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| Kol Shira will perform Aug. 26 in the UIMA Kol Shira, a sextet known for its performances of traditional and contemporary Jewish music, will perform 5:30-7 p.m. Friday, Aug. 26 in the Nancy and Craig Willis Atrium of the University of Iowa Museum of Art (UIMA). The performance is the first of three "Music in the Museum" events scheduled during the fall semester. Kol Shira is a group of six women who perform in several languages, including Hebrew, English, Ladino, Yiddish and Russian. The group features vocals, flute, guitar, piano, bass, cello and hand-held percussion. Members of Kol Shira are Julie Anolik Cassel, cello, percussion; Karen Charne, flute, piano, harmonies; Valerie Davine Bills, vocals; Rita Offutt, vocals; Debbie Singer, guitar; and Linda Wertz, electric bass, percussion and harmonies. For the Aug. 26 performance, Kol Shira will perform music sung by Jewish people from Iraq, Russia, Eastern Europe and Spain. "The music will be an eclectic fusion of Middle Eastern, Latin, gypsy, jazz, folk and classical music," Bills said. "It spans the centuries from Ladino music composed hundreds of years ago to an original piece composed by Kol Shira's own Rita Offutt." write your comments about the article :: © 2005 Jazz News :: home page |