Upcoming Kartuli Ensemble events
Rehearsals
Recent events
Past events
Tuesday 21 June 2011, 10:30 AM: Music Week
Mohonk Mountain House, New Paltz, NY
Barbara and Roger Thorpe present
Music Week each year
with a variety of musical offerings for
Mohonk's guests.
We'll present a one hour program
to introduce vacationers to the world of Georgian song.
Rehearsals
Hudson Valley rehearsals are held on Thursday evenings at 8 PM
at Glenn's house in Kingston.
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Important note:
The next two rehearsals will be held on
Wednesday,
9 and 16 March 2011.
We'll return to Thursday on 24 March,
but some other upcoming rehearsals may be canceled or rescheduled.
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| Wednesday
| 9 March
| 8:00
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| Wednesday
| 16 March
| 8:00
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| Thursday
| 24 March
| 8:00
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| Thursday
| 31 March
| canceled
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| Thursday
| 7 April
| 8:00
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| Thursday
| 14 April
| canceled
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| Tuesday
| 19 April
| 8:00 rescheduled for Maundy Thursday
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| Thursday
| 28 April
| 8:00
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Contact
Glenn
for directions and details.
For New York City rehearsal information, contact
Jay Longan.
We can still use more singers, tenor and bass, male and female.
If you're anywhere near Poughkeepsie--or NYC, or Minneapolis,
or Boston, or D.C.--or there are three or more of you
who can start a new chapter--and you'd like to join us,
e-mail me
for info and a copy of our
current repertoire.
Recent events
Carl Linich writes:
Tristan Sikharulidze's vocal trio from Guria, Shalva
Chemo, will be doing a workshop on Wednesday, May 4, followed by a concert
on Thursday, May 5. Both events will be in the evening, although I don't
have start times yet (probably 7 or 7:30).
They'll also be in NYC, VT, and MA--I'll be sending out a full schedule
once all the details are confirmed--but for now plan on those two evenings.
You really should come--they're one of the best groups in all Georgia,
and Tristan is one of Georgia's greatest surviving song masters
(he once told me he knew more than 130 Gurian songs).
And PLEASE pass this on to anyone who might be interested!
We want to make their first US visit a big success.
Here's a video
to give you an idea.
Here are additional dates:
May 6 (Friday) Ashfield, MA
4pm-6pm workshop, 7:30pm concert
(Pot Luck Meal with Shalva Chemo, 6 to 7)
Space is limited, Phone for Reservations ASAP!
Ricki & Jaimie's Place
292 Main Street,
Ashfield, MA 01330
ricki@cheesemaking.com
(413) 628-4568
$20 suggested donation for afternoon workshop
$15 suggested donation for evening concert
May 7 (Saturday) Burlington, VT
10am-1pm workshop, 7:30pm concert
Christ Church Presbyterian
400 South Prospect Street
Burlington, VT 05401
Located on UVM's Redstone Campus
(under the green water tower, wheelchair accessible)
http://www.christchurchburlington.org/
(802) 355-4216
$20 suggested donation for workshop
$15 suggested donation for evening concert
$30 for workshop + concert combination
May 8 (Sunday) Montpelier, VT
2:30-5pm workshop, 7pm concert
Bethany Church
115 Main Street
Montpelier, VT 05602-2985
http://www.bethanychurchvt.org/
(802) 426-3210
$20 suggested donation for afternoon workshop
$15 suggested donation for evening concert
$30 for workshop + concert combination
May 9 (Monday) Greensboro, VT
7pm concert
Green Mountain Monastery
420 Hillcrest Road, Greensboro, VT 05841
(802) 533-7056
$15 suggested donation
May 10 (Tuesday) Brattleboro, VT
7:30pm concert
Limited space! Please RSVP for location & directions!
