"Solid mainstream klezmer...a lot of fun." -George Robinson, The Jewish Week, November 5, 2004      The Catskill Klezmorim is a six-member group of professional musicians. The ensemble includes clarinet, violin, keyboard, bass, percussion and vocals. These klezmer revivalists blend traditional and contemporary styles of Jewish music and their performances have been described as "magical" and "a superb experience." They have performed at scores of synagogues and Jewish Community Centers throughout central New York and have been featured on numerous college concert series including Cornell, Kean College, Binghamton University, and Hartwick College. In addition to instrumental klezmer standards, their programs include songs from the Yiddish theater, original nigunim, and expressive improvisations. The band's two recordings, Beyond the Borscht Belt and The Well-Tempered Klezmir, are available for purchase.   Robin Seletsky, clarinet, is the founder of the Catskill Klezmorim. She is a classically trained performer who has studied at the New England Conservatory and the the Juilliard School. A former member of the San Antonio Symphony, she is currently the principal clarinetist with the Glimmerglass Opera and the Binghamton Symphony. Additionally, Robin is the music director at Temple Beth El in Oneonta, NY. She is the recipient of numerous grants related to her work with Jewish folk music, including funding for a program that combines a klezmer band with symphony orchestra, and a project documenting and transcribing the music of regional Jewish seniors and Holocaust survivors.   Julie Jacobs, vocals, received her undergraduate degree in voice from Indiana University and is a graduate of the Jewish Theological Seminary. After serving as Cantor at Congregation Mount Sinai in Brooklyn Heights, she is now Cantor at Beth David Congregation in Miami, Florida. A former member of the New York Cantorial Chorus, she is featured as a soloist on a recent Milken Archive release.   Julie Signitzer, violin, holds a master's degree in violin performance and did post-graduate studies in Salzburg, Austria. After four years in Salzburg's famed Mozarteum orchestra, Julie moved to New York City to work as a freelance violinist. For the past 20 years she has performed with dozens of orchestras and opera companies and has toured extensively with a variety of pop performers including the Frank Sinatra Orchestra. Julie has performed on stage in the Off-Broadway production, Hot Klezmer where she was described as "zestful" by the New York Times. Since moving to the Catskill region Julie has played regularly with the Albany Symphony and the Glimmerglass Opera. She has an active teaching studio and is the founder and conductor of the Little Delaware Youth Orchestra.   Kim Paterson, keyboard, is on the faculty of Hartwick College and SUNY Oneonta and freelances as a pianist, composer and arranger. He has composed incidental music for Shakespeare's Cymbelline and Euripedes' The Baechae, the latter a winner of the meritorious achievement award from the Kennedy Center College Theater Festival in Washington, D.C. He has also adapted numerous scores for theatrical productions, the most recent being Kurt Weill's "Three Penny Opera". Mr. Paterson is a graduate of SUNY Purchase and an alumnus of the Berkshire Music Center at Tanglewood.   Orin Jacobs, electric bass/baritone saxophone, earned a master's degree in bassoon performance from Indiana University. He has played in numerous classical and musical theater groups throughout upstate New York and northern New Jersey where he has also taught middle school band. Orin currently lives in Miami, Florida with his wife Julie and their two children.   Bill Manley, drums, is a native of Oneonta. His musical activity has encompassed a wide range of performance settings, from symphony orchestras to dance accompaniment. He has performed and recorded with the Boston Modern Orchestra Project, the Berkshire Opera Company, and the Boston Gay Men's Chorus. Bill performs regularly with the Rhode Island Philharmonic, the New England Percussion Ensemble and he is on the substitute roster for the Boston Symphony Orchestra.