Margot Leverett

With a flair for lively showmanship grounded in perfected technique, Margot Leverett has become known as a master in the ever-expanding world of klezmer music. Leverett's fingers began to master the clarinet during grade school. She went on to study classical music at Indiana University School of Music. While focusing on avant-garde music in New York City, 1985, she was asked by Frank London (trumpet) and Alicia Svigals (fiddle) to audition for a new band they were forming that became famous as the Klezmatics. Together with other bandmembers Dave Lindsay (bass), Rob Chavez (...