Date: Sunday, November 15, 2009

Time: 3:00 PM

Location: Chicago

The Irish Heritage Singers will hold their annual concert this fall at the Irish American Heritage Center.

Slainte and Shalom: Our Blended History Through Music and Dance. Tickets are $15 for IAHC members, $20 for general admission and children 12 and under are free. The concert is a fundraiser for the Irish American Heritage Center.

This unique concert features Irish and Jewish music, dance and culture, celebrating the blend of the two cultures that co-exist in Ireland. The concert is inspired by the film Shalom Ireland, a documentary about Ireland's remarkable, yet little known Jewish community. The film was shown at the IAHC in 2007 and joined together nearly-sold out crowds of Chicago's Irish and Jewish communities.

The Irish Heritage Singers will be joined by guest performers, Jewish choir, Kol Zimrah, the Jewish Community Singers and the Edgar Gabriel Eclectic Ensemble, performing Klezmer music.

Kol Zimrah is a volunteer civic chorus serving the metropolitan Chicago area. The mission of Kol Zimrah is to sustain and interpret the great tradition of Jewish choral music, to serve as a musical resource for the region and to encourage the composition of new Judaic choral works.

The Irish Heritage Singers, under the direction of Evanston Resident, Mary Grimes, are the Irish American Heritage Center's resident choir. The Singers have distinguished themselves throughout the Midwest by performing and expanding the great Irish and Irish American vocal tradition. Their performances have been as distant as Sligo, Ireland and as local as Celtic Fest Chicago and have included performing for two Presidents of Ireland as well as senior citizens in Evanston.

Tickets can be purchased at the door or by calling 773-282-7035, ext. 10.