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KlezmerQuerque 2025 presents 2 workshops-choose one

  • Nahalat Shalom 3606 Rio Grande Boulevard Northwest Albuquerque, NM, 87107 United States (map)

Choose either a klezmer music workshop with Zisl Slepovitch (1:30-3:00pm) or a beginning Yiddish language workshop with Asya Vaisman Schulman (1:30-2:45pm). TICKETS for either class: $18 advance purchase via this web site or $20 at the door.

Musical treasures from Sofia Magid’s Jewish collection: klezmer tunes from Belarus and Ukraine, based on Zisl Slepovitch’s 2024 eponymous publication.  The scholarly legacy of Sofia Magid (1892–1954), an eminent Soviet ethnomusicologist and linguist makes a critical contribution to the Ashkenazic Eastern European Jewish music studies and performing arts. Among Magid’s field recordings made in the USSR between 1928—1949 are some of the very few sound documents of the Jewish folk singers and instrumentalists made on the cusp of the Holocaust. This collection researched, transcribed, and published by Dr. D. Zisl Slepovitch in 2024 contains roughly half of the previously unpublished set of instrumental repertoire recorded by Magid between 1928–1938 in Volhynia (Ukraine) and South-Eastern parts of Belarus.  Learning materials (handouts — melody charts with chord symbols) will be provided by the instructor. Prerequisites: Helpful but NOT required to take this workshop are sight-reading skills (highly recommended though) and instrumental abilities (at least intermediate level).

Beginning Yiddish Language Workshop with Asya Vaisman Schulman:
In this workshop, we’ll dive into Yiddish through simple, everyday conversation. You’ll learn how to introduce yourself, talk about where you live, and share a few daily activities—all in Yiddish. No prior knowledge of the language is required, making this a great starting point for beginners!