The KlezMeydlech

The KlezMeydlech is a trio of women who vocally and instrumentally  perform both traditional klezmer and Yiddish songs as well as Jewish  music with a modern flare, incorporating creative arrangements with  international and American influences.  This program will include  klezmer and Yiddish favorites, pieces from Jewish Spain and the Middle  East as well as music inspired by Jewish American composers.

Shirlee Todd is the vocalist and leader of The KlezMeydlech. For  Shirlee music and language go hand in hand. She comes from a bilingual  home where both English and Yiddish were spoken and she has been   performing in those languages since childhood. She also performs in  Spanish which she speaks fluently, in Ladino (judeo espanol) and  Russian. She co-founded Jazmer, a Jewish-American band, in 1995 with  Jazmer's clarinetist Don Jacobs and it has been a favorite of Yivo  audiences. Shirley also enjoys singing the standards of some of our  greatest American composers…