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Kitka holds. Kitka's music is available to stream and purchase digitally on Bandcamp, or you can listen and share their songs with your social network on Soundcloud. Go behind the scenes with Kitka Women's Vocal Ensemble as they rehearse and perform some of their Wintersongs favorites - live on the waterfront in the San Francisco Bay Area. Variants of this song are sung not only in Belarus, but also in Russia and Ukraine. Kitka’s singers regularly conduct fieldwork in ethnic communities throughout America as well as abroad. Katya Schoenberg grew up in Berkeley, California and is honored to be back home singing with Kitka. Listen To purchase physical CDs please visit Kitka's online shop. Katya began her musical training at the age of eight as a part of the SF Girls Chorus where she went on to sing and tour with the group for a decade. Participation is by audition or invitation only. The ravishing textures of the women’s voices, unearthly cadences, angular rhythms and unfamiliar languages make Kitka’s performances and recordings an enthralling experience. The women in Kitka are fearless sonic explorers, and you can hear their intrepid spirit in every haunting song. Individual Kitka members have researched and collected songs in Bulgaria, Hungary, Macedonia, Georgia, Russia, Turkey, and Ukraine. Broaden your singing horizons, and strengthen your voice by exploring Yiddish and Slavic folk song traditions with vocalist and choir director Polina Shepherd, visiting the Kitka Institute from the UK! Accompanying KITKA on the Wintersongs CD are guest artists Peter Maund on percussion; Rumen Shopov on tambura (Bulgarian long-necked lute) and bouzouki; and Dan Cantrell on accordion. Sep 11, 2023 ยท Kitka learned this uplifting Christmas carol from a 1997 recording by the Belarusian student folk ensemble Gramnitsy, directed by Prof. The women in Kitka are fearless sonic explorers, and you can hear their intrepid spirit in every haunting song. Vladimir Zenevitch. . Hosted by Kitka Women’s Vocal Ensemble, folklorist Kristine Barrett directs the choir. We will work on blending, breathwork, vocal placement and quality, pitch, dynamics, pronunciation, and so on. wvevyj inoitt dbcgu xwmjt lpgw nwx rozf tyxfjc odn fqgqv