Adrienne Greenbaum will teach a masterclass on standard repertoire pieces.

Application Deadline: September 10, 2007

"FleytMuzik" is a new traditional klezmer ensemble that moves the soul, delights the spirit, and amazes the listener with technical prowess and soulful musicianship unmatched by most klezmer ensembles performing today.

Adrianne Greenbaum performs with violin, cymbalom and bass to bring the flute back to life in the traditional small klezmer ensemble. The original sounds of the wood flute were heard throughout Eastern Europe in the mid-nineteenth century until "louder" instruments such as clarinet and trumpet "edged" this beautiful sound out of the shtetl bands. Seth Rogovoy (author, "The Essential Klezmer: A Music Lover's Guide to Jewish Roots and Soul Music") stated it best: "I can't think of a stronger case being made for the flute as an essential klezmer instrument (besides the historical fact that Old World kapelyes often included flutes) than Adrianne Greenbaum's spirited playing..." Repertoire is culled from Beregovsky, Kostokowsky, plus Greenbaum's own tunes composed in traditional dance forms.

Adrianne Greenbaum is a nationally acclaimed klezmer and classical flutist. As a klezmer she is the founder and leader of "FleytMuzik," an ensemble with flute, violin, cimbalom and bass, and of "The Klezical Tradition" klezmer band where she performs on both flute and keyboard and leads Yiddish dance. She has been on the faculties of Living Traditions' KlezKamp, KlezKanada, Klezmerquerque and Boxwood. For their European debut, FleytMuzik was a premier participating ensemble at the KlezMore Festival in Vienna, Austria. Greenbaum has also performed with The Lori Cahan-Simon Ensemble, Kapelye, with Adrienne Cooper in performances at the International Jewish Festival in Amsterdam and NYC's Jewish Museum and as accompanying artist with numerous cantors in concert as both pianist and flutist.

Ms. Greenbaum presents workshops in the art of klezmer performance to classical flutists, in recent years at UConn, Wesleyan University, South Alabama State, Ohio State, Akron, and Miami Universities, University of Southern California, The Flute Society of Portland, Oregon, and at the Cleveland Institute of Music. As a side interest Adrianne has composed since childhood and was commissioned to write a complete klezmer Friday night service, presented last in Bethesda, Maryland. As a clinician interested in sharing klezmer music with young people of all ages and backgrounds Adrianne presents school workshops and directs three student klezmer ensembles in Connecticut and Massachusetts."The Klezical Tradition" has won many awards for its recording Family Portrait, including Top 10 CD's from both Moment Magazine and the NY Jewish Week. The band was also chosen to be included as a feature in the ABC-TV documentary A Sacred Noise: The New Jewish Music.

After receiving over 10,000 albums from 85 countries, FleytMuzik was one of 8 albums nominated by Just Plain Folks indy awards for 2004 in the klezmer catagory for Best Album. Through Greenbaum's recordings and concertizing she has returned the flute to its rightful place in klezmer. She has been called a National Treasure for these efforts.

Adrianne's classical training and experience ranks with the finest in the flute scene. She received her Bachelors in Music from the Oberlin College Conservatory and her Masters degree from the Yale School of Music, studying with Robert Willoughby and Thomas Nyfenger respectively. She has performed as soloist and orchestral musician in all of New York's major concert halls and in many major cities of the U.S. She has appeared with such orchestras as New York's Mostly Mozart Festival (as soloist), the Berlin Ballet at the Met (as principal flutist), the Period Orchestra of the Fairfield Academy, and for many years performed with the New York City Ballet Orchestra. Currently she is Solo Flutist with the New Haven Symphony, the Wall Street Chamber Players, and Orchestra New England. She has held faculty positions at Wesleyan and Yale Universities, at Smith College, and is currently Associate Professor of flute at Mount Holyoke College.

Visit Adrianne Greenbaum's website: www.klezmerflute.com