Music ProgramsJoin the Choir!
The Beth El Temple Center Choir is involved throughout the year singing at the Temple, in the Belmont Community, and in the greater Boston community.It is a great way to meet other congregants and to perform beautiful Jewish music. The Choir is open to all our congregants without auditioning and there is no sight-singing necessary.You can also choose the rehearsals and programs that best fit your schedule and come to only those that work for you.So this year, make the Choir part of your life and lift your voice with us in song! Click for program & rehearsal schedule. On the third Friday of each month we will have our T'fillah band shabbat service with marvelous music and dance. We hope you will join us in song and worship for these very lively and moving services!
Calendar 2011: March Sunday March 6 at 3:00 pm - Social Action Committe will host their annual concert for a cause Selections from The Magic Flute, Marriage of Figaro, Carmen and more... Please joinsinger and BETC and Social Action Committee member Marion Leeds Carroll and friends for an afternoon of music and sweets to benefit Arava Institute, the premier environmental studies program in the Middle East, preparing future Jewish and Arab leaders to cooperatively solve the region's environmental challenges. Together, faculty and students are advancing a critical common cause -- a sustainable future for the region’s human and natural resources. http://www.arava.org Advance Tickets: Individual $10, Family maximum $25 Please make your check payable to "BETC Social Action Committee" and mail to: Social Action Committee, BETC, 2 Concord Ave., Belmont MA 02478 For questions, please call Lori Lander 617-492-1469
Purim Shpiel at BETC - Join the fun on Saturday March 19 at 7:30 pm April Sunday, April 3 at 12:30 BETC GLEE (junior choir) performs in the Zimriyah (a choir event where all the Jr. choirs around the Boston metro area sing for one another and together as one large choir) at Temple Israel in Boston. May Sunday May 22 at 3:00 pm - Cantor Fine and Joel Hencken share a Broadway concert sponsored by the BETC BethElders (and open to ALL) with Broadway solos and duets!
Earlier this year... we celebrated January is Jewish Music Month ( Sunday Jan 9, Cantor Fine offered two sessions of an Adult Ed Class on Klezmer Music. Friday Jan 14 at 6:00 pm - Cantor Fine gave a Shabbat Table Talk on the history, from its roots to present day. Friday Jan 14 at 8:00 pm - Cantor Fine gave a "Sermon in Song" on the progression of the Klezmer sound over the centuries. Live musicians made for a festive evening! Sunday Jan 16, at 2:00 pm - we had a wonderful Klezmer Jam open to kids and adults of all levels of musical ability, to bring us together through music! Sunday Jan 23 at 4:00 pm - A Live Klezmer Concert and Dancing - a festive, multi-generational celebration with he music of the Boston Conservatory Band!
Sunday February 6 BETC hosted the 3rd Annual Belmont Choral Festival The choirs from the Belmont Houses of Worship connected through song. We heard different melodies that are particular to each House of Worship, as well as several pieces performed as one large choir! |