Repertoire |

Mak’hela Repertoire
as of June 2015

Abi Gezint…..As Long as You’re Healthy
Abe Ellstein; Arranged by Joshua Jacobson
Hal Leonard Corporation
Yiddish; Solo voice; SATB; clarinet and piano; secular
First performed: December 2009
Last performed: June 2013

Adijo, Kerida (Farewell, Beloved)
A Sephardic Folksong arranged by Joshua Jacobson
1991 Joshua Jacobson/World Music Press; 2009 Assigned to Plank Road Publishing, Inc.
Ladino;; SATB; piano and/or guitar; secular
First performed: May 2011
Last performed: June 2011

Adon Has’lichot
Sephardic Hymn
music and lyrics: traditional
arranged by Joshua Jacobson
Hebrew; liturgical
First performed: May 2015
Last performed: May 2015

Adon Olam
Robert Stern
from “A Rushing of New Waters”
Transcontinental
Hebrew; Sop/Alto; piano; liturgical
First performed: 06/07 Season
Last performed: March 2007

Adon Olam
Anon. 18th century Italian; Arranged by Joshua Jacobson
Hazamir Music Publications
Hebrew; SATB; soli and continuo; liturgical
First performed: 05/06 Season
Last performed: December 2005

Adon Olam
Solomon Ibn Gabirol, lyrics; Salamone Rossi music; Edited by Joshua Jacobson
Hazamir Music Publications
Hebrew; Mixed Double Chorus, SATB,SATB; liturgical
First performed: January 2014
Last performed: April 2014

Ahavat Olam
Meir Finkelstein
Edited by Aryell Cohen
Hebrew; for cantor and choir; liturgical
First performed: February 2009
Last performed: February 2009

Ale Brider
Traditional folk song based on poem by Morris Winchevsky
Arranged by Joshua Jacobson
World Music Press
Yiddish; Solo voice; SATB; piano; secular
First performed: Spring 2003 Season
Last performed: April 2014

Aleynu
Melody by Sabel
Arranged by Joel Caplan (for Agudath Israel HH Choir 1998)
Hebrew; SATB, a cappella liturgical
First performed: February 2009
Last performed: February 2009

Al Hanissim
Traditional folk song; arranged by Elliot Levine
Shadow Press
Hebrew; SATB; a cappella; liturgical: Hannukah
First performed: 06/07 Season
Last performed: June 2013

Al Shlosha D’varim
Music by Allan Naplan
Copyright Boosey & Hawkes, Inc.
Hebrew; Optional solo; Two- part voices; piano; liturgical, Pirkei Avot
First performed: 03/04 Season
Last performed: June 2009

America the Beautiful
Music: Samuel A Ward, Lyrics: Katharine Lee Bates
Arranged by: Clifton J. Noble Jr., and E. Wayne Abercrombie
English; secular
First performed: April 2012
Last performed: April 2012

Amerike de Prekhtike
(America the Beautiful)
Music: Samuel Woo; Arranged by Mark Zuckerman
Yiddish and English; SATB; secular
First performed: 06/07 Season
Last performed: January 2007

A Nign…A Tune
Melody by L. Magister; Music by Lazar Weiner; Arranged by Joshua Jacobson
Editors: Joshua Jacobson and Matthew Lazar
Transcontinental Music Publications
Yiddish; solo voice, SATB; piano; secular
First performed: 04/05 Season
Last performed: June 2013

Anu Olim
Viktor Ullmann
Hebrew; SATB; a cappella; secular
First performed: March 2008
Last performed: June 2008

Ashirah Lashem…..I Will Sing to the Eternal
Meira Warshauer; Copyright 2005
Hebrew; SATB; piano; sacred; Psalm 104:33-34
First performed: 04/05 Season
Last performed: December 2005

At Grandmother’s Knee
Five Yiddish Folk Songs for SATB, Clarinet and Piano
Simion A. Sargon
#1 Yakovs Lied, #3 A Simche Tanz
First performed: 07/08 Season
Last performed: December 2007

Avinu Malkeynu…..Our Father Our King
Max Janowski
Copyright 1967; Ninth Printing 12-85
Hebrew; solo; 3 part voices; piano; liturgical
First performed: 03/04 Season
Last performed: June 2004

Az Der Rebbe Geht
Traditional melody; Arranged by A.W. Binder; Chassidic Folk Song
Transcontinental Music Publications
Yiddish; SATB; piano; secular
First performed: 03/04 Season
Last performed: June 2004

