Tuesday, May 30, 8 pm
at Zephyr Community Art Studio
in support of Media Jeweler from LA
1520 Center Drive #2, Santa Fe
$5-10 suggested donation, no one turned away
Rumelia has reformed under a new name: Rumelia Collective. We are looking forward to debuting a new sound at the San Miguel Chapel on Saturday February 4, 2017 at 7:30 PM!
The concert at the chapel will feature performances by Nicolle Jensen, Willa Roberts, Sitara Schauer, Alysha Shaw, and Hayriye Büşra Solak. We will present a selection of our favorite vocal music from Albania, Bulgaria, Georgia, Greece, Hungary, Macedonia, Russia, Serbia, and Turkey.
Rumelia Collective is a collective of musicians who love playing the music of the Balkans and Mideast, as well as many other musical styles from around the world. Our range is wide— we can bring you dance grooves unlike anything else you can find in a club in Santa Fe, and we can also fill an ancient chapel with striking vocal harmonies in non-western tonalities. We’ve been told that our live performance is an experience not to be missed.
Who: Rumelia Collective
What: A concert of Balkan vocal music
Where: at the San Miguel Chapel 401 Old Santa Fe Trail
When: Saturday, February 4, 2017 7:30 PM
Ticket Details: $20 General Admission, $10 Students and Seniors, Children under 12 FREE. Tickets are available at the door.
For more information call: 505-795-9145
Santa Fe Reporter – September 2, 2015
Think of the term “Balkan music” for just a second. Can you hear it in your head? Sort of, maybe? It’s actually a tricky proposition, thanks in part to acts like Gogol Bordello or even the superhuman Beirut adding a sort of indie-rock (read: hipster) layer to the traditionally southeastern European style of folk music and diluting some of the cultural norms. Thank goodness, then, for Rumelia. The local quartet, comprised of Nicolle Jensen (voice and percussion), Sitara Schauer (violin/vocals), Alysha Shaw (vocals and percussion) and Deborah Ungar (clarinet and accordion), has been kicking around town for ages, slowly but surely developing its style and winning fans while cultivating a more authentic homage to the folk music of Greece, Turkey, Romania, Macedonia and oh-so-many other countries.
Read the article in the Santa Fe Reporter »