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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