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12-9-1996 Klezmer Conservatory Band Department of Music, University of Richmond

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Camp Concert Hall, Booker Hall of Music George M. Modlin Center for the Arts at the University of Richmond

Klezmer Conservatory Band Hankus Netsky, Director featuring Judy Bressler, vocals and tambourine Ilene Stahl, clarinet Miriam Rabson, violin Gary Bohan, cornet Dave Harris, trombone Jeff Warschauer, banjo, mandolin and guitar Evan Harlan, accordian Javier Perez-Saco, piano James Guttmann, bass Dan MacDonald, drums and percussion

Tonight's selections will be announced from the stage

The Klezmer Conservatory Band appears by arrangement with The Aaron Concert Management, Boston, Massachusetts. THEKLEZMER non-Jewish culture that surrounded it CONSERVATORY BAND In America, immigrant Jewish musi Bankos Netsky, Director cians adapted this music to the new rhythms and instruments they found, From the shtels of Eastern Europe, creating new klezmer forms. through the emigration to America, Until the 1940's, klezmer orchestras from the jazz clubs of cities and the flourished, but with the new styles of stages of Yiddish theatre comes the music, and the immigrant Jews' desire music of the Klezmer Conservatory to appear "American," the klezmer Band. Klezmer music began in tradition faded. Today, however, a medieval Europe, where bands of klezmer revival is in full swing, with itinerant Jewish musicians went from the Klezmer Conservatory Band town to town playing for Jewish fes playing a prominent role. tivals and special events. By the Fueled by a desire to return to his 19th century, klezmer music had roots, and the inherent appeal of the become a well-developed musical music, Hank7.Is Netsky, the band's style, taking its inspiration not only founder, discovered that both a grand from the synagogue, but from the father and an uncle were in Philadelphia klezmer orchestras in the York. The special traced the Klezmer 1920's. In 1980, while an instructor at roots of Perlman's artistry and featured the New England Conservatory of the soulful sounds of the KCB. A Music, he formed the band. joint recording on EMI was released Now entering its seventeenth last fall, and "In the Fiddler's House" season, the Band has performed con concerts were performed in major certs from coast to coast and has seven venues this past summer, including albums: Yiddishe Renaissance, Klez, W olftrap, Great Woods, Radio City and A Touch of Klez on the Vanguard Music Hall, the Ravinia Festival, the label; Oy Chanukah, A Jumpin' Night Saratoga Music Festival, and the in the Garden of Eden, Old World Mann Music Center (Philadelphia). Beat and their latest release,Live! The Last November, the band also Thirteenth Anniversary Album on appeared on Minnesota Public Radio's Rounder Records. A Prairie Home Companion, with The band was featured in the 1988 Garrison Keillor. documentary film, A Jumpin' Night in the Garden of Eden and was also fea tured in the film Enemies, A Love Story. The KCB filmed a children's Featured vocalist Judy Bressler, video for Rabbit Ears Productions enti born and raised in New York, is a tled The Fool and the Flying Ship, third generation Yiddish performer with narration by Robin Williams and whose family includes such luminaries an original score composed by Hankus as Lucy Gehrman, Menashe Skulnick, Netsky, which aired nationwide on and grandfather Isadore Lipinsky. A Showtime Cable Network. The KCB member of the band since its incep was also featured in Joel Grey's tion, Judy brings her much acclaimed Yiddish music revue, "Borschtcapades interpretations of Yiddish theatre and '94" for which Hankus Netsky served folk music to the program. as musical director and arranger. In April of 1990, the Klezmer Conservatory Band made its debut tour abroad, performing several concerts in Acting as musical director in Mr. Germany and giving a remarkable Netsky's absence this evening is Mimi performance at the first-ever Rabson. A violinist, violist, compos International Yiddish Festival in er and arranger, Ms. Rabson is a Krakow, Poland. The band now regu founding and current member of the larly tours Europe, and has also Klezmer Conservatory Band. She was appeared at Australia's Adelaide featured in the documentary about Festival, New Zealand's International Klezmer music called A Jumpin' Night Festival of the Arts and the Dranouter in the Garden of Eden. Folk Festival in Belgium. Her klezmer expertise can be heard The KCB recently appeared in a in the soundtrack to "A Stranger PBS special with renowned violinist Among Us" -- a major motion picture Itzhak Perlman called "In the Fiddler's by Sidney Lumet that stars Melanie House," filmed in Krakow and New Griffith. Ms. Rabson was chosen by the composer, Jerry Bock ("Fiddler on Grammy-winning New England the Roof") to be a featured soloist on Ragtime Ensemble and in orchestras that soundtrack. for Robert Plant and Jimmy Page, In 1994 Ms. Rabson served as Steve Allan, Steve Lawrence and Edyie musical director to academy award Gourmet, Sammy Davis, Jr., Smokey winner, Joel Grey, in the production Robinson, and Dionne Warwick. Her of "Borschtcapades '94." Ms. Rabson playing is featured in numerous tele can be heard on the nationally syndi vision commercials including Pampers, cated PBS radio show called "Jewish Ford Motors, Tufts Health Plan, Stories from Eastern Europe and Humana, Delta/Bank of New England, Beyond" hosted by Leonard Nimoy. Keeno in Rhode Island and Bank of Ms. Rabson has performed with the Texas.

Modlin Center for the Arts Staff

Kathleen Pano££ Director Richard Waller Director, Marsh Art Gallery Samantha Sawyer Marketing Associate/ Ticket Operations Manager Bill Luhrs Technical Director /Facilities Manager Justin Poroszok Administrative /Technical Assistant Dave Howson House Manager Annie Mason House Manager Donna Case Artist Coordinator

Please remenber to silence digi.tal watches and paging devices before the perfor mances. Doctors expecting emergency calls should register with the House Manager. The use of cameras - with or without flash - recorders or other elec tronic devices inside the theatres is strictly prohibited. No eating, drinking or smoking is allowed inside the theatres or galleries.