EJC Klezmer Jam

The people have spoken and what they've asked for is a Klezmer jam at Eastside Jewish Commons! Let's have one on a Sunday afternoon. Bring your instruments, sheet music, heart and soul, and don't worry about ability--this is a (facilitated) jam for all. We'll settle in and play for a couple of hours. Once you sign up, materials from the other jams will be sent to you and perhaps even new material! If you have a song to share, please bring it! Also if you play an instrument that is non-concert, i.e. Bb, you'll have to be ready to transpose or make your own versions (don't worry if you don't know what this means; it's mainly for clarinet and trumpet players who read sheet music).

THIS JAM we will be playing through many of the tunes we've already covered (once you sign up a google drive link will be sent) as well as some news songs taught by Sarah Larsson at her noon concert. Here's the description for that:

Singing Stories (A Yiddish & Ladino Celebration)
A participatory concert/sing-along celebrating Yiddish folksongs and Sephardic folksongs from the Balkans. Folklorist and songstress Sarah Larsson will lead a group sing-along on some favorite songs of Yiddishland and Ladino-speaking communities from the Balkans. Lyrics will be provide, and no Yiddish or Ladino language knowledge required. Larsson is a 2024 recipient of the Minnesota State Arts Board Cultural Expression grant, and has trained with master-singers including Ethel Raim, Michael Alpert, and Flory Jagoda.

You are all encouraged to come to that FREE noon concert as well.

Feel free to eat here (maybe it will start to become a Klezmer brunch), just no pork or shellfish. N.B. this is not a show, so while you might have a family member or two with you this is really not a place to listen to music but rather it’s a place to participate.

2 PM All Ages. Free, but please consider making a donation at checkout.

Made possible in part by the Yiddish Arts and Culture Initiative for Jewish Communities at the Yiddish Book Center.