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Shirim Klezmer Orchestra
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The members of Shirim all also perform in Naftule's Dream , an avant jazz/klezmer band which has recorded three albums on John Zorn's Tzadik /Radical Jewish Culture label. As Naftules Dream they have performed all over Europe including the Berlin, Germany Jazzfest, as well as the New York City Jazz Festival, the Bell Atlantic Jazz Festival in Washington, DC and the Ashkenaz Festival of New Yiddish Culture in Toronto among others. In addition to leading Shirim since 1985 and Naftule’s Dream since 1996, Clarinetist Glenn Dickson won a 1997 Massachusetts Cultural Council Artist Grant for Composition and has studied and performed with microtonal jazz legend Joe Maneri. He was a featured soloist on the soundtrack of Sidney Lumet’s "A Stranger Among Us" and wrote the music Shirim performed on the soundtrack of Woody Allen’s "Deconstructing Harry Michael McLaughlin, piano and accordion, is an educator, performer and noted composer. He performs with Naftule’s Dream and composes much of their music. He has won two awards from the American Composers Forum Boston and received a 2001 Mass Cultural Council Fellowship Award in Composition. His works have been performed by Trio Capriccio, The Chameleon Arts Ensemble, The Niagara Symphony, The Newton Symphony and the Boston Chamber Ensemble. Guitar and banjo player Brandon Seabrook performs with Naftule’s Dream, Paul Brody’s Sadawi, the Klezmer Conservatory band and Klezperanto. Tuba player Jim Gray studied at Boston University with J
