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Merlin Shepherd, Gustav Mahler, Tatar and Russian folk music, Mozart...
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Breathtaking vocals Musician, winter 2007
...Shepherd’s compositions are highly original and sensitive........ Delicious dissonances sit within tight vocal harmonies. Yiddish or Slavic-style melodies ebb and flow. And here and there we hear a classical vocal style, something more operatic, or a flourish of a music theatre. Instrumental styles are just as varied: Jewish musical modes weave together with a klezmer-sounding clarinet, jazz-style saxophone and bass or rock guitar. SONGLINES MAGAZINE, March 2008, N50
The PSVE covers many aspects of vocal music from large scale choral experimentation, improvisation and self-expression within a choir structure, to highly arranged and conducted choir pieces, to smaller chamber groups, vocal duo, solo voice…All with or without instrumental accompaniment.
As a Russian and Yiddish style singer Polina collaborates with a Brighton based band Fanfara. Other PSVE projects:
The Vocal Quartet Ashkenazim (Russia/UK); SYNERGY: Personal Development with Voice and Movement (Joint project with an Afro-Brazilian traditional dance performer Rosaria Gracia, UK); Chutzpah choir, Russian choir in Brighton&Hove, The Spiro Ark Yiddish choir; Niggunim project; solo song programme. As a pianist works with the Sound & Light Cinematic Duo (UK), who play live accompaniment to rare black and white films. Also she is a member of The Merlin Shepherd Kapelye featuring the Former Soviet Union Klezmer Allstars, The Merlin Shepherd Quartet. As a Russian and Yiddish style singer and composer in 2008 collaborated and recorded a CD with Max Pashm's 'Never Mind the Balkans'.
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Hi Polina, Amana & I were looking @ your site, so she could see some photos of you and hear your music...funny we had just previously put you in my top friends on myspace and noticed that I was in your top mates..when did you do it?
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Shalom - Thank you for finding me. What an interesting sound. I wish you much success. Drop by anytime and catch some soul. All the best from Israel, Nomi
