Please note: This performance has been rescheduled from October 17th to January 30th. If you purchased tickets to the October 17th performance, please call the Box Office at 415.292.1233 to either receive new tickets or for a full refund.

Fresh from sold-out appearances at the Blue Note, the Hollywood Bowl and the Kennedy Center, the Israeli-Canadian vocalist, born in Russia, channels Peggy Lee and Ella Fitzgerald to create her own, inventive brand of jazz.

The New York Post noted that “Milman isn’t restricted to the sweet, girly love songs – in fact, she isn’t restricted to the jazz canon.” Whether it was Joni Mitchell’s “Be Cool,” Bruce Springsteen’s “I’m on Fire” or Paul Simon’s “50 Ways To Leave Your Lover,” the Post raved, “This bright star of jazz’s next generation may just up the temperature.”

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I LOVE A PIANO is an enchanting new musical journey spanning seven decades of American history as seen through the perceptive and hopeful eyes of Irving Berlin – a man whom Jerome Kern described by saying "Irving Berlin has no place in American music...He is American Music!"

Using 64 of Berlin’s enduring and popular favorites, I LOVE A PIANO captures the spirit of America from the Ragtime rhythms of the early 20th century through the swinging sophistication of the 1920s and 30s. From the sentimental songs that inspired a nation during two World Wars to the innocent optimism of the 1950’s. Timeless classics, such as “White Christmas,” “God Bless America,” “Puttin’ On The Ritz,” and “There’s No Business Like Show Business,” do more than define the music of a generation, they define the music of our country.

“The Bounty of Berlin proves a masterstroke…I was in love with this enchanting entertainment!” – LA Times

“The strutting, cajoling, embracing songs are newly revealed to an audience that has somehow escaped the wizardry of Berlin's achievements over much of the 20th century...rousing and toe tapping!” – Variety

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We celebrate our tenth anniversary of bringing musicians from many backgrounds and traditions together to explore the potential of this essential exchange. In the debut of one of our most ambitious and inspiring projects thus far, the “International Youth Music Initiative,” a new festival-commissioned orchestra, combines some of the Bay Area’s finest traditional master artists and accomplished multicultural youth with young performers from Turkey, Taiwan and Kyrgyzstan via satellite. This exciting collaboration features new music in a multi-media installation.

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Producer Ellie Mednick and an outstanding cast put you inside the classics of Rodgers & Hammerstein, the Gershwins, Porter, Sondheim and Berlin and hits like West Side Story, Mary Poppins, Hair and Billy Elliot.

So “pack up your troubles in your old kit bag” and sing, sing, sing! All ages and voices are welcome.


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Mark Cantor is a walking encyclopedia of jazz stories – from household legends to the obscure sideman. Narrating clips from his extensive private collection of historical films, he gives you all the colorful, personal details of jazz-era artists and a revealing portrait of American life.

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The great Theodore Bikel brings Sholom Aleichem and his colorful characters to life as he magically melds long-gone lives and times with matters that tug at our heartstrings even today. Singing in English and Yiddish, Bikel delivers rare insight into the life and literary works of this fascinating storyteller.

Written by Theodore Bikel
Directed by Derek Goldman
Music by Tamara Brooks and Merima Kljuˆc o

Presented by Special Arrangement with
National Jewish Theater Arnold Mittelman,
Producing Artistic Director

Originally developed in 2008 by Theater J, Washington, DC Ari Roth, Artistic Director and Patricia Jenson, Managing Director

Partial Funding for the San Francisco presentation of “Sholom Aleichem: Laughter Through Tears” provided by Koret Foundation and Taube Foundation for Jewish Life & Culture.

Our community partners are the Jewish Music Festival and Klez California.

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Following last year’s triumph honoring Leonard Bernstein, Barak returns with a new multimedia lecture and songfest celebrating Irving Berlin’s influence on American music. The evening highlights his life, his Jewish roots and his particular appeal to the “melting pot” of America. Barak closes the evening with a sing-along finale of Berlin’s most beloved songs!

Featuring Jimmy Roberts

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The 15th edition of the Other Minds Festival of New Music features nine of the world’s most innovative composers and performers.

International artists appear alongside local talents. Well-known in their own countries, composers Pawel Mykietyn (Poland) and Lars-Gunnar Bodin (Sweden) join local favorites Gyan Riley and Carla Kihlstedt for three days of concerts and panel discussions, hosted by Other Minds Director Charles Amirkhanian. Other guests include NY’s Lisa Bielawa, this year’s winner of the prestigious Rome Prize, Jürg Frey (Switzerland), composer and former Village Voice music critic Tom Johnson, and highly influential senior composers Chou Wen-Chung (China/US) and Kidd Jordan (New Orleans). Performers will include the ROVA Saxophone Quartet and Montreal’s Quatuor Bozzini.

“The premier new music festival on the West Coast!” – Los Angeles Times

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From the heart of New York, these ambassadors of African-American culture bring their foot-stomping, hand-clapping blues, jazz and joyous gospel to the JCCSF. The Harlem Gospel Choir shares its message of love and inspiration with songs that touch the depths of the soul as they lift spirits to angelic heights at this special Shabbat evening concert.

"The Harlem Gospel Choir is tremendous!" - Sir Elton John

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