Jeffrey Werbock in Concert

Please join Temple Beth-El of City Island for a very special musical event !

Sunday, Dec 20 from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m.

Jeffrey Werbock will present both an educational as well as musical program of instrumental solo improvisations based on traditional Azerbaijani mugham, played on oud – fretless wood face short neck lute; tar – fretted skin face long neck lute; and kamancha – skin face spike fiddle.

Azerbaijani mugham is monophonic modal music, highly microtonal, meter free, densely ornamented, composed of complex melodic lines that are somewhat improvised according to the eastern tradition of theme and variation, and convey a mix of sorrow and joy as well as an overall sense of both antiquity and mysticism.

Mr. Werbock has been giving presentations for well over three decades and has performed often at Lincoln Center, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the American Museum of Natural History, Asia Society, World Music Institute, and presents lecture demonstrations at colleges and universities all over the English speaking world.  He has been awarded an honorary degree by the National Music Conservatory of Azerbaijan, Baku, and was sponsored by the Ministry of Culture of Azerbaijan to perform solo concert.

For additional information about the musician and the music, check out www.mugham.net

For additional information about the venue: www.yourshulbythesea.org

For questions and inquiries, contact Ellen Ruth Topol, TBE, Vice-President : ertopol@aol.com

~ Suggested Donation $10.00 ~