Jewish Museum Presents Timbalooloo With Oran Etkin 3/6

The Jewish Museum will present Timbalooloo with Oran Etkin on Sunday, March 6 at 2:00 pm. Oran Etkin's whimsical performance blends global melodies and rhythms, from the music of Africa to klezmer and jazz. Etkin will play tunes from his 2010 album, Wake Up, Clarinet! in a performance featuring games, stories and song. Etkin's performance effortlessly conveys sophisticated concepts in a fun musical language that kids of all ages can understand.

Tickets are $16 per adult; $11 per child; $13 adult Jewish Museum family level member; and $9 child Jewish Museum family level member. This concert is for children ages 2 to 7. Adults are asked to accompany their children. For further information regarding family programs at The Jewish Museum, the public may call 212.423.3337. Tickets for programs at The Jewish Museum can be purchased online at the Museum's web site, www.thejewishmuseum.org.

Oran Ektin is an internationally acclaimed jazz and world music artist, and the creator of Timbalooloo, a unique new method of enriching children's innate musicality and overall development. Etkin has performed around the world with musicians ranging from rapper Wyclef Jean to jazz guitarist Mike Stern. He brings his experience into the Timbalooloo method, which incorporates rhythms and melodies from Africa, South America, Asia, and Europe. Over the course of five years, working with over 600 students. Etkin developed a way to teach the fundamentals of music while supporting healthy cognitive, physical and emotional development as well as cultural and historical awareness. Etkin has since taken his educational method on tour, enabling families throughout the US to participate in his classes as well as full-band Timbalooloo performances.

Etkin's 2010 release, Wake Up Clarinet! features nine tracks by Etkin's working jazz group with vocalist Charenee Wade and drummer Jason Marsalis as well as video from a Timbalooloo concert with Clara Net and Big Mama Tuba. Etkin was also a featured artist on Putumayo Kids' Jazz Playground, and a winner of the Parents Choice Gold Award. Described as a "great clarinet player" and "an excellent improviser" by New York Times jazz critic Ben Ratliff, his 2009 release, Kelenia, won the Independent Music Award for "Best World Beat Album" and was hailed as setting "a new standard for world music in the decade of the 2000s" by the All Music Guide.

Family programs are funded, in part, by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, with additional support from The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust.
The Edgar M. Bronfman Center for Education's school and family programs are supported by endowed funds established by the Bronfman Family, the Muriel and William Rand Fund, the William Randolph Hearst Foundation, the Helena Rubinstein Foundation, Rosalie Klein Adolf, the Kekst Family, and Mrs. Ida C. Schwartz in memory of Mr. Bernard S. Schwartz. We thank the following for their generosity: The Kekst Family, MetLife Foundation, J.E. and Z.B. Butler Foundation, JPMorgan Chase, May and Samuel Rudin Family Foundation, Inc., Alperin Family Foundation, The Pumpkin Foundation at the request of Joseph H. and Carol F. Reich, L'Oreal USA, Inc., Rose M. Badgeley Residuary Charitable Trust, Milton and Sally Avery Arts Foundation, George and Frances Armour Foundation, Michael Tuch Foundation, Jewish Community Youth Foundation, The Jewish Museum Volunteer Organization, and other donors. We gratefully acknowledge public support from: New York City Department of Youth and Community Development, New York City Council Speaker Christine C. Quinn, Council Member Domenic M. Recchia Jr., Council Member Daniel R. Garodnick, Council Member Brad Lander, Council Member Mark Weprin, and other City Council Members.

About The Jewish Museum
Widely admired for its exhibitions and educational programs that inspire people of all backgrounds, The Jewish Museum is the preeminent institution exploring the intersection of 4,000 years of art and Jewish culture. The Jewish Museum was established on January 20, 1904 when Judge Mayer Sulzberger donated 26 ceremonial art objects to The Jewish Theological Seminary of America as the core of a museum collection. Today, The Jewish Museum maintains an important collection of 26,000 objects - paintings, sculpture, works on paper, photographs, archaeological artifacts, ceremonial objects, and broadcast media.

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