The Kitka Women’s Vocal Ensemble, based in Oakland, brought its annual Wintersongs concert program to St. Bede’s Church in Menlo Park Sunday, Dec. 11, after a pandemic-caused absence of two years.

Kitka Women's Vocal Ensemble and renowned Armenian Folk Singer Hasmik Harutyunyan join forces to present Gorani: Love Songs to Lost Homelands. One of Armenia's leading folk singers, Hasmik Harutyunyan ...

Celebrating its 35th anniversary, powerhouse women's vocal ensemble, Kitka, has announced dates for its annual WINTERSONGS tour. Nine concerts are scheduled between December 4 and 20, 2014 at venues ...

Anyone seeking sounds of hope during the long, dark stretch of the COVID-19 lockdown need look no further than the human voice. Among the first sounds heard in the womb — and often the last sound ...

Because so much of her music is created to be performed by herself or her ensemble, Meredith Monk is a composer with a distinctive sound - not only a stylistic fingerprint, but also a recognizable ...

The women of the Oakland-based women’s choral group KITKA (which means “bouquet” in Bulgarian and Macedonian) manage to stand out in the diverse Bay Area choral scene because they offer something ...

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Born 150 years ago, the Armenian priest and pioneering ethnomusicologist Komitas Vardapet singlehandedly forged his people’s vast and ancient musical legacy into a coherent collection, encompassing ...

Celebrating its 35th anniversary, powerhouse women's vocal ensemble, Kitka, has announced dates for its annual WINTERSONGS tour. Nine concerts are scheduled between today, December 4 and 20, 2014 at ...