BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.2.3.1//EN TZID:America/New_York X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/New_York BEGIN:VEVENT UID:1145@bethelsudbury.org DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260321T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260321T210000 DTSTAMP:20260320T172706Z URL:https://www.bethelsudbury.org/events/shabbat-rinah-with-om-shalom-trio / SUMMARY:Shabbat Rinah and Saturday Concert with Om Shalom Trio DESCRIPTION:Om Shalom explores the intersection of two rich musical traditi ons in their performance of ancient Jewish melodies\, Indian ragas\, and n ew compositions. You can learn more about Om Shalom and listen to their mu sic here. \;\nFriday\, March 20 at 7:30 p.m. — Shabbat Rinah\nShabba t \;ShalOm! For this unique Shabbat experience\, the Shabbat Rinah mus icians are joined by the \;Om \;Shalom Trio\, featuring award-winn ing artists Ranendra Das (tabla)\, Jessie Reagen (cello) and Abhik Mukherj ee (sitar) from India and the U.S. Together we'll create a musical Shabbat that brings Jewish melodies and classical Indian music into holy conversa tion. Join us! Free and open to all.\n» Zoom link for Shabbat Rinah on Fr iday\nSaturday\, March 21 at 7:30 p.m.\nSaturday night’s concert will in clude Havdalah and will be followed by a dessert reception celebrating Ind ian and Jewish cultures\, including babka and vegan chai.\n\nBeth El membe rs: register here. Nonmembers: purchase tickets here.\n\n\n\nRanendra Das was born a musician--while Ranendra was still in his mother's womb\, his f ather sang Bengali Folk Music and recited taals to him. At age 3\, Ranendr a's formal tabla training began\, and has continued ever since. He has stu died withmany teachers in Bangladesh and India\, and has been teaching and performing tabla professionally since 1996. But Tabla is the master and s o his training continues.\n\nRanendra graduated cum laude \;with his B M in Performance from the University of Bridgeport\, studying Western Clas sical and Indian Classical music with Tabla as his major instrument. He ea rned his MFA in Interdisciplinary Arts from Goddard College\, and in 2018& nbsp\;founded PARA Academy of Music and Arts\, LLC. In addition to teachin g and performing tabla\, he is a reviewer for the Connecticut Economic &am p\; Community Development Public Art and Grants Program\; a member of the Arts Council of Greater New Haven\; and a mentor with the Southern New Eng land Apprenticeship Program (SNEAP)\, which preserves cultural knowledge b y supporting teaching relationships between mentors and apprentices.\n\nVe rsatile Cellist Jessie Reagen has composed three works for Carolyn Dorfman Dance and was a member of Hadar’s inaugural Rising Song Institute Fello wship. \;Jessie can be seen performing \;with a variety of ensembl es\, pop tours\, Broadway shows\, as a liturgical musician and as a baroqu e cellist. Jessie has recorded for many labels and \;has performed at the White House\, Kennedy Center\, Kimmel Center\, Carnegie Hall\, Lincoln Center\, Radio City\, Live 8 and on TV with \;Adele\, \;Beyoncé\ , Jay-Z\, Billy Joel\, Yeah Yeah Yeahs\, Enya\, Anat Cohen\, Galeet Dardas hti\, Phillip Glass and Savion Glover among others. A lover of Jewish Musi c\, Jessie was a resident musician for traditional and mindfulness service s at B’nai Jeshuran in NYC for 15 years. She is currently playing and si nging at various Philadelphia area synagogues as well as with Batya Levine \, RAZA\, Jessi Roemer and Aly Halpert. Recent highlights include joining Angella Ahn at the Montana Chamber Music Festival and performing a heavily improvised and electronic influenced premiere of “Hilma\,” a Pew Gran t recipient\, at the Wilma Theater. \; \;A seasoned educator\, Jes sie published the left-hand cello technique book\, \;60 Seconds to Exc ellence \;through \;Ovation Press\, \;and is currently a teach ing artist with the Philadelphia Lullaby Project. \;www.cellochic.com& nbsp\;\n\nAbhik Mukherjee is an Indian classical sitar artist of the Etawa h gharana known for his passion\, charisma and spontaneity as a performer and improviser. He received his musical training from Pandit Arvind Parikh and Pandit Kashinath Mukherjee\, themselves the disciples of the legendar y Ustad Vilayat Khan. Abhik began his sitar training at the age of six in Kolkata\, India under the guidance of his father. His first performance wa s at the age of nine at the Governor’s house \, Kolkata. \;\n\nHe ha s performed and given workshops in India\, the United States\, Singapore\, Taiwan\, Switzerland\, Germany\, Italy\, Denmark\, Netherlands\, Suriname \, Colombia\, \;Cuba and Argentina. \;\n\nHis performances for the memorial of Martin Luther King Junior \;at Washington DC \; \ ;in front of President Obama\, sharing the stage with Steve Wonder and Are tha Franklin\, received critical acclaim. He also performed with the New Y ork Philharmonic Orchestra. He has directed music for a few documentaries and played and wrote \;songs for mainstream Hollywood movies \;lik e \;On Golden Years\, Low Down and A Call to Spy\, \;etc. \;\n He is a founding member of Brooklyn Raga Massive\, a popular artist collec tive of NYC\, and he is also the academic director of Chhandayan\, a leadi ng Indian music school of the east coast. \;\nYou can learn more about Abhik at http://www.abhikmukherjee.com. 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