Bergen Community College

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Photo Caption: Margot Leverett and the Klezmer Mountain Boys. (L-R) Marty Confurius (bass), Kenny Kosek (fiddle), Barry Mitterhoff (mandolin/guitar), Margot Leverett (clarinet) and Joe Selly (guitar).

Margot Leverett and the Klezmer Mountain Boys, featuring Margot Leverett—one of the leading Klezmer clarinetists of her generation—together with four legends of Bluegrass music will perform on Sunday, May 21, at 3:00 p.m. in the Anna Maria Ciccone Theatre at Bergen Community College, 400 Paramus Road, Paramus, NJ. Tickets are $12 for general admission and $10 for students and seniors (65+) and are available at 201-447-7428. Seating is reserved and advance ticket purchase is recommended.

Already established as a star of the Klezmer clarinet, Margot Leverett has joined forces with Kenny Kosek (fiddle), Barry Mitterhoff (mandolin and guitar), Joe Selly (guitar) and Marty Confurius (base) to form this genre-bridging, all-star group. The Bluegrass standards of Bill Monroe meet Klezmer melodies from pre-war Russia and Eastern Europe—some of which are newly discovered—and the results are extraordinary. Packed with emotion, the music can be raw, joyful, melancholic or ecstatic, but in the end, always exceptional. Margot Leverett & the Klezmer Mountain Boys are a revelation!

This concert is part of Bergen Community College’s Performing Arts Series, “This & That from Here & There.” Further information on this concert or the Series is available by calling the Office of Community and Cultural Affairs at 201-447-7248 or by visiting them online at www.bergen.edu/community_events.

Bergen Community College is a public two-year coeducational college, enrolling more than 14,000 students in Associate in Arts, Associate in Science, and Associate in Applied Science degree programs, and certificate programs. More than 10,000 students are enrolled in non-credit, professional courses through the Division of Continuing Education, the Institute for Learning in Retirement, and the Philip J. Ciarco Jr. Learning Center, located at 355 Main Street, Hackensack. Information about the College is available on this Web site or by phoning the Welcome Center at 201-447-7200.