allen lutins - folk/ethnic musician

Upcoming Performances:

Sat Oct 25 4-5 pm
Rosetree
Moore Memorial Fall Festival
Moore Memorial Library, Greene, NY

Sat Nov 1, 2-5 pm
Playford Gang
English Country Dance
Christ Episcopal Church, Binghamton, NY

Wed Nov 12, 6-8 pm
Cornell University Klezmer Ensemble
Concert
Carl Becker House, Ithaca, NY

Sun Nov 16 6-8 pm
Rosetree
Music on the Delaware
Walton Theatre, Walton, NY

Sat Dec 6, 2-5 pm
Playford Gang
English Country Dance
Christ Episcopal Church, Binghamton, NY

Sun Dec 7, 3-5 pm {tentative}
Klez Project
Klezmer interludes at poetry event
Lansing Area Performance Space, Groton, NY

Sat Dec 13, {time tba}
Playford Gang
Home for the Holidays
Roberson Museum, Binghamton, NY

2026

Sat Jan 3, 2-5 pm
Playford Gang
English Country Dance
Christ Episcopal Church, Binghamton, NY

Sat Feb 7, 2-5 pm
Playford Gang
English Country Dance
Christ Episcopal Church, Binghamton, NY

Sun Feb 15 2-4 pm
Rosetree
Tioga County Contra dance
St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Owego, NY

Sat Mar 7, 2-5 pm
Playford Gang
English Country Dance
Christ Episcopal Church, Binghamton, NY

Sat Apr 4, 2-5 pm
Playford Gang
English Country Dance
Christ Episcopal Church, Binghamton, NY

Sat May 2, 2-5 pm
Playford Gang
English Country Dance
Christ Episcopal Church, Binghamton, NY

Sat Jun 6, 2-5 pm
Playford Gang
English Country Dance
Christ Episcopal Church, Binghamton, NY

Sun Jun 28 {tentative}
Bardo Brothers
New York Faerie Festival
Ouaquaga, NY

allen lutins is a Binghamton, NY based multi-instrumentalist/ethnomusicologist best known for his work with several Ithaca-based klezmer ensembles. He is co-founder of klezmer group Klez Project, Celtic/Scandinavian/Americana band Rosetree, and early music ensemble Playford Gang. His primary instruments are clarinet, Irish whistles and guitar. He also dabbles in Turkish saz and various percussion instruments, and received two years of training in Hindustani music on the sitar.

Performance by my band Klez Project at the Schwartz Center for the Performing Arts, Ithaca NY 21 July 2015
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Recording of my duo Rosetree at my home studio 5 February 2018
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Solo recording at my home studio 26 February 2017
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Click on the publicity button above for more information, or on the video links below for sample performances. Additional music-related resources from allen include: