Save the date for the US’s Largest Yiddish Culture Festival! Six days & nights filled with Films – Lectures – Theater – Yiddish Song – Folk Dance – Yiddish Language – Yiddish Culture and History – Visual Arts – Master Classes – Ensembles – Foods – Klezmer Music – Local Community – Art Exhibition – Special …
SAVE THE DATE! Yiddish New York is back this year! Read More »
In 1966 Martin Koenig, ethnographer and Balkan dance specialist embarked on his first trip to the Balkans armed with a letter of introduction from the legendary anthropologist Margaret Mead. On that trip and many subsequent ones over a span of twenty-five years, Koenig– either alone or together with his colleague Ethel Raim – researched and …
As the Summer of 2021 winds down, CTMD is so proud of the teachers of the FolkCOLOMBIA School/Escuela of Music and Dance, who, following safety and health protocols, gave in-person classes at IS 145, JHS 217, and the Young Women’s Leadership School. Students were immersed in Colombian rhythms, Latinx dance, and Latin Beat Loops. The …
A Successful Semester for the FolkCOLOMBIA School! Read More »
NYFA has announced the recipients and finalists of the NYSCA/NYFA Artist Fellowship program, which it has administered for the past 36 years with leadership support from the New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA). The organization has awarded a total of $616,000 to 92 artists (including three collaborations) whose ages range from 25-70 years …
Starting in September 2021, this up-to two-year program creates an opportunity for artists, writers, scholars, journalists, performers, activists, workers, and others with a compelling idea to conceive, develop, and put into place public initiatives that bring people together. This program is for people with a compelling idea for social change. We encourage people of all generations …
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Are you a live venue operator or promoter, a theatrical producer, live performing arts organization operator, museum operators, or a talent representative who has had to shut their doors? The Shuttered Venue Operators (SVO) Grant program was established by the Economic Aid to Hard-Hit Small Businesses, Nonprofits, and Venues Act, signed into law on December 27, …
Drawn from the Ben Stonehill Archive, this website, in its initial release, contains over sixty songs drawn from the Ben Stonehill Archive. The Stonehill Archive totals over one thousand songs, and over time we will be working to put all of them up on this site. In 1948, Ben Stonehill, a lover of Yiddish, was aware …
Folk and traditional artists are among the most vulnerable members of the creative community, often coming from new immigrant and underserved communities. Many of these revered musicians and craftspeople have structural impediments including the digital divide and language barriers to access federal relief funds or private sources of funding. In March the COVID-19 Relief Fund …
In the first week of August, CTMD joined Yiddish New York, the Museum of Jewish Heritage and many others to put together two online programs, BEYLE 100 and Survivor Songs: The Amazing Stonehill Recordings in celebration of the Yiddish folksong tradition. BEYLE 100 was a special online concert celebrating the 100th birthday of Yiddish songwriter, …
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Photo courtesy Brooklyn Arts Council CTMD was sad to learn that our dear friend, New York-based Central Asian singer Rustam “Samarqandi” Khojimamedov passed away at age 51 in April 2020 of complications due to the COVID-19 coronavirus. We dedicate this page to his memory. Rustam “Samarqandi” Khojimamedov (1969-2020) was one of the most accomplished …
Remembering Rustam Samarqandi Khojimamedov (1969-2020) Read More »
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