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There are no formal
performances by this
group. People basically get
together for their personal
enjoyment in shared music
and friendships.
“We post meeting notices
on Facebook and welcome
new members of all ages,”
said Luchina, who lists
the group on Facebook as
Jewish Song Circle in Ann
Arbor. “I’ve developed
friendships from this
program, and these people
are very important to me.
“It’s also a nice way to
know what’s happening
around you because it’s
truly an intergenerational
community. We have young
students and professionals.
We have people who bring
their young kids and join as
a family.
“I think it’s important for
the students to connect to
other generations.”
While this is a
pleasurable activity for
Luchina, she does give her
interest a serious side by
taking music lessons from
Estar Cohen, a Detroiter
who works as a vocalist,
lyricist, composer and
educator.
“Estar teaches me a
wide variety of musical
techniques,” Luchina said.
“I learn about musicality
and improvisation, which
help enhance what the
group does.
“I learned you have to
listen and solo and give
everyone a voice to feel
they are also deciding and
contributing. Among the
works we sing are those
by Aly Halpert, who has
lived in Ann Arbor, and
Batya Levine, who travels
to various communities to
present songs.”
The circle ends every
session singing an
adaptation of lines she
describes as coming from a
Leonard Cohen song.
‘There’s a crack in
everything,” it says. “That’s
how the light gets in.”
ABOVE: Jewish Song Circle: Clockwise from bottom left:
Yevgeniya Gazman, Emin Yelizarov, Brittany Salazar, Oona
Woodbury, Ava Armour, Ethan Appelbaum-Schwartz, Moss
Herberholz and Elena Luchina.
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Moss Herberholz, Beth Kirschner, Shoshanna Wechter, Brittany
Salazar and Evan Frenklak.
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