The 17th annual national observance of the Jewish Music Festival will open Saturday for one month, it was announced today by Rabbi Emanuel Green, chairman of the Jewish Music Council of the National Jewish Welfare Board.
He said more than 1, 000 Jewish organizations would take part in the observance by sponsoring chamber and symphony orchestra concerts, choral recitals, community songfests, Israeli nights, synagogue programs, operas, cantatas, exhibits and radio television events. The festival will serve as the occasion for first performances of newly commissioned works. A total of 87 new works have been composed during the past five years through the Council’s commissioning project.
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