Az Ikh Vel Zogn Lekho Doydi……When I Say: Come My Beloved
Traditional melody; Arranged by Joshua Jacobson
HaZamir Music Publications distributed by Hal Leonard Corp.
Yiddish; solo voice; SATB; piano; secular
First performed: 05/06 Season
Last performed: June 2013

Bai Mir Bisti Sheyn
Words and Music by Sholom Secunda, Jacob Jacobs, Saul Chaplin and Sammy Cahn
Arranged by Joshua Jacobson and Art Bailey
Transcontinental Music Publications
Secular; Yiddish, for solo voices and SATB choir,
with clarinet and keyboard accompaniment and optional drums set
First performed: March 2012
Last performed: June 2013

Barechu…………Praise the Lord
Salamoni Rossi; Edited by Joshua Jacobson
Broude Brothers Limited
Hebrew; SAB; a cappella; sacred, liturgical
First performed: 03/04 Season
Last performed: February 2015

Building Bridges
English, round.
First performed: June 2009
Last performed: June 2009

Brucha At Yah
Music by Rebecca Fisher
Liturgical; Hebrew: SATB
First performed: April 2014
Last performed: April 2014

By the Waters of Babylon
Arranged by Will Schmid
Hal.Leonard Corporation
Traditional; English: SATB, with solo
First performed: March 2013
Last performed: March 2013

Cantata ebraica
Carlo Grossi
Hazamir Music Publications
Hebrew; SATB, T solo and Continuo; “occasional” music for Sukkot
First performed: 05/06 Season
Last performed: December 2005

Chanukah in Santa Monica
Tom Lehrer; Arranged by Joshua Jacobson
Transcontinental Music Publications
English; SATB, clarinet and keyboard; secular, Chanukah
First performed: 08/09 Season
Last performed: December 2012

Chiri Bim
Traditional Yiddish Melody; arranged by Elaine Broad Ginsburg
Yiddish; SATB with clarinet and keyboard
First performed: December 2013
Last performed: April 2014

Circle Chant
Words and Music by Linda Hirschhorn
English, round.
First performed: June 2009
Last performed: April 2014

Cuando el Rey Nimrod
A Sephardic folksong, arranged by Matthew Lazar
for mixed chorus (SATB), T (or S) solo and piano
HaZamir Music Publications, distributed by Transcontinental Music Publications
Ladino
First Performed: June 2011
Last Performed: June 2011

Der Rebbe
A medley of Yiddish folksongs, arranged by Stanley Sperber
for mixed chorus (SATB), with optional piano, violin and flute
HaZamir Music Publications, distributed by Transcontinental Music Publications
Yiddish
First Performed: February 2011
Last Performed: December 2013

Di Zun Vet Aruntergeyn
Music by Ben Yomin; Arranged by Mark Zuckerman
Transcontinental
Yiddish; SATB; a cappella; secular
First performed: December 2009
Last performed: June 2010

Dodi Li
Israeli Song, arranged by Doreen Rao
Hebrew Text from the Song of Songs 2:16, 3:6, 4:9, 4:16
SATB with piano
Doreen Rao’s Choral Music Experience, Boosey&Hawkes
Distributed by Hal-Leonard Corporation
First performed: December 2013
Last performed: April 2014

Dolye Mayne, Dolye……………….My Fate
Music by S. Beresovsky; Lyrics by Itsik Manger; Arranged by Mark Zuckerman
Transcontinental Music Publications
Yiddish; SATB; a cappella; secular: Holocaust
First performed: 05/06 Season
Last performed: April 2006

D’ror Yikra
Yeminite melody arranged by Alice Parker
Transcontinental Music Publications
Hebrew; SATB; a cappella; optional piano; Sabbath
First performed: February 2011
Last performed: June 2011

Eftakh Na Sefatay
Salamoni Rossi; Edited by Joshua Jacobson
Matityahu Ben Isaac
HaZamir Music Publications distributed by Transcontinental Music Publications
Hebrew; for mixed double chorus (SAB, SATB); sacred, liturgical, a cappella
First performed: March 2015
Last performed: June 2015

Eili, Eili
Melody: D. Zahavi; Lyrics: H. Szenes; Choral Setting R. Hereld
Hebrew; SATB; a cappella; sacred
First performed: 06/07 Season
Last performed: May 2008

