28 Jun 2025
Highgate International Church, Cafe Entrance, 272 Archway Road, London N6 5AU
The workshop, tutored by Ilana Cravitz, will focus on playing klezmer melodies with attention to details such as ornamentation, phrasing, use of modes, structure and variation of the melody. We will listen to historical recordings from the early 1900s and learn about the history, context and development of klezmer music from the old world of Eastern Europe to USA and Buenos Aires in the 1950s. Tuition will include some gentle guided playing by ear and reading from sheet music. There will not be a requirement to improvise.… Read More