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Upcoming Concerts ... Past Events ... Vocal Workshops ... Vocal Auditions Past Events |
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January 2002 |
January 23, 2002
Vocal Workshops
Miami University
Oxford, OH
Information: (513) 529-4909
January 24, 2002
7:30 PM
Kumler Chapel
Miami University
Western Drive on university campus
Oxford, OH
(513) 529-8016
Friday & Saturday, January 25 & 26, 2002
8:00 PM
Songs from Mama's Table Program
with Linda Tillery and the Cultural Heritage Choir
Edison Theater
Washington University
St. Louis, MO
Ticket info: (314) 935-6543
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February 2002 |
Friday, February, 1, 2002
7:30 PM
Grace Cathedral Concerts
1100 California Street
SAN FRANCISCO, CA
Tickets and info: 415/478-2277
Sunday, February, 24, 2002
3:00 PM
Songs from Mama's Table
KITKA's roof-raising collaborative show with the Grammy-nominated African-American women's vocal quintet with Linda Tillery and the Cultural Heritage Choir
World Theater
California State University, Monterey Bay
100 Campus Center
Seaside, CA
Tickets ($20/$15/$10) and info: 831-582-4580
Monday & Tuesday, February 25-26, 2002
Concerts in the schools
MONTEREY AND SEASIDE, CA
Wednesday, February 27 at 5:15 - 6:45 PM
Vocal Workshop (Open to the public!)
Roy O. Disney Music Hall
California Institute of the Arts
24700 McBean Parkway
VALENCIA, CA
Admission FREE!
Thursday, February 28, 2002
Concerts in the schools
Pasadena, CA
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March 2002 |
Friday, March 1, 2002
8:00 PM
Beckman Auditorium
California Institute of Technology
S. Michigan Ave and Del Mar Blvd.
PASADENA, CA
Tickets ($14, $18, $22) and info: 1-888-2CALTECH or www.events.caltech.edu
Saturday, March 2, 2002
7:30 PM
San Diego Folk Heritage Society Concerts
Casa del Prado Theater
Balboa Park
San Diego, CA
Tickets ($15) and info: 858-566-4040 or www.sdfolkheritage.org
Wednesday, March 6, 2002 9:00 - 9:30 PM
KITKA live on SING OUT! with Larry Kelp
KPFA 94.1 FM
KITKA sings and talks about our upcoming Jewish Music Festival program with DAVKA.
Saturday, March 9, 2002 at 5:30 PM
The F- (Feminism) Word Project
Closing Ceremony Performance with the Margaret Jenkins Dance Company and a surprise host
San Francisco Art Institute
800 Chestnut Street (at Jones)
SAN FRANCISCO, CA
Tickets ($25 for week-long festival pass) and info: www.f-wordproject.org
Friday, March 15, 2002
8:00 PM
Cedar Cultural Center
416 Cedar Ave. South
MINNEAPOLIS, MN
Tickets ($17/$15/$10) and info: 612-338-2674 or www.thecedar.org
Saturday, March 16, 2002, 7:30 PM
Chapel of St. Mary of the Angels
St. Mary's University
Corner of Wabasha and Vila Streets
Winona, MN
Tickets ($15/$8) and info: 507-457-1715 or www.smumn.edu/page/chamber.html
Saturday, March 23, 2002 at 8:00 PM
KITKA and DAVKA
A special collaborative program for
THE JEWISH MUSIC FESTIVAL
featuring the world premiere performance of AT TWILIGHT a new work inspired by a 1902 Hebrew poem of exile by Nachman Bialik, composed by Daniel Hoffman especially for KITKA, DAVKA, and vocalist Steven Saxon.
The Roda Theater
2015 Addison Street
Berkeley, CA
Tickets ($22-$24) and info: 925-866-9559 or www.brjcc.org
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MAY 2002 |
Four Mondays
May 6, 13, 20, & 27, 2002 from 7:30 to 9:30 PM
OPEN YOUR VOICE: Balkan Singing Workshops
Reception Room
First Congregational Church of Oakland
2501 Harrison Street
Oakland, CA
$72 for the four workshop series
Registration: 510.444.0323
Wednesday, May 22, 2002 8:00 PM
BENEFIT CONCERT
A special fundraising event to help send KITKA to Bulgaria to sing and conduct field research with the world renowned "Le Mystere des Voix Bulgares" Bulgarian Women's Choir. Join us as we create a festive "Kafana" (Balkan cafe) atmosphere full of soulful songs, delicious regional drinks and delicacies, socializing with KITKA, friends, surprise special guests, and much more!
