Klezmenschen Of Eastern Connecticut To Perform At Three Rivers Community College

NORWICH, CT - The Klezmenschen of Eastern Connecticut, led by Roz Etra on accordion and keyboard, will perform an early-evening concert at Three Rivers Community College. The performance will take place Thursday, May 18, at 6:30 p.m.

The concert is being presented by Adventures in Lifelong Learning in conjunction with the college. It is free and open to the public in the Multi-purpose Room (F-117) at Three Rivers.

Klezmenschen has been playing Klezmer music for more than a decade, with a varying line-up of musicians. (To sign up for Norwich breaking news alerts and more, click here.)

Klezmenschen’s players include:

• Veteran "Adventures in Lifelong Learning" presenter Faye Ringel of Norwich on keyboard and vocals
• Mystic resident Mickey Weiss on clarinet
• New London resident Barry Weiner on flute
• Lenny Askinazy and Stan Walczyk on trumpet
• Barry Greenhalgh of Old Mystic on fiddle
• John Listorti of Norwich on saxophone
• Martin Rutchik of Mystic on drums

They will also be joined by brass virtuoso Gary Buttery on tuba.

Klezmer music is a joyful music that makes you want to take hands in a circle and dance the hora, but will also make you nostalgic for a vanished world in songs that bring you to laughter through tears.

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