organic revolution of Jewish music and how it’s both grown and changed with the times.”
To encompass diverse styles of Jewish music, Fradkin has enlisted the expertise of guest Cantors Arianne Brown, David Perper and former Temple Sholom Cantor Hershel Fox, who are well known for their interpretations of Opera, Sacred Chant and Yiddish.
One of the performances of the evening will be the premiere of Cantor Gerald Cohen’s Oseh Shalom. Cohen, an award-winning composer and Cantor at Shaarei Tikvah, felt that the piece would be paired best with the talents of the eighth to 12th graders that comprise the Temple Sholom Teen Choir. The Temple Sholom Youth Choir will also participate by contributing two choral pieces under Fradkin’s lead.
A suggested donation of $10 per person is encouraged. RSVP in advance to Alice Schoen at 203-542-7165 or alice.schoen@templesholom.com.
