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You don't need to be Jewish to enjoy and learn about Yiddish music and culture with the Wholesale Klezmer Band. Concerts, school presentations and residencies, workshops, weddings, bar and bat mitzvahs: through instrumental music, participatory dance and Yiddish songs translated with storytelling and subtitles, this six-member band introduces audiences to traditional Eastern European Jewish culture, history, and humor. Repertoire includes old and original joyous wedding dances, liturgical music, children's songs, theater songs, labor songs and music of the Holocaust.
Educational programs and workshops for elementary through adult include
Introduction to Eastern European Jewish Culture through Music
Yiddish Songs for Community Singing (Kindergarten and up)
How to Dance at a Jewish Wedding
Instrumental and vocal workshops in Klezmer Music
What Yiddish Songs, Poetry and Language Tell about Jewish Life
Songs by Holocaust Poets (especially for high school literature and history classes)
The Art of Hebrew Lettering
Fees for performances and educational programs vary with the number of performers/educators and the length of the residency.
Additional Content:
Listen to three tracks from Wholesale Klezmer Band's fourth album at this link. In this release, the Wholesale Klezmer Band celebrates Yiddish culture and history through both songs of peace and joyous instrumental music.
Yidn fun Amol (Jews of Long Ago)
Listen to three tracks from Wholesale Klezmer Band's third album at this link. This album showcases the [Wholesale Klezmer] Band as it performs live, and for weddings and simkhas.
Listen to three tracks from Wholesale Klezmer Band's second album at this link. This CD represents a Jewish response to news of genocide in the post-Holocaust world.
This debut album by the Wholesale Klezmer Band is a perfect introduction to their work - not only to their sound and style, but also to the group's view of the relevance of traditional Yiddish culture and values to contemporary life.
Institution/Business Type:
Performing Group
Legal Status:
Commercial / For profit - Sole proprietorship
Year Founded:
1982
Institution/Business Type:
Performing Group
Legal Status:
Commercial / For profit - Sole proprietorship
Year Founded:
1982
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Music - Ethnic / WorldAdditional Disciplines:
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$100 - $5,000Ages Served:
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$100 - $5,000NEST Eligible Artist
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$200 - $3,000State of Residence:
MassachusettsMinimum Number of Performers:
1Maximum Number of Performers:
6