Ein Gedi
Melody: D. Aharoni; Arranged by M. Wiesenberg; Text: E Peretz
Israel Music Institute (I.M.I)
Hebrew; SATB; a cappella; secular
First performed: 04/05 Season
Last performed: April 2010

Eliahu hanavi
Viktor Ullmann
Hebrew; SATB; a cappella; liturgical
First performed: March 2008
Last performed: June 2008

Elohim Hashivenu…..O, Lord, Turn Our Hearts
Salamone Rossi; Edited by Joshua Jacobson
Transcontinental Music Publications
Hebrew and English; SATB; rehearsal piano; liturgical (Psalm 80)
First performed: Spring 2003 Season
Last performed: June 2003

Erev Shel Shoshanim
“Evening of Roses” A Sensitive Portrait of the Israeli Desert…and Love
Music by Josef Hadar, Lyrics by Moshe Dor/”Song of Songs”
Arranged by Jack Klebano
World Music Press/Plank Road Publishing, Inc.
Hebrew; SATB
First performed: March 2010
Last performed: June 2011

Even When God is Silent
Michael Horvit
Transcontinental Music Publications
English; SATB; a cappella; rehearsal keyboard; Holocaust
First performed: Spring 2003 Season
Last performed: June 2010

Fayer, Fayer
Mark Zuckerman
ECS Publishing
Yiddish; SATB; a cappella; secular
First performed: 06/07 Season
Last performed: January 2007

Fiddler on the Roof
Lyrics: Sheldon Harnick, Music: Jerry Bock, Arranged by: John Leavitt
Warner Brothers Publications
English, SATB w/ optional instrumentation
First performed: 05/06 Season
Last performed: December 2005

Five Hebrew Love Songs
Eric Whitacre
Lyrics: Hila Plitmann
Walton Music; Jo-Michael Scheibe Choral Series
SATB Chorus, Piano and Violin
#2 Kala Kalla
First performed: 07/08 Season
Last performed: December 2007

Give Me Your Tired, Your Poor
Music by Irving Berlin, Arranged by Roy Ringwald, Words by Emma Lazarus
Shawnee Press, Hal*Leonard Corporation
English; American, SATB
First Performed: June 2012
Last performed: June 2012

Go Down, Moses
Traditional African-American spiritual
arr: Clifton J. Noble, Jr.
English, SATB, piano; secular
First performed: April 2008 (World Premiere)
Last performed: June 2013

Hallelu Avdey Adonai
Traditional Iraqi
Whirlybird Press
Unison; a cappella; secular
First performed: 06/07 Season
Last performed: July 2007

Hallelujah, Amen (from Judas Maccabaeus)
George F. Handel
Choral Public Domain Library
English; SATB; piano
First performed: 03/04 Season
Last performed: March 2012

Haleluya Haleli nafshi
Salamone Rossi; Edited by Joshua Jacobson
Broude Brothers Limited
Hebrew and English; SATB; piano; liturgical; Psalm 146
First performed: 03/04 Season
Last performed: November 2009

Hamisha Asar
Flory Jogoda
Arranged by Nick Page
Doreen Rao’s Choral Music Experience
Boosey & Hawkes
Ladino; SATB; piano
First performed: March 2009
Last performed: June 2015

Haneirot Halalu
Meir Finkelstein
Hebrew; SATB
First performed: December 2009
Last performed: December 2012

Hashkivenu
Salamone Rossi
Whirlybird Press
Hebrew; S/A1/A2/TB; a cappella; liturgical
First performed: 05/06 Season
Last performed: June 2013

Hashkivenu for Shabbos
Yosl Kurland
Hebrew; liturgical; solo and chorus
First performed: February 2015
Last performed: February 2015

Hatikvah……The Hope
Reuven Kosakoff
Transcontinental Music Publications
Hebrew; Three voice parts S/ATB; piano
First performed: Spring 2003 Season
Last performed: 2003

Hatikvah
Arranged by Kayla Werlin
SATB; a cappella; Hebrew; secular
First performed: 06/07 Season
Last performed: June 2013

Hayo Haya
Arranged by Elliot Z. Levine
Shadow Press
Two Part Chorus-violin & guitar (piano)
Hebrew; Music for Chanukah
First performed: December 2009
Last performed: December 2009

Hinay Mah Tov………….How Good It Is
Hebrew Folk Tune arranged by Iris Levine
Shawnee Press, Inc.
Hebrew; SATB; piano; secular
First performed: Spring 2003 Season
Last performed: June 2013

