Jan. 11: Clarinetist Glenn Dickson presents Meditations & Dreams

Renowned clarinetist and Waldorf School faculty member Glenn Dickson of Naftule’s Dream and Shirim Klezmer Orchestra will be performing a rare solo show of original music, "Meditations & Dreams" at the Waldorf School, 739 Massachusetts Ave, Lexington, on Friday, January 11 at 7 p.m. Admission is by donation. For information visit www.glenndicksonmusic.com.

Glenn Dickson has taken the processing techniques of Robert Fripp and Brian Eno and applied them to the clarinet, creating an ethereal and haunting atmosphere with the warm humanity of the clarinet sound. His compositions and improvisations draw on a career of playing klezmer, classical, Greek, jazz and rock in different settings create shimmering other-worldly harmonies and speech-like inflections in the melodies which are meditative and dreamy while keeping compositional interest.

Glenn, as leader of Naftule's Dream and Shirim Klezmer Orchestra, has toured North America and Europe, at venues as diverse as the Berlin Jazz Festival and the Philly Pops. He has collaborated with Maurice Sendak (Pincus & the Pig) and his music has been used by Woody Allen in “Deconstructing Harry.” He has won a Massachusetts Cultural Council Artist Grant for music composition.