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| The
L'chaim Players at Kehilath Israel, October 21, 2006 |
Our musical goal was to move the heart with beauty, the head with thought, and the feet with energy. We aimed to please audiences in any Jewish setting, from worship to wedding.
Our base configuration was “two couples and a drummer.” Andy and BelleAnne Curry are one couple, and Harold Steinhardt and Lori Levens are the other.
Each member of the two couples had at least thirty years of musical experience. We had several excellent drummers "on call."
Lori Levens plays
keyboards, accordion,
and guitar, as well as singing alto harmonies.
She combines
classical training with experience in songleading, lounge acts,
teaching, directing, and accompanying choirs, instrumental and
vocal
soloists, and cantors.
Harold Steinhardt
plays clarinet,
flute, and saxophones. In addition to playing with us, he also
arranges music, gives lessons, repairs instruments,
and plays for
musical shows at dinner theatres and Starlight, as well as gigging
with his rhythm-and-blues band, Souled Out.
BelleAnne Curry sings and plays percussion. She holds a Bachelor’s degree in Fine Arts from UMKC and had been singing in the area for many years, most recently with the Nigun Orchestra.
Andy Curry sings and
plays bass and
guitar as well as arranging most of our music.
Andy has a long
history in popular music in the Lawrence/KC area, but he had
turned most of his attention to Jewish music,
playing in
the Nigun Orchestra for several years, serving as cantor/shaliach
tzibur locally and elsewhere,
and singing, arranging, and composing
for Shireinu, the Jewish Community Chorale of Greater Kansas City.
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Lori
Levens grew up in the KC area and was a
songleader at
B'nai Jehudah as a teenager. She plays keyboards,
accordion,
and guitar, as well as singing alto harmonies. Harold Steinhardt grew up in the KC area and plays clarinet, flute, and saxophones. He makes his living in music, giving lessons, arranging, and maintaining and repairing instruments. He is a mainstay player for many theatrical productions at Starlight, American Heartland Theater, and the New Dinner Theater. He also plays in the rhythm-and-blues band Souled Out. Lori and Harold are married, by the way. |
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BelleAnne
Curry (not
Friedman). BelleAnne is my wonderful wife. She
may be the
best "natural" musician I know. |
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Andy
Curry playing the bass in his
living room. I won't bother with a bunch of
information about me,
because everything you need to know, and more, is already on
this web
site. |
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I don't know what it is about
drummers, but good ones are busy. We've used five
drummers: Sam
Wisman, Marc Caplan, Mike Goldman, David Spritzer, and Bud
Pettit,
shown here at KI
synagogue on 10-21-2006. If you've read the rest of my
website,
you know about Bud. |