The New York Andalus Ensemble, a resident artist at the Foundation for Iberian Music, is having their spring concert next Thursday, June 16! The concert is at 7:00 at the Graduate Center’s Elebash Recital Hall. Tickets are $15.50 ($12 students/seniors). Reserve online or pay cash at the door.

NYAE’s wonderful performances of new and old music from Al-Andalus frequently sell out, so be sure to come early. This time, there’s an added incentive: NYAE’s friend, Davis Baron Nahmias, will be holding a free tasting for his distillery, Nahmias et Fils. Nahmias et Fils is the only distillery in the US that produces mahia, a Moroccan spirit made from figs.

Finally, the we’d like to congratulate the NYAE’s director, Samuel Thomas, on his recent invitation to lecture at the Library of Congress, while the Ensemble was in DC to perform at the Washington Jewish Music Festival. You can also watch a video of a past NYAE concert at that link (and there’s always more at the ensemble’s YouTube channel, as well as the Foundation’s).