Re: Milken conference/+shers

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In a message dated 11/13/03 11:07:56 AM, ari (at) ivritype(dot)com writes:


> As Elliot has already written, that concert was a short  piece by Yehudi 
> Weiner, preceded by a short talk, and some examples of some songs by his 
> father. It was stunning.
> 

Although I was not at this conference I just wanted to add a little snippet 
about Yehudi (Wyner - he spells it this way, unless he changed it back?). This 
is one helluva composer and mench. I reentered a connection with him after a 
long hiatus and ended up getting to hear some amazing compositions that he had 
recently written. He shared with me classical works that infuse klezmer in 
truly unique, haunting, brilliant ways, as well as other works that evoque a 
deep 
feeling for the Jewish sound yet uniquely display his own solid classical 
commitment. I know that he is well received in the Boston scene but I'm not so 
sure he is as known as he should be throughout the world.

Also, your comment about Deborah mentioning how shers need to be 
"coordinated" struck me as a "problem" I've been trying to solve as I select 
shers for 
dancing....the sher. I hope to straighten out some of this this December with 
Steve W. at Kamp but, at least for now, the sher that Michael A. taught at 
KlezKanada is simple for sure, yet phrase-wise is not so easy to find the right 
length sher to play! Any more comments??? (I'm one who is terribly stuck when 
dancing doesn't fit the music/music doesn't fit the dancing, i.e, it upsets me, 
upsets my sense of, well, fun and connection to the music and the dance.) I 
have 
a feeling that I need to learn many more shers (the many ways to dance it) in 
order to find the right sher to fit??   Example: The exchange of bows is 
sometimes either too quick or not finished when a section of music is going. 
When 
doing the final swing with the first partner and then moving on to the others 
can be stretched or quickened but is this the responsibility of the musicians 
to choose the phrases they'll play?! I can't imagine that the dancers really 
care if the music has finished or not and is starting over. (And maybe this 
isn't at all what Ari was referring to in Deborah's statement about fitting 
music 
in the sher!!!)
Adrianne

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Adrianne Greenbaum
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Associate Professor of Flute, Mount Holyoke College
Klezmer flutist: “FleytMuzik” and “Family Portrait”
Classical: "Sounds of America"
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