North American Jewish Choral Festival is a One-of-a-Kind Musical Experience

Registration Now Open for Summer 2025

The annual North American Jewish Choral Festival (NAJCF) brings hundreds of singers together to enjoy five magical days of a life-changing musical experience. One harmonious choral community is led by world-class conductors creating a melodic tapestry of contemporary, folk, classical, and traditional music. The 2025 event will be held from July 20-24 in Stamford, Connecticut. 

“The Festival is for anyone who wants to celebrate the joy of Jewish music,” says Maestro Matthew Lazar, Festival Founder and Director. “The participants include amateur singers, professionals, cantors, conductors, and lovers of Jewish music of all ages.”

Festival attendees have the unique opportunity to interact with and learn from top experts in Jewish choral music in a supportive setting. There are a variety of uplifting Jewish musical activities, including daily community sings; workshops and seminars on a wide range of topics; and evening concerts featuring guest choirs and outstanding performers.

“Being able to connect to this type of music and this type of text is something you can’t get anywhere else,” says NAJCF participant Dor Kaminka, an Israeli-American composer and conductor now residing in Los Angeles, California.

NAJCF provides an environment of fun and excitement as well as a sense of healing, hope, unity and Jewish pride, as participants share a bonding experience and forge new friendships.

“The North American Jewish Choral Festival is my happy place,” says Cantor Mira Davis of New York City. “It’s a community of people who are like-minded, love each other, love Israel and love Jewish music — a place where you can be yourself.  The friends I’ve made at NAJCF will last a lifetime.”

“The power of singing in harmony with so many wonderful people, especially at this time, keeps me coming back,” adds Jim Perlmutter of Rockville, Maryland.

“Whether you’re a novice or a pro, you’ll leave with new skills, new music and new friends to cherish from this transformative Choral Festival,” concludes Maestro Lazar.

The North American Jewish Choral Festival is a program of Zamir Choral Foundation.

For more information and to register for NAJCF 2025 visit https://zamirchoralfoundation.org/north-american-jewish-choral-festival/

About Zamir Choral Foundation

The Zamir Choral Foundation, created by Matthew Lazar, promotes choral music as a vehicle to inspire Jewish life, literacy, and community. The Foundation’s programs include the North American Jewish Choral Festival; HaZamir: The International Jewish Teen Choir; the acclaimed Zamir Chorale; Zamir Noded for young adult singers; Zamir Conducting Fellows to train the next generation of Jewish choral conductors; and the HaZamir Preparatory Program for middle school singers. Matthew Lazar, Founder and Director of the Zamir Choral Foundation, is the leading force of the Jewish choral movement in the US. He has worked with Leonard Bernstein, Zubin Mehta, Elie Wiesel, Theodore Bikel, Dr. Ruth Westheimer, and others. The Zamir Choral Foundation is guided by an expansive vision of vibrant Jewish identity across the generational, denominational, and political continuums through the study and performance of Jewish music at the highest level of excellence. For more information visit www.zamirchoralfoundation.org