Daniel Golden (viola, violin, mandolin, vocals, and leader of the Hot Latkes)
Raised in Chicago, Dan studied at the University of Chicago and Indiana University. He was principal violist with Orchestra London, Canada for 25 years. Dan is also known as a string teacher, and clinician. His interest in Jewish music has resulted in numerous arrangements for string groups, Klezmer ensembles and symphony orchestras. Dan has presented workshops on Klezmer music at festivals, music camps, schools and recently the International Viola Congress. Dan's noodging keeps the Latkes in the pan. Dan was featured with his fiddle in the recent CBS miniseries Haven. Currently Dan performs with the Lake Forest Symphony and other organizations in the Chicago area where he lives with his wife Gail.Sharon Wise (vocals, accordion, dance) Born in England, Sharon has taught International Dance for more than 20 years at universities, schools, festivals, and workshops in Canada, USA, Great Britain and Mexico including the University of Western Ontario, Sidmouth International Folk Festival (England), Sunfest, Home County Folk Festival, and the Ashkenaz Festival in Toronto. She is a recipient of the Government of Canada Certificate of Merit. Sharon sings in Yiddish, Hebrew, Ladino, and several other languages and plays a variety of styles on the accordion. She has performed with many musical groups including Matiosh Chague, Culture Vultures, and Trianna.
Margaret Stowe (guitar) Margaret has been a busy session player, sideperson and bandleader in the London area and now in Toronto. She has performed with Orchestra London and the Edmonton Symphony and has worked in musical theatre at the Grand Theatre, London and the National Arts Centre, Ottawa. She is co-leader of the Pelley-Stowe Band, an active London R&B band, and is also guitarist/bandleader with the Cheryl Lescom Band, Toronto Womens' Blues Revue and S'women In Blues. She has been toured the world as a member of Big Rude Jake.
Phil "Pinchas" Murphy (clarinet, saxophone) Our "Irisher Klezmer" is an alumnus of Assumption University. He was principal clarinetist with the London Symphony Orchestra for 19 years following a stint in the R.C.R. Band. Phil taught for 16 years at the University of Western Ontario and with the London separate and public school boards. Moving from hash browns to latkes, Phil's formidable "chops" and improvisational skills make him a natural Klezmer. Phil also plays jazz with his own trio and other area ensembles. He conducts the Encore Concert Band.
Henry Krichker (violin) Born in Kiev, Ukraine, Henry studied at the Kiev Conservatory. As principal second violinist with the Kiev Chamber Orchestra, he toured extensively in Eastern Europe. Henry served as concertmaster of the Kiev Musical Theatre until he emigrated in 1979. After a season as a freelance violinist in Boston, Henry became the assistant concertmaster of the Atlantic Symphony. Since 1982 he has been assistant concertmaster of Orchestra London, Canada. Henry has in recent years developed a strong interest in Gypsy and Klezmer violin styles.
Peter Hysen (bass, tuba, bass trombone) Peter Hysen plays trombone, tuba and bass in the Hot Latkes Klezmer Band, the Salsa band Herencia Latina, the Jitterbugs and numerous other swing bands and Orchestra London, Canada. Peter is an accomplished arranger and band leader. His spare time is spent at his full-time job at Hysen Music store in London, Ontario.
