Tickets for this performance are currently only available to Brannan Center members. Click here to learn more about becoming a member and get your tickets today! Tickets will be available to the general public beginning on Tuesday, July 21 at 10am.

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The Listening Room: Where Local Sound Takes Center Stage

This series is made possible through the generous support of Edward & Sara Kozel and John & Mary Feikema.

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Artist: Kitka

Date: Saturday, February 27, 2027

Time: 7:30pm concert with a pre-concert conversation with the musicians at 6:30pm

Pricing: $25

Member Price: $18.75 - $22.50

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Kitka Community Sing: Singers of all ages and experience levels are invited to join Kitka for a "Community Sing" at Brannan Center on the afternoon of February 27 — more information here.

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Pre-Concert Conversation: Join us at 2pm for a pre-concert conversation with artists. Learn about the musicians and the music and have the opportunity to ask questions. Admission is included with your ticket purchase!

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“KITKA’s songs are hauntingly beautiful, simple, yet otherworldly. The rich sound these women produce resonates as if energized by the universe itself, as if it were calling all live beings and still matter into togetherness and unity.”
    — SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE

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Kitka is an American women’s vocal arts ensemble inspired by traditional songs and vocal techniques from Eastern Europe and Eurasia. Kitka has earned international recognition for its distinctive sound, exploring a vast palette of ancient yet contemporary-sounding vocal effects. The ensemble’s earthy to ethereal timbres evoke an astonishing range of subtle to extreme inner states, instincts, and emotions. Kitka’s commitment to presenting traditional song as a living and evolving expressive art form has led to adventurous collaborations with some of the world’s most exciting indigenous musicians and contemporary composers ranging from Le Mystères des Voix Bulgares to Meredith Monk. Currently celebrating its 46th season, Kitka began as a grassroots group of amateur singers from diverse ethnic and musical backgrounds who shared a passion for the stunning dissonances, asymmetric rhythms, intricate ornamentation, and resonant strength of traditional Eastern European women’s vocal music. Since its informal beginnings, the group has evolved into an award-winning touring ensemble known for its artistry, versatility, and mastery of the demanding techniques of regional vocal styling, as well as for its innovative explorations in new music for women's voices. Kitka's wide-ranging performance, teaching, and recording activities have exposed millions to the haunting beauty of their unique repertoire.

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