Join Rumelia Collective for an Album release celebration, featuring the collective’s more vocally rich and acoustic material for your quiet listening pleasure.
Date: Saturday, May 18, 7-9 PM
Location: San Miguel Chapel, 401 Old Santa Fe Trail, Santa Fe, NM 87501
Tickets: $20-30 sliding scale. Advance tickets available here and also at the door
Santa Fe Tradfest
Date: Saturday, August 24, 12 PM
Location: Bishop’s Ridge: Camp Stoney & Recreation Center, 7855 Old Santa Fe Trail, Santa Fe, NM 87505
For more info, visit: www.santafetradfest.org
An intimate concert in the space where the album was recorded. Seating is extremely limited, advanced ticket reservations highly recommended. Following the live album preview will be an opportunity for a Q&A with the band, song requests, and the first chance to purchase the album, Beneath Roses.
Date: Sunday, April 28, 4-6 PM
Location: The Kitchen Sink Recording Studio, 528 Jose St, Santa Fe, NM 87501
Ticket Price: $20-30 suggested donation
No onsite parking is available. Check your map for surrounding parking lot availability.
Join Rumelia Collective and Santa Fe International Folk Dancers for an evening of live music and traditional dancing to celebrate the release of our new album Beneath Roses. Lessons will intersperse the evening. All ages welcome.
Date: Wednesday, May 8, 7-9:30 PM
Location: Odd Fellows Hall, 1125 Cerrillos Rd, Santa Fe, NM 87505
Ticket Price: $10, children under 12 free, no presale tickets.
Rumelia Collective is delighted to fill the Oddfellows Hall with live music for an evening of Balkan folk dances with the Santa Fe International Folk Dancers.
Rumelia Collective is a group of musicians who love playing the music of the Balkans and Mideast, as well as many other musical styles from around the world. Members Nicolle Jensen, Willa Roberts, Sitara Schauer, and Alysha Shaw weave an intricate and mesmerizing blend of contemporary and traditional folk elements in their arrangements.
“Rumelia” comes from the word “Rumeli” meaning “Land of the Romans, a Turkish word used to describe the Southern Balkan region. The music is unique to the western ear in that it uses odd time signatures (e.g. 5/8, 718, 918, 11/8), close harmonies, as well as eastern scales and tonalities. Rumelia Collective’s core repertoire is derived from traditional and popular tunes of Albania, Turkey, Greece, Macedonia and Bulgaria, to name a few.
From the KUNM website:
“Recorded on March 21, 2014, this edition features the Balkan sounds of Santa Fe’s Rumelia. After recording their debut CD “Lost and Found” the group has expanded their repertoire of traditional songs from Southern and Eastern Europe and the Balkans to over 200 pieces. Performing currently as a quartet, Rumelia played for us in this trio format.”
Alicia Shaw: lead vocals, dumbek
Sitara Schauer: parlor guitar, violin, vocals
Deborah Ungar: accordion, clarinets, vocals
Engineered by Roman Garcia with Marshall Broyles with camera/videography by Jefferson White
“Lost and Found,” considered as a finalist in two categories in the 2014 New Mexico Music Awards.
Best Instrumental Performance
Rumelia
Pajduska Trojka
N. Jensen, S. Schauer, D. Ungar
Monkey House Records
Best Vocal Performance
Rumelia
Nardanina
N. Jensen, S. Schauer, D. Ungar
Monkey House Records
Some of the instruments of Rumelia, photograph by Jason S. Ordaz