I am not a musician, but music has been an integral part of my life for as long as I can remember. My late wife Claire, may her memory be a blessing to all who knew her, was an amateur musician in the Denver area for many years. Moreover, several of my sons are also amateur musicians with their children following in their footsteps.
I established the Alpert Family Memorial Fund in honor of my late wife. The intent of the fund is to bring Jewish musical programming of all kinds to our community, as music is at the heart of our tradition. I learned of Joey Weisenberg - leader of Hadar’s Rising Song Institute - several years ago when three of our congregants spent a week in New York learning from Joey. He is well-known throughout the US and Canada and brings his unique talents of music interpretation to inspire and excite audiences of all ages. Our wonderful Eitan Kantor studied with Joey for nine months as a fellow of Hadar’s Rising Song Institute and has brought some of Joey’s now familiar melodies to our congregation.
Please join me and Caryn on January 27 for theSongs of Ascent concert. It will be a joyful and uplifting musical evening. I’d like to thank Lee Weisbard and David Rosenthal, Ken and Joan Saliman, Congregation Bonai Shalom, BMH-BJ Congregation, Congregation Rodef Shalom, base Denver and other special friends for helping to sponsor the event.
