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| Cookie Segelstein, violin, received her Masters degree in Viola from The Yale School of Music in 1984. She is principal violist in Orchestra New England, and assistant principal in The New Haven Symphony Orchestra. Cookie teaches klezmer fiddling at Living Traditions’ KlezKamp, Centrum’s Festival of American Fiddle Tunes in Port Townsend, WA, and Educational Center for the Arts in New Haven, CT. She is a core member of "The Klezical Tradition" and also performs with "Banjo and Fiddle" with Henry Sapoznik, "Klezmer Fats and Swing" with Pete Sokolow and Howie Leess, and the "Klezmer Conservatory Band". She has presented lecture demonstrations and workshops on klezmer fiddling all over the country, including at Yale University, University of Oregon in Eugene, Pacific University, and SUNY-Cortland. She has been recorded on Koch International, and on The Klezical Tradition’s "Family Portrait". She lives in Madison, Connecticut. Joshua Horowitz, tsimbl and 19th century accordion received his Masters degree in Composition and Musicology from the Academy of Music in Graz, Austria, where he served as Research Fellow and Director of the Klezmer Music Research Project for 8 years. In 1997, his orchestral composition, Tenebrae, was awarded the Prize of Honor by the Austrian government. He has published the "Sephardic Songbook" with Aron Saltiel and "The Ultimate Klezmer" and written numerous articles on the counterpoint of Bach. Horowitz taught music theory at Stanford University with the late saxophonist, Stan Getz and is a regular teacher at the YIVO Yiddish Folk Arts Program in New York. His recordings with Budowitz and Joel Rubin have achieved international recognition and he has recently been featured on a recording with the Vienna Chamber Orchestra. Josh resides in Berkeley, California. Stuart Brotman has been an accomplished performer, arranger and recording artist in the ethnic music field for over 35 years. Mr. Brotman holds a B.A. in music from the University of California at Los Angeles, and has taught at KlezKamp, Buffalo on the Roof, the Balkan Music and Dance Workshops, and KlezKanada. He has been recording, touring, and teaching New Jewish Music with world-class ensemble Brave Old World since 1989. Long admired as a versatile soloist and skillful accompanist in traditional and pop music circles, he has toured and recorded with Canned Heat, Kaleidoscope, Geoff and Maria Muldaur, and played cimbalom with Ry Cooder at Carnegie Hall. Stu appeared in the Los Angeles production of Ghetto, the San Francisco production of Shlemiel the First, and performs frequently in ethnic music specialty roles for TV and film. A founding member of Los Angeles' Ellis Island Band, he has been a moving force in the Klezmer revival. He produced the Klezmorim's Grammy-nominated album, "Metropolis." He toured with the Yiddisher Caravan, a federally-funded Yiddish folklife show, and has performed with the Klezmorim, Kapelye, Andy Statman, the Klezmer Conservatory Band, Davka, The San Francisco Klezmer Experience, and Itzhak Perlman. ********** | |||||||||
