2026 Levison Family Music Series
The Breman is thrilled to present for the second year the Levison Family Music Series whose purpose is to highlight Jewish contributions to music. The Breman will host 3 concerts in 2026, each with a distinctive style – klezmer, jazz, and music from the great American songbook. The concerts are held on Sunday afternoons at 5:00pm. A pre-concert reception invites audience members to enjoy a beverage and a bite and time for conversation. Each performance lasts between 60 -75 minutes.
Tickets will be general admission. $50 for Breman members. $60 non-members.
Tickets will be on sale soon. Read about the concerts below and save the date!
Sunday, March 22
Klezmer: old, new and NOW! with the New Orleans Klezmer Allstars
4:00pm Reception
5:00pm Concert (60 – 75 mins)
The Allstars mix traditional klezmer with the funk, R&B, and Dixieland sounds of their namesake city. While they may push the boundaries of this folk music style, they never sacrifice the most exciting features of social music: driving rhythms, passion and clear melodies. Celebrating their 35th anniversary in 2026, the Allstars with their extraordinary line-up of musicians on horns, guitar, bass, drums and accordion will have you dancing from the first beat.
Sunday, April 19
Raise the Roof! The Fiddler Jazz Sessions with the Joe Alterman Trio
4:00pm Reception
5:00pm Concert (60 – 75 mins)
Inspired by great versions of “Fiddler on the Roof” tunes by artists such as Cannonball Adderley, Louis Armstrong, Marlena Shaw and more – Breman favorite Joe Alterman raises the roof of this beloved musical. Alterman will play every song from the soundtrack rearranged and reimagined for his piano trio like this favorite number: To Life!
Sunday, June 7
Bacharach at The Breman
4:00pm Reception
5:00pm Concert (60 – 75 mins)
In this hybrid of concert and cabaret, performers will tell the fascinating life story of composer, songwriter, and pianist Burt Bacharach. They’ll perform such classics as “Walk on By,” “I’ll Never Fall in Love Again,” “Do You Know the Way to San Jose,” “I Say a Little Prayer,” “Raindrops Keep Fallin’ on My Head,” “What the World Needs Now Is Love,” and “Alfie.”
Burt Bacharach (1928-2023) revolutionized American popular music with his sophisticated melodies, unexpected chord progressions, and complex rhythms that both embraced, built upon, and then defied the conventions of Broadway, Pop, and Tin Pan Alley. Born to a Jewish family in Kansas City, Missouri, Bacharach studied classical music before finding his voice in popular song. He created some of the most memorable songs of the 1960s and 70s, blending jazz harmonies, Brazilian bossa nova rhythms, and classical influences into a sound that was unmistakably Bacharach-ian.
From his early work as Marlene Dietrich’s accompanist to his six Grammy Awards and three Academy Awards—we’ll tell Bacharach’s story and deliver his memorable hits with an accomplished local company of musicians and performers.