Balkan Music &
Dance Workshops

Every summer the EEFC presents two week-long workshops. Follow the links below to read all about them!

Mendocino, California

June 27-July 4, 2026
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Iroquois Springs, New York

August 8-15, 2026
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Kristina Vaškys

Beginner Ensemble

Kristina Vaškys is a music educator, multi-instrumentalist, singer, and dancer living in Brooklyn, NY. Her love of Balkan music and dance began when she performed with the Duquesne University Tamburitzans in college, and grew under the instruction of teachers such as Bajsa Arifovska, Adam Good, and Michael Ginsburg. In 2010, she founded the all-women Macedonian village ensemble Niva after traveling to the Balkans and noting a distinct lack of female musicians there. Kristina is the musical director of the Jalopy Chorus in Brooklyn, and has been a teacher in New York City independent schools since 2006

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Niva (photo: Reuben Radding)