BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.4.0.1//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:20260723T170141Z 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\n» Zoom link for Shabbat Rinah on Friday\nSaturday\, March 21 at 7:30 p.m.\nSaturday night’s concert will include Havdalah and will be followed by a dessert reception celebrating I ndian and Jewish cultures\, including babka and vegan chai.\n\nBeth El mem bers: register here. Nonmembers: purchase tickets here.\n\n\n\nRanendra Da s was born a musician — while he was still in his mother's womb\, his fa ther sang Bengali folk music and recited taals to him. \;Ranendra grad uated cum laude with his B.M. in performance from the University of Bridge port\, studying western classical and Indian classical music with tabla as his major instrument. He earned his M.F.A. in interdisciplinary arts from Goddard College\, and in 2018 founded PARA Academy of Music and Arts\, LL C. In addition to teaching and performing tabla\, he is a reviewer for the Connecticut Economic &\; Community Development Public Art and Grants P rogram\; a member of the Arts Council of Greater New Haven\; and a mentor with the Southern New England Apprenticeship Program (SNEAP)\, which prese rves cultural knowledge by supporting teaching relationships between mento rs and apprentices.\n\nVersatile cellist Jessie Reagen has composed three works for Carolyn Dorfman Dance and was a member of Hadar’s inaugural Ri sing Song Institute Fellowship. \;Jessie can be seen performing \; with a variety of ensembles\, pop tours\, Broadway shows\, as a liturgical musician and as a baroque cellist. Jessie has recorded for many labels an d \;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\, A nat Cohen\, Galeet Dardashti\, Phillip Glass and Savion Glover among other s. A lover of Jewish Music\, Jessie was a resident musician for traditiona l and mindfulness services at B’nai Jeshuran in NYC for 15 years. She is currently playing and singing at various Philadelphia area synagogues as well as with Batya Levine\, RAZA\, Jessi Roemer and Aly Halpert. Recent hi ghlights include joining Angella Ahn at the Montana Chamber Music Festival and performing a heavily improvised and electronic influenced premiere of “Hilma\,” a Pew Grant recipient\, at the Wilma Theater. \; \; A seasoned educator\, Jessie published the left-hand cello technique book\ , \;60 Seconds to Excellence through Ovation Press\, and is currently a teaching artist with the Philadelphia Lullaby Project.\n\nAbhik Mukherje e is an Indian classical sitar artist of the Etawah gharana known for his passion\, charisma and spontaneity as a performer and improviser. He recei ved his musical training from Pandit Arvind Parikh and Pandit Kashinath Mu kherjee\, themselves the disciples of the legendary Ustad Vilayat Khan. Ab hik began his sitar training at the age of six in Kolkata\, India under th e guidance of his father. His first performance was at the age of nine at the Governor’s house \, Kolkata. \;He has performed and given worksh ops in India\, the United States\, Singapore\, Taiwan\, Switzerland\, Germ any\, Italy\, Denmark\, Netherlands\, Suriname\, Colombia\, \;Cuba and Argentina. \;\n\nHis performances for the memorial of Martin Luther K ing Jr. in front of President Obama\, sharing the stage with Steve Wonder and Aretha Franklin\, received critical acclaim. He also performed with th e New York Philharmonic Orchestra. He has directed music for a few documen taries and played and wrote songs for mainstream Hollywood movies like "On Golden Years\," "Low Down\," "A Call to Spy\," etc. \;He is a foundin g member of Brooklyn Raga Massive\, a popular artist collective of NYC\, a nd he is also the academic director of Chhandayan\, a leading Indian music school of the east coast. \; ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.bethelsudbury.org/wp-content/uploads /2026/01/Om-Shalom-trio-concert-March-2026-JewishBoston-graphic-1200-x-800 -px1-1.png CATEGORIES:Home page,Music END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York X-LIC-LOCATION:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20260308T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR