Meserole Street Hevreh Ensemble

• Jeff Adler: Perihelion:
• 1Adler: Perihelion05:55
• Meserole Street:
• 2Adler: Meserole Street04:22
• The Prentice Farm:
• 3Adler: The Prentice Farm03:20
• Freedom Day:
• 4Adler: Freedom Day07:26
• Twentyone Practice:
• 5Adler: Twentyone Practice04:04
• Spirits That Dwell Within the Grandmother Tree:
• 6Adler: Spirits That Dwell Within the Grandmother Tree06:23
• Older Ways:
• 7Adler: Older Ways05:03
• Central West End:
• 8Adler: Central West End04:06
• Quantum Mysticism:
• 9Adler: Quantum Mysticism05:00
• Too Late to Matter:
• 10Adler: Too Late to Matter06:04
• Alone:
• 11Adler: Alone05:07
• Total Runtime56:50

Info for Meserole Street

Formed from long standing friendships and mutual musical interests, whose distinctive sound has been embraced internationally, the Hevreh Ensemble returns with MESEROLE STREET, a collection of works from composer and ensemble member Jeff Adler. With music inspired by friends and family, nostalgia, and several compositions influenced by the 2020 pandemic, the ensemble employs a variety of instruments both common and unique, namely the Native American flute and the shofar horn. From the cold feelings of isolation in Alone to the resounding emotions of hope in Freedom Day and more in between, the Hevreh Ensemble’s close-knit relationship and signature sound once again proves their notion: “good friendship makes for good music, and great stories.”

Hevreh Ensemble

Hevreh Ensemble
Our group has come together from many places; together with our wonderful audiences and listeners, we have truly become a circle of friends. We trained as classical musicians at the Juilliard and Manhattan Schools of Music, SUNY Stonybrook, Brooklyn College, and the Jerusalem Conservatory in Israel; institutions that inspired our passions for music education and engagement with our audiences. We have been fortunate in our careers, friendships, and travels to have the opportunity to explore many different areas of music, including jazz, composition, conducting, and many musical traditions from around the world.

Judith Dansker and Laurie Friedman have been lifelong friends and colleagues, meeting as music students at the Manhattan School of Music. They were founding members of the Galliard Woodwind Quintet, which garnered critical acclaim for their performances at the Frick Museum, Carnegie Recital Hall and the Library of Congress.

Adam Morrisson moved from New York City to Israel when he was in high school, and attended music school in Jerusalem. He furthered his studies in Composition and Jazz at the California Institute of the Arts.

Jeff Adler is an active performer in the orchestras of Broadway musicals, including the Lion King, Les Miserables, and Mary Poppins. Through one of his pit band colleagues, he was introduced to Hawk Littlejohn, a Cherokee Medicine Man and flute maker. Hawk was a mentor to Jeff as he began to incorporate Cherokee flutes into his performance and compositions, and introduced him to a circle of friends and colleagues including Jeff's flute-maker, Daniel Bigay.

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