November 2025

The Christmas season can be culturally complicated in a society with diverse beliefs and traditions.  Most people just want to share the spirit of love, caring and maybe some eggnog, but it’s never quite that simple.  

So it was for Austin saxophonist and bandleader Paul Klemperer.  “For years I did an inclusive Season of Light music show.  It seemed to make sense, partly because of my own mixed Christian/Jewish family background.  But over the years it started to feel …