friday/11
Orquesta Victoria. 14-piece tango band from Buenos Aires with Jewish backstory on West Coast tour for new album “El Mundo Is the World.” At Trianon Theatre, 72 N. 5th St., San Jose. 7:30 p.m. $35. Details on other local shows at www.villacrespoproductions.com
Jewish chanting with Lior Tsarfaty. Native Israeli musician teaches different techniques and talks about the healing power of chanting. No experience necessary. At Urban Adamah, 1151 Sixth St., Berkeley. 8 p.m. $15-$20. www.urbanadamah.org
String trio from Israel Philharmonic Orchestra. Performance of works by Mozart, Beethoven and more by members of the orchestra. At Congregation Kol Shofar, 215 Blackfield Drive, Tiburon. 4 p.m. $18. www.tinyurl.com/israel-phil-2016
sunday/13
“Jewish Music and Spirituality.” Concert composed by Aaron Blumenfeld incorporates cantorial music and poems of the late Berkeley scientist-poet Judith Goldhaber. At Temple Sinai, 2808 Summit St., Oakland. 7:30 p.m. $15. www.tinyurl.com/sinai-blumenfeld
thursday/17
Stephen Saxon. “L’Chayim! To Life!” Jewish music series presents a concert of liturgical music by cantorial soloist. At Sonoma State, Schroeder Hall, 1801 E. Cotati Ave., Rohnert Park. 6:30 p.m. Free. www.tinyurl.com/ssu-jewishmusic
sunday/20
‘You’ve Never Sung Like This Before’: Musician, composer and song leader Joey Weisenberg, who directs the Center for Jewish Communal Music in New York, will appear in the Bay Area to celebrate “the imperfectly beautiful music of normal people singing.” Weisenberg will lead an intimate evening of group nigguns (traditional wordless melodies) with instrumental accompaniment. Co-sponsored by Kehilla Community Synagogue and Chochmat HaLev.
6 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 20 at Urban Adamah, 1151 Sixth St., Berkeley. $10-$25. www.urbanadamah.org/events/joey-weisenberg