22nd Zimriya World Assembly of Choirs in Israel

The 22^nd Zimriya

World Assembly of Choirs in Israel

16-24 August 2010 

The 22^nd Zimriya will take place on the beautiful campus of the Hebrew University on Mount Scopus, overlooking Jerusalem. 

Choirs from all over the world are invited to participate. Youth Choirs (over 14 years) are welcome. Individual singers may apply. Workshops, led by world known conductors, will take place mornings and afternoons. In the evenings there will be Open Singing; Choir to Choir Sessions will take place at night. Informal singing goes on until the early hours. A Gala Concert will take place at the end of the Zimriya. 

There will be a guided tour of Jerusalem. Choirs from abroad will give public concerts at various locations in Israel.  

Payment for board and lodging, as well as tours and concerts, is US$ 540 (€390) per person.

For more information please contact the Zimriya offices.  
 

Workshops

Michal Shani, the Musical Director and the Music Committee, are pleased to invite you to the following workshops: 

Aharon Harlap (Israel)  Jewish and Israeli Music

Michael Gohl (Switzerland)  Songs of all Nations

Fred Sjöberg (Sweden)  Romantic Music

Anton Armstrong (USA)  Afro-American Spirituals

Theodora Pavlovitch (Bulgaria) Rhythms from the Balkans to the Jazz*

Stanley Sperber (Israel)  Mendelssohn – Psalm 42

Volker Hempfling (Germany) Mozart: Mass in C minor 

* Workshop for equal voices 

"…Among all the international choral festivals the Zimriya is outstanding not only in its geographical setting but also in its warm spirit and the refreshing musical program.  

This is what makes it so attractive in the same way for amateur choirs as well as for Youth Choirs and choirs of high quality expectations. The fact that all participants live and work for 8 days together on the superb university campus of Mount Scopus, enjoying excellent food and having the local infrastructure for feasting, singing and dancing into the late night, makes it possible, that the participants get into contact with each other very fast.  

The site of Mount Scopus is breath taking, just opposite and overlooking  the Temple Mountain of Old Jerusalem, on the other side overlooking the desert of Judea down to the Jordan Valley and the Dead Sea.  

The beautiful new concert hall of the campus, which hosts all the participants every evening, adds to the fact, that at the end all participants seem to leave the festival like a new family, deeply enriched by music and friendship.  

The Zimriya is a must for every choir once in its life!"  

Michael Gohl, conductor, (Switzerland) 
 

Choirs interested in attending the Zimriya please complete the form and return to the Zimriya by 10 December 2009. 

For more information please contact:

The Zimriya – World Assembly of Choirs in Israel 
34, Yehezkel Street,  62595 Tel Aviv, Israel 
Tel 972-3-6041808 Fax 972-3-6041688 
harzimco@netvision.net.il

www.zimriya.org.il