SlaveYa.org
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Slaveya
Description
Slaveya, founded in 1984, takes its name from the Bulgarian word for "nightingale" - in fact, the popular song Dragana i slaveya tells the story of a singing contest between a young woman and a nightingale. The members of Slaveya are American women who are united in their love of this beautiful music. In 2003, Tatiana Sarbinska, an internationally recognized performer and teacher in Bulgaria and the United States, joined Slaveya as artistic director.
Slaveya performs traditional unaccompanied vocal music from the Balkans and neighboring regions. The group’s repertoire is drawn primarily from the Slavic vocal heritage of Bulgaria, Macedonia, Bosnia, Croatia, Serbia, Russia, and Ukraine. Traditionally sung by women, the lyrics reflect the constants of village life: the harvest, war and its heroes (folk and real), matchmaking, flirtation, loves lost and found, birth and death. Women sing while sowing and harvesting in the fields, at "working bees" in the home, and while participating in community life at village dances, weddings and religious and seasonal celebrations.
Slaveya has performed for many Washington, D.C.-area events, including the 2004 Wammies (Washington Area Music Awards) at the Strathmore Music Center; a collaborative concert with the Capitol Hill Chorale; the Kennedy Center Millennium Stage concert series; the Library of Congress Capital Roots concert series (appearing with Tatiana Sarbinska); the Washington Folk Festival; the City of Fairfax Spotlight on the Arts; the Takoma Park Folk Festival; the Lutheran Church of the Reformation New Connections series; Bulgarian Community Center events; the National Presbyterian Center International Mission Fair; the Baltimore Folk Music Association Folk Festival; and the Northern Virginia Folk Festival.
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