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Gems at the J | Klezmer
Welcome to our vibrant klezmer community!
Join us throughout the year for joyful klezmer jams, spirited concerts, and cultural events that celebrate the rich musical traditions of Eastern European Jewish life.
During our klezmer jams, musicians of all ages and skill levels are welcome to join in on the music. Bring your instruments and follow along with the sheet music provided. Not a musician? No problem, just come to listen to the music!
All Klezmer Jams are $18 when purchased in advance or $20 at the door. Individual programs at the JCC can be purchased using the form below.
THANK YOU to our sponsors Yiddish Culture Festival & Or Zarua is helping us make Klezmer at JCC possible and keeping the music alive! Click here to learn more about becoming a sponsor!
Click here for recordings of past Klezmer Jams
March Klezmer Featured Artists: Adrianne Greenbaum and friends
Adrianne Greenbaum has received acclaim as the “Queen of the Klezmer Flute”. She is an internationally recognized artist, composer and educator, performing on both modern and historical instruments (including the wooden flute). Her latest klezmer recording, Di Klezmer Flute Nisht Fargesen, on the BorshtBeat label, serves as an important historical icon for the lost klezmer flute tradition. One such flute is her self-named Flute of Hope, that was saved from the Holocaust just days before the Nazi invasion of Latvia. She attained classical music degrees from Yale and Oberlin Conservatory and has performed both as soloist and orchestral musician in major concert halls across the country.
Joined by Pete Rushefsky is an in-demand performer on the Jewish tsimbl (cimbalom), klezmer’s traditional hammered dulcimer; Benjamin Sutin, a leading New York based jazz and klezmer violinist and composer with four albums as a bandleader, including his latest acclaimed release Mr. Inevitable; and Brian Glassman, one of NYC area’s most in-demand double bassists, best known known for his jazz and klezmer collaborations with notable artists.
Our next Klezmer events are:
February 22: Klezmer Jam with Ken Ulansey and Phyllis Chapell, 3-5pm
March 15: The Magic of the Klezmer Flute – Klezmer Jam with Adrianne Greenbaum and Friends, 2-4pm
April 12: The Ancient Law Film Screening at Bryn Mawr Film Institute with live Klezmer Score with Alicia Svigals and Donald Sosin, 1-3pm
April 12: Klezmer Jam with Alicia Svigals and Donald Sosin, 6-8pm
May 3: Itzhak Perlman: In the Fiddlers House at Marian Anderson Hall in Philadelphia, 7pm (Program not at the JCC. Click here to sign up)
June 21: Klezmer Jam with Hankus Netsky, 4-6pm
