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•Wednesday May 16, 9:30pm
Novilunio: world fusion music project
San Francisco International Arts Festival
International Festival Lounge - 540 Sutter Street, SF
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•Saturday May 19, 9pm
Novilunio: world fusion music project
The Independent - 628 Divisadero, San Francisco
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Samavesha presents
Novilunio
a world music fusion project by
Laura Inserra & Elizabeth Setzer with Evan Fraser.
Sunday, April 1, 2012 6pm
Numi Tea Garden
2230 Livingston Street, Oakland, CA 94606
FREE admission!
We rely on your generosity!
20% discount on loose-leaf tea by the cup. Bagged tea by the cup
will be donation based. Snacks and light bites available.
Novilunio, the Italian term for 'new moon', is a world fusion music project created by multi-instrumentalist Laura Inserra and vocalist/pianist Elizabeth Setzer. Their music combines traditional folk songs from the Balkans and Caucasus region with original and improvised elements. Most of the instruments played belong to various ancient traditions from around the world, while others are contemporary inventions. The concert will feature guest musicians Evan Fraser (multi-instrumentalist from Hamsa Lila and Stella Mara).
Laura Inserra is a vibrant and talented composer, multi-instrumentalist, teacher and artistic director. She is a classically trained musician with a strong improvisational background who utilizes multiple musical and performance skills. A native of Sicily, her work in Italy is well- known, including integral participation in the composition of numerous movie scores and the artistic direction of innovative live productions. In 2007, Inserra founded SAMAVESHA, an international non-profit multidisciplinary performing art organization. Audiences worldwide are mesmerized by her musical virtuosity and captivated by the passion she brings to the stage.
www.laurainserra.com
Elizabeth Setzer is an American musician, she received the BA in music at Mills College in Oakland, CA. Elizabeth studied Bulgarian folk singing with Svetla Stanilova at the Academy of Music in Plovdiv, Bulgaria on a Fulbright grant for one year. During this time she performed with the Phillipopoly Folk Ensemble, and studied the tambura with Vladimir Vladimirov. In January 2009 she began to sing with KITKA Women's Vocal Ensemble in Oakland, California, and now she is the group’s Music Director.
www.kitka.org
Evan Fraser is a multi-instrumentalist, performer and recording artist currently based in the Bay Area. Evan graduated from CalArts in LA with a BFA degree in World Music. His teachers include: John Bergamo, Randy Gloss, Alfred & Kobla Ladzekpo, Sulley Imoro, Nyomen Wenton, Jim Santi Owen, Mark Growden, Hamsa Lila, Mamadou Sidibe & Yakouba Diarra. Some of the instruments Evan plays are: electric kalimba, mbira, marimbula (bass kalimba), kalimbas in different keys, jaw harp, (jew's harp, mouth harp) in all keys from many different countries, frame drums, berimbau, pandeiro, dumbek, zabumba (bass drum), calabash, and anything else he can get his hands on!
http://www.reverbnation.com/evanfraser
Samavesha presents
Musical Journeys
a live concert series of modern global music
Sunday, March 25, 2012 6pm
Tbird Luv - flute, voice, ukulele
and
Laura Inserra - Hang, percussion
Numi Tea Garden
2230 Livingston Street
Oakland, CA 94606
FREE admission!
We rely on your generosity!
20% discount on loose-leaf tea by the cup. Bagged tea by the cup
will be donation based. Snacks and light bites available.
Tbird Luv music is about taking risks and creating beauty all at the same time. To hear "catbird growl" once live, is a rare experience of those few musical geniuses really pushing their art form. Performing on stages like TEDx women SF and Lincoln Stage NYC, she combines extended techniques for flute and vocal harmonies sung over vamped rhythmical sections of bird calls, wind sounds, growls and counterpoint. Metaphorically, mimicking Nature. As a singer song writer, she blends aspects of acoustic, ambient and indigenous music with edgy and soulful undertones of blues and indie rock. www.tbirdluvmusic.com
Laura Inserra is a vibrant and talented composer, multi-instrumentalist, percussionist and artistic director from Italy. She is a classically trained musician with a strong improvisational background, and plays contemporary and world music in different projects. In collaboration with acclaimed musicians from all over the world, Inserra has written and performed music for theater, dance performances, art exhibits, and film soundtracks. For over 15 years, she has been a performer and artistic director in multidisciplinary performances in Europe and in the US. Audiences worldwide are mesmerized by her musical virtuosity and captivated by the passion she brings to the stage. www.laurainserra.com
Musical Journeys are curated by Laura Inserra
www.musicaljourneys.org
www.samavesha.org
Samavesha presents
Novilunio
a world music fusion project by
Laura Inserra & Elizabeth Setzer
with Evan Fraser (multi-instrumentalist), Briget Boyle and Janet Kutulas (vocalists from Kitka Women's Vocal Ensemble), and Armenian folk singer Hasmik Harutyunyan.
