Lily will present a collection of folk songs from Eastern Europe, all on the theme of new beginnings: the end of winter, the promise of spring, renewal, and finding hope in unexpected places. Songs will range from elegantly simple to moderately ornamented. Word sheets, standard notation, and in some cases, “creative” notation (i.e., squiggles) will be provided.

All levels are welcome!

CLASS DATES:

Wednesdays, 1/6, 1/13, 1/20 and 1/27/2021 — 5:00 to 6:15 Pacific

All classes will be conducted via Zoom.

Please note that you only need to register once, no matter how many classes in this series you attend. We will issue new Zoom codes for each class to maintain security. You may pay as many times or as much as you like.

ABOUT THE INSTRUCTOR:

Lily Storm is a singer specializing in traditional music, with particular experience in Eastern European styles. She has studied with many traditional singers (Donka Koleva, Kremena Stancheva, Merita Halili, Mariana Sadovska, Christos Govetas, Carl Linich, Tsvetanka Varimezova, Radostina Kaneva, Tatiana Sarbinska), and has traveled extensively, living for some months in Hungary and Greece and visiting Russia, Georgia, Turkey, Albania, Bulgaria, Bosnia, Montenegro, Croatia and India. She also makes use of archival recordings to study ancient styles preserved into the early 20th century.

In 2009 Lily released a debut solo album If I had a key to the dawn: Love Songs and Laments from Eastern Europe, and in 2018 she released a recording of traditional lullabies Louloudhia: A Collection of Lullabies from Europe.

She currently sings with the Bay Area vocal ensemble Kitka. As part of Kitka, she has recorded as a soloist (The Vine, Wintersongs), collaborated in concert with ensembles including Le Mystère des Voix Bulgares, Ziyia, Ensemble Alcatraz, Linda Tillery and the Cultural Heritage Choir, Davka, and Mariana Sadovska, and appeared on Garrison Keillor's Prairie Home Companion among other live broadcasts.

Lily holds a Masters in Music (with emphasis on Kodály pedagogy) from Holy Names University, and a B.A. in Mathematics from Bryn Mawr College.

She currently teaches music and math at a K-8 public school in the Bay Area.

See Lily’s recordings page for discography