The Washington Balalaika Society ~ Russian folk music at its best ... since 1988
A Message from
WBS President Jan Bohm
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Join in the fun  as a musician or volunteer.
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Learn to play the balalaika, domra or bayan.  We offer lessons from beginner through advanced.   
Our ensembles and soloists are available for bookings ~~  from two musicians to a
50-member orchestra!
WBS is accepting bookings for 2009
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The Orchestra has a limited number of openings for concerts in the 2009 season. To discuss possible engagements, contact the WBS Music Director.
Special Friends
Russian Chamber Art
Society

  Welcome to the Web home of the Washington Balalaika Society.  Here you will find information about the WBS Orchestra, our Ensembles, our performance schedule and lots more.  If you're a musician yourself and live in the Washington area you may be interested in when and where we rehearse, how to join the Society or instruction on the domra, balalaika, bayan or guitar.  If you're  a lover of fine music, you'll want to know where we'll be appearing this season, who will be performing with us and how you can get tickets to our concerts.

    Within these pages you'll also find interesting  background on the origins and history of the Russian folk orchestra, descriptions of all of  the instruments we play, how to be a member of our Balalaika Guild, how to buy our CDs and a great deal more.

  The WBS is a community-based orchestra of more than 50 musicians with a mixture of amateur and professional training.   We work hard to earn and maintain our reputation as one of the finest of our genre.

   We are also a community of  friends. Members thoroughly enjoy the warmth and hospitality of the group and we encourage others of all ages to join in the fun -- after all, as the saying goes, "We don't stop playing because we grow old - we grow old because we stop playing."

   We are especially pleased to celebrate our fourth concert season with our conductor and artistic director, Svetlana Nikonova. Ms. Nikonova is a graduate of the Rimsky-Korsakov Conservatory in St. Petersburg, Russia, and previously worked with the world-renowned Andreyev Balalaika Orchestra there.  She is a talented arranger and domra professional as well as an experienced conductor, and we look forward to another outstanding  concert season under her leadership.

   Whatever your reason for visiting, we're glad you did and hope to have the opportunity to meet you in person. We're always happy to hear from you, and we encourage you to stop by otfen.

Upcoming Performances

Celebrate with us!
The Washington Balalaika Society will commemorate its 20th Anniversary with our Fall 2008-Spring 2009 concert season!
Stop by here after June 1
 for news about our November concert weekend and other Anniversary activities.

... and in the meantime ...
Join us for FREE concerts in Virginia's parks this Summer

June 8 at 7:30 - Mason District
   Park, Annandale (Sunday)

June 28 at 8 pm - Lubber Run
   Park, Arlington (Saturday)

August 13 at 7:30 - Lee District
  Park, Alexandria (Wednesday)

August 16 - Summer Sounds,
         Manassas Museum

Bring the family and a picnic!


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