Brand new Hanukkah music for 2012: Mrs Maccabee’s Kitchen

I was director of the Triangle Jewish Chorale in Durham NC for 14 years and must admit I got dead sick of the relatively small list of Hannukah songs available for us to perform. Then I started performing Jewish music with my pianist friend Aviva (see Jane Peppler and Aviva Enoch) and once again, most of the calls we get for performances are at Chanukah. So as a survival measure, I decided last year to write a few new ones. It was so much fun that I decided after finishing Cabaret Warsaw to start the Hanukkah project. We are going into the studio on Tuesday to cut the rhythm tracks. I’m excited!