Second International Festival of New Jewish Liturgical Music

Shalshelet’s Second International Festival took place June 11, 2006 at Ohr Kodesh Congregation, Chevy Chase, Maryland. A concert and workshops highlighted 36 new works by 30 composers living in the U.S., Israel, and Canada. The Festival was supported in part by grants from The Rita Poretsky Foundation and from the Arts and Humanities Council of Montgomery County, Maryland and the Executive’s Ball for the Benefit of the Arts and Humanities.

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2006 Five Local Composers

Festival Composers and Compositions

Unless otherwise noted, all of the compositions below appear in the 2006 Festival Songbook
Compositions included on the 2006 Festival CD

Miriam Ahuvat-El Shiviti, Ozi v’Zimrat Yah
Sariel Beckenstein Tefilah ‘Atikah
Natan Berenshteyn Le Dor va Dor
David Berkenbilt Hanukkah Light, Hanukkah, Nes Gadol
Andrew Bleckner Psalm 116
Richard Calvert Kumi, Ori
Steve Cohen Hashkiveinu*
Daniel Cousin Lekha Dodi
Joshua Fishbein Musaf Kedushah
Stephen Freedman Esah ‘Einai
Jonathan Friedmann & Roni Kripper Mi Khamokha
Isabelle Ganz Ke Rahem Av, Ha Lahma Anya
Shefa Gold Beini uVein
Terry S.Horowit Shalom Rav, Bidvaro
Jonathan Kremer Ya’Aleh
Wayne Krieger Ve Khol Banayikh
David Lefkowich Mah Tovu
Claudia Mikail Lehka Dodi
Wendy Morrison Ner l’Ehad, Ner l’Meah, Hinei El Yeshu’Ati
Howard Pfeifer Ve Sham’ru
Geela Rayzel Raphael Rock To The Rock
Ken Richmond Kevod’kha Malei ‘Olam
Ethan Seidel Shahar Avakesh’kha
Joanna Selznick Dulkin Or Zaru’a, Yedid Nefesh, Hoshi’a et ‘Amekha
Shira Shazeer Ya’Aleh
Juliet Spitzer Zeh haYom
Margot Stein Lulei
Irene Steiner Hodu L’Adonai Ki Tov
Meryam Zislovich My Heart Is Ready

Honorable Mention
Jack Kessler Ashrei*
Ken Richmond Sefirat Ha-Omer*
Evette Nan Katlin Sim Shalom*
Sylvia F. Goldstein Sheheheyanu*
David M. Pinansky May the Words*
Claudia Mikail Vayekhulu*

*not published in the 2006 Festival Songbook