SONGS from the Kielce region

Led by Ewa Grochowska
For all interested

We will sing wedding and lyrical songs, as well as short folk songs that go with the landscape where chłopy are born and raised. Chłopy is a local name for mazurka melodies used in Sędek, Łagów district. We will be singing songs from the repertoire of two extraordinary singers – Maria Kowalik from Sędek and Maria Gałka from Orłowiny. We will get to know the singing characteristics and repertoire specific to the Kielce region, and try to investigate some middle-of-the-road forms between singing and dancing.

Ewa Grochowska – violinist and singer. In her art, she draws on the sources of traditional culture and music she was raised in. Student of violinist Jan Gaca from Przystałowice Małe (2000-2013), Stanisław Głaz, Stanisław Witkowski (2013-2022), Janina Chmiel, Maria Kowalik, and Karolina Demaniuk. She loves the traditional wedding songs which cannot be sung half-heartedly – she has been studying them with village singers from Poland, Ukraine, and Belarus since 1999.

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