Brivele & Tzepl – An Evening of Klezmer Music & Song
$22 advance, $24 at the door ($20 student/senior/SFS/PNA member, $10 ages 6-17)
- Maia Brown, banjo & voice
- Hannah Hamavid, violin & voice
- Stefanie Brendler, accordion & voice
- Laurie Andres, accordion
- Mae Kessler, violin
- Jimmy Austin, trombone & tuba
Brivele is a Seattle-based trio (Maia Brown, Hannah Hamavid, Stefanie Brendler) who braid together oral history, Yiddish language and song, contemporary and old-country musical genres, American Vaudeville, and visual arts – with a little folk-punk, and contemporary rabble-rousing in three part harmony! They are wonderfully theatrical, musically proficient, and great at engaging an audience.They will be joined by Tzepl (Laurie Andres – accordion, Mae Kessler – violin, and Jimmy Austin – trombone/tuba) whose sound combines elements of nineteenth-century European string players with the brassy American style of the early Twentieth Century, with accordion, violin, and tuba/trombone. Tzeple is as for listening as it is invigorating for dancing!
About Maia Brown, banjo & voice
About Hannah Hamavid, violin & voice
About Stefanie Brendler, accordion & voice
About Laurie Andres, accordion
About Mae Kessler, violin
Mae Kessler has been playing violin since age 5 and has been performing in original and traditional music groups around the Pacific Northwest and internationally since 2008. She developed a deep love for klezmer music after attending KlezKamp in the Catskills in 2012 and is passionate about sharing the richness of Yiddish music and culture with people of all ages.
https://www.youtube.com/@maekessler3265About Jimmy Austin, trombone & tuba
Jimmy Austin inherited both his name and his first trombone from his paternal grandfather. He began seriously exploring klezmer music about five years ago, when he joined the band Shpilkis. In addition to playing klezmer, Jimmy performs with many other groups around the Pacific Northwest playing various combinations of funk, jazz, soul, and blues. He occasionally performs with circus and theater productions such as the award-winning musical, Dragon Lady. Jimmy also directs The Rhapsody Project's Yiddish Music and Heritage programming.
https://www.therhapsodyproject.org/copy-of-ben