Dr. Seth Ward, together with Colorado Hebrew Chorale’s pianist Travis Yamamoto, will reprise his program, “The Singing Shekel” at Temple Sinai, 3509 S. Glencoe St., Denver on Wed., Oct. 12 at 6:30 pm MDT. The program was previously offered at the North American Jewish Choral Festival in July 2022 and as part of the Colorado Hebrew Chorale Zoom series: L’Chaim – A Taste of Jewish Music from -Anywhere! in August.

The present series of Israeli currency features four leading poets on the NIS 20, 50, 100 and 200 notes; each bill has a line from a poem on one side and the full text of another poem in micrography on the reverse side. All of these poems have been set to music. This session will explore the poets, their poetry, and the links to Israeli music and culture.

Dr. Ward has been teaching and researching Jewish, Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies for four decades, most recently at the University of Wyoming, and first developed “The Singing Shekel” as enrichment for an informal Hebrew class. He is also a founding member of the Colorado Hebrew Chorale, directed by his wife, Carol Kozak Ward.