'Klezmer on Ice' w/Stonewall Chorale @Merkin Hall (NYC) & in NJ

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Isle of Klezbos performs in two holiday concerts
as special guests with NYC's Stonewall Chorale!

Friday, December 12th
Temple Sinai of Bergen County
The concert begins at 7:30, following a short service at 7pm 
1 Engle Street, Tenafly NJ

Saturday, December 13th
"Klezmer on Ice"
Merkin Hall (Lincoln Center area)
8:00pm 
129 W. 67th St, NYC
$20 in advance or $25 at the door

Featuring:
Pam Fleming - trumpet & flugelhorn
Debra Kreisberg - clarinet & alto sax
Catherine Popper - bass
Eve Sicular - drums
& special guest accordionist Ismail Butera of Metropolitan Klezmer

The Stonewall Chorale, now in their 26th season, 
is the nation's first lesbian & gay chorus... 
and they're serious fun! 
The NYC show will include a panorama of holiday repertoire,
with klezmer, nigunim and Yiddish swing in the second half.
Info:  212-971-5813 
Tickets via http://stonewallchorale.org/schedule.html
or from the Merkin Hall box office, 212-501-3330

All-Music Guide review of "Greetings from the Isle of Klezbos":

It's interesting to note the Isle of Klezbos is an all-female band in the 
male-dominated field of klezmer (admittedly, nowhere near as male-dominated as 
it 
used to be), but don't read too much into the punny name. It's better to 
judge any band by the music it makes, and some of this is remarkably good. 
"Golden 
Khasene," for example, trades off clarinet and trumpet leads backed by some 
excellent accordion for a strong take on a wedding tune. The wittily titled 
"Klezmerengue" nimbly fuses klezmer with a meringue beat so seamlessly that the 
join never flows -- a tribute to the musicianship on offer. Much of the disc is 
made up of the band's takes on traditional pieces, a few recorded live, such 
as "Szol A Kakas Mar," but there are some originals, like Debra Kreisberg's 
"Abrah," which proves to be a good exercise with some roots in klezmer... This 
is excellent stuff, as good as any klezmer album around today. 
~ Chris Nickson, All Music Guide

CD's available in stores worldwide & at cdbaby.com, woodstockcd.com, 
amazon.com, etc.
(great gifts including all titles from Metropolitan Klezmer & Isle of 
Klezbos!!
all of our CDs, tapes & t-shirts on sale at shows too)

hope to see you soon!
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ISLE OF KLEZBOS & 
METROPOLITAN KLEZMER
www.metropolitanklezmer.com
151 First Ave #145, NYC 10003
tel:  212.475.4544
fax:  212.677.6304

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