Mitzve Tants - Queen Kong

Toronto-based ensemble Queen Kong presents Mitsve Tants, a new concert work rooted in Jewish ritual and contemporary expression. Inspired by the Hasidic wedding tradition in which joy is created as a sacred obligation, Mitsve Tants asks what it means to choose joy deliberately in a fractured world. Led by drummer and composer Lorie Wolf, Queen Kong blends klezmer with jazz, funk, rock, and improvisation, transforming ceremonial melodies into expansive, groove-driven compositions. Mitsve Tants will be released as a studio recording in summer 2026, with this performance marking a cornerstone presentation.

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Lorie Wolf – drums, bandleader, composer

Max Forster – trumpet

Jossee MacInnes – clarinet (Michael, the name Jossee has an accent ague on the last “e’)

Nathan Dell-Vandenberg – trombone

Graham Campbell – guitar

Tom Richards – Sousaphone

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