ericafmorse@gmail.com
(802) 251-1042
$15 suggested donation
May 11 (Wednesday) Williamstown, MA
7:30pm concert
St. John's Episcopal Church
35 Park Street
Williamstown, MA 01267
http://saintjohnswilliamstown.org/
(845) 264-7877
$15 suggested donation
May 13 (Friday) Somerville, MA
7:30pm concert
Featured Guests: Iveria Ensemble and The Other Georgia
Clarendon Hill Presbyterian Church
155 Powderhouse Blvd.,
Somerville, MA 02144
http://www.clarendonhillchurch.org/location.html
(845) 264-7877
$15 suggested donation
Sunday 15 May 2011, 7:00 PM: Colony Cafe, Woodstock, NY
Shalva Chemo with featured guests The Kartuli Ensemble
22 Rock City Rd
Woodstock, NY 12498
http://www.colonycafe.com/
(845) 679-8639
$15 suggested donation
May 16 (Monday) New York, NY
7:30pm concert
Featured Guests: Supruli Ensemble and Starry Mountain Singers
Grace & St. Paul's Church
123 West 71st Street
(between Columbus Ave and Broadway)
New York, NY 10023
Subway: 1, 2 and 3 trains to 72nd Street or A and C to 72nd Street.
http://www.freewebs.com/gstpchurch/
(845) 264-7877
$15 suggested donation
Friday 29 April 2011, 7:30 PM: Chveneburebi Festival
James Chapel, Union Theological Seminary
3041 Broadway at 121 St, New York, NY
The Georgian Ministry for the Diaspora
has held concerts of the Chveneburebi Festival
in France, England, Spain, Switzerland, Turkey, Israel, and elsewhere,
uniting Georgians from the homeland with others in the diaspora,
and with other supporters of the Georgian arts.
Carl Linich is organizing performances in New York,
Philadelphia,
and Washington, DC for this festival's first American tour.
Kevin recently moved into the
Woodland Pond
assisted living facility in New Paltz.
When his unit's activities coordinator heard a recording from
Kingston,
she decided they should bring us in for a
concert!
We presented a one-hour concert with several Christmas songs (alilo)
for free-will donations to the
Gardiner Library.
We presented a full-length concert with several Christmas songs (alilo)
to benefit the Sanctuary Renovation Capital Campaign of
First Presbyterian Church.
Past events
(everything that hasn't made it to the programs page yet)
We returned to the
Sinterklaas
festival to perform a half-hour program with several Christmas songs (alilo)
at Third Evangelical Lutheran Church.
We performed a half-hour program in the Dutch Reformed Church,
and then joined in the insanity for a few songs in the cold and rain
at the closing ceremony at the end of the parade of the
Sinterklaas festival.
Saturday 15 November 2008, 7:30 PM:
Grace and St. Paul's Lutheran Church
123 West 71st Street, New York, NY
Eight singing groups will be featured in a
benefit concert
to support the ongoing work of the
International Red Cross
in areas affected by the war in Georgia:
- The Kartuli Ensemble
- The Other Georgia from Boston, MA
- Dzmoba from Philadelphia, PA
- Brevalo from Williamstown, MA
- Soloist Aurelia Shrenker
- Dedebi, a female choir and
- Gaurmarjos, a male choir, both from Princeton University
- The parish choir of St. Nino's Georgian Orthodox Mission, Brooklyn
Sunday 30 April 2008, 3 PM:
St. John's Church
35 Park Street, Williamstown, MA
Together with the Brevalo trio and Carl's new trio Nanina,
we presented a benefit concert for Maia Kachkachishvili,
our friend in Tbilisi who has handled translation and logistics
for two Kartuli Ensemble trips and several other of our members' trips.
Maia is recovering from a brain aneurysm that caused coma and paralysis
this past Christmastime,
and friends all over the world are helping
with her hospital bills of over $10,000.
This concert raised nearly $900 for Maia.
Sunday 23 September 2007, 3 PM:
All Saints Lutheran Church,
133 N. Cross Road, LaGrangeville, NY
Together with an unnamed trio from Williamstown, MA (now named Brevalo)
(Doug Paisley, Silvio Eberhardt, and Carl Linich filling in for Paul McFarland, who was unable to make it),
we presented a benefit concert for the church's capital campaign.
Sunday 10 December 2006, 3 PM:
Pirosmani Restaurant
2222 Ave U,
Brooklyn, NY 11229.
To all the members of the Georgian Ensemble
Dear Friends, I would like to express our love and appreciation for all
you are doing for popularization of the unique Georgian songs in the USA
and invite you to perform the Georgian Folk Songs on Sunday, December
10th, 2006 in Brooklyn at the "Pirosmani" restaurant at 3:00 p.m.
