Playing
Here is my professional concert bio. You can also skip ahead to sound clips or information about hiring me to play for parties and other private events!
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Shulamit Kleinerman specializes in the music of the Middle Ages and Renaissance on historical stringed instruments. Upon graduating from the University of California, Berkeley in 1999 with a BA in music and English, she won a Hertz Fellowship to study historical violin technique in London with leading early-music violinists including Monica Huggett.
Shula moved to Seattle in 2000 and has performed as a chamber musician in several concerts sponsored by the Early Music Guild at Town Hall and other venues. As a historical dancer from 2004-2006 with Seattle Early Dance, she performed at Benaroya Hall and in the Early Music Guild’s fully-staged production of the late-17th-century opera Venus and Adonis at ACT. Shula also enjoys playing music in historically-themed contexts and has appeared with the Puget Sound Revels and the Portland Revels and at historical fairs including Camlann Medieval Village. She has been heard on KING-fm, Oregon Public Broadcasting, and KBCS, where she has been a featured guest twice on "Mostly Medieval." This year she is completing a CD of English country dance music of the 17th century in an artist residency at Jack Straw Productions.
Shula regularly writes and lectures about music history, and in addition to teaching private music lessons, she runs her own hands-on historical arts workshops for school-age children.
Sound Clips
Renaissance
Original divisions on Pastyme with Good Company
with Cristina Villareale, soprano, and Lisa Lewis, harpsichord
17c country dance in original arrangements
Hey Boys, Up Go We with Charles Coldwell, recorder
Europe's Revels with Arcana Sundiata, violin
Medieval (on vielle)
Haute chose a en amour
Circa Canit Michael with Jacob Breedlove, hurdy-gurdy
De son tort with Jacob Breedlove, percussion
Music for Private Events
The music I love best was never intended for a silent concert hall. I enjoy playing in active social contexts, from fairs to private parties. This can take many forms: I can play solo or bring musical partners; I can offer exclusively medieval or renaissance music or else bring an element of folk/trad crossover; I can perform in historical costume, formal concert dress, or casual everyday clothes; I can provide background music or a tuneful centerpiece.
Contact me to discuss our options for music at your event. The woman quoted below asked for a short, costumed mini-concert at a party for an early music enthusiast--something I never would have thought of on my own, but it worked beautifully!
I could tell everyone was enjoying your performance and sure enough they were talking about it the rest of the evening. No one had ever had such an experience. Not just the music, but your presentation was also so charming. It simply could not have been better. I think it's something that most people do not consider because they don't think it's affordable. It turns out it costs the same as delivering flowers but is much more impressive. I am so glad I called you and hope to do so some day again.