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GEORGIA - Journey to the Source of Songs.

Singing trip with Georgian polyphony 4-12 September 2025

Join us, if a holistic approach to voice and singing in a supportive group is important for you.

Join us, if you already sing and want to explore polyphonic Georgian songs at the source with local singers.

Songs from the source

Our masters are ethnomusicologists and singers, leaders who care for Georgian culture. They will tell us stories and take us to the places where songs are born.

Let us sing together with Georgians, raising a toast to life!

Gaumarjos!

Why are we inviting you?

We like this state when everything falls into the right place and you don't have to think too much, when we are in a state of connection - when we sing.

We met in Georgia and decided we will come back here with a pack of people who love the same thing and for whom listening to each other and having fun, good food and adventure are important. Some things can only happen together in a meeting.

Here is our invitation to you, will you join?

What makes our offer special?

We thought through the meaning of this event not only for us, but also for our Georgian hosts and singers. That is why this event consciously supports both our health and local communities.

Support local families

We will be hosted only in the homes of our masters and with private hosts, with a local Georgian character.

Full ecological food, wine

Everything we eat is local and prepared for us by our host families and their friends with passion and care for us.

Songs from the source

Our masters are ethnomusicologists and singers, leaders who care for Georgian culture. They will tell us stories and take us to the places where songs are born.

Embodied and holistic approach to voice

Each singing session will begin with a short embodied practice to tune in oneself and a musical group feeling. We will also have sessions to play and improvise.

Balance of learning and resting in Nature

For balance and relaxation, we have planned excursions and walks to local waterfalls, rivers and other soothing places in nature. And a cooking lesson with a Georgian mom!

Who is the Journey to the Source of Songs designed for?

The trip is for people who already sing, have experience with singing in polyphony and want to explore polyphonic Georgian songs at the source with local singers. We invite everyone for whom a holistic approach to the voice is important. And for those for whom the experience of singing in a safe and supportive group is important. There is no need to know music theory.

How will we meet the songs?

We will focus on traditional Georgian songs - at the source. We will learn by ear in a traditional way. The songs will be passed on to us traditionally by singers. Others will appear more than once during the supra, the Georgian toasting meeting. Many songs which we will hear directly from our masters are connected with local stories. The journey is also an ideal opportunity for a spontaneous exchange of songs and stories between us.

All detailed information is in the PDF file that we prepared for you: https://georgia.chortownia.org/Offer.pdf

Join us!