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Hankus Netsky Summer Klezmer Institute, Jul 21-25 2003

This has been happening each summer for the past few years. Now it has an official name. It is an amazing experience:

The Hankus Netsky Summer Klezmer Institute
Monday-Thursday, July 21-24, 10:00 a.m.-9:00 p.m.
Friday, July 25, 9:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m.
Hankus Netsky, director

The Hankus Netsky Summer Klezmer Institute will provide students with a comprehensive hands-on introduction to the world of Eastern European Jewish Music. Workshops will include classes in Klezmer history and modal theory, and ensembles. Related topics include Hassidic song, Cantorial music, and Yiddish folk, theater, and art songs. We will also explore Yiddish and Klezmer ethnography, in interview sessions with local eastern-European performers and learn directly from world-renowned guest lecturers.

Registration: www.newenglandconservatory.edu/summer, or call the Summer School Director at (617) 585-1126 for further information.

Workshops will include:

  • Trad/Contemporary Klezmer Ensembles
  • Vocal & Instrumental Style and Technique
  • Klezmer History and Repertoire
  • Eastern European Jewish Dance
  • Klezmer Arranging Concepts
  • The Hassidic - Klezmer Connection

The institute will include a public performance at NEC Thursday, July 24, featuring staff and participants.

Faculty: Hankus Netsky, director (NEC); Michael Alpert (vocals, violin, accordian, percussion, dance); German Goldenshteyn (clarinet); Frank London (brass instruments, Hassidic music, arranging)

Registration: www.newenglandconservatory.edu/summer, or call the Summer School Director at (617) 585-1126 for further information.

  • Tuition: $635 per session (some financial aid available)
  • Materials fee: $40
  • plus $25 one-time registration fee

To see the complete NEC Summer School catalogue online, visit our Web site at www.newenglandconservatory.edu/summer or call the Summer School office at 617-585-1130 for a hard copy.

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