East Coast Camp Class Materials

page updated 9/12/23

CONTENTS

• Lauren Brody—Balkan Duets & Drones
• Polly Tapia Ferber—Doumbek
• Catherine Foster—Clarinet & Sax, Trumpet
• Michael Ginsburg & Aani Kisslinger—Brass Band
• Adam Good—Macedonian Tambura & Macedonian Village Ensemble
• Nikolay Kolev—Bitov Ensemble
• Mavrothi Kontanis—Greek Singing
• Varol Saatcıoğlu—Thracian Gajda
• Konstantin “Kotse” Marinov—Bulgarian Dance
• Carol Silverman—Romani Singing
• Corinna Snyder—Macedonian Singing
 
• Rhodope Gajda Sing-Along
• Southern & Northern Group Sings

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Lauren Brody
Balkan Duets & Drones

Audio files:

• Këtë Fshatin Tonë
• Sedi Moma Na Krai Ryaka
• Zalyubih Tri Momi – Pirinski Grivaltsi
• Zalyubih Tri Momi – Vievska Folk Grupa

Lyrics PDFs:

• Këtë Fshatin Tonë
• Na Gurbet Otidoh, Mare

Polly Tapia Ferber
Doumbek

Instructional handouts:

• Doumbek Strokes PDF
• Select repertoire charts PDF

Audio files:

• Ach Eleni – Dimos Anastasiadis
• Do Marr Çiften Do Dal Për Gjah – Laver Bariu
• Jeni Jol – Bajsa Arifovska
• Made in Romania – Ionut Cercel
• Mahala-Mori Shej – Kali Jag
• Sevdaya Çağrı (Ağir Govenk) – Yaşar Turan
• Ta Kormiá Kai Ta Maxhaíria – Eleftheria Arvanitaki
• Zek Zek Dadumle – Cvetelina

Catherine Foster
Clarinet & Saxophone, Trumpet

CLARINET & SAXOPHONE
Audio files:

• Gypsy Čoček – Ferus Mustafov
• Konushenska Ruchenitsa
• Marko Marković Novo 2019
• Metin Oro – Bilhan Latifov
• Molaevo

TRUMPET
Audio files:

• Habibi – Orkestar Džambo Aguševi & Stojna Nikolova
• Krstačka Oro (Štipsko) – Štipskite Svadbari
• Marko Marković Novo 2019
• Molaevo
• Rakencar Phirava – Esma Redžepova & Ansambl Teodosievski
• Sestra Brata Kani – Desi Slava
• Konushenska Ruchenitsa

Michael Ginsburg & Aani Kisslinger
Brass Band

Audio files:

• Habibi – Orkestar Džambo Aguševi & Stojna Nikolova
• Krstačka Oro (Štipsko) – Štipskite Svadbari
• Marko Marković Novo 2019
• Molaevo
• Rakencar Phirava – Esma Redžepova & Ansambl Teodosievski
• Sestra Brata Kani – Desi Slava
• Konushenska Ruchenitsa

Link to Google doc with mid and low brass notes

Adam Good
Macedonian Tambura & Macedonian Village Ensemble

Link to Google Drive folder with class materials

Nikolay Kolev
Bitov (Bulgarian Village) Ensemble

Chart PDFs:

• Belomorska Ruchenitsa
• Daichovo
• Graovsko (gadulka part)
• Graovsko (tambura part)

Mavrothi Kontanis
Greek Singing

Link to Google Drive folder with class materials

Konstantin “Kotse” Marinov
Bulgarian Dance

Link to Google Drive folder with materials

Varol Saatcıoğlu
Thracian Gajda

Vassil Bebelekov – Godfather’s Rachenitsa – chart PDF

Carol Silverman
Romani Singing

INTERMEDIATE

Amen Sama But Roma

• Lyrics PDF
• But Roma / Liljana Buttler — audio file
• Amen Sama But Roma / Kal — audio file
• Amen Sama But Roma / Duet Djurić-Runjaić — audio file

Astargja O Horo

• Lyrics PDF
• Astargja O Horo / Džansever — audio file

Čerda Mile

• Lyrics PDF
• Čerda Mile / Pera Petrović — audio file
• Čerda Mile / Olivera Vučić & Janika Balaž — audio file
• Čerda Mile / M. Petrović — audio file

Rakencar Phirava

Romani Čhaj Amari

• Lyrics PDF
• Romani Čhaj Amari / Ramko — audio file
• Romani Čhaj / Kočani Orkestar — audio file

ADVANCED

Habibi

• Lyrics PDF
• Habibi / Azis – audio file
• Habibi / Azis & Energy Band & Gjoko Jovik — audio file
• Habibi (Latino version) / Azis — audio file
• Habibi / Džambo Aguševi Orkestar & Stojna Nikolova — audio file

Jasenovac

• Lyrics PDF
• Jasenovac / Pera Petrović – audio file

Ka Merav

• Lyrics PDF
• Ka Merav / Pera Petrović – audio file

Tabljola I Šutka

• Lyrics PDF
• Hairlija Ne Ka Ovel I Šutka Tabljola / Muharem Serbezovski – audio file

Žimi Tebe, Dušo

• Lyrics PDF
• Žimi Tebe, Dušo / Erdjan – audio file
• Živ Mi Tebe, Dušo / Rumen Kamburov – audio file

Corinna Snyder
Macedonian Singing

Link to Google Drive folder with class materials

Rhodope Gajda Sing-Along

• Playlist that includes various versions of many the songs featured in the sing, courtesy of Henry Goldberg.
• Rhodope song lyrics from EEFC Songbook, PDF compiled by Kostya LaPasha.

“Southern” & “Northern” Group Sings

EEFC Balkan Folk Songs – PDF

“Southern” group sing song list PDF

YouTube playlists corresponding to EEFC Songbook entries, courtesy of Henry Goldberg and Corinna Snyder:

• Northern Sing-specific playlist
• “Yugoslavia and Former Yugoslavia”
• “FYR Macedonia”
• Bulgarian