Sarah Aroeste

Living in the new COVID-19 world has forced artists like me to move some of our performances online. While this has been challenging in so many ways, it has also been a delight for me to share screen time with…

I am so thrilled that my new board book, Buen Shabat, Shabbat Shalom (Kar-Ben), is out today! 

It's Friday night. bueno, great! 
Let's get ready to celebrate! 

With a Ladino word introduced on each page, this multicultural board…

Every chance I get to share my 102 year-old Holocaust-surviving cousin with my children is a blessing. From one generation to the next- l'dor v'dor in Hebrew. I brought my family to visit her today and she treated us to…

What an inspiring day learning from and participating in the 3rd annual International Ladino Day in New York City. If there's any proof that Ladino is still very much alive, it was this! There were excerpts from a Ladino play…

Today is a day I have dreamed about for some time. After visiting and performing recently in my family's homeland, Monastir (now known as Bitola, Macedonia), I have been mulling an idea over that is finally coming to fruition. Today…

What a thrilling experience it was to present a program of the Ladino music to a standing-room-only audience at the Library of Congress! I saw all walks of life in the hall, and so many new people became exposed to…

One week from today I launch a brand new project that i've been working on for months. I'm so used to being engaged by programmers of Jewish venues and organizations, that it was especially exciting to be approached by the…

Did you hear the news? Disney is introducing a Latina Jewish princess in its series, "Elena of Avalor." We don't know if the character, voiced by The Sopranos' Jamie-Lynn Sigler, will be Sephardic, but even so, this…

This week I had the joy of meeting the newest member of the Aresty/Aroeste clan!! Thinking about our family line always inspires me to write new music. I'm cooking something up. Stay tuned!

I don't have any tattoos, but if I were to get one, an image of my favorite place, Tanglewood, would be at the top of my wish list! I've been enjoying a temporary one as a reminder of where I…

For the first time in 18 years (yes that's how long I've been doing this!!) I declined several good gigs this summer because I just wanted to spend the summer with my family.  I love love performing, but I just…

I've just returned from a week in Iberia (Spain, Gibraltar, Portugal) performing and meeting with local Sephardic communities. But it was walking down the streets of my ancestors that impacted me the most. I could feel their presence along the…