"Bringing together youth and adults throughout the area to learn klezmer
and to bring this art form to the community."
mission statement
The Westchester Klezmer Program is
a not-for-profit corporation that operates a music performance
program to promote community service through klezmer (a traditional
form of Jewish dance music) music performances.
Members participate by giving frequent public performances of klezmer
music at nursing homes, programs for children with special needs,
programs for developmentally disabled adults, synagogues, and
other community based events.
The goals of the program are achieved
through multigenerational participation. Adults and teens take part by attending
rehearsals and performing at concerts along side the
children, helping to keep the students engaged in the program,
providing them with appropriate modeling, and assisting at
rehearsals.
Participating
synagogues have approved the program as a community service project for
musicians who are preparing for their bar/bat mitzvah.
Westchester Klezmer Program
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