Thursday, July 11, 2019

Put this on your calendar: Judith Cohen at Storytellers Circle of Halifax Sep 16

Sep 16 at Local Women's Council 7:00 pm.
989 Young Ave, Halifax, NS
Save the date for this special edition of our Storytellers Circle of Halifax gathering on Monday Sep 16.
This is a two hour presentation (with Break) feathering Ballads of the Sefardic Jews of Spain and the second half about tracing and collecting them. There will be no Open Mic this evening. Regular sessions will return in October.

Admission:  Pay what you can - $15 suggested

Ethnomusicologist, singer, teller - I sing stories and tell songs from many traditions - Sephardic from Morocco, Turkey, Greece and the Balkans; Spanish and Portuguese villages, Francophone Canada, Yiddish, Medieval Europe....  leading the audience through mini-labyrinths of the  stories of the people I learned them from, and my own stories of traveling and singing. I am happy to present in English, French, Spanish or Portuguese, and to adjust programmes to different audiences. I often accompany myself with traditional string and/or percussion instruments. 

More information about Dr. Judith Cohen
https://www.judithcohen.ca

More information on this presentation
elinorbenjamin@gmail.com