Friday, March 9, 2012 8pm
Sliding scale $10-20
Subterranean Arthouse
2179 Bancroft Way - Berkeley, CA 94704
Free metered parking after 6pm. There are garages nearby. After 7pm, parking is available in the neighboring car wash lot but you should pay $5 to the gas station on Fulton and Kittredge. Subterranean Arthouse is located three blocks southeast of the Downtown Berkeley BART station.
Novilunio, the Italian term for 'new moon', is a world fusion music project created by multi-instrumentalist Laura Inserra and vocalist/pianist Elizabeth Setzer. Their music combines traditional folk songs from the Balkans and Caucasus region with original and improvised elements. Most of the instruments played belong to various ancient traditions from around the world, while others are contemporary inventions. The concert will feature guest musicians Evan Fraser (multi-instrumentalist from Hamsa Lila and Stella Mara), Briget Boyle, and Janet Kutulas (singers from Kitka Women’s Vocal Ensemble).
Laura Inserra is a vibrant and talented composer, multi-instrumentalist, teacher and artistic director. She is a classically trained musician with a strong improvisational background who utilizes multiple musical and performance skills. A native of Sicily, her work in Italy is well- known, including integral participation in the composition of numerous movie scores and the artistic direction of innovative live productions. In 2007, Inserra founded SAMAVESHA, an international non-profit multidisciplinary performing art organization. Audiences worldwide are mesmerized by her musical virtuosity and captivated by the passion she brings to the stage.
www.laurainserra.com
Elizabeth Setzer is an American musician, she received the BA in music at Mills College in Oakland, CA. Elizabeth studied Bulgarian folk singing with Svetla Stanilova at the Academy of Music in Plovdiv, Bulgaria on a Fulbright grant for one year. During this time she performed with the Phillipopoly Folk Ensemble, and studied the tambura with Vladimir Vladimirov. In January 2009 she began to sing with KITKA Women's Vocal Ensemble in Oakland, California, and now she is the group’s Music Director.
www.kitka.org
Evan Fraser is a multi-instrumentalist, performer and recording artist currently based in the Bay Area. Evan graduated from CalArts in LA with a BFA degree in World Music. His teachers include: John Bergamo, Randy Gloss, Alfred & Kobla Ladzekpo, Sulley Imoro, Nyomen Wenton, Jim Santi Owen, Mark Growden, Hamsa Lila, Mamadou Sidibe & Yakouba Diarra. Some of the instruments Evan plays are: electric kalimba, mbira, marimbula (bass kalimba), kalimbas in different keys, jaw harp, (jew's harp, mouth harp) in all keys from many different countries, frame drums, berimbau, pandeiro, dumbek, zabumba (bass drum), calabash, and anything else he can get his hands on!
http://www.reverbnation.com/evanfraser
Prior to joining Kitka in 2004,
Briget Boyle attended the College of Santa Fe as a Music Performance and Composition major. Currently she performs with Kitka, the award-winning Balkan brass band Brass Menažeri, and True Life Trio. In 2006 and 2007, she was the Assistant Director of the Jewish Music Festival in Berkeley and is now working as Kitka’s Ensemble Manager.
www.kitka.org
Janet Kutulas had a former career as a freelance flutist in the San Francisco and Chicago areas, playing in the EARPLAY New Music Ensemble, California Symphony, Berkeley Symphony, SF Symphony’s New and Unusual Music Series, Civic Orchestra of Chicago, Illinois Philharmonic, and other groups. She has been a Kitka singer since 1988, and was a music director of the group from 1997 - 2010.
