Performers
The Kleztet is a peninsula-based band with core members Lisa Ratner, Mark Goldstein, Kathy Sherman and Naomi Temes. We play weddings, parties, b'nei mitzveh events, and celebrations of all kinds. Our music styles include klezmer, celtic, jazz, folk and classical.
Klezmer and Israeli music, and some bluegrass at events large or small
KlezCalifornia has been informed of the passing of Sonia Tubridy on November 26, 2021. We will post memorial information when we receive it. Band specializing in traditional Old World Klezmer and Israeli dance music. Also swing and old standards. Sonia Tubridy, accordion; Paul Alexander, clarinet; Gus Garelick, mandolin and...
Suska and Mordecai provide traditional klezmer with pinches of old time jazz, ethnic folk, theater and American popular music, simmered gently with the blues, rock and reggae, a dash of psychedelia, cooking for ten years and serving up the twanging lingering tones of Jewgrass, African, Celtic, Hawaiian, spiced with the...
Joshua Horowitz is an internationally renowned klezmer performer with Veretski Pass, Budowitz, and other groups.> Individual Presentations: Josh offers presentations on: The Red Herrings of Jewish Music Klezmer Music and the "Co-opting" of a Science The Hasidic World of Music The Magic Chronicles Lecture and Presentation The Jewish Tsimbl Klez...
Klezmer music & Yiddish songs for weddings, parties, street marches, bar/bas mitsveh celebrations, simkhes of all sorts. Leader Jeanette Lewicki
Klezmer clarinetist with the Klezmorim and the New Klezmer Trio.
The “Singing Jewish Cowboy,” Scott comes from a secular left-wing Jewish agricultural community near Petaluma, where Yiddish culture and activism for social justice were very important. He has worked in agriculture all his life, mainly on cattle ranches. Sings country, folk and cowboy songs, but Yiddish “shtetl folksongs,” sung to...
Performers, Yiddish Choruses, Singers and Song Leaders / Sonoma County
Jason Ditzian is a wind instrumentalist who has composed and performed numerous works for dance, movie and theater. He has been manager of Kugelplex for over 15 years. When he's not playing klezmer, Jason performs and records with many Bay Area ensembles, including Charming Hostess and inkBoat. He is the Managing Director...
Weddings, bar/bas mitzveh parties, community gatherings, parties, concerts. Energetic and soulful klezmer and Romanian renditions; Israeli dances. Fidl, viola, accordion, cello/bass, drums.
PERFORMING Flute Solo or Flute and Harp for weddings, concerts, background music, or other occasions. Klezmer and other Jewish styles, classical, pop. TEACHING Teaches all types of Jewish and classical music for flute, piccolo, amd recorder; and music theory. Ages five to adult. Online and in person. Has a degree...