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Bulgarian Singing Workshop with Valya Balkanska
Thursday, May 19, 2016
7:00 - 8:30 pm
Vashon Island
Event Details.pdfValya Balkanska
What: Vocal workshop with Valya Balkanska, world-renowned Bulgarian singer, accompanied by Petar Yanev, bagpiper, from the Rhodope Mountains in Bulgaria. This workshop will be limited to 30 participants-early registration is required.
When: Thursday, May 19. The workshop is from 7-8:30 pm.
Where: Vashon Island. Vashon High School Band Room, 9600 SW 204th Street, Vashon, WA, 98070. Enter via the South Parking Lot on 204th Street. There will be signs directing you to the band room.
Cost: $25
Please make checks out to Balkan Echoes and send to:
Balkan Echoes
PO Box 2484
Vashon, WA 98070
(A waiting list will be made once all the spaces have been filled.)
VALYA BALKANSKA: The Cosmic Voice of Bulgaria's Rhodope Mountains is a concert featuring Valya Balkanska and bagpiper, Petar Yanev in Seattle at the Russian Hall and Community Center, 704 19th Avenue E, Seattle, WA, 98112 on Friday, May 20, at 8pm (doors open at 7:30). Tickets available at the door or in advance at brownpapertickets/event 2541803
FALL 2015
Smithsonian Folkways
North Macedonian CD Release events
We are celebrating the release of this new collection with events in 5 cities beiginning in Washington DC October 7th
DC - NY - NJ - WA
click for schedule
Album Release Events for Playing ’Til Your Soul Comes Out! Music of Macedonia:
October 7, 2015
6:30-8:30pm
Embassy of Macedonia
2129 Wyoming Ave. NW
Washington, D.C. 20008
Please RSVP to
events@umdiaspora.org or (202)350-9798
October 9, 2015
7:00-9:00pm
Gallery MC
549 W 52nd St.
New York, NY 10019
Music provided by Odglasi
Please RSVP to
events@umdiaspora.org or (202)350-9798
October 10, 2015
7:30 p.m. - midnight
Macedonian Cultural Center
1050 Pompton Avenue
Cedar Grove, NJ 07009
Dancing
Please RSVP to
events@umdiaspora.org or (202)350-9798
October 22, 2015
6:30-8:30pm
Vashon Island Land Trust
10014 SW Bank Road
Vashon Island, WA 98070
October 23, 2015
7:00pm-9:00pm
Jack Straw Cultural Center
4261 Roosevelt Way NE
Seattle, WA 98105
Music provided by Dragi Sapasovski and his Macedonian All Stars band
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We are very pleased to see this three-year project come to fruition. The selections on the CD are all being released for the first time and represent the musical heart and soul of traditional North Macedonian life prior to globalization.
Please join me in celebrating the rich heritage of North Macedonia at one of our release events around the country:
12 January - 28 February, 2012
Voices & Images From Bulgaria: 1966-1979
by Martin KoenigThe New York Public Library for the Performing Arts
with the support from the Consulate General of Bulgaria and the Center for Traditional Music and Dance
Opening Reception
Wednesday, January 11th, 6:30pm to 8:00pm
with live music and refreshments
"learn more about this exhibit
Special Film Screening
Thursday, January 12th, 6:00pm – 7:30pm
16 mm color film with synch sound of Bulgarian village dancing shot in 1979
at the
Shelby Cullom Davis Museum
New York Public Library for the Performing Arts
40 Lincoln Center Plaza
New York City
Free to the public - Please use Plaza entrance
May 2011
Voices & Images From Bulgaria - Seattle Folklife:
Folklife 2011 at the Seattle Center has long been an annual gathering for devotees of the performing folk arts. In 2011, the four day event, at the Seattle Center, featured Martin's Bulgarian photographs and films, a musical performance and dancing.
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