A Celebration of Georgian Song
In early April Chela are looking forward to welcoming members of award-winning women’s ensemble “Ialoni” from Tbilisi. Ialoni are led by Nino Naneishvili, who has visited Cambridge several times before and each time captivated us with her joyful teaching style and repertoire of songs.
On Friday 6th April we will be sharing the stage with Ialoni in Little St Mary’s Church on Trumpington Street, Cambridge, singing a mixture of secular and church songs from Georgia. Do come and join us if you can – you can reserve seats in advance by email – see attached poster for details.
In concert and workshop at FolkEast 2017
Chela is singing at FolkEast 2017
See the lineup for FolkEast 2017 here.
Easter Songs from Georgia
A concert by Chela, the Cambridge Georgian choir:
at 7:30 pm
on Wednesday 5th April 2017
in
Jesus College Chapel
Cambridge
CB5 8BL
Entry is free, but there will be a retiring collection to support training of the choir and charitable causes in Georgia.
To reserve seats, please email:
chelatickets@gmail.com
Download a poster from here.
Discover the mystery of Georgian harmony from a master
Workshop:
2 – 6 pm
Sunday 26th June 2016
at
1 Lyndewode Road
Cambridge
CB1 2HL.
Chela, the Cambridge Georgian choir, welcomes the return of Malkhaz, an ethnomusicologist from Tbilisi, Georgia. He gave workshops in Cambridge in 2008 and 2014 and gave a concert with his choir Sakhioba in 2011. Malkhaz is one of the leading specialists of the modal scale used in church chants and traditional Georgian song at the conservatoire.
Price: £15, £13 concession
To book your place contact by email:
ashlyn.armour-brown@ntlworld.com
or phone Ashlyn or Miranda on:
tel: 01223 353586 mob: 07811 206630
A Sunday afternoon workshop of Georgian song and dance
Chela welcomes Nana Mzhavanadze to Cambridge again.
Nana is blessed with an exquisite singing voice. You may have heard this Gurian nightingale singing Georgian songs.
She is an experienced and sympathetic teacher.
Workshop at St Paul’s Centre, Hills Road CB2 1JP
2 – 6 pm on Sunday 19th June 2016
Contact Ashlyn or Miranda on:
tel: 01223 353586
mob: 07811 206630
or email: ashlyn.armour-brown@ntlworld.com
cost £15 or £13 concession
Spring Greetings!
Chela are returning to St Peter’s in early May for their annual Easter Wassail (see the flyer on the Calendar page), and this year, as well as the traditional Easter liturgical pieces, we are heralding the arrival of spring with a number of folk songs featuring our feathered friends. We will be singing of Blackbirds, Nightingales, Cuckoos and Crows…. and of snatched kisses with fair girls!
