Michele Gingras, Professor of Clarinet at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio, has performed both Klezmer and classical music around the world. At Miami University, She was awarded the titles of Distinguished Educator in 2002, and Distinguished Scholar in 2005. She has recorded 8 CDs of clarinet music, including 3 CDs of Klezmer music, and is the author of "Clarinet Secrets: 52 Performance Strategies for the Advanced Clarinetist," published by Scarecrow Press.
Irina Bernadsky (Ukrainian mandolin) received her musical education at a prominent music conservatory in Kiev, Ukraine. After graduation, she worked as a music teacher in Kiev’s public school system until she emigrated to Cincinnati, Ohio in 1993, where she has been performing music with the Cincinnati Klezmer Project and other ensembles, and where she serves as Director of Activities at Wellspring Health Care Center.
Steven F. Stuhlbarg (classical guitar and vocals) has been performing Jewish music at synagogues and simchas for the past 36 years. When he is not singing or playing guitar, he practices law in Cincinnati.
Joshua Moore (bass) is a graduate of the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music. In addition to playing with the Cincinnati Klezmer Project, Josh also performs with jazz combos, big bands, salsa groups, orchestras, pop groups, and in musicals.
Chris Novy (drums) was one of the founding members of the Cincinnati Klezmer Project. Over the years he has performed with a great many local bands of all sorts. Chris is also the Director of Traveling Exhibits at Cincinnati Museum Center.
Влияние
Klezmatics, Maxwell Street Band, Joshua Moss (founder)
The Cincinnati Klezmer Project has been performing authentic Eastern European Jewish folk music, and Yiddish and Israeli songs, since 1993.
Klezmer music is the “soul music” of the Jewish people. The original Klezmer musicians traveled from shtetl to shtetl, performing at Jewish weddings in the early 18th century. Over centuries, it evolved into a sophisticated musical tradition that is emotional and exuberant. Though it nearly died out a generation ago, it is today undergoing an international renaissance, and is widely acclaimed and celebrated by Jewish and non-Jewish music-lovers alike.
The Cincinnati Klezmer Project performs in either a trio format (clarinet, guitar and Ukranian mandolin), or as a quintet (with double-bass and drum set added) and plays in a variety of functions, from secuar to sacred.
