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Contribute to Kitka's
Lullabies and Songs of
Childhood Project

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Join Kitka for these special, pre-CD recording session concerts!
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The gentle rhythms, lilting melodies, and poetic texts of traditional lullabies give voice to the innermost psyche of a mother. Through this voice, a child is ushered to the gateways of dreams, language, and culture. Kitka has collected and arranged a stunning set of Eastern European cradle songs, together with songs sung by the young, songs sung by grown children confiding in or remembering their parents, and songs that reflect on youth and aging.
OAKLAND
Thursday, October 9, 8 PM
St. Pauls Episcopal Church
114 Montecito Ave.
Tix: 510.444.0323
Purchase Tickets
SAN FRANCISCO
Friday, October 10, 8 PM
St. Gregorys Church
500 De Haro St.
Tix: 510.444.0323
Purchase Tickets |
GRASS VALLEY
Saturday, October 11, 8 PM
St. Josephs Cultural Center
401 S. Church St.
Tix: 530.272.4725?
www.saintjosephsculturalcenter.org
MENLO PARK
Sunday, October 12, 4 PM
St. Bedes Church
2650 Sand Hill Rd.
Tix: 650.854.6555
www.stbedesmenlopark.org |
Every mother in the world wants the same thing
for her children
to grow up healthy, happy, and secure. When
a mother sings a lullaby, it is a sacred, magical act
like
a meditation. She summons all the powers of creation to soothe,
strengthen, and protect her baby. A lullaby connects the whole universe
with the cradle
Hasmik Harutyunyan, Kitka's
Armenian folksong mentor
Click here to learn more about
Kitkas Lullabies and Songs of Childhood Project.

Visit these online photo galleries of recent Kitka events:
The
Rusalka Cycle: Songs Between the Worlds
January 2008 at the Friend Center for the Arts in San Francisco,
California.
Rehearsal and Production Shots by Raymond Van Tassel
Kitka
in Concert with Mariana Sadovska:
Songs and Stories from Ukraine
October 28, 2007 at the Oakland Metro Opera Theater.
Photos by Raymond Van Tassel
Songs
of Albania:
Kitka in Concert
with Merita Halili, Raif Hyseni, and Polly Tapia Ferber
Photographed by Raymond Van Tassel in June
2007
Musical
Fortunes: New Music inspired by Jewish and Romani Routes
with Dan Cantrell, Rumen Sali Shopov, Michael Alpert, Elizabeth
Strong, Rachel Brice, and Friends
Photographed by Raymond Van Tassel in March
2007
The
Rusalka Cycle:
Songs Between The Worlds November 2005
World Premiere Run
Photographed by
Listen for Life

2007-2008 Season:
Zlatka Baneva, Leslie Bonnett, Briget Boyle, Shira Cion, Catherine
Rose Crowther, Juliana Graffagna, Phoebe Jevtovic, Janet Kutulas,
and Natalia Ukrainska.
Photo: PixieVision Productions
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Kitka is Looking for New Singers
We are seeking nominations (feel free to nominate yourself!) for
individuals who are deeply devoted to Kitkas work and who
have experience, skills and/or connections that can help us to manifest
our long range artistic and organizational goals. We are particularly
seeking individuals with backgrounds in financial management, strategic
planning, non-profit governance, the music industry, arts education,
marketing and PR, event planning, and fund-raising. Our Board of
Directors meets quarterly. To learn more about Board service, please
contact Executive Director Shira Cion at
or 510.444.0323.
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