Music from Caucasus and Balkans: Friendship and Wine

Poster: "Friendship and Wine" - An evening of music from the Caucasus and the Balkans
Credit: Machari

...The Older, the Better.

Dear music lover,
You are cordially invited for an evening with mainly Georgian folk songs, with a Balkan ingredient as well.

"Friendship & Wine"

An evening of music from the Caucasus and the Balkans

Presented by:
Machari
Megobrebi
Trio Kundzuli

Friday, March 27th 2009
7:30 p.m.
Heliconian Hall
35 Hazelton Avenue, Toronto, ON
(1 block noth of Yorkville Ave)

$15 or pay what you can

For more information,
contact Bie @ 416-203-8907

Machari is an eight-member group of enthusiastic singers, whose name means "new wine", a metaphorical reference to the fomentation of new ideas.
Megobrebi is a twelve-member women’s group with friendship at its core and song as its expression. The name "Megobrebi" means "Friends".
Kundzuli means "Island" and is a trio of women singers from Toronto Island
Credit: megobrebi.ca

Note: We really enjoyed one of the previous concerts of the Toronto-based vocal harmonies in May of 2007. As Enhee put it: "Appreciation of different cultures is what brings us together, through songs, music and other arts. Perhaps the most direct, efficient, and certainly, most pleasant way.
Toronto is a great place to be to learn about the world…"

See you there!

links:
torontolife.com: Toronto Heliconian Hall
Megobrebi Means Friends: Torontonian Georgian Singing Groups Performance
smallworldmusic.com: Machari Ensemble: Georgian Ensemble Bio

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Megobrebi Means Friends: Torontonian Georgian Singing Groups Performance

Megobrebi Poster

Come celebrate Georgian Independence Day with
MEGOBREBI
a Toronto Women’s Georgian Singing Ensemble
in a Concert of Beautiful Georgian Vocal Harmonies
Saturday, May 26, 2007 at 3 pm
Christ the Saviour Russian Orthodox Cathedral
823 Manning Avenue (at Follis)
The Church is located between Bloor and Dupont and Christie and Bathurst;
close to the Christie Subway Station
Tickets: $10
For further information, contact megobrebi@gmail.com or
416-656-5858
Other Torontonian Georgian Singing Groups Performing:
KUNDZULI, MACHARI

Credit: Megobrebi

Megobrebi - Toronto Women's Georgian Singing Ensemble
Bie Engelen, chunir

Visiting the Republic of Georgia – in downtown Toronto

This was my first experience attending a concert of a choir singing Georgian folk songs. The extraordinary thing about the event was the choir singers were all Canadians! It was there too that I learned there were four different Georgian choral groups in Toronto, and all of their singers are Canadian!
So many Georgian folklore enthusiasts in Canada! The question that begs to be asked: Why isn’t there any Georgian involved? Hmm…
The concert, interestingly enough, was held in a Russian Orthodox Church, and the MC turned out to be Father Oleg Kirilov of that Church.
Quite an unusual afternoon, worth repeating one day. Hopefully in the near future.

Olivia

Trio Kundzuli

Georgia’s Independence Day in Toronto

Toronto is indeed a multicultural city. Where else can we find ourselves in a Russian Orthodox Church listening to Georgian songs performed by a Canadian choir? To commemorate Georgia’s Independence Day? And not just any Georgian songs, but Georgian folk songs ranging from lullabies to wedding cheers that are being enthusiastically preserved by world music lovers in Toronto.
Appreciation of different cultures is what brings us together, through songs, music and other arts. Perhaps the most direct, efficient, and certainly, most pleasant way.
Toronto is a great place to be to learn about the world…

Enhee

Megobrebi in a concert of beautiful Georgian vocal harmonies May 26, 2007

ucxoelebi mgerian qartulad
http://youtube.com/watch?v=wi4RgUu7xzM
26 maiss torontoshi gaimarta qalta ansambli "MEGOBREBI"-s koncerti.
by kggj
Credit: georgian blog www.chveneburi.co.nr

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Megobrebi Means Friends: Torontonian Georgian Singing Groups Performance
http://artjunction.blogspot.com/2007/05/megobrebi-means-friends-torontonian.html