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The Second Avenue Institute Ensemble
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Humanist Temple. "We want to
embrace the past and bring it into the
future," she says.
Using a historical perspective, the
IfilE embers of the Second
group also will perform works from
Avenue Institute
the Zionist and Reform movements
Ensemble do not repre-
and will include Yiddish and Hebrew
sent themselves as
compositions. Their program is pre-
spokespersons for Secular Humanistic
sented as part of the Birmingham
Judaism, but they would like to be the
Temple's Vivace Music Series.
movement's spiritual songsmiths. The
"Food and music are the two most
California-based quartet performs tra-
accessible things for people," Davis
ditional Jewish melodies with new
says. The tastes that you remember,
lyrics that express Secular Humanistic
the dishes your mother and grand-
philosophy.
mother made and the music you heard
They have taken the melody from
are the things that make you feel at
"Shema Yisrael," for example, and
home.
changed the words. Instead of vocaliz-
The quartet has made two record-
ing "Hear, 0 Israel, the Lord, our
ings of original and cover music —
God, is One," they sing "Hear, 0
For Our Mothers and Traditions and
Israel, our people are one; humanity is
Transitions.
one.
The foursome is
The group will
Opposite page: In their Vivace
an offshoot of the
introduce its reper-
Music Series concert, the Second
Second Avenue
toire to a Michigan
Avenue Institute Ensemble will
Klezmer Ensemble
audience Saturday,
play works from the Yiddish,
formed in 1991 by
Oct. 9, in a
Zionist, Reform and Secular
Birmingham Temple
Humanistic movements, providing Davis and Robert
Zelickman, who had
a historic overview of Jewish
concert, "The Music
music from the 19th through 20th played klezmer
of the New Jew.
music together in
The performers — centuries. Pictured, left to right,
are violinist Joan Zelickman,
other groups, includ-
vocalist Deborah
pianist-composer Ellen Weller,
ing Robboy's Jewish
Davis, clarinetist
vocalist Deborah Davis and clar-
Orchestra, Zmiros
Robert Zelickman,
inetist Robert Zelickman.
and the Zelickman
violinist Joan
Klezmer Ensemble.
Zelickman and
The Second Avenue in the title of
pianist-composer Ellen Weller —
two of Davis' groups comes from her
work together in other groups, from
growing-up years in New York, where
klezmer to secular, and will bring
she saw Yiddish musical theater on
those styles into the concert as well.
Second Avenue.
"This program is going to be a
Davis, 49, a graduate of the High
compilation of Jewish music — tied
School of Performing Arts in New
together by Jewish music we can use
York and a former drama major at
ethically and not change, music live
Brooklyn College, earned her music
adapt and new music that we have
degree at the University of California
created for our movement," says
San Diego, where she studied
Davis. The vocalist is a student in the
opera. She has appeared in road-corn-
cantorial department of the
pany productions of Lenny and
International Institute for Secular
Nunsense and worked as a puppeteer
Judaism and cantor for the San Diego
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