Yiddish music focus of Hamline U concert

Klezmorim - fronted by violinist Judith Eisner - will be performing the mysteries of Rediscovered Yiddish Music as part of Hamline University and the Minnesota Global Art Institute’s “Roots Music: Four Corners of Europe” concert series. The event is being held at Sundin Music Hall on the Hamline University Campus, 1531 Hewitt Ave., on Sat., Feb. 22 at 7:30pm. There will be a pre-show talk at 7pm.

Eisner is a faculty member at the MacPhail Center for Music and has made the violin and klezmer her life’s work. As she explains, “Rediscovered Yiddish Music will offer audiences a rare opportunity to hear traditional klezmer music as it functioned in the rituals of the wedding. Modern klezmer music, which started after WWI with clarinet based swing bands is how most people know klezmer music. What you’ll hear at this event is something quite different!”

Tickets are $12 for adults, $8 for students, and $5 for Hamline/ACTC community members. Advanced tickets can be purchased by calling 651-523-2459.

In conjunction with this concert, there will be a free klezmer dance party on Sun., Feb. 23 from 2-4 p.m. at Hamline University’s Bush Center Ballroom (2F of the center, adjacent to Sundin Hall). The dance will be lead by Shira Schwartz.