The Boston Festival of New Jewish Music joins our Klezmer Jam & Workshop for a special workshop with Klezmatics vocalist/accordionist Lorin Sklamberg and Berlin-based violinist and leader of The Golden Thread Septet Craig Judelman!

The workshop with Lorin and Craig will be followed by a jam session led by Rebecca Mac and special guest Dmitri Gaskin. After the workshop and jam, The Golden Thread Septet performs at the Multicultural Arts Center!

Designed for instrumentalists and vocalists of all levels, the workshop will have two parts. First we’ll meet all together and learn/sing a Nign (hasidic melody, often without words) all together. We’ll explore a bit of traditional style and how to make it our own while fitting in the group. In the second, longer part of the workshop we will split into two groups.

Vocalists will get the distinct pleasure of working with Lorin Sklamberg, who will share some of the inspirational material from the Golden Thread Septet’s concert program, illustrated with historical information and vintage recordings. Texts, transliterations and translations will be provided and all are welcome regardless of experience, familiarity with Yiddish, or vocal training.

Instrumentalists will join Craig Judelman and dive deep into all the things we do with the notes to make a klezmer melody tell a story. From generating variations to expressive phrasing, ornaments, accents, articulations and more, this workshop will help classical players get off the page, and even for those experienced in playing klezmer it is sure to spark some new ways of approaching tunes and opening up performance to be both groovy and eloquent!

All are welcome to this workshop, though people without basic proficiency on their instrument may end up doing more listening than playing.

Admission is free! RSVP here.