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Online Registration for Yiddish Summer 2025 Workshops

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Please read the conditions of participation thoroughly before registering.

>> Conditions of participation 2025 (PDF) download here

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Previous Musical/Artistic Training or Experience:
Important for the preparation of the teachers. Please fill this out in detail, even if you have done so in previous years.
For everyone attending the Yiddish Language workshops, please describe your previous experiences with Yiddish Language and which level you'd like to attend (Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced).

Note on payment after workshop selection
After you've filled out the form and selected your workshops, you'll see an overview of the charges and a final sum. Then you proceed to the payment page, where you can choose from the following options:

• Direct Debit via SEPA
• Credit Card
• Paypal (will be available in a couple days. Unfortunately there are technical difficulties at the moment.) 

If you have a Euro bank account, please choose the direct debit via SEPA, since transaction costs are very low. If you don't have a Euro bank account, please use PayPal.

Payments are made through the PayOne platform, which keeps your financial information confidential.

Choose the workshop fee that's right for you!
Every year, Yiddish Summer brings together students and teachers from throughout the world to create a unique “Learning Community” in Weimar. We continually improve our fee structure to best serve the financial needs and possibilities of our students. We also want to make it more affordable for you to participate in more than one workshop, so there are built-in discounts for longer stays. In 2025 we offer the following fees, you choose the one that fits you best:

Standard fee:

The standard fee is 85€ per workshop day for the first three days. Starting with the fourth day the fee goes down to 70€, and from the seventh day onwards, the fee goes down again to 65€. Your total fee is calculated on the basis of the total number of days you participate in workshops.

Reduced fee:
This fee is for anyone who cannot afford the standard rate. The reduced fee is 60€ per workshop day for the first three days. Starting with the fourth day, the fee goes down to 45€, and from the seventh day onwards, the fee goes down again to 40€. Your total fee is calculated on the basis of the total number of days you participate in workshops.

Supporter fee:
Yiddish Summer Weimar participants help each other! This fee offers you the opportunity to help worthy students with limited financial means participate in Yiddish Summer Weimar. Together, three supporter fees are enough to create one scholarship for a deserving student. With a fee structure of 115€ per day, reduced to 100€ from the fourth day and reduced again to 95€ from the seventh day onwards, you are doing a good deed and directly helping your fellow workshop participants!

Under the age of 18:
For everyone under the age of 18, we offer a special rate of only 35€ per workshop day for the first three days. Starting with the fourth day, the fee goes down to 20€, and from the seventh day onwards, the fee goes down again to 15€. Your total fee is calculated on the basis of the total number of days you participate in workshops.

I'd like to register for the following workshops:
(Please read the workshop descriptions before applying to be sure that a workshop is right for you!)

Please note: Workshop fees are calculated on a per day basis. The price shown is for this workshop. The price goes down if you book several workshops that are calculated on a per day basis. Further information about the price system here.

Please choose:

 

unstructured (free) day: July 17, 2025

Morning workshops 10:00 - 13:00

Ashkenaz I: Early Yiddish Vocal & Instrumental Music | intermediate & advanced>> more
The Other Europeans: Moldavian-Yiddish Repertoire & Style | advanced | >> more
The Ottoman Legacy: The Greco-Turkish-Yiddish Matrix | intermediate | >> more

Afternoon workshops 15:00 - 18:00

Ashkenaz I: An Introduction to Western Yiddish | intermediate & advanced | >> more
The Other Europeans: Moldavian-Yiddish Repertoire & Style | intermediate | >> more
The Ottoman Legacy: The Greco-Turkish-Yiddish Matrix | advanced | >> more

How it works: Choose a morning workshop and an afternoon workshop.
If you play an instrument and are unsure whether you should choose an intermediate or an advanced level workshop, please take a self-test to help you pick the level that's right for you.
You also have the option to attend both levels of the same workshop.

Take the test!

