Kaila Flaxer

Upcoming

December 20, 2008
Zellerbach Hall, Berkeley CA
Cal Performances Presents:
Pomegranates & Figs:
A Feast of Jewish Music

Featuring Teslim, Kitka and the Gonifs
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January-March 2009
Two different ten-week classes at The JazzSchool, Berkeley:
Fiddling for String Players
and Balkan Ensemble Workshop
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April 10, 2009
Teslim plays concert at Utunes Coffee House, Oakland
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June 22-26, 2009
Kaila will teach Playing By Ear for Classical Musicians at the University of Colorado, Boulder
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July 12-July 18, 2009
Kaila will teach at the College of Santa Fe Summer Music Camp
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Kaila Flexer is a violinist, composer, music educator and Artistic Director of Worldview Cultural Performances, a non-profit arts organization. She is half of the duo Teslim. A musical pioneer, Flexer has been at the helm of such groups as Next Village, Third Ear and Kaila Flexer’s Fieldharmonik. She lives in Oakland, California with her nine-year old daughter, Lucy. For a full bio, click here >>

Kaila and Gary Teslim (tes-LEEM) is a Turkish word that means both “commit” and “surrender.” It is also a musical term for a recurring theme in Turkish music. For us the recurring theme is that the trust we have in one another musically has allowed us to both commit and surrender to our own individual voices, hopefully creating something larger than either of us.

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Teslim CD Cover

New CD Now Available

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