Join me for an afternoon of Yiddish Songs of Social Change, featuring the Golden Thread Ensemble:

May 10, 2026 @2:00 PM
The Armory
191 Highland Ave
Somerville, MA 02143
In Person & Livestreamed

Sing Out, Fight Back! Yiddish Songs of Social Change
A Besere Velt Yiddish Chorus of Boston Workers Circle
Derek David, Music Director
and Golden Thread Ensemble

Golden Thread Ensemble is a pioneering new chamber-klezmer group led by Craig Judelman, featuring The Klezmatics’ frontman Lorin Sklamberg, and a virtuosic string quintet made up of leading klezmer musicians. Combining a deep grounding in klezmer, Yiddish theater, classical and contemporary art music, this new project has already received rave reviews at North America’s premiere klezmer festivals for its program celebrating the power of music to carry and communicate the human experience, and its critical role in the important struggles for improvements in the living and working conditions for millions of people over the last 150 years.

New Gallery Concert Series released the performance of Duet for Violin and Viola with violinist Lilit Hartunian and violist Anna Griffis. Enjoy!

Tikkun Olam ~ Together in Song, a concert offering healing, hope, and peace during these challenging times.  In a time filled with mistrust and division, Koleinu, Boston’s Jewish Community Chorus, A Besere Velt Yiddish Chorus of Boston Workers Circle, and Mizrahi multi-instrumentalist Yoni Avi Battat, will collaborate to strengthen our connections with the rich, multicultural sounds of our wide Jewish musical heritage.

Music Street presents the premiere of my Duettino for Violin and Cello, a seven minute arrangement of “Children’s Song” and “Counterpoint and Chorale'“, performed by Sophia Szokolay and Alan Toda-Ambaras.

Sunday, February 23 | 7:30pm
Bemis Hall, Lincoln, MA

For more information about the work, visit here:

Duettino for Violin and Cello

Looking forward to singing two folksongs in Yiddish for the season opener of The Boston Festival of New Jewish Music. Tomorrow, October 26th at the Boston Synagogue, 7:00PM.