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Maccabi ArtsFest Features
Young Musicians
I
n the basement of the Jewish
Community Center of West
Bloomfield, young musicians
from all over the country and
across the world will be practicing
for their performances at the JCC
Maccabi and ArtsFest Showcase on
Thursday, Aug. 8.
In the far corner of
the basement is the
Rock Band portion
of the competition.
Fifteen musicians are
participating and have
been split up into
two smaller groups.
The groups will select
and practice two or
three songs to perfect
by their Thursday
performance.
Among these
musicians is Ian Kraft,
14, of Farmington
Hills. It’
s his first year participating
in Maccabi’
s ArtsFest, but Kraft
knows what to expect thanks to his
older brother who participated in
years past.
“Maccabi just seemed like such a
fun experience and I wanted to try
it out,” Kraft said.
In the competition, Kraft will be
playing electric guitar, but he also
plays acoustic guitar, piano, drums,
clarinet and saxophone.
Josh Nelson is the Artist in
Residence for the Rock Bands and
has been involved with Maccabi
for 11 years. As a touring musician
from Brooklyn, Nelson always
takes the week of
the games out of
his busy schedule
to mentor aspiring
musicians.
“Seeing kids
choose this as
a career or an
important extra-
curricular is so
rewarding. A lot
of these kids do
go on to become
professional
musicians,” Nelson
said.
Nelson often keeps
in contact with the musicians he
meets at Maccabi and loves to see
them grow up, go into music and
have families.
The Rock Bands will be
performing at the Berman Theater
between 3-5 p.m. on Thursday,
Aug. 8
, for credentialed audience
members. ■
JESSIE COHEN JN INTERN
PHOTOGRAPHY BY JESSIE COHEN
Maccabi ArtsFest
Showcase participants
Ian Kraft