12:30 pm: Lunch
1 pm: Presentation and performance

Join us for a musical and biographical presentation by our cantorial soloist, Simon Barrad, accompanied by Kseniia Polstiankina Barrad. Lunch catered by Boichik Bagels and sponsored by Monica Levin and Nancy Igdaloff. Members only. Free.

Reservations required by February 18, 10 am.

The versatility of Grammy-nominated baritone, Simon Barrad, has been heard in genre-bending concerts across the United States and Europe. His talent for unique and innovative programming and arranging – melding new and old, jazz and drama, classical technique and heartfelt folk idioms – has led to recent features at the Metropolitan Opera, Wigmore Hall in London, the Columbus Symphony, the Ravinia Festival, Stanford Live, the Marlboro Music Festival, and Cincinnati Opera. The 2015/16 Fulbright scholar to Finland has also headlined several concerts in Europe including performances at Helsinki’s Musiikkitalo, Finland’s National Opera House, and the Berlin Philharmonie. Through his performing and as a former mentor for ArtSmart, which provides free music and singing lessons to teenagers in underserved communities, Simon strives to build a more equitable world of empathy and understanding through music.