<p>Does anyone have any suggestions for a good violinist looking for a school that will have opportunities for Klezmer playing? General classical playing level is good enough to think about a BM somewhere, although BA/liberal arts with strong music and creative spirit would also be fine. Currently thinking about Miami Ohio, Miami Frost, UMich, Maryland, Vanderbilt, Lawrence, UT Austin…
Thanks for any/all suggestions, comments, shared experiences</p>
<p>New England Conservatory has Hankus Netsky on its faculty, teaching improv and Jewish music. That would make NEC one of the best programs anywhere for Klezmer music. The dual-degree program between NEC and Tufts University might be something to consider for a student wanting strong music and liberal arts.</p>
<p>If you are near NYC, has son attended Klezmer Brunch at City Winery? Might be a good place to make contacts and see where people studied. Went last Sunday and a lot of the musicians were from Boston area and studied/ taught at Berklee. But each week they have a new line-up of musicians. Tickets are $10 plus the cost of what you eat…hours are 11- 2 for music.</p>
<p>Have to agree on NEC. In addition to Hankus, several members of the Klezmer Conservatory Band have connections to NEC. Of course getting into NEC is no easy task. Perhaps an email to Hankus asking about good schools for Klezmer will bring a helpful response.</p>
<p>I have heard of David Krakauer, who is on the Clarinet faculty at Bard, and he is a Klezmer specialist. He might be a good contact.</p>
<p>thank you, great idea!</p>
<p>No info on faculty but I know a good klezmer violin student at Brandeis, and I’m guessing the school might support that genre.</p>
<p>My daughter plays in a Klezmer band in Boston that has just been accepted as a contestant in the 2012 International Jewish Music Contest to be held this October in Amsterdam, Netherlands. They have two violin players in the group. One studied computer science and math at Brown University, but played in the Yarmulkazi Klezmer group there. He now goes to Boston University for math and neuroscience but is active in the Boston Klezmer scene and a very strong player. The other violinist went to Manhattan School of Music and now attends New England Conservatory’s Contemporary Improv program. The group is rounded out by a clarinetist with music degrees from Brown University and King’s College London, a trombonist who is an Eastman grad and my daughter the bass player who has a music degree from Oberlin. I would suggest taking a look at any of those schools.</p>
<p>BassDad: Congratulations to your daughter and her group! Glad to hear she is doing well!</p>
<p>Yes, ditto, congrats, BassDad!</p>
<p>Congrats, Bassdad! How did they all meet?</p>
<p>I don’t really know the story behind that group. As a multi-instrumentalist, singer, songwriter, arranger and teacher, my daughter meets many different musicians through the various groups with which she performs. I think she might have known one of the others from the KlezCanada festival where she played a couple of times in the course of her college years, and then they met the others one by one working the Boston music scene.</p>
<p>Awsome BassDad!</p>
<p>many thanks and congratulations BassDad! will be looking at Boston possibilities!</p>