Please join us for Shavuot on June 1st, at the Theater for the New City, for a night that will bring together musicians, poets, dancers, artists and thinkers from different faiths and backgrounds to “rise up” as one. “Rise Up” will be a night to celebrate our diversity as we raise the spirit of our collective oneness.

With performances by

Grammy Award-Winning Frank London’s Klezmer Brass Allstars • Latin Grammy Award-Winner Mireya Ramos (Founder of Flor de Toloache) • Impress • Tony Award-Nominated Julian Crouch and Saskia Lane’s BirdHeart • The AC Rose Band • Daphna Mor • Diana Jones • Jerriese Johnson Gospel Choir • Basya Schechter +  Shaul Magid’s Kabbalachia • Zafer Tawil • Saha Gnawa • Jeremiah Lockwood • Rabbi Misha Shulman and The New Shul Band • And More

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Impress

The architect of chic. Less than a god, but more than a queen. Born of a realm where music transcends boundaries and artistry reigns supreme. Impress ignites the night with irresistible melodies, divine pleasures, and awe inspiring freedom. A night of dance-fueled reverie driven by the irresistible pulse of pure pop. Shed your inhibitions, unfurl your truest self, dance, love, and witness the glory that is Impress. Impress has been seen on stages around the world, locally here in New York City in Aladdin on Broadway where they made history as the first non-binary Genie, and the youngest person to ever portray the role. Additionally they have sold out concerts all over NYC at Venues such as Ars Nova, where they just completed their Artist Residency, City Winery - The Loft, and have performed at venues such as Lincoln Center, National Sawdust, The Bowery Electric, Baby’s Alright and many others. In addition to their music and Broadway Career they have been seen on Netflix’s Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, and were in the original Cast of Spamilton Off-Broadway which earned them a Clive Barnes Award Nomination. With over 10 Million views on their videos on Social media they are the artist everyone is waiting to see.."

Broadway Veteran Juwan Crawley

The word prolific doesn’t even begin to describe Frank London. Of course, there is the Klezmatics, which he co-founded in 1986. Frank plays trumpet and keyboard and sings with the group and he’s written many of the Klezmatics’ most popular songs. But his mile-long resumé has also seen London adding virtuosity to hundreds of concerts and recordings by everyone from John Zorn to They Might Be Giants, Mel Torme to Iggy Pop, Pink Floyd, Youssou N’dour, LaMonte Young, Allen Ginsberg and LL Cool J!

Called the “mystical high priest of Avant-Klez jazz,” Frank has made 30 solo recordings and is featured on over 400 albums. He’s a regular face on New York’s cutting-edge downtown club scene and music festivals everywhere, and has written dozens of scores for theater, film and dance. He was music director for David Byrne and Robert Wilson’s The Knee Plays, collaborated with Palestinian violinist Simon Shaheen, taught Jewish music in Canada, Crimea and the Catskills, and produced CDs for Gypsy legend Esma Redzepova, and Algerian pianist Maurice el Medioni. He was even featured on the soundtrack to Sex and the City!

Frank London

Grammy-Winning Founding Member of the Klezmatics

Daphna Mor

Daphna Mor is an acclaimed wind player and vocalist praised as a ‘Recorder virtuoso’ and for her “astonishing virtuosity’ by The NY times and Chicago Tribune. She is celebrated for her dynamic performances across classical, global, and contemporary music. A vital voice in the Jewish music and ritual community, Mor bridges cultures and generations through her artistry.

Daphna has performed throughout Europe and the North America both as a soloist and ensemble player. Recent solo appearances include Tanglewood festival, the Met Museum, and St Martin’s in the Fields in London with Apollo’s Fire Orchestra. As member of the orchestra, Mor performed with The New York Philharmonic, American Classical Orchestra, and Orchestra of St. Luke’s to name few. . Her recent album release "ija Mia’ (Avie Records) with her Ensemble East of the River, co led by Nina Stern, explores the music of the Sephardic Diaspora (www.daphnamor.com)

NY Times featured vocalist and wind player

Mireya Ramos

Latin Grammy Award-Winning Founder of Flor de Toloache

Latin Grammy-winning, multiple Latin Grammy and Grammy nominee vocalist, musician, composer, producer, arranger and founder of Flor de Toloache– NY’s only all women mariachi. Mireya embodies all of her musical influences whether classical, mariachi, salsa, merengue or hip-hop, always creating a unique and refreshing sound. Her versatility, natural improvisational skills and beautiful tone has made her one of the top Latin artists in New York City. She is currently promoting her debut solo album self titled “Mireya” which include collaborations with Flor de Toloache, Gaby Moreno, Haydée Milanés, Camilo Lara, Adrian Quesada, Velcro and the legendary Mike Garson.

Julian Crouch and Saskia Lane’s BirdHeart

BIRDHEART is an intimate and stunning chamber piece of animated theatre with a sheet of brown paper and a box of sand. A show about transformation, loneliness, and the urge to fly, BIRDHEART holds a hand-mirror up to humanity and offers it a chair. Through a series of animated images built in front of the audiences' eyes, BIRDHEART creates something achingly beautiful from the humblest of beginnings.

Co-created by Tony-Award Nominated set designer Julian Crouch

A feature on the design work of Tony Award-Nominated Julian Crouch

Saha Gnawa

SAHA GNAWA brings North African futurism to the U.S., uniting the founders of Innov Gnawa with leading figures from New York City's jazz and contemporary music scenes to reimagine modern Gnawa music.

Refined via late-night sessions at LunÀtico in Bed-Stuy, Brooklyn, SAHA GNAWA explores trance-like states through its intuitive interplay, allowing ancestral rhythms and melodies to drift into unknown territories. What emerges is both an authentic performance of centuries-old Gnawa tradition and a bold step into new dimensions of sound—where traditional song forms dissolve into ecstatic dance tracks laced with subtle electronics.