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For participants who want to
sample a variety of different areas of
Jewish music, other workshops fit
together in a three-part packet, or
can be taken one class at a time.
"Jewish Choral Tradition," for exam-
ple, can be experienced as all three
classes — From Aaron to Rossi,"
"Choral Music of the Synagogue"
and "Choral Music of Israel" — or
just one or two of the three.
Finally, there are "one-shot" work-
shops that allow a sampling of a vari-
ety of subjects and instructors.
"The workshops are invaluable,"
says Larry Katkowsky. "They teach you
how to raise money, about different
composers and ways to keep a group
going. In 2 1/2 days," he says, "you can
whip up some good concert material.
"We are hoping to raise enough
money to take the entire Zamir
Chorale of Metropolitan Detroit to
the festival in 2001 to perform," adds
Katkowsky.
Performances are a highlight of the
festival. Each night, vocal ensembles,
soloists and choruses perform for the
group.
Outside of time spent in work-
shops, singers take part in "instant
choirs" formed based on the sight
reading ability of the individual. At
the end of the week, the instant choirs
perform for each other in the culmi-
nating event of the festival. It's the
ultimate unifying experience, a heady
moment where professional singers
and lay people perform together and
for each other, brought together by a
common love of choral music.
For Matthew Lazar, the festival is
representative of an entire way of life.
"Choral music uses the text of our
people," Lazar says. "The text is part
of a long evolution. We combine
liturgical, secular and folk text with
music and comment on that — choral
music is great commentary.
"What does that mean to have a
group of people singing together?
Harmony is essential and harmony is
the basis for peace."

For more information, contact
the Zamir Choral Foundation,
120 Riverside Drive, Suite 1Y,
New York, NY 10024; tele-
phone: 212-362-3335; email:
zamirfdn@aol.com; or visit their
Web site: www.zamirfdn.org .
For more information on the
Zamir Chorale of Metropolitan
Detroit, call Larry Katkowsky,
(248) 901-3400.