Poland Concert  Tour with Albany Ensemble - 2005

In 2005 the Ensemble toured Poland, presenting concerts in Gdansk and Warsaw, and hosting a music and meditation camp near Sopot, Poland, on the Baltic Sea.


In Gdansk - Performing at the Ship Museum
(John Garafalo, Andrea Schulz, Christine Powers, Nate Buccieri, Tom Torebka)

Warsaw2005

(Flyer Art - Caren Loebel-Fried)

Warsaw Concert

ARIA was honored to be the first musical group since 1939 to perform in the historic Jewish Museum, in the center of Warsaw, on the former site of the Warsaw Ghetto. At this concert ARIA performed Jewish music and American Spirituals.  Also performed were selections from Of Bondage and Freedom, a holocaust remembrance piece by Albany composer, Max Lifchitz.
Jewish Historical Institute (Zydowski Instytut Historyczny Warszawa).

The performers at the Warsaw Concert, August 31, 2005
Mimi ONeill, soprano
Noor O'Neill, violin
Christine Powers, soprano 
John Garafalo, tenor
Andrea Schulz, soprano
Tom Torebka, bass baritone
Nate Buccieri, piano


( Gdansk Concert- John Garafalo and Tom Torebka perform Bizet's "Pearl Fishers" Duet.)

Warsaw Concert

ARIA was honored to be the first musical group since 1939 to perform in the historic Jewish Museum, in the center of Warsaw, on the former site of the Warsaw Ghetto. At this concert ARIA performed Jewish music and American Spirituals.  Also performed were selections from Of Bondage and Freedom, a holocaust remembrance piece by Albany composer, Max Lifchitz.
Jewish Historical Institute (Zydowski Instytut Historyczny Warszawa).

The performers at the Warsaw Concert, August 31, 2005
Mimi ONeill, soprano
Noor O'Neill, violin
Christine Powers, soprano 
John Garafalo, tenor
Andrea Schulz, soprano
Tom Torebka, bass baritone
Nate Buccieri, piano
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