eSefarad Noticias del Mundo Sefaradi
On June 30, 2018 at the church at Spruce Forest Artisan Village, Trio Sefardi will perform a concert at 7:30 pm.
Spruce Forest Artisan Village
177 Casselman Rd, Grantsville, MD 21536
Trio Sefardi is a confluence of three performers who share a love of, and a wide-ranging experience with Sephardic music, playing with La Rondinella, the Western Wind, and National Heritage Fellowship winner Flory Jagoda.
Group members combine a respect for tradition with a creative approach to arranging and scoring dedicated to bringing the vibrant past into the living present.
The Sefardim, the Jews of Spain, lived on the Iberian Peninsula for fifteen centuries. Expelled in 1492 by King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella, the Sefardim settled in North Africa, the Middle East, France, Italy, and parts of northern Europe, but were welcomed most warmly in the Ottoman Empire. In exile the Sefardim maintained their language, Ladino, and their oral culture. Songs were passed down through the generations, usually by women, and new songs were composed about love, loss, daily life, holidays, and history. Our CD celebrates this beautiful, joyous, and, at times, haunting legacy.
Trio Sefardi is
Susan Gaeta, vocals, guitar
Tina Chancey, viol, Renaissance violin, rebec, kamenj, back-up vocals
Howard Bass, lute, guitar