www.kitka.org
Hasmik Harutyunyan was born in Yerevan, Armenia. Hasmik graduated from a music institute and pedagogical university, in vocal and physics/mathematics departments. She was a long-time soloist in the Armenian National Radio's Akunq Folk Ensemble and is now soloist for Yerevan's Shoghaken Folk Ensemble. Hasmik has recorded several CDs, for Traditional Crossroads and Face Music (Switzerland), in which folk music from different regions of Historic Armenia are presented. Her purpose is for this music to be preserved, passed on to coming generations, and presented across the world. Her recording “Armenian Lullabies: Hasmik Harutyunyan with the Shoghaken Ensemble” was recognized by the New York Times as the best Armenian recording worldwide. For Hasmik, music is life itself — its happiness, sadness, and struggle. She feels it is her responsibility to keep traditional Armenian music alive, and to keep it free from foreign influence. She believes Armenian music is a living thing, not meant for history books. Read more...
Samavesha presents
Musical Journeys
A live concert series of modern global music and selected fine tea.
Sunday, February 19 2012 6pm
with
Laura Inserra (multi-instrumentalist), Hasmik Harutyunyan (Armenian singer), Aharon Wheels Bolsta (tablas, bansuri, percussion), Elizabeth Setzer (singer), Evan Fraser (multi-instrumentalist), Cornelius Boots (shakuhachi flutes, bass clarinet), Jesse Sheehan (tabla, bansuri, sax) & more ...
FREE admission!
We rely on your generosity!
20% discount on loose-leaf tea by the cup. Bagged tea by the cup will be donation based. Snacks and light bites available.
Musical Journeys are curated by Laura Inserra
www.musicaljourneys.org
‘All journeys have secret destinations of which the traveler is unaware.’
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-Martin Buber
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Samavesha presents
Novilunio
a new musical project by
Laura Inserra & Elizabeth Setzer with Evan Fraser (multi-instrumentalist)
Sunday, January 8, 2012 6pm
Numi Tea Garden
2230 Livingston Street
Oakland, CA 94606
www.numiteagarden.com
FREE admission!
We rely on your generosity!
20% discount on loose-leaf tea by the cup. Bagged tea by the cup
will be donation based. Snacks and light bites available.
www.novilunio.org
Laura Inserra is a vibrant and talented composer, multi-instrumentalist, teacher and artistic director. She is a classically trained musician with a strong improvisational background who utilizes multiple musical and performance skills. A native of Sicily, her work in Italy is well- known, including integral participation in the composition of numerous movie scores and the artistic direction of innovative live productions. In 2007, Inserra founded SAMAVESHA, an international non-profit multidisciplinary performing art organization. Audiences worldwide are mesmerized by her musical virtuosity and captivated by the passion she brings to the stage. More info...
Elizabeth Setzer is an American musician, she received the BA in music at Mills College in Oakland, CA. Elizabeth studied Bulgarian folk singing with Svetla Stanilova at the Academy of Music in Plovdiv, Bulgaria on a Fulbright grant for one year. During this time she performed with the Phillipopoly Folk Ensemble, and studied the tambura with Vladimir Vladimirov. In January 2009 she began to sing with KITKA Women's Vocal Ensemble in Oakland, California, and now she is the group’s Music Director. More info...
Evan Fraser is a multi-instrumentalist, performer and recording artist currently based in the Bay Area. Evan graduated from CalArts in LA with a BFA degree in World Music. His teachers include: John Bergamo, Randy Gloss, Alfred & Kobla Ladzekpo, Sulley Imoro, Nyomen Wenton, Jim Santi Owen, Mark Growden, Hamsa Lila, Mamadou Sidibe & Yakouba Diarra. Some of the instruments Evan plays are: electric kalimba, mbira, marimbula (bass kalimba), kalimbas in different keys, jaw harp, (jew's harp, mouth harp) in all keys from many different countries, frame drums, berimbau, pandeiro, dumbek, zabumba (bass drum), calabash, caxixi, clave, guiro, bells, quarkeba (metal castentets), tamborine, bottles, overtone flute, ney, spoons, bones, & shakers (so many kinds!). Kamale Ngoni (an african harp similar to a kora) in several keys, lap steel slide guitar, electric lap steel, dan bau, cigar box slide guitar, & resophonic slide dobro, harmonica in several keys, and anything else he can get his hands on! More info...
