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Nat Seelen

No paper tickets. All names will be checked off at the door.

When Boston-based clarinetist and composer Nat Seelen graces the Ames with an evening of modern Klezmer music, you’ll hear suggestions of jazz and other musical genres sprinkled in here and there. Accordionist Cory Pesaturo and double bassist Kirsten Lamb will accompany him. (More on them below.)

Seelen, a home-grown Hinghamite, has performed at such venues as the Kennedy Center, Tanglewood, and Jordan Hall, and internationally in China, Denmark, the Netherlands, Great Britain, Spain, and Canada. He is the winner of awards at the International Jewish Music Festival in Amsterdam and Brazil’s Bubbe Awards, among other places. Seelen is also the creator of New Klezmer Studios, an innovative remote learning initiative that has taught klezmer music to students on five continents, including musicians from top institutions like Juilliard, New England Conservatory, Berklee, and Oberlin. But mostly he is just fantastic to listen to.

Cory Pesaturo has performed on the Late Show with David Letterman, Jimmy Fallon’s That’s My Jam on NBC, Wayne Brady’s Let’s Make A Deal on CBS, and nationally televised programs in New Zealand, Canada, Italy, Tunisia, France, and Finland. He has also played at White House State dinners and with both the Boston Pops and the Boston Symphony Orchestra. And he is the only person to ever win the trio of World Championships on Acoustic, Digital, and Jazz Accordion.

Kirsten Lamb’s music has been called “wonderful,”  “extraordinary,” and “beautiful” by Elvis Costello. The Huffington Post said “this brilliant musician [is] someone to watch, someone who can take us to new vistas and teach us to listen with very different ears.” She has also been praised by The Boston Globe for “her versatility and assurance.” Lamb has performed with everyone from the likes of Itzhak Perlman to Celtic Woman.

Have a listen to Nat Seelen

The show starts at 7:30 PM, but doors open at 7 for wine, beer, and hors d’oeuvres.

Tickets: $25 each

The Ames Chapel is located at 12 South South Street, Hingham, just up the gentle hill as you drive through the granite posts of Hingham Cemetery.