Workshop on Jewish Rhythms in Music, the Brain & Life!

8:00pm, 5 October 2024 | If you have any questions about this event, email Amanda at: ampaulk@gmail.com
This is a first ever, interdisciplinary collaboration between musician, composer and educator Zoë Aqua and music neuroscientist, artistic creator and educator Dr. Jessica Phillips-Silver.

We will experience Jewish rhythms from slow and contemplative to fast and joyful, using traditional Yiddish dance gestures and simple, gentle movements to guide us deeper into the music. As we build our rhythmic repertoire, we will also explore the power of rhythm in our brain development across the lifespan, in our physical and emotional bodies, in our collective past and future. Fusing musical and cultural perspectives with and research in music neuroscience and healing traditions, this unique workshop will leave you feeling connected to your own voice and body, to Jewish cultural rhythms, and to the biological origins of human musical rhythm that we share with our entire human family.

Zoë Aqua is a violinist, composer and educator. She was awarded a Fulbright research grant for the 2021-’22 and 2022-’23 academic years to study Transylvanian folk music pedagogy in Cluj, Romania.  In September 2022, she released a full-length album of original compositions recorded with Eastern European musicians entitled “In Vald Arayn” (Into the Forest). “In Vald Arayn” mixes influences from klezmer, Transylvanian music, Hasidic music, lautarească and more to meditate on the ways that Jewish and non-Jewish music from Eastern Europe are in conversation with each other. Zoë is a co-founder of klezmer bands Tsibele and Farnakht and served as the full-time understudy for the Klezmatics’ Lisa Gutkin in the Broadway production of “Indecent”.  She has presented concerts in Germany, Austria, Hungary and Romania, as well as the US and Canada. Long passionate about teaching, Zoë holds two degrees in music education.

Jessica Phillips-Silver, PhD is a music neuroscientist, speaker, and artistic creator. Dr. Jessica’s scientific research, featured in Science Magazine, Discovery Channel and NPR, explores how musical rhythm shapes brain development. Her children’s musical, Finding Rhythm, premiered at the Kennedy Center, and her music and brain curriculum has been implemented in schools across DC. Dr. Jessica helps organizations in the arts, education and healthcare create or deepen their programs using music arts to promote optimal brain growth and healing—especially through rhythm. 


Notes on accessibility: We invite participants to choose among a variety of options for joining in with voice, gentle movement, and instruments & scarves for children of all ages. No musical background or experience is required, and we support any physical needs or limitations. Rhythm is for everyone.
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Safety Information & Community Safety Agreement
We want programming to be available to as many congregants and members of our extended community as possible, while maintaining our commitment to pikuah nefesh, safeguarding life, as a central value: We hold that to save one member of our community is to save and preserve the entire community of NSP and beyond. We ask that you abide by the following protocols:

1. Please rapid test before attending in person, indoor events on the day of the gathering (you do not need to test for outdoor events). This will help us limit the spread at our events and keep one another safe. We will have rapid tests on site for you to use, feel free to arrive early to use one of these tests.

2. All attendees of NSP in-person events must be fully vaccinated. Fully vaccinated means two shots plus booster for the Moderna and Pfizer vaccines and one shot plus booster for the Johnson & Johnson vaccine. Children under 5 years who are eligible for vaccination must have begun the vaccine schedule. If you have any questions regarding this policy, vaccine eligibility, or should you require a medical or legal exemption, please contact Rabbi Yosef (rabbi@newsynagogueproject.org).

3. Masking is required for all indoor meetings and use of indoor spaces (e.g. bathrooms) at outdoor events. When masks are required attendees over 2 years old must wear a mask. Acceptable face coverings include: 2-layer cotton, surgical, or KN95 masks without a vent; unacceptable face coverings include: gaiters, bandanas or similar. Masks must cover the nose and mouth entirely and be on for the duration of the event. Masks are not required outdoors.

4. Members may not attend if they currently have any common symptoms of Covid-19, including cough, sneezing, fever, chills, or nausea. Members may not attend if they are waiting on the result of a Covid-19 test due to possible or confirmed exposure to Covid-19 or have recently been exposed to someone with Covid-19.

In regards to distancing, please be mindful that not everyone have the same risk tolerance, and some atendees will likely want to remain socially distanced. Please ask before hugging or standing in close proximity to other attendees and when possible, maintain distance from others not in your pod.
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Location & Access Information
The Layout: We will meet indoors at Simpson Hamline Church (4501 16th St NW). There is a single stall bathroom with a grab bar in the office in the hallway from the backdoor of the sanctuary (there will be signs) and a multi-stall all gender bathroom on the first floor near the Allison St. entrance.

ASL interpretation: If you require ASL interpretation, please email access@newsynagogueproject.org
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8:00pm, 5 October 2024
If you have any questions about this event, email Amanda at: ampaulk@gmail.com