Kitka women's vocal ensmble "Awakening" from The Rusalka Cycle: Songs Between Worlds (Concert Version) Live performance in Köln, Germany, 2009 Musical Direction, Composition, Arrangement and Dramaturgy by Mariana Sadovska Stage Direction by Andr...

Kitka women's vocal ensemble 2/17/11 Oakland, California St. Paul's Episcopal Church Marikela Jashis kalo from Guria province, Republic of Georgia (arranged by Tamar Buadze, director of Tutarchela women's ensemble) This song features a Georgi...

Kitka women's vocal ensemble Trio Kavkasia 2/19/11 Santa Cruz, California Holy Cross Church Sazeimo Perkhuli (as taught by As taught by Carl Linich of Trio Kavkasia, who first learned it in The Kartuli Ensemble from a transcription made by Georg...

Kitka women's vocal ensemble Trio Kavkasia 2/19/11 Santa Cruz, California Holy Cross Church Shairebi Kartli-Kakheti provinces, Republic of Georgia as taught by Carl Linich of Trio Kavkasia This is a humorous song about a man who goes to meet...

Kitka women's vocal ensemble 2/17/11 Oakland, California St. Paul's Episcopal Church Kirialesa from Samegrelo province Kitka learned this New Year's song in Tbilisi from Tutarchela women's choir, directed by Tamar Buadze. It is sung in Megreli...

SANCTUARY invites audiences to be immersed in an uninterrupted flow of evocative melodies and sumptuous harmonies from Eastern Europe. This concert will invoke the rich and varied musical cultures of the Eastern Orthodox, Jewish, Islamic, and nature-cente...