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    Galeet Dardashti in Concert: Monajat (Fervent Prayer)

    Presented by Jewish Communitiy Center of Houston and Congregation Brith Shalom at Congregation Brith Shalom

    September 18, 2011

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    Galeet Dardashti in Concert: Monajat (Fervent Prayer)

    The Jewish Community Center of Houston in collaboration with Congregation Brith Shalom and the Foundation for Jewish Culture present a unique multimedia performance, Monajat (Fervent Prayer), by composer, singer, and scholar Galeet Dardashti. Dardashti’s Houston concert, part of a six-city tour, will take place on Sunday, September 18, 2011 at 7:00 p.m....

    The Jewish Community Center of Houston in collaboration with Congregation Brith Shalom and the Foundation for Jewish Culture present a unique multimedia performance, Monajat (Fervent Prayer), by composer, singer, and scholar Galeet Dardashti. Dardashti’s Houston concert, part of a six-city tour, will take place on Sunday, September 18, 2011 at 7:00 p.m. at Congregation Brith Shalom, 4610 Bellaire Blvd.

    Monajat is inspired by Selihot, the poetic prayers of forgiveness recited during the month preceding the Jewish High Holidays according to Middle Eastern tradition. This period of deep reflection and spiritual preparation serves as a backdrop for Dardashti’s time-specific concert and program. Dardashti, a performer and anthropologist of Iranian descent, re-imagines the Selihot ritual in collaboration with an acclaimed ensemble of musicians, an electronic soundscape featuring recordings of her grandfather (a renowned singer of Persian classical music), and dynamic video projections by video artist and designer Dmitry Kmelnitsky. Galeet Dardashti’s Monajat explores a personal history, and, more broadly, Jewish culture in the Islamic world.

    In addition to her Sunday night concert, Dardashti will offer a free workshop at Rothko Chapel on Saturday, September 17 at 11:00 a.m.

    This program was made possible, in part, from funding by the Jewish Federation of Greater Houston, United Airlines, JP Morgan Chase & Co. and the Mid-America Arts Alliance. Support also comes from the New Jewish Culture Network, the Howard and Geraldine Polinger Family Foundation, the Milken Family Foundation and individual donors. 


    Congregation Brith Shalom

    4610 Bellaire Boulevard
    Bellaire, TX 77401

    Full map and directions

    Tickets:

    $18 JCC, CBS Members, JCC Patrons
    $25 Public

    For more information , please contact Brittany Horwitt at 713-729-3200 ext. 3327 or bhorwitt@jcchouston.org.


    Times:

    7pm


     


    Phone: 713-729-3200

    Parking:

    On site parking available.


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