Poland Concert Tour with Albany Ensemble - 2005
In 2005 the Ensemble toured Poland, presenting concerts in Gdansk and Warsaw, and hosting a music and meditation camp near Sopot, Poland, on the Baltic Sea.
In Gdansk - Performing at the Ship Museum
(John Garafalo, Andrea Schulz, Christine Powers, Nate Buccieri, Tom Torebka)
Warsaw Concert
ARIA was honored to be the first musical group since 1939 to perform in the historic Jewish Museum, in the center of Warsaw, on the former site of the Warsaw Ghetto. At this concert ARIA performed Jewish music and American Spirituals. Also performed were selections from Of Bondage and Freedom, a holocaust remembrance piece by Albany composer, Max Lifchitz.
Jewish Historical Institute (Zydowski Instytut Historyczny Warszawa).
Warsaw Concert
ARIA was honored to be the first musical group since 1939 to perform in the historic Jewish Museum, in the center of Warsaw, on the former site of the Warsaw Ghetto. At this concert ARIA performed Jewish music and American Spirituals. Also performed were selections from Of Bondage and Freedom, a holocaust remembrance piece by Albany composer, Max Lifchitz.
Jewish Historical Institute (Zydowski Instytut Historyczny Warszawa).