Klezmer Mariachi

[Meydele <Meydele...>]

Sorry for the poor wording of my earlier posting which might have given the 
impression that I am 
part of the performing ensemble in the klezmer mariachi concert.  I am merely 
part of the 
producing organization that came up with the idea and produced/organized the 
concert.  Credit for 
the musical portion goes to Barry Fisher of Ellis Island and Mariachi del Sol 
America.  The format 
for the concert was a segment by the mariachi band, both vocal and 
instrumental, followed by a 
mariachi/klezmer rendition of a mariachi tune, and more mariachi.  The second 
half of the concert 
featured the Ellis Island Klezmer Band who were then joined by the mariachi 
folks for a 
klezmer/mariachi rendition of a klezmer tune.  The finale was a face off/joint 
rendition of 
Guadalejara and Rumania,Rumania.  Instrumentation (and here my recollection is 
a little hazy, 
enshuldik mir)was a full mariachi line-up of guitars, bass guitar, Mexican folk 
harp, violins and 
trumpets and a klezmer ensemble of clarinet, violin, accordion, drums and bass 
(I think).  It was 
a raucuous good time and the music combined surprisingly well.  It wasn't a 
true fusion (i.e., 
some new and wonderous third kind of music never heard before), but rather 
mariachi w/a klezmer 
flavor and klezmer with a mariachi sound.  Zayere geschmacht.

Shira Lerner

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