"At once festive and intimate, for the Purim concert Yale Strom, Elizabeth Schwartz and Alexis Kune offered us an anthology of songs and music traditionally sung on the occasion of Purim, embraced in the hearts of the audience."

"The concert was electrifying - I was busy watching the audience and nobody stirred. It was a great idea to have them singing and swaying at the end. A great performance from everyone!"

"Thank you for organizing a wonderful afternoon of terrific music! Everyone left with smiles on their faces and it might have been hard for you to tell from the stage, but there was a lot of head nodding, swaying and dancing in the seats. We'd love to have you guys back"

"I got so much wonderful feedback regarding the band and the concert.  It was a terrific evening and I cannot thank you enough!  The band was superb and I cannot say enough about your amazing Elizabeth.  What a talent.  She was so much fun to watch onstage.  I hope to work with you again!"

Despite its pervasiveness, Christmas doesn’t have a monopoly on high-quality holiday music in December. Assessing Hanukkah as a celebration of the freedom of faith and thought, Yale Strom’s Broken Consort conveys strength of purpose with its creative mixtures of folk, classical, jazz, blues, rock and traditional Jewish music styles on Shimmering Lights. First-rate violinist-composer-arranger Strom and his colleagues tap into the humanity of Sephardic and Yiddish folk songs. The bandleader’s gifted collaborators include Sara Caswell (who topped the category Rising Star–Violin in the 2017 DownBeat Critics Poll) and Elizabeth Schwartz, who skillfully sings in Yiddish, Hebrew, Ladino and English, immersing herself in the music while eschewing egotism.