Young@Heart Chorus Jeff Derose

The Young@Heart Chorus from Northampton, Mass., made up of senior citizens in their 70s and 80s, will perform at the State Theatre in New Brunswick on Sunday, Oct. 16, at 3 p.m. The event is a fund-raiser for Anshe Emeth Memorial Temple in New Brunswick. Call (732) 246-SHOW (7469) or www.StateTheatreNJ.org.

NEW YORK — For her first visit to New York and the United States, Diana Golbi adopted the unofficial uniform of most city dwellers — head-to-toe black. Black shirt, black top, and tight black jeans. Her long brown hair was straight and hung past her shoulders.

Pointing to her stiletto heels, which added at least four inches to her diminutive stature, she explained, “I’m in New York, so I have to be feminine.” She drew out the “f” sound as

though she found the very concept of femininity distasteful. Or perhaps Golbi was merely playing with her English, a third language after her native tongues, Russian and Hebrew.

Cellist Mairi Dorman-Phaneuf and bamboo flautist Stephen Scholle perform in a High Holy Day concert, “Kol Nidre: Finding Meaning Through Music,” on Sunday, Oct. 2, at the Museum of Jewish Heritage—A Living Memorial to the Holocaust, 2:30 p.m. Concert interwoven with clips of interviews and stories from the PBS documentary, “18 Voices Sing Kol Nidre.” The film’s director, Allen Oren, produces and narrates the concert. The documentary will air on WNET-THIRTEEN that day at 11 p.m. (646) 437-4202 or www.mjhnyc.org, or www.18voices.com.

“Soul to Soul” with Tony Perry, left, Magda Fishman, and Elmore James. Lisa Fishman steps in for Magda Fishman in the upcoming September concerts. Courtesy Segal Centre for the Performing Arts

The award-winning National Yiddish Theatre – Folksbiene offers “Soul to Soul,” a concert exploring intersections between Yiddish and African-American musical traditions with an inter-racial cast. Created by Zalmen Mlotek, the concert opened the second Montreal International Yiddish Theatre Festival in June. New York performances are Sept. 19, 20, 21, and 22, kicking off the sixth season of Folksbiene’s City University of New York outreach series with performances on four CUNY campuses — Lehman, Brooklyn College, Queens College, and Hunter College. www.nationalyiddishtheatre.org.

Diana Golbi RONEN AKERMAN

Diana Golbi, the 19-year-old winner of the 2010 Kokhav Nolad (the Israeli version of “American Idol”), will make her U.S. debut on Wednesday, Sept. 14, at City Winery in Manhattan. The event, “A Light in the Darkness,” a benefit for ELEM/Youth in Distress in Israel, begins with cocktails at 6 p.m.

ELEM is an Israeli non-profit organization dedicated to care for adolescents who are at risk and in distress. The organization helped Golbi overcome problems and realize her dream of becoming an artist.

In 2010 Golbi auditioned for the eighth season of Kokhav Nolad. She appeared with 28 other contestants, beating out thousands of singers who auditioned. She won with 53 percent of the votes and received a scholarship and a production contract. She is currently serving in the Israeli Defense Force and received special permission from the IDF to perform in New York to support ELEM. Call (212) 787-3337 or www.elem.org.

Temple Israel and JCC of Ridgewood concludes its second season of Summer Music Fridays on Aug. 19. Shul members Tamara Reps Freeman, violinist, violist, and music educator; Artie Bressler, composer and saxophonist; Irene Bressler, harpist and pianist; and Richard Schnaittacher, violist; will perform works by Henry Purcell, Gabriel Faure, Pietro Mascagni, C. Saint- Saens, and E. Poldini.

The program begins at 7 p.m. with a reception and light refreshments, followed by the performance. Services in the sanctuary are at 8:30. Babysitting is available. Admission is free, but donations will help support synagogue music programs. (201) 444-9320 or www.synagogue.org.

The West Side Theatre in Manhattan, 8:03 p.m. The stage lights up revealing eight all-white creatures except for their red lips. They scream. The lights turn off.

So begins the new Off Broadway show “The Voca People.” The premise is that aliens from Voca, a planet behind the sun, crash-land on Earth. They communicate only through song and sounds. Singing is also an energy source for the Voca’s spaceship; the aliens sing human songs, unaccompanied, to get enough power to fly home.

The brainchild of creator Lior Kalfo and co-creator and musical director Shai Fishman, “The Voca People” originated in Tel Aviv. The troupe of six vocalists and two “beat boxers” (artists who use their mouths to make incredible sound effects) gained popularity from a video of a practice session that was posted on YouTube. Now, with more than 8 million hits, “The Voca People” are an international sensation.