Hine Ba HaShalom
Music: Ehud Manor/Nurit Hirsch
Arranged by: Caroll Goldberg
Hebrew, SATB, secular
First Performed: April 2008
Last Performed: June 2008

Hinei Ma Tov ……………How Good It Is
Traditional Abayudaya
Luganda and Hebrew; Soprano/Alto; Tenor/Bass; a cappella; secular
First performed: 04/05 Season
Last performed: June 2015

Hope Burns a Flame
Music by Karen A. Tarlow
Lyrics by Frederick C. Tillis
Commissioned by Mak’hela, The Jewish Chorus of Western Massachusetts, 2010
English, SATB, secular, piano and clarinet
First performed: June 2011
Last performed: June 2011

Ikh Bin a Kleyner Dreydl (I am a Little Dreydl)
Mikhi Gelbart; Arranged by Mark Zuckerman
Carl Fischer
Yiddish and English; SATB; a cappella; Hannukah
First performed: 04/05 Season
Last performed: December 2012

I Believe: Ani Mamin
Transcontinental Music Corp.
Hebrew; SATB; organ; liturgical
First performed: 03/04 Season
Last performed: April 2004

K’Ayal Ta’arog – Psalm 42
Music by Nick Page
Boosey & Hawkes
Hebrew and English; SATB; piano, percussion; liturgical
First performed: February 2015
Last performed: June 2015

Kaddish
Salamone Rossi; Edited by Joshua Jacobson
Transcontinental Music Publications
Hebrew; SATB; a cappella; liturgical
First performed: 03/04 Season
Last performed: December 2007

Kadeish Ur’chatz (Order of the Seder)
Babylonian Tune
Arr: Stephen Richards
Transcontinental Music Publications
Hebrew; SATB; a cappella; liturgical, Passover
First performed: March 2013
Last performed: March 2013

Khalutsim Lieder
Zalmen Mlotek
Transcontinental Music
SATB; piano; secular, Yiddish and Hebrew
First performed: 06/07 Season
Last performed: June 2010

Kiddush
Kurt Weill
Hebrew; SATB and Cantor, organ, liturgical
First performed: 05/06 Season
Last performed: January 2014

Ki Eshmerah Shabbat
R. Avraham Ibn Ezra; Traditional Jerusalem Sephardic
Whirlybird Press
Unison with organ; Hebrew; secular
First performed: 06/07 Season
Last performed: July 2007

Two Settings of Ki Onu Amecho…………..For We Are Your People
Louis Lewandowski; Edited by Mark Dunn
Transcontinental Music Publications
Hebrew; SATB; Organ; sacred
Medieval Poem; part of Yom Kippur Service
First performed: 04/05 Season
Last performed: October 2005

Kol Han’shamah T’halel Yah
Music by Bonia Shur; Psalm 150.6
Arr: Stephen Richards
Transcontinental Music Publications
Hebrew; SATB; piano; liturgical
First performed: March 2014
Last performed: April 2014

Lamnatse’ah binginot
Salamone Rossi
Psalm 67
Hebrew; SATB; a cappella; liturgical
First performed: June 2008
Last performed: June 2008

La Rosa Enfloresa
Arranged by Emanuel Rubin
Ladino; Three voice parts SAB; piano; secular
First performed: Spring 2003 Season
Last performed: June 2009

Last Words of David
Randall Thompson
E.C. Schirmir Music Company
English; SATB; piano; liturgical (II Samuel)
First performed: 03/04 Season
Last performed: June 2013

L’Cha Dodi
Aharon Ben Soussan
Arranged by David Propis
Hebrew; Sephardic style
First performed: February 2009
Last performed: February 2009

L’Dor Vador (From Generation to Generation)
Meir Finkelstein
Adapted for choir by Joshua Jacobson
For solo voice, mixed choir (SATB) and keyboard, Hebrew, Liturgical
First performed: June 2009
Last performed: June 2009

Lecha Dodi
Rabbi Shlomo HaLevi Alkabetz; Traditional Moroccan
Whirlybird Press
Unison; a cappella; Hebrew
First performed: 06/07 Season
Last performed: November 2009

Leshono Toyvo
Text: Sh. Tsesler; Music: Chane Mlotek; Arranged by Werlin/Abercrombie
Whirlybird Press 2005
Yiddish: Soprano/Alto Tenor/Bass; a cappella; Rosh Hashanah
First performed: 05/06 Season
Last performed: October 2005

