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In collaboration with Ukrainian composer/music director Mariana Sadovska, and German stage director André Erlen, Kitka women’s vocal ensemble explores the dynamic, shifting relationships that link history, memory, the creative imagination, and the powerful role of music in sustaining the human spirit through times of conflict. Singing Through Darkness is a dramatic sonic collage of personal histories distilled in songs of wartime from Eastern Europe, the Caucasus, and beyond. Utilizing the far reaches of vocal expression, Singing Through Darkness weaves together songs and stories in praise of homelands and heroes, historical ballads, songs of conscription, imprisonment, occupation, forced immigration and loss with songs of resistance, veiled political satire, faith, survival, liberation and hope. Tickets: Advance: $25 general,
$22 seniors & students. Door: $28 general, $25 seniors &
students “The depth and range of
Kitka’s skills are indisputable, and the breadth of moods
and emotions covered by the ensemble is awe-inspiring.”
This project is supported, in part, by grants from Creative Capital’s MAP Fund, The National Endowment for the Arts, The City of Oakland Cultural Funding Program, The Clorox Community Foundation, The Wallace Alexander Gerbode Foundation and The Zellerbach Family Fund.
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