Boston’s Freylekhe Kabtsn

Sun 19 Apr, 3-5 pm. Vilna Shul, 18 Phillips Street, Boston, 02114. Steven Greenberg, Director, 617 523 2324, steven@bcjh.org. Boston Center for Jewish Heritage - [events]

Making a Mark Speaker Series Presents: Boston’s Freylekhe Kabtsn Sunday, April 19, 2009 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm Location: 18 Phillips St. Boston, MA 02114 Contact: rachel 617-523-2324 Suggested Donation: $10 “Boston’s Freylekhe Kabstn - A Tribute to Ben Gailing on his 10th Yartzayt” will be hosted by Hankus Netsky, a multi-instrumentalist, composer, and ethnomusicologist, is chair of the Contemporary Improvisation Department at the New England Conservatory, Vice President for Education at the National Yiddish Book Center, and founder and director of the Klezmer Conservatory Band, an internationally renowned Yiddish music ensemble.

He will discuss the accomplishments of Ben Gailing, host of the longest running radio program in Boston broadcast history. Netsky has composed extensively for film, theater, and television, and collaborated with such artists as Itzhak Perlman, Robin Williams, Joel Grey, and Theodore Bikel. He has produced numerous CDs on the Rounder and Vanguard labels. Hankus has received the Yosl Mlotek award for the perpetuation of Yiddish culture and the Lawrence Lesser and Louis Krasner awards for Excellence in Teaching from the New England Conservatory. His essays on klezmer and Yiddish Music have been published by the University of California, University of Pennsylvania, and University of Scranton presses.