Lo V’chayil (Music for Chanukah)
Elliot Levine
Shadow Press
Hebrew; SSATTB; a cappella
First performed: 06/07 Season
Last performed: June 2007

Lo Yisa Goy
Traditional; Hebrew, liturgical, from Isaiah
First performed: 05/06 Season
Last performed: June 2006

Lo Yisa Goy (round)
Traditional; Hebrew, liturgical, from Isaiah
First performed: June 2009
Last performed: June 2009

Magen Avot (Shomer Yisrael)
Arranged JC for Shabbat Neshama 4/11/03
Hebrew; liturgical; three parts and soloist
First performed: February 2009
Last performed: February 2009

Make Our Garden Grow
Bernstein, Leonard; From Candide
English, SATB and soloists, piano, secular
First performed: 05/06 Season
Last performed: June 2006

Maoz Tsur……Rock of Ages
(From Chanukah Around the World)
Traditional Ashkenazic hymn; Arranged by A.W. Binder
Edited by Joshua Jacobson
Transcontinental Music Publications
Hebrew; SATB; piano; Hannukah
First performed: 04/05 Season
Last performed: December 2012

May the Words of My Mouth
Elliot Levine
Willis Music Company
SATB; a cappella; English; liturgical; Psalm 19:14
First performed: 06/07 Season
Last performed: June 2007

Mayn Rue-Plats (My Resting Place)
by Morris Rosenfeld, arranged by Mark Zuckerman
Transcontinental Music Publications
SATB; a cappella; Yiddish, love song
First performed: May 2011
Last performed: June 2011

Mi Chamocha
by Bonia Shur
For evening and morning services
For cantor, soprano solo, choir, congregation and organ
Hebrew, liturgical
First performed: December 2014
Last performed: February 2015

Mi Shebeirach (May the One Who Blessed Us Hear Our Prayer)
A Song of Healing
Lisa Levine
Arranged by Andrew Jill Higgins
Transcontinental Music Publications
Liturgical
Hebrew and English; for Cantor, 2-part choir, cello and keyboard
First performed: May 2009
Last performed: May 2009

Mizmor l’David
Psalm 29 by Shlomo Carlebach, arranged by Joshua Jacobson
Transcontinental Music Publications
Hebrew; SATB; with clarinet and tof; liturgical
First performed: December 2013
Last performed: April 2014

Morena
Choral Arrangement by Sid Robinovitch
Ladino folk song from Mosaic of Jewish Folksongs
Transcontinental Music Publications
for mixed choir a cappella with rehearsal piano; Ladino
First performed: May 2011
Last performed: June 2011

Nem Mikh Mit Tsu Der Ball Geym
Albert Von Tilzer
Whirlybird Press
Unison; piano; Yiddish; secular
First performed: 06/07 Season
Last performed: October 2006

Ocho Kandelikas
Flory Jagoda; Arranged by Joshua Jacobson
HaZamir Music Publications
distributed by Transcontinental Music Publications
Ladino, SATB; guitars and percussion; secular; Chanukah
First performed: December 2008
Last performed: March 2009

Oh, Once There Was a Wicked, Wicked Man
A Silly Song for Purim
Arranged for Mak’hela and
Congregation Sons of Zion of Holyoke, MA on the occasion of their
110th Anniversary Celebration
Folk melody, English; arr: Elaine Broad Ginsberg
First performed: March 2014
Last performed: March 2014

Oori
Music, Lyrics & Arr. by Rebecca Fisher
2015
Hebrew; SATB;
First performed: May 2015
Last performed: May 2015

Or
Naomi Shemer; Arranged by Avi Faintoch
Ed. Elazar Nudell
in association with Sweet Melisma Publications
Hebrew; SATB; secular
First performed: 08/09 Season
Last performed: June 2009

Or, ir kleyne likhtelekh
Folk melody; Arranged by Elaine Broad; text: Morris Rosenfeld
Copyright 2003
Yiddish; SATB; piano; Hannukah
First performed: 03/04 Season
Last performed: March 2015

Oori
Music, Lyrics & Arr. by Rebecca Fisher
2015
Hebrew; SATB;
First performed: not yet performed
Last performed:

Oseh Shalom……May the One Who Makes Peace
Melody by Nurit Hirsch; Arranged by Elaine Broad
Hebrew; SATB; a cappella: liturgical
First performed: 03/04 Season
Last performed: June 2015

