This talented group of singers from Georgia presents women's songs from their homeland in the Caucasus. As well as lullabies for one to three voices we find songs which have a magical effect on the weather, healing songs for infectious diseases and songs associated with religious customs; songs which were sung whilst carrying out work traditionally done by women, such as the production and processing of wool or calming the cows during milking. The laments, which are still common in many parts of Georgia, are particularly impressive. There are also comical songs and songs to accompany dancing.
Mzetamze means "sun of suns," a mythological name with female origins. For Mzetamze members the sun symbolizes the inherent self-confidence of Georgian women and a new approach to their traditional music. (note that the sun is female and the moon masculine in Georgian mythology).

In 1986, 6 women ethno-musicologists from the Tbilisi conservatory - Ketevan Baiashvili, Nino Shvelidze, Ketevan Nikoladze, Nato Zumbadze, Nino Makharadze and Nana Valishvili - joined together to form an ensemble dedicated to singing the musical traditions of Georgian women. Often their songs are ones that they have learnt and recorded themselves from the rich, oral musical tradition still to be heard in the Georgian countryside.
Today you have the opportunity to sing with them and to hear them.

With support from Talking in Tune

Booking Info:
Tickets Ashlyn: tel: 01223 353586email: ashlyn.armour-brown@ntlworld.com

This talented group of singers from Georgia presents women's songs from their homeland in the Caucasus. As well as lullabies for one to three voices we find songs which have a magical effect on the weather, healing songs for infectious diseases and songs associated with religious customs; songs which were sung whilst carrying out work traditionally done by women, such as the production and processing of wool or calming the cows during milking. The laments, which are still common in many parts of Georgia, are particularly impressive. There are also comical songs and songs to accompany dancing.
Mzetamze means "sun of suns," a mythological name with female origins. For Mzetamze members the sun symbolizes the inherent self-confidence of Georgian women and a new approach to their traditional music. (note that the sun is female and the moon masculine in Georgian mythology).

In 1986, 6 women ethno-musicologists from the Tbilisi conservatory - Ketevan Baiashvili, Nino Shvelidze, Ketevan Nikoladze, Nato Zumbadze, Nino Makharadze and Nana Valishvili - joined together to form an ensemble dedicated to singing the musical traditions of Georgian women. Often their songs are ones that they have learnt and recorded themselves from the rich, oral musical tradition still to be heard in the Georgian countryside.
Today you have the opportunity to sing with them and to hear them.

Booking Info:
email talkingintune@ntlworld.com or phone 01223 573288
if you want to come or want to know more.

Alexandra Wood (violin), Deborah Calland (trumpet), Kyle Horch (saxophone), Helen Reid (piano)

An adventurous and ambitious exploration of the interaction between words, music and visuals. The programme explores supernatural motifs and also the concept of melodrama not only as a stage genre, but also in terms of its influence on opera and early silent film, examining the broader idea of the relationship between sound and image, spoken text and music.

‘On the Edge' is a boldly innovative, cross-genre project bringing together elements of music, theatre and video. The 35-minute piece alternates music and narration to create a work which, in the composers own words, will be ‘colourful, strange, multilayered and slightly absurd'.

Held in Fitzwilliam College Auditorium.

For tickets, contact the Director of Music at Fitzwilliam, Francis Knights, on fk240@cam.ac.uk or phone 01223 332000

www.counterpoise.org.uk

statues of Isaac Newton and Lord Tennyson will have the good fortune of sharing their illustrious home with psychedelic light effects and the inimitable sounds of Syd Barrett. The gala performance promises to be a weirdly apt fusion of the divergent faces of Cambridge life.

Booking Info:
Book online - http://www.thecitywakes.org.uk/whats_on/gala.htm
Contact Telephone: 02076550909
Contact Email: thecitywakes@escapeartists.co.uk

Some friends of Syd invite you to be part of, be the art of the All at Once Happening at the Centre at St Paul's at 7.30 on Tuesday, October 28th for the conversion of the bourgeoisie.

Our digipoems, mangled music & old wave films will remix prolix newkicks. Our simultaneity, multineity & spontaneity will loop back to yesterday, improvise today but furrow tomorrow.

We insist you keep your mobile phones on, your children badly behaved and your antennae tuned to the chance of beauty.

It's FREE to get in... Like life.

http://www.thecitywakes.org.uk/whats_on/the_happening.htm

Involving many of Syd's former friends - not least Storm Thorgerson and Mick Rock - The City Wakes includes concert performances, exhibitions, guided tours, music workshops, a 1960s style ‘happening', talks and a new book of interviews and memorabilia.

The City Wakes has been developed by Escape Artists, a UK arts and mental health charity and professional production house.

Highlights will include:

* Concert performances presenting fresh interpretations of Syd's greatest songs. Directed by award-winning musician and composer, Simon Gunton, the production will showcase specially-created video art and stunning Floyd-esque lighting displays and will culminate in a one-off gala performance of the concert.

* An exhibition of Syd Barrett paintings including many never seen before works, displayed alongside extremely rare Syd Barrett related memorabilia, original pieces from Pink Floyd's legendary designer Storm Thorgerson, and archival photos from world-famous photographer Mick Rock.

* A new book of interviews and memorabilia, based on the memories and collections of Syd's friends and family. Focussing on Syd's early life and the exciting Cambridge cultural scene in which he was such a key figure, the book includes interviews, photos, drawings and letters that have never been seen in print before.

* Special guided tours for fans of all the major Syd Barrett and Pink Floyd-related historic sites in Cambridge.

Involving many of Syd's former friends - not least Storm Thorgerson and Mick Rock - The City Wakes includes concert performances, exhibitions, guided tours, music workshops, a 1960s style ‘happening', talks and a new book of interviews and memorabilia.

The City Wakes has been developed by Escape Artists, a UK arts and mental health charity and professional production house.

Highlights will include:

* Concert performances presenting fresh interpretations of Syd's greatest songs. Directed by award-winning musician and composer, Simon Gunton, the production will showcase specially-created video art and stunning Floyd-esque lighting displays and will culminate in a one-off gala performance of the concert.

* An exhibition of Syd Barrett paintings including many never seen before works, displayed alongside extremely rare Syd Barrett related memorabilia, original pieces from Pink Floyd's legendary designer Storm Thorgerson, and archival photos from world-famous photographer Mick Rock.

* A new book of interviews and memorabilia, based on the memories and collections of Syd's friends and family. Focussing on Syd's early life and the exciting Cambridge cultural scene in which he was such a key figure, the book includes interviews, photos, drawings and letters that have never been seen in print before.

* Special guided tours for fans of all the major Syd Barrett and Pink Floyd-related historic sites in Cambridge.