CALENDAR OF EVENTS

May 16th –18th
Festival of Greece 2008
Greek Orthodox Cathedral of the Ascension, Oakland, CA

Performing with the Kymata Band

http://kymataband.com/
Performance Times:
Saturday, May 17: 12-5pm
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http://www.oaklandgreekfestival.com/

In the early 1900’s Asia Minor Greeks were forced to flee their homes and resettle in the larger cities of Greece, bringing with them their traditional music. The Kymata Trio follows in the footsteps of these persecuted Asia Minor Greeks, particularly a sub-culture called "Rebetes", through their music spanning a period of roughly 50-60 years. The music of the “Rebetes” now referred to as Rebetiko (Reh-beh-teek–oh), has gone through a transformation, acquiring its own peculiar character. The songs, often compared to American blues, are full of grief, bitterness, passion and romance, telling the stories of simple ordinary people.

The Pro Arts Gallery
550 2nd Street, Oakland (map)
($18 General / $15 Seniors / $12 Students)Purchase Tickets
http://www.eventbrite.com/event/92708293
www.bayareabach.org

A night of Blues at the JCC
Saturday, December 15th 2007 at 8pm
Kymata Band and the Tribal Blues Band perform an evening of blues.

Since their founding more than a decade ago, Kymata has become a prominent fixture in the Greek community. They have developed a repertoire that tops a thousand songs and spans the full spectrum of Greek styles and musical traditions including Greek hits, old pops, Rembetika (often referred to as Greek Blues), Kantades Plakiotika, and Dimotika.


The Tribal Blues Band embodies the universal and human emotion of what binds us all together - the blues; before people knew they had Simchas, they had Tzorus - the Blues. The band plays original and standard blues, jazz and funk music.

JCC East Bay
1414 Walnut Street
Bereley, CA 94709
http://www.jcceastbay.org/jcc/arts_culture_music.htm
Tickets: $10 general
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May 18th –20th
Festival of Greece 2007
Greek Orthodox Cathedral of the Ascension, Oakland, CA

Performing with the Kymata Band
Performance Times:
Friday, May 18th: 6-11pm
Sunday, May 20th: 2-8pm
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Will be releasing a Live recording from our February 23rd Concert at Pro-Arts!!! They will be available online in June.

PAST PERFORMANCES

THE JOSQUIN SINGERS

March 15th, 17th, and 22nd

The Josquin Singers , a professional vocal ensemble based in the Bay Area, present “The Gates of Repentance: Lenten Music from the Byzantine and Slavic Traditions,” a free concert in cooperation with the St. John Koukouzelis Institute for Liturgical Arts and sponsored in part by the Greek Orthodox Metropolis of San Francisco. Some of the most elegant and profound music ever created comes out of the Lenten period of the Eastern Orthodox tradition. This program will include Byzantine chants, including the famed “Great Troparion,” by the 9^th century composer Kassiane the Nun and excerpts from the “Great Canon” of St. Andrew of Crete (7th-8th centuries); and Slavic chants and polyphony, including selections of Dvestmenny polyphony and compositions by Peter Tchaikovsky.

The program will be performed Thursday, March 15th in San Francisco at St. Matthew's Lutheran Church, 3281 16th Street; Saturday, March 17th at Sacramento’s Annunciation Greek Orthodox Church, 600 Alhambra Blvd.; and Thursday, March 22 in Oakland at the Greek Orthodox Cathedral of the Ascension, 4700 Lincoln Ave, as part of The Greek Cultural Celebration Week. Admission is free; suggested donation is $15.

Thursday, March 15th @7:30PM

Saint Matthew's Lutheran Church

3281 16th Street, San Francisco (map)

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Saturday, March 17th @7:30PM

Annunciation Greek Orthodox Church

600 Alhambra Blvd, Sacramento (map)

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Thursday, March 22nd @7:30PM

Greek Orthodox Cathedral of the Ascension

4700 Lincoln Avenue, Oakland (map)

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Last Friday of the Month Concert Series - February, 2007

The Songs of Greece - A musical journey from antiquity to the 21st century
Featuring the Kymata Band

A rare opportunity to experience a live performance of Greek music that spans centuries. On Friday, February 23rd, Bay Area Classical Harmonies and the Pro Arts Gallery present the Kymata Band. Kymata will take you on a musical journey through time and place, beginning in Ancient Greece and ending in Modern Greece. They will demonstrate the lineage of contemporary Greek music, exploring the most influential time periods in Greek history and how they each affected the musical traditions of Greece. The program will include the earliest known composition, found on the Epitaph of Seikilos that dates back to c. 200 BC, a song celebrating the coming of spring from the Byzantine period, a patriotic song spurring on the Greek Revolution, and songs of the Rebetic tradition, often referred to as Greek Blues. Explanations and visual presentations will enhance the musical component of the concert. They will conclude the program with a sampling of contemporary Greek music where the audience will be able to identify familiar patterns and sounds from the past. (Click Here to check out the Kymata Band's website)

Kymata is lead by George Mylordos on Bouzouki, with Kosta Papamichael on vocals, guitar and dumbec and Katerina Clambaneva on vocals. The band has been a fixture in the bay area’s Greek community since 1994, and has featured a number of musicians through the years. Kymata was featured on KQED’s Spark and a video clip can be viewed a here: http://www.kqed.org/arts/people/spark/profile.jsp?id=4569

In 2006 a partnership was formed between the ProArts Gallery and Bay Area Classical Harmonies (BACH). They each felt it was important to cross artistic genres and expose their patrons to a unique experience where several senses were engaged at a time. Thus, the Last Friday of the Month Concert series was created. BACH, a non-profit organization, has been dedicated to the presentation of fine classical music in the greater San Francisco Bay Area and is now expanding into presenting world music.

December 15th & 16th, 2006 (Friday & Saturday)

A Star from the East - The Josquin Singers (Advent / Christmas Music from the Eastern orthdox Traditions)
Singing alto in this Professional Choral Ensemble.

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PAST PERFORMANCES

Friday, October 27th, 2006

"Sounds from the Underworld" - the kick off of the Last Friday of the Month Concert Series @ The Pro Arts Gallery. For more info: Click Here
 

Saturday April 22^nd and Sunday April 23^rd