CONCERTS
[scroll down for workshops/open rehearsals schedule]
All KLEZCADIA events will take place within a 10-minute drive from downtown Victoria. Except for the Festival Finale Concert (see below), specific venue information will be provided only after registration, and only to in-person participants.
Tuesday 9 June – 8pm PT
Geoff Berner with Cookie Segelstein
Vancouver singer/songwriter/accordion player/novelist/political activist Geoff Berner returns to KLEZCADIA to open our season with a pre-release show of music from his newly-recorded album, his first to be completely in Yiddish, which also features fiddler Cookie Segelstein.
Wednesday 10 June – 8pm PT
Segelstein-Horowitz Duo
Celebrating thirty years as a dynamic duo, Cookie Segelstein (violin) and Joshua Horowitz (19th-century button accordion) return to the KLEZCADIA stage with music drawn from the entire history of klezmer, interspersed with their own original compositions and arrangements.
Thursday 11 June – 8pm PT
Jordan Wax
A fast-rising star on the klezmer/Yiddish scene, Jordan Wax is a New Mexico-based singer/songwriter who spices his musical stew with cross-cultural flavours drawn from his experience with sources as diverse as the Missouri Ozarks, the Indo-Hispanic world, and the entire Ashkenazic diaspora. Jordan’s show will include gems for your inner child from Pantakozak, his newly-released album on the Borscht Beat label.
Friday 12 June – 8pm PT
Klezmer Shabes with KLEZCADIA’s faculty artists
A soulful, contemplative mixture of instrumental music from every corner of the Eastern European diaspora, with a special spotlight on tunes notated in long-lost shtetl towns more than a century ago and recently transcribed by a global network of musicians as part of the Kiselgof-Makonovetsky Digital Manuscript Project.
Saturday 13 June – 8pm PT
KLEZCADIA Kabaret
Ready for a walk on the vilde (wild) side? Musical mash-ups, klezmer-adjacent adventures, song parodies, unusual instruments: you never know what will pop up in this clearing in the klezmer/Yiddish jungle. Victoria klezmer band Kvell’s Angels (with a special guest star) and Seattle’s Duo Rymanow will bring some Pacific North West tam (flavour) to the party.
Sunday 14 June – 3pm PDT
Festival Finale Concert
The entire KLEZCADIA cohort heads downtown to Stage in the Park (AKA the Cameron Bandshell), where lively instrumental klezmer tunes will alternate with inspiring Yiddish sing-alongs in a celebration of culture and nature. Come to listen, to dance, and to serenade Beacon Hill Park’s resident herons with us! No registration or ticket is required for this concert.
WORKSHOPS/CLASSES/PRESENTATIONS/OPEN REHEARSALS
This list will be populated by 15 March.
All KLEZCADIA events will take place within a 10-minute drive from downtown Victoria. Specific venue information will be provided only after registration, and only to in-person participants.
Tuesday 9 June
Morning (9:30-11:30am PT)
Early Afternoon (1-2:45pm PT)
Late Afternoon (3:15-5pm PT)
- Open Rehearsal/Soundcheck for Geoff Berner
Wednesday 10 June
Morning (9:30-11:30am PT)
Early Afternoon (1-2:45pm PT)
Late Afternoon (3:15-5pm PT)
- Open Rehearsal/Soundcheck for Segelstein-Horowitz Duo [virtual only]
Thursday 11 June
Morning (9:30-11:30am PT)
Early Afternoon (1-2:45pm PT)
Late Afternoon (3:15-5pm PT)
- Open Rehearsal/Soundcheck for Jordan Wax
Friday 12 June
Morning (9:30-11:30am PT)
Early Afternoon (1-2:45pm PT)
Late Afternoon (3:15-5pm PT)
- Open Rehearsal/Soundcheck for Klezmer Shabes
Saturday 13 June
Early Afternoon (1-2:45pm PT)
- Open Rehearsal for KLEZCADIA Festival Finale Concert
Late Afternoon (3:15-5pm PT)
- Open Rehearsal/Soundcheck for KLEZCADIA KABARET
Sunday 14 June
Afternoon (1-2:30pm PT)
- Dress Rehearsal/Soundcheck for KLEZCADIA Festival Finale Concert [Cameron Bandshell]
This schedule is subject to change.
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