We will do our best to please you with traditional Georgian Cuisine.
In the name of Georgian Immigration
Nana Tatiashvili
We were treated to a wonderful supra with an appreciative Georgian audience.
Sunday 5 November 2006, noon:
NOMAD Festival of Traditional Music and Dance
Wilbur Cross High School,
181 Mitchell Drive,
New Haven, CT
The final report of the festival tells us:
One experiment that succeeded beyond our expectations was
use of the beautiful front foyer as a performance space.
. . .
We were especially pleased with a visit from our old friends,
the Kartuli Ensemble,
who entertained an appreciative SRO audience
with choral music from the Republic of Georgia.
Sunday 27 November 2005, 5:00 PM:
Fondo del Sol Museum,
2112 R St., NW, Washington, DC
Organized by Mark Zuver and Richard Osborne,
Yale Russian Chorus alumni and members of the Kartuli Ensemble performed for
the opening of a presentation of works by artists from
"Iveria" (Georgia) and "Iberia" (Spain and Ibero-America),
followed by a fundraising dinner at a nearby restaurant, La Tomate.
The co-hosts for the reception and dinner were the Fondo Del Sol Museum
and Levan Mikeladze, the Georgian Ambassador to the United States.
Saturday 29 October 2005, 7:30 PM:
Saint Peter's Church,
619 Lexington Avenue at 54th Street, New York, NY
In cooperation with
Village Harmony,
we presented a concert of the
Anchiskhati Choir,
one of the premier ensembles in Georgian traditional music
and the leading authorities on Georgian Church music.
We sang a short opening set.
Sunday 17 April 2005, 7 PM:
All Saints Lutheran Church,
133 N. Cross Road, LaGrangeville, NY
This was a benefit concert for Carl Linich's Georgian cousin Natia
whose severe astigmatism required eye surgery
costing about $3000 per eye.
We raised about $300 towards this,
and Natia has since had successful surgery on both eyes.
Natia's mother and Carl have sent us a
letter of appreciation.
We celebrated St. Nino's day with this concert at Kevin's church.
Proceeds from this concert series
benefit repairs to the stained-glass lead
at this historic church serving West Point.
25 January 2004:
Saint Nino's Church
71 South 3 St, Brooklyn, NY
We performed in alternating sets with some of the dancers from
the Dancing Crane for the church's Saint Nino's celebration.
Two women we met there were interested in singing with us,
and together with two people who contacted us a couple weeks later
they've joined up with David Graff and Jay Longan
to form a new NYC chapter of the Ensemble.
NYC weekend 8-9 November 2003:
rehearsal, concert, and Annual Meeting
at Trinity Lutheran Church in Middle Village
In good old-fashioned "Kartuli weekend" style,
we held about 6 hours of rehearsal on Saturday,
and a brief Annual Meeting preceding the 3 PM concert on Sunday.
Jay Longan worked with his church to provide a generous budget
for this concert,
and David Graff and family opened their home
to host a big sleepover in Briarcliff Manor.
Joining us from outside New York State were President Charlie Baum,
Mark Kuprych, David Gillman, and Mark Little,
and returning after long absences were Alex Bialy and Kevin Kirk.
(Let me know if I've forgotten anyone--it's taken me a long time to get this one written up!)
Kvali and the
Georgian Association
presented a celebration of Georgian culture
with a concert of several groups including the Kartuli Ensemble,
a fair of Georgian cultural vendors,
and a theatrical presentation to cap it all off.
5 October 2003:
Festival of Nations, Nashua, NH
Nashua's Sesquicentennial Committee put together this downtown
Festival of Nations as the start of a new annual event.
Glenn, Trish, and Cathy struggled bravely against wind and feedback
on a small outdoor stage to bring a taste of Georgian songs
to a modest but attentive crowd to pave the way for
possibly performing at the Holiday Stroll in coming years.
Iveria performed to a packed classroom at NEFFA this year.
6 December 2002:
Joint concert with
Adiloi
in the Seymour Saint John Chapel at Choate Rosemary Hall,
Wallingford, CT
Carl Linich and David Gillman joined the Hudson Valley chapter in this concert that included a few numbers sung jointly with Adiloi.
