Zedashe, Music of Caucasus Georgia

Oct 9, 2010 from 8:00pm to 10:00pm UTC-07
Location: Temple Emek Shalom
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St. Clair Productions, in conjunction with the Rogue World Ensemble, presents Zedashe, a group of Caucasus Georgian Folk Musicians and Dancers, on Saturday, October 9, 8 p.m., at Temple Emek Shalom, 1800 East Main, Ashland. The Zedashe Ensemble comes from the medieval walled city of Sighnaghi in Eastern Georgia, a country that once was a part of Soviet Union.Directed by Ketevan Mindorashvili, Zedashe was founded in the mid 1990s to sing repertoire largely lost during the Communist era. With four men and three 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 chunir (Svan bowed lute), panduri (Kakhetian lute), chonguri (Gurian lute), doli (drum), chiboni (goat-skin bagpipes), and accordion.The singers are joined by two virtuosic solo dancers, Eka Taralashvili and Erekli Kanchurashvili, who show off the intricate footwork and gestures of varied traditional Georgian dance styles, both lyric and martial.Tickets are $20 in advance, $22 at the door, $10 for teens 12-17 and free under 12. Tickets are available at the Music Coop on A Street, Ashland, on-line at www.stclairevents.com or by calling 541-535-3562.On Sunday, October 10 Zedashe presents a choral workshop (1-3 p.m.) and a folk dance workshop (3:30-5 p.m.). Place TBA Cost is $25/each or $40 for both. Register for the workshop at www.stclairevents.com or by calling 541-535-3562.

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Zedashe, Music of Caucasus Georgia

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