The
West Philadelphia Orchestra entertained an enthusiastic and dancing crowd of
youngsters and oldsters for a Chanukah celebration at the Philadelphia Museum
of Art on a December Friday night as part of the museum’s “Art After 5” program.
The West Philadelphia Klezmer Orchestra, an offshoot of the band, played
primarily Klezmer, East European celebration music,  for the occasion. What began on a West Philadelphia porch in
2006 as a mostly string ensemble playing Macedonian tunes, Romanian ballads and
Jewish folk songs has evolved over the years into brass instrument Balkan
band  playing Serbian and Gypsy
melodies and its own versions of these genres. Watch video here.