Montclair Women's Cultural Art's Club
1650 Mountain Blvd.
Oakland, CA
$40 donation (larger contributions gratefully accepted!)
Reservations: 510.444.0323
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JUNE 2002 |
Friday, June 7, 2002
Special appearance at the 50th Anniversary Jubilee Concert of "Le Mystere des Voix Bulgares" conducted by Dora Hristova
Palace of Culture
Sofia, BULGARIA
info: www.iccs.bas.bg/music/mystery
Saturday, June 29 - July 7, 2002
The Eastern European Folklife Center's
Balkan Music and Dance Workshops
Mendocino Woodlands
Mendocino, CA
info: 510.549.2124 or http://www.eefc.org
Just back from Bulgaria, KITKA joins forces with the traditional Greek band Ziyia for two evenings of Balkan music for blissful listening and exhilarating dancing. Come out and hear lush harmonies and stirring dissonances from the valleys of Bulgaria; bright, lilting melodies from the Greek islands; hypnotic, passionate laments from the mountainous border region of Epirus, and much more!
Friday and Saturday, August 23 and 24
Dance lesson with Ziyia's Lise Liepman at 7:00
Concerts at 8:00, followed by dancing
Lake Merritt Church
1330 Lakeshore Ave.
Oakland, CA
Tickets: $15/seniors (65+) & students, $18/advance, $20/door
Greek Folk Music Workshop
On Sunday August 25th, 2002, from 2-5 pm in downtown Oakland (Preservation Park Robinson Classroom B, 1204 Preservation Park Way -- closest BART stop: Oakland City Center), Ziyiá's Beth Cohen will lead an ensemble workshop of traditional Greek folk music. She will be covering regional village and urban music of Greece and teaching by ear. All instruments are welcome.
The fee for the workshop is $30.00. To reserve a space, call or write KITKA at 510-444-0323 or workshops@kitka.org
Beth is also available for private lessons in Greek, Turkish, Arabic and Hungarian violin as well as makam theory. She will be in the San Francisco Bay Area from 8/17 through 8/25. To arrange a private lesson with Beth call her at 617-905-3317 or 510-525-4342.
BETH BAHIA COHEN performs Greek music with Ziyiá, Demetrios Tashie, and others. She has studied and played with violin and lyra masters in Greece (Vangelis Zagoraios, Yiorgos Avissinos, Manolis Manouras); with composers, kemence players, and yayli tanbur players in Turkey (Ihsan Ozgen, Cinucen Tanrikorur, Sadun Oksut, Ozcan Korkut, and kanunist Rehas Sagbas) and with master musicians in Hungary (Csaba Okros, Bela Halmos, and Ujstilus).
She has also performed with Libana, the EurAsia Ensemble, the Klezmer Conservatory Band, Karavani, Taximi, Sofia Bilides Folk Ensemble, Sarkany Hungarian Ensemble and on television, radio, and in festivals around the world. An inspired and inspiring instructor, Beth teaches at the East European Folklife Center's Balkan Music and Dance Workshops, the World Music and Dance Camp, in various universities, and in her studio in Boston.
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SEPTEMBER 2002 |
Monday, September 9, 2002
Copia American Center for Food, Wine, and the Arts
Napa, CA
info: http://www.copia.org or (707) 265-1600
Saturday, September 21, 1pm
GROOVE GLOBALLY, ACT LOCALLY
Community World Music Concert to benefit the El Sobrante Valley Legal Defense Fund
at the East Bay Waldorf School
3800 Clark Rd., El Sobrante, CA
The lands above the Waldorf School are directly threatened by two large housing developments, which would greatly diminish the quality of life in the area. Proceeds from this concert will aid the effort to stop these developments and protect our area's beautiful open spaces.
Local residents and the school join together to present four internationally-known Bay area ensembles, principal members (including Kitka's Janet Kutulas) of which live or have lived in the El Sobrante Clark Road neighborhood.
Kitka - Eastern European women's vocal ensemble
Keith Terry and friends - Body Percussion and Rhythm Dance
Gamelan Sekar Jaya - Balinese music and dance
The Hogan Brothers - Latin jazz
Save the date! Tickets available for purchase early September.
Sunday, September 22 at 4:30 PM
Special appearance at Berkeley Art Museum's/Pacific Film Archive's Autumn Open House: A Sunday sampler of programs highlighting the Fall season at the University of California, Berkeley Art Museum/Pacific Film Archive including silent films, exhibition tours, artists' talks, and musical performances. 11 am to 7 pm
Berkeley Art Museum/Pacific Film Archive
2625 Durant Avenue
Berkeley, CA 94720-2250
information: http://www.bampfa.berkeley.edu/