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TICKETS HERE: https://www.ticketleap.events/tickets/village-harmony/workshop-zedashe-concord-maPlease join us for an incredible singing opportunity with the virtuosic ensemble, Zedashe, from the Republic of Georgia at the tail end of their monthlong US tour. With their final stop on their USA tour here in the Boston area, Zedashe will teach some traditional songs with polyphonic (muiltiple part) harmonies unlike anything you've heard before. Workshop is from 1-4pm at the Masonic Lodge on Monument Square in Concord, MA.
No previous singing experience necessary. General admission is $35/person. Current registered members of Boston Harmony are free of charge.
Zedashe will also be giving a concert in Cambridge on Friday, October 4 (the night before) at First Church (corner of Mason & Garden St). The concert is sponsored by Harvard University and is free to the public.
Mountainous Caucasus Georgia, situated on historic crossroads on the eastern shore of the Black Sea, has one of the world’s most ancient and arresting three-part harmony-singing traditions. The music features a dark, sonorous vocal quality and startling, unexpected harmonies. Directed by Ketevan Mindorashvili, Zedashe was founded in the mid 1990s to sing repertoire largely lost during the Communist era. With both men and women singers, Zedashe is one of the few mixed gender performing ensembles in Georgia today and they have developed a highly distinctive sound. Their repertoire includes ancient three-part harmony chants from the Orthodox Christian liturgy, as well as the full range of folk song genres including field-songs, love songs, historical ballads, war dance songs, and ritual circle dances. The latter are sometimes accompanied by the panduri (Kakhetian lute), chonguri (Gurian lute), doli (drum), chiboni (goat-skin bagpipes), and accordion.
For more information call 603-858-5418 or visit https://www.villageharmony.org/ensemble-zedashe-tour-2024.
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Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Corinthian Lodge, 58 Monument Sq,Concord,MA,United States
