Meshugginah Klezmorim launches concert series

The "crazy jazz" klezmer music of Meshugginah Klezmorim will be featured at 2 p.m. Sunday as the World Vibration Concert Series begins a new year at Winchester Cultural Center Theater, 3130 S. McLeod Drive.

Tickets are $10 general admission, $7 for seniors and children ages 12 and younger, and are available by calling 455-7340.

The band was formed by violinist Lee Schreiber in 1991 and consists of D. Gause, clarinet; D.J. Sinai, keyboards and vocals; Brett Barnes, drums; and Irv Weinberger, guitar. As individuals, they have performed for artists such as Celine Dion, Gloria Estefan, Aretha Franklin and Andrea Bocelli. As a group, they have performed at such festivities as Israeli Independence Day and the Folk Life Festival.

Schreiber is a member of the Las Vegas Philharmonic and the Nevada Chamber Symphony. Gause is a professor of music at the College of Southern Nevada and plays clarinet for "Phantom of the Opera: The Las Vegas Spectacular," while Sinai is the music director for Temple Beth Sholom. Barnes and Weinberger have master's degrees from the University of Arkansas and University of Southern California, respectively.