Kaskeset
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Kaskeset is Binghamton University's finest, and only, Jewish a cappella group, located in Binghamton, New York.
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[edit] A History and Overview of Kaskeset
Literally translated, Kaskeset means "fish scales". The Bible states that a fish must have fins and scales to be Kosher. Get it? Fish scales? ... Music scales? ... Kosher? ... Jewish? ...
Kaskeset is (SUNY) Binghamton University's Jewish A Cappella Group. The group was founded in 1996 as an offshoot and subcharter of Hillel/The Jewish Student Union of Binghamton University. Since then, the group has become one of the nation's premiere Jewish groups. A student body favorite, Kaskeset has performed in numerous events on the Binghamton University campus, as well as at temples, community centers, weddings and festivals far and wide.
Kaskeset has performed for audiences far and wide including on the Binghamton campus, as well as synagogues throughout the metropolitan area, at community centers, weddings, bar and bat mitzvahs and many different types of festivals.
Kaskeset offers an extensive repertoire of music addressing or pertaining to Judaism and its values, sung in Hebrew, Yiddish and English. The spectrum includes choral works, all-out rock, liturgy, rock/pop, Israeli, humor, and everything in-between.
Everything is done a cappella, meaning singing without accompaniment, instrumental or otherwise. The group produces four- to even fourteen-part harmonies with intricate musical arrangements to create a "vocal band" ambiance with the sound of an actual band using only the human voice and body. The style is unique from any type of music one will experience.
[edit] Current Members
Jordana Aronovitz - Soprano - '07
Ayelet Walker - Soprano - '07
Dori Gelb - Soprano - '09
Sarah Leiner - Soprano - '09
Allie Metcalfe - Soprano - '10
Elyssa Yablow - Alto - '07
Ilana Fried - Alto - '10
Ayla Gordon - Alto - '10
Rachel Neifeld - Alto - '09
Rachel Maller - Alto - '09
Eric Dinowitz - Tenor - '07
Sophie Nusinov - Tenor - '08
Mordy Greenspan - Tenor - '09
Ezra Monasebian - Bass - '09
Lewis Levenberg - Bass - '08
Ari Fuchs - Bass - '07
Ted Trembinski - Bass - '10
Steven Pahuskin - Bass - '09
[edit] Albums
Albums listed from most recent to oldest.
- Drop It Like It's Treif
- Made From The Best Jews On Earth
- Shir Pleasure