Morning workshop 10 a.m. - 1 p.m.:
Afternoon workshop 3 p.m. - 6 p.m.:
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first week

 
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second week

  • not suited for beginners
 
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both weeks
unstructured (free) days: July 22 + 23, 2025

 

unstructured(free) day: July 28, 2025

Morning workshops 10:00 - 13:00

Advanced Yiddish Song: Vocal Production, Style & Repertoire | advanced>> more
New Yiddish Music: The Lerner Moguilevsky Duo | intermediate>> more
Living Treasures From Old Manuscripts: Tunes from the Kiselgof-Makonovetsky Digital Manuscript Project | advanced>> more
New Yiddish Song: 
Contemporary Repertoire & Yiddish Songwriting | intermediate>> more

Afternoon workshops 15:00 - 18:00

Advanced Yiddish Song: Vocal Production, Style & Repertoire | intermediate>> more
New Yiddish Music: The Lerner Moguilevsky Duo | advanced>> more
Living Treasures From Old Manuscripts: Tunes from the Kiselgof-Makonovetsky Digital Manuscript Project | intermediate>> more
New Yiddish Song: Contemporary Repertoire & Yiddish Songwriting | advanced>> more
Yiddish for Musicians: Introduction to Yiddish & Klezmer-loshn | introductory
>> more

How it works: Choose a morning workshop and an afternoon workshop.
If you play an instrument and are unsure whether you should choose an intermediate or an advanced level workshop, please take a self-test to help you pick the level that's right for you.
You also have the option to attend both levels of the same workshop.

Take the test!

Morning workshop 10 a.m. - 1 p.m.:
Afternoon workshop 3 p.m. - 6 p.m.:
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Please confirm: Received personal invitation from instructor. more

This workshop requires an audition to register. Please send these materials to Mark Kovnatskiy at :

  • A recording, or link to a recording, of two pieces. These should demonstrate
    i) your primary musical field and
    ii) any kind of traditional music you play, if that’s not your primary field.

  • A one-paragraph biography.

Please note! Before you may register you need to have received an invitation to participate in this workshop by one of the instructors in response to your application.

  • by instructors' permission only

>> Read the workshop description

 
 
 
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Please confirm: Received personal invitation from instructor. more

To request permission to join Advanced Yiddish Dance, please send an email describing your dance experience to .

Please note! Before you may register you need to have received an invitation to participate in this workshop by one of the instructors in response to your application.

  • by instructor's permission only
  • takes place together with Yiddish Dance for Everyone: Yiddish and Hasidic Dances in the mornings, separately in the afternoon

>> Read the workshop description

 
 
 
72,50 € - Under 18 197,50 € - Standard 135 € - Reduced 272,50 € - Supporter € - Affected by Corona

morning only: 10 am - 1 pm

>> Read the workshop description

Discount

 

Please note! All prices are in Euros!
Your registration is confirmed once your full workshop fee has been received by Other Music Academy e.V. We will send you a written confirmation within a week after. Thank you!

Important: About Registration Cancellation

Registrations may be canceled only until June 1st, 2025. In such cases, Other Music Academy e.V. will refund the fee paid minus 150 €. The remaining sum will be transferred to your account within 4 weeks. Cancellations after June 1st, 2025 will not receive a refund.
For a workshop to take place, a minimum number of registrations must be received by July 1, 2025. If this number is not reached, Other Music Academy e.V. reserves the right to cancel the workshop. In such a case, the entire registration fee will be refunded.

As a participant you are entitled to a free ticket for a YSW concert in Weimar. You can pick it up at the Infopoint. Please note that there is only a limited number of tickets available per event so we advise you to get your ticket as soon as you arrive in Weimar. Please also note the opening hours of the Infopoint.

Please note!
Multimedia documentation is made of all workshops. With your registration, you grant permission to Other Music Academy e.V. to use such documentation for archival and promotional purposes.

Conditions of Participation 2025

 

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