Oseh Shalom
Debbie Friedman
Liturgical; round
First performed: May 2009
Last performed: June 2015

Oseh Shalom
Natasha Hirschhorn
Transcontinental Music Publications
Hebrew; SATB and keyboard, liturgical
First performed: March 2012
Last performed: June 2012

Peirot Chamishah Asar…..Snow on My Town
Naomi Shemer; Arranged by Gil Aldema
Transcontinental Music Publications
Hebrew; SATB; a cappella; secular
First performed: 04/05 Season
Last performed: June 2005

Psalm 150
Andrew Bleckner
Transcontinental Music Publications
for mixed chorus, french horn or shofar and percussion ensemble
Hebrew
First performed: June 2010
Last performed: June 2010

Psalm 150
Cesar Franck
Arranged by Edward S. Breck
Carl Fischer Choral Music
for chorus of mixed voices with piano or organ
English
First performed: February 2011
Last performed: February 2011

Psalm 150, Hallelujah
Louis Lewandowski
Transcontinental Music Publications
Hebrew and English; SATB; piano; liturgical
First performed: 03/04 Season
Last performed: April 2012

Rav Chovel
Naomi Shemer; Arranged by Avi Faintoch
Ed. Elazar Nudell
Hebrew; SATB; secular
First performed: 08/09 Season
Last performed: May 2009

Rom’mu
Jeremiah Klarman
composed June 26 2008
Hebrew; from Psalm 99
First performed: March 2010
Last performed: June 2011

Rozhinkes mit Mandlen (Raisins with Almonds)
a Yiddish lullaby arranged by Joshua R. Jacobson
Earthsongs Choral Music
SATB; violin and piano; Yiddish
First performed: March 2012
Last performed: December 2013

R’tzeih
by Simon A. Sargon
Transcontinental Music Publications
SATB; a cappella with rehearsal piano; Hebrew
First performed: December 2010
Last performed: January 2011

Sacred Service
Ernest Bloch
Broude Brothers
Hebrew; SATB; piano; liturgical; Psalm
First performed: 08/09 Season (Sanctification)
Last performed: June 2012 (Part III)

Samachti B’omrim Li
Charles Osborne
Transcontinental Press
SATB and Keyboard; Hebrew; liturgical; Psalm 122:1-4,6,9
First performed: 06/07 Season
Last performed: April 2014

Sanctus
Bernstein, Leonard
Hebrew
First performed: 06/07 Season
Last performed: March 2007

Seelenfeier-Lied
Salomon Sulzer
Whirlybird Press Publications
German; S/A T/B; liturgical: Psalm 43
First performed: 03/04 Season
Last Performed: June 2004

Seven Sabbath Songs
Karen Tarlow
New Valley Music Press
Hebrew; unison or 2 parts; piano; sacred
#2 Ees M’choo, #5 Oosh’mohr Tsaytaynoo, #7 Shalom Rav
First performed: 06/07 Season
Last performed: July 2007

Shalom Aleychem
Sharlin, William
Transcontinental Music Publications
Hebrew,SATB A Cappella; liturgical
First performed: 08/09 Season
Last performed: June 2013

Shalom Aleichem
Rabbi Efraim Eisen
Hebrew
First performed: November 2009
Last performed: November 2009

Shalom Rav
Ben Steinberg
Transcontinental
Hebrew; SATB and solo with keyboard; liturgical
First performed: January 2014
Last performed: April 2014

Shehecheyanu
Cantor Ralph Schlossberg
Hebrew; SATB; secular
First performed: 05/06 Season
Last performed: June 2006

Shehecheyanu
Jonathan M. Miller
for the dedication of the new sanctuary at Congregation Rodefi Zedek, Chicago, Illinois
Hebrew; SATB; a cappella
First performed: March 2010
Last performed: December 2010

Sheyn Vi Di Levoneh
Music by Joseph Rumshinsky, Lyrics by Chaim Tauber
arranged by Joshua Jacobson
Transcontinental #981235
Hebrew; SATB, SSA soli, piano; secular
HaZamir Music Publications distributed by Transcontinental Music Publications
First performed: March 2015
Last performed: June 2015

Shir hamma’lot ‘Ashrei Kol Yere ‘Adonai (Psalm 128)
Salamone Rossi
SATB; a cappella; Hebrew
First performed: 06/07 Season
Last performed: June 2007

