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Adrianne Greenbaum was invited to perform at Early Music Summit at Case Western Reserve.


Adrianne Greenbaum performed as a solo flutist for WEVD historical re-enactment 7-piece chamber ensemble.


In August 2022, Greenbaum was selected to be a featured performer on the final 50th Anniversary Gala Concert of the National Flute Associations鈥 Convention in Chicago where she performed a 20鈥 set of klezmer including a world premier of her Yiddish March composed for the occasion. The audience in attendance was not shy as they joined Greenbaum in dancing in the aisles while she played, proving that her mission to return the historical presence of the flute as a klezmer instrument has largely has been accomplished.


The London-based Klezmer Education Symposium has selected Adrianne Greenbaum to be part of the core faculty for the first international online forum that will take place over two days focusing on varied and unique teaching methods for the folk genre.


Although Adrianne Greenbaum teaches flute and chamber ensembles, two of her recent klezmer compositions were featured in the international scene this past month. One, a Life Cycle suite called 鈥淟ebn鈥 (Life) won a top position as a 2020 finalist, performed and aired on YouTube in the Brazilian Klezmer and Yiddish Festival (鈥淜leztival鈥) and her composition 鈥淎l Hanisim鈥 was selected for a special radio program in Krakow, Poland. 


Was one of few North American klezmer musicians performing and giving workshops in The London International Klezmer Festival and the sole 鈥渄istant鈥 performer for her adopted home of Scotland for their Jewish Community (ScoJac) event.


Invited to speak at the American Folklore Society in Baltimore Maryland as a leading woman in the field of klezmer. Her requested topic was 鈥淲omen in Klezmer鈥, the issues that surround the history of squelching women鈥檚 presence throughout history, and current projects that promote women鈥檚 leadership in the genre.