Check Out Spring 2011 Events from the Borns Jewish Studies Program

The Robert A. and Sandra S. Borns Jewish Studies Program will be offering a number of activities, events, and lectures throughout the spring. Start off the semester with a performance by the award winning Klezmer musician Michael Alpert;

Waiting for the Nightingale: A Memorable Evening of Performance with Michael Alpert

• Michael Alpert, Dorit and Gerald Paul Artist-in-Residence and Visiting Lecturer, Borns Jewish Studies Program, Indiana University
• Thursday, January 13, 7:30 p.m.
• Hillel Chapel, 730 E. Third Street, Bloomington

 Sponsored by the Robert A. and Sandra S. Borns Jewish Studies Program and the Institute for Jewish Culture and the Arts.

Michael Alpert, a pioneering figure in the renaissance of klezmer music and an internationally known performer, comes to the Borns JSP for the spring 2011 semester as a Visiting Lecturer and Dorit and Gerald Paul Artist-in-Residence. He has performed and recorded with Brave Old World, Kapelye, Khevrisa, David Krakauer, Theodore Bikel, and has won an Emmy and the Rose D’Or as musical director of the PBS Great Performances special “Itzhak Perlman: In the Fiddler’s House”. He is teaching a course in Ethnomusicology for musicians (FOLK-F 358 “Making Klezmer Music: East European Jewish Music”). The Paul artist-in-residence program provides a unique opportunity to learn directly from a major artist.