WINTERSONGS, Kitka's cherished and wildly popular December concert tradition, showcases seasonal music from a wide variety of Eastern European and Eurasian lands, as well as original new works inspired by midwinter mysteries.

WINTERSONGS-WEATHERING THE STORM is Kitka's artistic response to urgent environmental concerns that impact us all. This year's concerts will feature songs that invoke the powers of the elements in wintertime: blustering winds, storms, avalanches, snow, ice, and floods. Kitka will also sing rain- calling songs as an offering to California landscapes recently consumed by wildfires. The program will be balanced with ritual songs created to bring light, warmth, hope, and good fortune to communities who, generation after generation, have bonded together to survive the ravages of wintertime.