Sheba Ensemble (left to right): cellist Leat Sabbah, pianist Gillian Berkowitz, soprano Shiree Kidron, flutist Alicia Kravitz, and violinist Gabrielle Fink. (Hannah Thiem Photo) There will be a fun-filled evening of Jewish music with a unique twist when the nationally-acclaimed Sheba Ensemble presents a fun-filled concert at Beth Israel Congregation, 1015 E. Park Ave., Vineland, on Sunday, June 13, at 7 p.m.

Performing as part of this all-female music group are soprano Shiree Kidron, cantorial soloist at Beth Israel Congregation; flutist Alicia Kravitz; violinist Gabrielle Fink; cellist Leat Sabbah; and pianist Gillian Berkowitz. All have been classically trained at the world’s leading conservatories.

Reflecting a stunning intersection of musical influences, the Sheba Ensemble’s arrangements add a world music flavor to Jewish music by incorporating elements of bossa nova, pop, and jazz in traditional music and original compositions.

The South Miami News has praised the group’s “virtuosic skills” and “elegant musicianship.”

In addition to performances in Florida, Connecticut, New York, and France, they have appeared on the Manhattan Neighborhood television network and on Radio J France.

The ensemble has collaborated with artists including percussionist Noah Solomon, violinist Mark O’Connor, and pianists Anyssa Neumann and Natalie Tenenbaum. Admission for the concert, which is open to the public, is $25 for adults and $10 for children under 13. For reservations and more information, call Ellie Bernstein, concert co-chairperson, at (856) 691-0051.

A dessert reception will follow the concert.

Kidron, in addition to being Shabbat and High Holy Day cantorial soloist at Beth Israel Congregation since September, 2008, has toured with the Odessa Philharmonic Orchestra in the Ukraine, and has appeared with the Ludwig Symphony in Atlanta, the Pacific Opera Group in Carnegie Hall, and the Folksbiene- Yiddish Theater at the City University of New York (CUNY). She was acclaimed by The New York Times for the title role of Beauty in the Manhattan School of Music’s production of Louis Spohr’s Beauty and the Beast.

Kravitz made her professional debut recital at Carnegie Hall in 2007 and has been a prize winner in numerous music competitions. An accomplished orchestral flutist, she has served as principal flutist in the Kurt Masur Conducting Institute in New York City and the Deutsche-Skandinavische Jugend Philharmonie in Berlin, Germany. She has attended several national music festivals and performs regularly with the Park Avenue Chamber Symphony and the Camerata Notturna Orchestra in New York.

Fink has performed and taught at music festivals in the United States and abroad, collaborating with such artists as Robert Mann, Jaime Laredo, Ani Kafavian, Aaron Rosand, Glenn Dicterow, and Mark O’Connor. She has performed solo and chamber music across the United States and in Poland during the 2000 March of the Living. She played solo violin in the Dream Works film Ghost Town. Currently a member of the Philharmonic Orchestra of the Americas and the Miami Symphony, she previously performed with the New World Symphony and as a member of the Hyperion String Quartet.

Sabbah has appeared with the Deutsche-Skandinavische Jugend Philharmonie, State Symphony Orchestra of Ukraine, Kiev Pop Symphonic Orchestra, Naumberg Orchestral Series, and the Chernigiv Philharmonic Orchestra, performing in venues from Carnegie Hall and the Berlin Philharmonie to the U.S. Open. She moves fluidly through the classical, pop, Middle Eastern, and folk musical genres, composing and arranging for the Sheba Ensemble.

Berkowitz has been a pianist for numerous Broadway and Off- Broadway shows, including Billy Elliot, 9-5 the Musical, Jersey Boys, Mamma Mia, Wicked, Xanadu, Drowsy Chaperone, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, Boy from Oz, Tarzan, and Aida. She has also been the music director/supervisor for several Theatreworks USA productions, as well as a much-in-demand accompanist and rehearsal pianist.

For more information call the synagogue office at 856-691- 0852.