Forshpayzn  

…and as if there weren't already more activities than you could possibly attend, we are pleased this year to offer several forshpayzn – tasty morsels of learning in the hour before dinner. Additional offerings and specific dates will be announced at Kamp.

Ray Musiker: A Recorded Retrospective

Join Matt Temkin for a look at the recording career of master clarinetist Ray Musiker

Slow Jam

As usual, the slow jammers will be holding forth in the KlezKamp lobby during this hour. See p. 5 for details.

Klezmorim in a Kestl

Sherry Mayrent introduces her series of authentic klezmer styles for the popular accompaniment program, Band in a Box and demonstrates some ways the program and styles can be used for study and practice as well as performance.

Avrom Reisen: Envisioning a Healed World

In addition to her skills as an artist, Susan Leviton is an accomplished singer and skilled interpreter of Yiddish song. Join her as she explores Avrom Reisen’s songs about healing the world.

Borscht Belt Blues: Catskills on 78 rpm

Join recovering Catskill chorister Henry Sapoznik for a survey of Yiddish pop records about the Catskills from “Country Pleasure” (1905) “Yente Telebende furt tsu di Catskill Mountains” (1922) to the controversial Billy Hodes vs. Lee Tulley versions of “Essen” (1947).

Boris Thomashefsky’s Ethical Will

Yiddish theater impresario Boris Thomashefsky was a self-promoting genius, unscrupulous in business and artistic dealings, and a kiss-and-tell womanizer. His ethical will, translated for the first time, begins: “This pen trembles in my hand…” Come hear the rest of Thomashefsky’s worries, with librarian Faith Jones.

An Intimate Theater: Shifra Lehrer, David Rogow and Mina Bern

Join Yiddish theater veterans Shifra Lehrer, David Rogow and Mina Bern as they each present a one-person show of their favorite, songs, monologs and priceless anecdotes. In Yiddish.