"A Musical Journey Through the Yiddish Theatre", w/Hankus Netsky, Milwaukee, WI, 29 Mar, 2014
The Art of Jewish Music
Featuring Hankus Netsky, Eden Macadam-somer, Robert Abelson, Joyce Rosenzweig, and special guests.
Saturday, Mar 29, 2014, 8pm
UWM Arts Lecture Hall
Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53211
The Center for Jewish Studies at the UWM (University of Wisconson, Milwaukee) will present klezmer revival musician Hankus Netsky and his band Hebrew National Salvage with Lorin Sklamberg(vocalist), Amanda Miryem-Khaye Seigel(vocalist), Eden Macadam-somer(violin), Kurt Bjorling (clarinet), Doug Scharf (trumpet), Dan Anderson (bass), Grant Smith (percussion).
One of the richest and most neglected Jewish musical traditions, the music of the Yiddish Theatre offers incomparable insights into the lives and worlds of Eastern European Jews and American Jewish immigrants.
This concert will feature some of the top Yiddish performers of today exploring the work of the Yiddish Theatre's major composers and performers in a diverse program that explores the full range of Yiddish popular music.
For more information about these events, contact the CJS, 414-229-6121
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