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Film fest success

Our film Mazel is an official selection of numerous film festivals, and was named a finalist or semi-finalist in several of them. It was recently awarded Best Music Video by the LA Sun Film Fest.

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Enjoy our recent virtual performances!

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New Haven Independent: With Two Shows in a Week, Nu Haven Kapelye Keeps the Klezmer Tradition 

By Brian Slattery

Nu Haven Kapelye, sometimes billed as New England’s largest klezmer band, saw out the final days of 2021 with two concerts — one on Dec. 25 at Congregation Mishkan Israel and one on Dec. 31 as part of Yiddish New York​’s globe-spanning, 24-hour Klezathon — that saw the ensemble carrying on longstanding traditions, expanding its reach, and exemplifying the tenacity of musicians and music to get through another pandemic year with spirits intact. 

“We managed to make it work, and not do…

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01/06/2022

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The Arts Paper: Kapelye Conjures Hanukkah Miracles On Tower Lane 

By Lucy Gellman

It was just moments into “Ocho kandelikas” that Izzy Juda stood up, extended a hand to Sylvia Rifkin, and turned the dining room into a dance floor. Onstage, the Ladino tune conjured a Bosnia that no longer existed. Four rows back, Juda and Rivkin slipped into a seamless tango. Between them, there were 200 years of Hanukkah history, spanning Vienna and Kiev to Brooklyn and New Haven. 

Celebration filled the dining room at The Towers at Tower Lane Thursday night, as members of the Nu…

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12/03/2021

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"Mazel" selected for numerous film festivals 

Our film Mazel, conceived, directed, and edited by band member Jay Miles, is an official selection of numerous film festivals and was recently awarded Best Music Video by the LA Sun Film Fest. 

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09/03/2021

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Arts Paper: “Nu Haven Kapelye Drops A Hanukkah Noir” 

The singer sways at the mic, gliding into one last song for the night. Behind her, the band looks on, ready to pack up. An accordionist approaches, still playing. The singer caresses the mic, spots the musician. Her hands, gloved, flutter like tiny birds. Her arms reach out to their full wingspan. As the accordionist sits, she touches them lightly on the shoulder.

The singer is Cynthia Astmann, a member of the Nu Haven Kapelye who has helped make a pandemic-era music video into a reality. Thursday night…

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12/18/2020

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Remembering Stacy Phillips 

To our Friends and Fans, 

We have sad news. Our friend Stacy Phillips, a man who was many, many things, including a Grammy award winner, a bluegrass legend, and a founding member of the Nu Haven Kapelye, died Tuesday, June 5, 2019 around 9:30pm. He was 74 years old. He experienced a massive heart attack on Sunday and from then on it was just a matter of time. He was surrounded by his family, his sister and his niece and nephew. 

Stacy was his own person and that was reflected in the life he led as a…

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06/17/2019

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Our CD

Our winter hours in the studio in 2015 produced our first album, What's Nu?, which is available on our music page! Watch the preview above. Or take a step back and experience our first day's recording session through this time-lapse recording made by drummer Jay Miles.

Press

Enjoy this article in the New Haven Independent about the emergence of a Klezmer scene in New Haven. We are one of the bands profiled in the story.

Listen here to a story about the band and our annual December 25 concert that was aired on December 22 on WNPR.

The New Haven Register ran an interview with David Chevan about the CD and our December 25 concert.

Or click here to read a piece in Radio Sefarad, from Spain, that calls our group La Super Big Band del Klezmer!

Jul10

Nu Haven Kapelye @ Hoffman SummerWood Senior Living Community

Sunday, July 10 @ 1:00PM — 2:30PMSun, Jul 10 @ 1:00PM — 2:30PM

Hoffman SummerWood Senior Living Community, 160 Simsbury Road, West Hartford

An outdoor concert of Klezmer and Yiddish song featuring The Nu Haven Kapelye

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Jul15

Nu Haven Kapelye @ The Old State House in Hartford

Friday, July 15 @ 12:00PMFri, Jul 15 @ 12:00PM

The Old State House , 800 Main Street , Hartford

The Nu Haven Kapelye comes to the Old State House in Hartford for a free lunch time concert. Come, enjoy Klezmer at the weekly Farmer's Market.

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Nu Haven Kapelye @ Hoffman SummerWood Senior Living Community

Sunday, August 28 @ 1:00PM — 2:30PMSun, Aug 28 @ 1:00PM — 2:30PM

Hoffman SummerWood Senior Living Community, 160 Simsbury Road, West Hartford

An outdoor concert of Klezmer and Yiddish song featuring The Nu Haven Kapelye

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