Concert: The Klezmer Conservatory Band, with special guest vocalists Eleanor Reissa and Lorin Sklamberg plus Frank London

Event Details

Time: July 14, 2016 from 8pm to 10pm
Location: Yiddish Book Center
Street: 1021 West Street
City/Town: Amherst
Website or Map: http://www.brownpapertickets.…
Phone: 413-256-4900
Event Type: concert
Organized By: Yiddish Book Center
Latest Activity: Mar 4, 2016

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Event Description

The Joan A. Backman Memorial Concert

For more than thirty-five years, the Klezmer Conservatory Band has been the preeminent group of the klezmer revival. Led by multi-instrumentalist and scholar Hankus Netsky, the group entertains with classic tunes from the Yiddish theater repertoire as well as Yiddish swing and Hasidic tunes. The KCB is joined by special guest vocalists Eleanor Reissa and Lorin Sklamberg, as well as founding member Frank London.

Made possible by Irving and Charlotte Backman, in loving memory of their daughter, Joan A. Backman.

Yiddish Book Center Members: $42

General Admissions: $48