First Presbyterian Church
together with the Marlborough on the Hudson Arts Association
presents a free concert of the Kartuli Ensemble
at 7:00 PM on Saturday 23 November.
Refreshments will be offered at intermission.
Offerings of about $250 were collected to benefit the family of longtime friend Koba Khutsishvili of Mtiebi, who died suddenly a couple weeks before this concert.
2-9 October 2002:
International Conference:
Problems of Traditional Polyphony, Tbilisi
Soso Jordania
in Melbourne
sent us advance notice of this event last year:
Although only preliminary information about the conference is available,
several leading ethnomusiclogists from the USA and some European countries
have already expressed their interest in taking part in the conference.
Members of the Organizing Committee also had an idea to invite
Georgian singing ensembles from different countries.
After some preliminary communication,
it is clear that several ensembles are interested in coming to Tbilisi
to perform for the participants of the conference.
We were very late in putting together a group for the conference
and contacting the organizers in Tbilisi, but got a positive response
immediately:
Thank you very much for your e-mail and your wish
to participate in our forthcoming symposium.
We remember your concerts in Georgia very well
and the wonderful acceptance of your ensemble by the Georgian audience.
. . . we shall be very glad to include your Ensemble
in the program of the Symposium.
The Symposium will be held between 2-9 October, 2002.
- 2 October
- Opening Ceremony of the Symposium.
- 8 October
- Closing Ceremony with Gala Concert.
With warmest wishes.
The Organizing Committee
The symposium was very well received, and better attended than was
anticipated--meaning space in the lecture room and concert halls
got very tight!
Eduard Shevardnadze himself spoke at the opening ceremony
and expressed strong support for music in schools
and traditional music in school music programs.
Eleven foreign groups from nine countries gave concerts,
and among those presenting papers were two Kartuli Ensemble members.
Information about the symposium and its participants can be found at
polyphony.ge.
I hope to put together a report of the trip soon; in the meantime,
you can see a few of my pictures.
Six of the group bound for Tbilisi gathered at Jay Longan's church,
Trinity Lutheran Church in Middle Village.
We sang a little on Friday night,
rehearsed a good solid eight hours on Saturday,
and sang during and after the service on Sunday morning.
Tuesday 11 June 2002, 7:30 PM:
concert at Zion Episcopal Church, Wappingers Falls, NY
We originally planned this as a second concert with
Adiloi before their director left for college,
but, unfortunately, they were busier with the end of the semester
than they realized when we first discussed it.
Sunday 9 June 2002, 10:00 AM:
service at Zion Episcopal Church, Wappingers Falls, NY
In advance of our concert at Bill Brooks's church,
we sang "romelni kerubinta" as an anthem for their worship service
and a few songs in the fellowship hour afterward.
A section of the Ensemble gathered
at Richard Osborne's house in Faribault, Minnesota,
and sang at a theological conference at nearby Saint Olaf College
for which Jay Longan was organizing music on Sunday evening.
Iveria performed once again
at the New England Folk Festival Association's big annual festival
at Natick High School.
Saturday 20 April 2002, 2:00 PM:
Joint concert with Adiloi
in the Seymour Saint John Chapel at Choate Rosemary Hall,
Wallingford, CT
Adiloi is a group of kids at
Choate
who e-mailed me out of the blue last fall,
asking for some songs to sing on a concert in three weeks!
A group called Bread and Puppets got them interested in Georgian songs,
and in those three weeks they put together three songs to sing
at a reception after the all-school Parents' Week concert.
Minutes and background
of the meeting are online.
Please continue to pass the word about the Ensemble's new activity
to anybody we've missed!
29 December 2001, 8:30 PM:
Cubbyhole Coffeehouse, 44 Raymond Avenue, Poughkeepsie, NY
Our first formal performance in over two years!
We sang a couple songs at an open mic night at the Cubbyhole in October,
and Lee invited us on the spot to do a full concert there.
Admission is free, with a hat passed afterward,
so you have nothing to risk but your time and a good cappuccino.
2001-03-21:
Welcome back!
Yes, it had really been two years since this page was last updated!
Unfortunately, as members moved out of the Hudson Valley,
the Ensemble no longer had a core group to organize concerts.
But the group is back now and expanding its activities.
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Updated 2011-05-24
Glenn Knickerbocker