Zoom Backstage
this is what backstage at a zoom concert looks like
gigs
how we’ll get through
Hi. I hope this finds you safe and healthy wherever you are. With so many of us stuck indoors and separated due to the global pandemic, it is easy to feel more isolated than ever before. But we can all still connect. And music can help us stay connected. I’m going to keep the music coming this year.
I will miss performing for you in places like Cape May NJ and Gilroy CA this year. Like you, I had so many awesome things planned for 2020. While some of those awesomes have been cancelled, there are plenty of other awesomes that have evolved in new and different ways. We still have the internet, and we will get creative! I will still bring the music to you this year, including new songs, new videos, and all the other awesomes I’m excited to share with you.
In addition to my live-stream Live At Home concert series, I will also be presenting some other virtual music experiences via Zoom, Skype and FaceTime. Please reach out if you are interested in a private concert for your group of friends or co-workers, for birthdays and holidays, for seniors, or for hospital/homebound patients. Concerts are donation or fee based, depending on your preference and circumstance. I am also accepting new piano students.
Don’t forget to stay connected during this time! You can always social my media with the Facebook & Twitter & Instagram machines. Subscribe to my YouTube Channel for the latest postings. Listen, stream, and download all my music at Bandcamp.
Let’s take care of one another and lean on each other during this time. We’re all we’ve got.
Can’t wait to see you again!
Live At Home
Join me for a concert, live from my house!
tune in live: www.facebook.com/aviwisniamusic
Songwriters Night Returns
Excited to announce that our concert series is back for Season 2!
It’s a brand new year of amazing singers and songs we can’t wait to share with you.
Avi Wisnia & Aaron Nathans host Songwriters Night, a concert series showcasing some of the best local & touring songwriters. On the first Thursday of every month, come experience a unique night of songs, storytelling and collaboration in one of Philadelphia’s best listening room environments. Check the tour schedule for line ups and information.
Poland Part III: Day 2
Today is the concert at the POLIN Museum.
Performing with My Polish Wisnia in Warsaw.
My grandfather was a singing star, a child prodigy of Poland. He studied with famous Cantors Gershon Sirota and Moshe Koussevitsky; he sang in opera houses, in theaters and on Polish radio; he performed at the notorious Tlomackie Synagogue as a featured soloist, backed by an 80-person choir. Whatever bright future lay ahead for little David was snuffed out, suddenly and violently, by the war.
We will never know the magnitude of what was lost in the Holocaust – not just the lives, but the careers, the achievements, the dreams, the art, the ideas. But for a moment, when David Wisnia returns to Poland 75 years later to sing to rapt audiences in crowded auditoriums, he becomes the star of Poland he was always meant to be.
Music is a natural entry point to talking about the Holocaust.
Because music can express things that can’t be articulated in words.
Because music can help us explore the unfathomable.
Because music connects us, all of us.
