G’vald, yidn, buena gente, (good people). Ikh zukh a tsimer a departamente, Ver es veys, entfert mir urgente, ikh muz zikh klaybn inmediatamente. In her KlezKanada debut, the great Argentinian – Parisian singer/guitarist/acress Jacinta, will focus on the repertoire of the legendary Khevel Katz – the Jewish Gardel. Songs about Jewish life in the regions of [...]
This year, to accompany the debut of the KlezKanada Poetry Initiative, Kolya Borodulin’s annual “Bagegenish mit Yidish” will become a special “Bagegenish mit yidisher poezye.” Each day a different poet will be featured and there will be special concert presentations in this period. OCCUPY YIDDISH! – Di anarchisten (Tuesday) This will be a session about [...]
Learn the tunes you need to know in the way you need to play them from the umpteenth generation klezmer master, Susan Watts Hoffman. There is no better way to expand your knowledge of klezmer tune repertoire and style. Open to all instrumentalists. Faculty: Susan Watts
Paul Morrissett (of The Klezmatics) and Kinneret Sagee (Sisters of Shaynville) lead this year’s edition of the KlezKanada Beginner’s Orchestra. Together they will lead beginning instrumentalists in playing klezmer and enjoying the thrill of being part of an orchestra. Faculty: Paul Morrissett, Kinneret Sagee
” An introduction into the way a Chazz’n (Cantor) uses the prayer modes. (freygish, minor, mogul ovoid, Ukrainian dorian, Hashem Moloch). Cantor Mendelson will choose excerpts form written compositions as examples to illustrate the importance of timing and coloration, which trumps – but doesn’t necessarily preclude – ornamentation. It won’t get too deeply into difficult [...]
