Join the Bivolita Chamber Quartet for an evening of Klezmer Music at BEKI: Beth El - Keser Israel in Westville, March. 2, 2019.
Christina will be on the instrumental faculty for Yiddish New York this year. Find the full program and faculty listings — plus great evening concerts — here: http://www.yiddishnewyork.com/
Bivolita will be joined by Daniel Elias for a hometown celebration in Hamden.
Members of Bivolita will play a dance set for a private party in Brooklyn.
The Bibolița quartet performs a Lunch and Learn concert at the Central Synagogue in New York City.
Michael Winograd leads a dance set for the crowd at Baby’s All Right in Williamsburg before the Joey Dosik show.
Christina Crowder will perform with Michael Winograd and the Honorable Mentschen at the national Folk Festival in Salisbury, MD September 7-9, 2018
Christina Crowder performs with Michael Winograd and the Honorable Mentschen at the Montana Folk Festival, Butte, MT July 13-15 2018
Join the extended Bivolita simcha and dance band for an afternoon of exuberant music for listening and dancing at the anual shul picnic at the CBSRZ temple in Chester, CT.
Christina joins old musical pal Yankl Falk to perform and teach at Klezmerquerque 2017 in Albuquerque, NM. Christina will be teaching sessions on Moldavian Repertoire and the Ovoid Mystery of Zhok/Slow Hora. Christina and Yankl will co-lead a session on how to incorporate stylistic elements from sung nign practice into instrumental performance. Charles Casimiro with join for a special concert of new material and dance music on Saturday night of the festival.
Christina Crowder joins the instrumental faculty at Yiddish New York, 2016.
Bivolita heads down to New York for a concert at Aaron Alexander's fabulous New York Klezmer series at Jalopy. Be there or be square.
Congregation Beth Shalom at the Orchard St. Shul in New Haven, CT present their second annual fall klezmer concert with Bivolita. Performing as a quartet for the first time in concert, this program will include all new music and arrangements.
Legendary klezmer revival founder Zev Feldman performs in a rare trio concert at the Ashkenaz Jewish Music Festival in Toronto. Feldman is joined by Zilien Biret, clarinet and Christina Crowder, accordion.
Christina and Charles will play for a second year at the accordions around the park in Bryant Park, NYC.
Alicia Svigals and Christina Crowder present a concert at Congregation Neveh Shalom in Portland, OR, on Sunday June 5 at 7:00pm. See link for more details. Tickets $18 adult, $10 students.
Country is country all around the world, and mountain dance music is for foot-stomping, fast swingin' and a raucous good time.
Alicia Svigals and Christina Crowder in concert at Temple Beth Am, Seattle, WA. June 4, 7pm.
We're working on putting together a workshop on Moldavian repertoire and styling for klezmer and contra dance/old time players. Please get in touch via email if you are interested.
Christina rounds out a day of workshops and coaching with a house concert in Albuquerque. The concert will present music from Christina's extensive collection of Moldavian music collected from books, old commercial recordings, and field recordings. This is a chance to hear music that doesn't fit neatly into the category of klezmer, but also doesn't conform to the most commonly heard musica lautareasca, or state folklore orchestral norms. The music is presented in a more village-y style that reflects the times and places it was collected. The program will introduce the audience to Christina's musical teachers, and present music not generally accessible to American audiences.
Klezmer clarinet virtuoso Margot Leverett and accordionist Christina Crowder present a program of the music of the great twentieth-century klezmer clarinetists in the Auditorium at Good Samaritan Center, Las Cruces NM. The concert is free and open to the public!
The Institute of Learning in Retirement is hosting a concert with Bivolița and Jacki Sidle at the Whitney Center! Tickets $15 in advance, please contact Lori Datlow at ILR.
Bivolița and Jackie Sidle perform for the Lincoln Park Jewish Center! Songs about the ups and downs of Jewish life and family from Jackie, and Bivolița presents instrumentals from the Moldavian klezmer repertoire led by Christina and Keryn.
The 6-piece Bivolita Simcha band plays a rockin' klezmer dance party for the New York Klezmer series with Steve Weintraub, dance leader.
Christina performs with "Diva of the Yeshiva" Amy Olson at Tamarisk in Providence, RI.
Christina performs with bassist Charles Casimiro at the Accordions Around the World free event at Bryant Park in New York City.
Bivolita with Jackie Sidle perform a concert of Yiddish songs and hot dance music at the Hoffman Summer Wood community.
Bivolița will present an evening concert of klezmer and Moldavian music at the Merryall Center in New Milford, CT. Check the Center website for further details and ticket prices: www.merryallcenter.org
Fast Facts
Where: Whitneyville Creative Commons—1253 Whitney Ave., Hamden, CT 06517
When: Mon, Tues. or Weds. evening 7-9pm dates TBD
Who: Intermediate and up musicians interested in Ashkenazic Jewish dance music.
How Much: $25/ea. or $100/5; students $20/ea. or $80/5.
Sessions: 1) Freylekhs; 2) Slow Hora; 3) Bulgar; 4) Khosidl; 5) Capstone.
What: Sessions will include 5 components: 1) advance materials; 2) listening; 3) learning the dance steps; 4) playing; 5) playing and dancing.
Beyond the Workshop: The Klezmer for Dancing workshop will be followed by further occasional workshops and an ongoing New Haven klezmer Khevrisa (study group) for musicians interested in delving deeply into European and American klezmer idioms.
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