The KlezMeydlekh
Thu, Jun 19
|Wilmette Public Library
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.
Time & Location
Jun 19, 2025, 7:00 PM – 8:30 PM
Wilmette Public Library, 1242 Wilmette Ave, Wilmette, IL 60091, USA
About the Event
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.
Bios of the members of the band:
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 and the music of Broadway.