Andy Statman Live in Chicago

Coming on June 30th, 2008
"Andy Statman is the real thing - a musician's musician." -The New Yorker
"It's the music of Jewish mystics" - The New York Times
"A fascinating & moving mixture" - Jazz Times

WHAT: Andy Statman will be performing live at “The Song & The Spirit”
WHEN: Monday, June 30, 2008 7:30 PM
WHERE: North Shore Center for the Performing Arts,
9501 Skokie Blvd. Skokie, IL
TICKET PRICES (in advance) $25, $36, $60
Purchase tickets online at:
http://www.lubavitchchabad.org/songspirit
For more information call Megan Ensign at 773-262-2770
ABOUT ANDY STATMAN
"Statman's virtuosity has labeled him a genius by his peers." -- The Village Voice

A formidable and consummate musician, Andy Statman is known for his musical wizardry on the mandolin as well as his innovative interpretations of Jewish music on the clarinet. This program covers the genius of Statman from his distinctive improvisational renditions of Klezmer, music of the Chassidic masters, and American roots (bluegrass and blues) to original works drawing upon jazz and other traditions.

Statman, one of his generation's premier mandolinists and clarinetists, thinks of his compositions as "a spontaneous, American-roots form of very personal, prayerful Chasidic music, by way of avant-garde jazz." This small, modest man takes for granted that a performer might embody several worlds in his art, and seems not to recognize that his music, like his story, is extraordinary.

For more information on Andy Statman log on to www.AndyStatman.org

"Andy Statman is a master of two idioms linked only by their demand for virtuosity and their down-home origins." - The New York Times

CHALLAHPALOOZA Music Festival in the Berkshires

SUNDAY JULY 13, 2008
7:00PM
Lenox, MA

CHALLAHPALOOZA, the third annual Klezmer music festival in the Berkshires (Western Massachusettes, USA), offers an evening of music and inspiration with the Yiddishkeit Klezmer Ensemble and Sruli and Lisa.

THE YIDDISHKEIT KLEZMER ENSEMBLE
Brian Bender - trombone, melodica, vocals, bandleader
Christina Crowder - accordion, vocals
Miamon Miller - fiddle
Jim Guttmann - double bass
Grant Smith - drums
www.yiddishkeitklezmer.com

- SRULI & LISA -
Sruli Dresdner - clarinet, drums, vocals
Lisa Mayer - fiddle
www.sruliandlisa.com

Call to order tickets: $22/$36/$100(sponsor)
7:00 PM
Duffin Theater
Lenox High School
197 East Street
Lenox, MA
(413) 499-9899
www.jewishberkshires.com/

Yiddishkeit Klezmer Ensemble at NYB

Sunday, August 10, 2008
2PM Concert
National Yiddish Bookcenter
Amherst, MA, USA
Admission $10

THE YIDDISHKEIT KLEZMER ENSEMBLE
Brian Bender - trombone, melodica, vocals, bandleader
Christina Crowder - accordion, vocals
Miamon Miller - fiddle
Jim Guttmann - double bass
Grant Smith - drums
www.yiddishkeitklezmer.com

Seth Rogovoy calls Yiddishkeit "one of the top Klezmer bands on the East Coast."

The National Yiddish Bookcenter
Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Building
1021 West Street
Amherst MA 01002
Phone 413-256-4900
Fax 413-256-4700
www.bikher.org
yiddish@bikher.org

KlezKanada 2008 will be AWESOME!!

KlezKanada 2008 will take place from August 18 through 24,2008.

Everything looks fantastic. Klezkanada has a world-class faculty and a fantastic program of concerts, lectures, films and hands-on workshops scheduled.

You can download all of the information at www.klezkanada.com or click here for brochure in pdf.

Strauss/Warschauer Duo in St. Petersburg 2008

The Strauss/Warschauer Duo will be performing in St. Petersburg, Russia this Wednesday night, June 25, 7 PM as part of KlezFest St. Petersburg:

Beloselsky-Belozersky Palace
Nevsky Prospekt, 41

For tickets please contact the Jewish Community Center of St. Petersburg Rubinshteina Street, 3
Tel: (812) 713-38-89, 571-64-40
www.klezfest.ru/en/klezfest2008/
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