Peter
Manuel is a Professor of Music at John Jay College and the CUNY Graduate
Center. He has written extensively about popular and traditional musics of India,
the Caribbean, and elsewhere. Three of his books have earned prestigious awards.
An amateur sitarist, jazz pianist, and flamenco guitarist, he teaches seminars
on Indian music, Latin American music, world popular music, aesthetics, and
other topics.
The Zedashe Ensemble is based in the medieval fortress city of Sighnaghi, Eastern Georgia, which has been home to the Kiziqian wine growers and warriors since ancient times. Directed by Ketevan Mindorashvili, the current incarnation of the ensemble was founded in the mid 1990s to sing repertoire largely lost during the Communist era. Their repertoire consists of ancient three-part chants from the Orthodox Christian liturgy, folk songs from the Kiziqian region as collected from village song-masters and old publications, and folk dances from the region.
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Peter
Manuel is a Professor of Music at John Jay College and the CUNY Graduate
Center. He has written extensively about popular and traditional musics of India,
the Caribbean, and elsewhere. Three of his books have earned prestigious awards.
An amateur sitarist, jazz pianist, and flamenco guitarist, he teaches seminars
on Indian music, Latin American music, world popular music, aesthetics, and
other topics. 
The Zedashe Ensemble is based in the medieval fortress city of Sighnaghi, Eastern Georgia, which has been home to the Kiziqian wine growers and warriors since ancient times. Directed by Ketevan Mindorashvili, the current incarnation of the ensemble was founded in the mid 1990s to sing repertoire largely lost during the Communist era. Their repertoire consists of ancient three-part chants from the Orthodox Christian liturgy, folk songs from the Kiziqian region as collected from village song-masters and old publications, and folk dances from the region.