In November 2024, the Russian Song (RUSN305) students studied Klezmer music, an instrumental musical tradition of the Ashkenazi Jews of Central and Eastern Europe. Bert Stratton, the leader of a Klezmer band, Yiddishe Cup, visited the class and demonstrated beautiful samples of Klezmer. Students enjoyed his performance greatly.

By the end of the semester, the students of RUSN305 learned some popular Russian songs and romances. Here they perform the old romance “Down the Endless Road.”