Shiru L’Adonai (Psalm 96)
arranged by Elaine Broad Ginsberg
SATB; Hebrew, liturgical
First performed: February 2015
Last performed: May 2015

Shlof Mayn Kind
Words: Sholom Aleichem, Music: David Kovanovsky; Arr: L. Gallatin
Yiddish
First performed: December 2010
Last performed: June 2011

Shnirele Perele
Yiddish Melody, arranged by Elaine Broad Ginsberg for Mak’hela
Yiddish, secular; SATB, clarinet, violin
First performed: March 2015
Last performed: May 2015

Sholem Lid
Traditional
arr. W. Abercrombie and K. Werlin
Yiddish
First performed: December 2009
Last performed: April 2010

Sholem-Toyb
Words and music by Joshua Waletzky
Waletzky Music
Hebrew and Yiddish; kinder/SATB; piano; secular
First performed: 05/06 Season
Last performed: April 2008

Silent Devotion and Response
Ernest Bloch
Broude Brothers
Hebrew; SATB; piano; liturgical; Psalm 19 (Sacred Service)
First performed: Spring 2003 Season
Last performed: May 2015

Simona MiDimona
Shelomo Weissfish, Chayim Shalmoni
arranged by Joshua Jacobson
earthsongs
Hebrew, secular; SATB, piano & percussion
First performed: May 2011
Last performed: June 2013

Sing Unto God (from Judas Maccabaeus)
George F. Handel
SATB plus piano; English
First performed: 06/07 Season
Last performed: June 2007

Six Sabbath A Cappella Songs
Karen Tarlow
Hebrew; sacred
#4 V’shamru
First performed: 07/08 Season
Last performed: November 2009
#5 Yih’yu L’ratson
First performed: 07/08 Season
Last performed: December 2007

Six Sephardic Folksongs
Arranged by Paul Ben-Haim
Israel Music Institute
Ladino; SATB; secular
#1 La Rosa Enfloresa, #5 Tres Hermanicas Eran
First performed: 05/06 Season
Last performed: April 2006
#6 Puncha, puncha
First performed: 05/06 Season
Last performed: March 2009

Song of Galilee…..El Yivneh Hagalil
Julius Chajes
Hal Leonard Corporation
Hebrew; SATB; piano; secular
First performed: 04/05 Season
Last performed: March 2009

T’filah Lishlom M’dinat Yisrael (Prayer for the Peace of Israel)
David Burger
Piano realization by Cathy Rand
Transcontinental Music Publications
Hebrew, SATB, piano; prayer
First performed: April 2008
Last performed: June 2015

That’s the Truth
Words and Music by Jerry Noble
Commissioned for Evelyn Harris and the Mak’hela Chorus
English; SATB; secular
First performed: March 2013
Last performed: March 2013

The Golden Door
Ronald Perera
Pear Tree Press Music Publishers
Mixed Voices with Chamber Orchestra Accompaniment
English, secular
First performed: June 2012
Last performed: June 2012

Three Lullabies
Robert Stern
Ballerbach
Yiddish and English; Mixed voices; piano; secular
First performed: Spring 2003 Season
Last performed: March 2007

Three Passover Songs
Michael Wolpe
Hebrew; piano and choir
The Night of Passover has Come
Last Desert Wanderers
The Garden Was Arrayed in a Striped Robe
First performed: March 2013
Last performed: March 2013

To Freedom (A Passover Celebration)
Traditional Passover melodies arranged for SATB and Keyboard
Transcontinental Music Publications/New Jewish Music Press
SATB; solos; Hebrew
First performed: March 2013
Last performed: March 2013

To Our Great God (from Judas Maccabaeus)
George F. Handel
Whirlybird Press
SATB plus piano; English
First performed: 06/07 Season
Last performed: June 2007

Torah Orah (Yisrael V’oraita)
Hebrew folk song arranged by Brant Adams
Santa Barbara Music Publishing, Inc.
Hebrew; SA; piano, optional clarinet and bass
First performed: March 2010
Last performed: June 2010

Total Praise
Richard Smallwood
English and Hebrew; SATB; piano; liturgical; Psalm 121
First performed: 05/06 Season
Last performed: April 2006

Tumbalalaika
Yiddish Folk Song, Arr: Robert DeCormier
English Version by Milt Okun
Lawson-Gould Music Publishers
Alfred Archive Edition
SATB with Piano
First performed: December 2010
Last performed: January 2014

