Barbara joined Kitka from 2014-2016, where she developed a deep love of Eastern European and Balkan folk singing styles. She is currently rejoining the group for the 2022 Wintersongs Cycle, and Baba, a multimedia, multidisciplinary musical performance by Director/Composer Karmina Šilec.
For Details on the Wintersongs 2022 schedule, see:
http://www.kitka.org/events/2022/dec17/wintersongs
To learn about the Baba project, see:
http://www.kitka.org/events/2023/2/23/world-premiere-baba-a-new-music-theater-work-by-karmina-ilec-8wn6p
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"The women in Kitka are fearless sonic explorers, and you can hear their intrepid spirit in every haunting song. For four decades, the nine-woman Oakland ensemble has developed a vast, breathtaking repertoire of traditional songs from the Balkans, Caucasus and Slavic lands, as well as new material composed for the group drawing on those traditional vocal practices."
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