Klezmer Music Workshop

The Klezmer Tradition: History, Sound & Performance

This hands-on workshop introduces students to the history, musical vocabulary, and performance traditions of klezmer, the instrumental music of Eastern European Jewish communities. We will explore how klezmer developed through encounters with Jewish, Romani, Ukrainian, Polish, and other musical traditions, and how the music changed as Jewish musicians immigrated to America.  Students will learn some of the fundamental scales, modes, rhythms, ornamentation, and characteristic melodic patterns that give klezmer its distinctive sound. Through listening and playing examples, we will examine styles such as freylekhs, bulgar, doina, hora, and other traditional forms. The workshop will also consider klezmer as a living musical language that has been revived, reinvented, and performed by musicians around the world.  Musicians and singers of all levels are welcome. The workshop will be accessible to beginners while providing challenges for more advanced participants. Those who play an instrument are encouraged to bring it.

This event is free and open to the public

for more information contact Sheila Rosenthal, rosefam2856@gmail.com