Un Du Akerst Un Du Zeist
Arranged by J. Schaeffer; Yiddish by Chaim Zitlovsky
Yiddish; SATB; piano; secular
First performed: 03/04 Season
Last performed: June 2004

Va, Pensiero (from Nabucco)
Giuseppe Verdi; Edited by Pawel Jura
Choral Public Domain Library
Italian; SATB; piano; secular
First performed: Spring 2003 Season
Last performed: June 2013

V’Sham’ru
H. Schalit
Hebrew; liturgical
First performed: February 2009
Last performed: February 2009

We Remember Them
Elaine Broad
Hal Leonard Corporation
English; SATB; a cappella with rehearsal piano
First performed: 04/05 Season
Last performed: June 2005

Who Could Ask for Anything More?: The Music of George and Ira Gershwin
Arranged by Jan Althouse
WB Music Corporation
English Medley; SATB and piano
First performed: December 2013
Last performed: December 2013

Yedid Nefesh (Beloved of My Soul)
music by Andrew Bleckner; text by Eleazar Azikri
Series Editor: Philip Brunelle
Boosey & Hawkes
Distributed by Hal•Leonard
SSATB a cappella
First performed: November 2009
Last performed: December 2009

Yerushalayim Shel Zahav
Naomi Shemer; Arr: Gil Aldema
Publisher: N/A
Hebrew; SATB
First performed: December 2010
Last performed: December 2013

Yigdal
Avraham Saqui
Hebrew: liturgical; for Cantor and SATB
First performed: February 2009
Last performed: February 2009

Yom Zeh LeYisra’el/Yismach Moshe
Traditional Sephardic Melodies
Arranged by Joshua Jacobson
Hebrew
For choir and soloist
First performed: December 2005
Last performed: June 2009

Zaddik Kattomor
L. Lewandowski
Hebrew; liturgical
First performed: February 2009
Last performed: February 2009

Zog Nit Keyn Mol
Music by Dimitri Pokras, Lyrics by Hirsch Glick
Yiddish; unison; piano; secular
First performed: 05/06 Season
Last performed: April 2007

Zol Shoyn Kumen Di Ge’uleh
Melody by Abraham I. Cook; poem by Shmerke Kaczerginski
Arranged by Joshua Jacobson
Transcontinental Music
Yiddish; SATB; piano; secular
First performed: 05/06 Season
Last performed: December 2005
Last performed: June 2010

Fayer, Fayer
Mark Zuckerman
ECS Publishing
Yiddish; SATB; a cappella; secular
First performed: 06/07 Season
Last performed: January 2007

Go Down, Moses
Traditional African-American spiritual
arr: Clifton J. Noble, Jr.
English, SATB, piano; secular
First performed: April 2008 (World Premiere)
Last performed: June 2009

Hallelu Avdey Adonai
Traditional Iraqi
Whirlybird Press
Unison; a cappella; secular
First performed: 06/07 Season
Last performed: July 2007

Hallelujah, Amen (from Judas Maccabaeus)
George F. Handel
Choral Public Domain Library
English; SATB; piano
First performed: 03/04 Season
Last performed: March 2012

Hamisha Asar
Flory Jogoda
Arranged by Nick Page
Doreen Rao’s Choral Music Experience
Boosey & Hawkes
Ladino; SATB; piano
First performed: March 2009
Last performed: March 2009

Haneirot Halalu
Meir Finkelstein
Hebrew; SATB
First performed: December 2009
Last performed: December 2009

Hashkivenu
Salamone Rossi
Whirlybird Press
Hebrew; S/A1/A2/TB; a cappella; liturgical
First performed: 05/06 Season
Last performed: June 2010

Hatikvah……The Hope
Reuven Kosakoff
Transcontinental Music Publications
Hebrew; Three voice parts S/ATB; piano
First performed: Spring 2003 Season
Last performed: 2003

Hatikvah
Arranged by Kayla Werlin
SATB; a cappella; Hebrew; secular
First performed: 06/07 Season
Last performed: December 2010

Hayo Haya
Arranged by Elliot Z. Levine
Shadow Press
Two Part Chorus-violin & guitar (piano)
Hebrew; Music for Chanukah
First performed: December 2009
Last performed: December 2009

Hinay Mah Tov………….How Good It Is
Hebrew Folk Tune arranged by Iris Levine
Shawnee Press, Inc.
Hebrew; SATB; piano; secular
First performed: Spring 2003 Season
Last performed: April 2012