Next Class Series -- Weekend Classes, Recorded Classes, and Membership! Zina Bozzay, Vadalma & Hungarian Folk Singing Circle

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Next Class Series -- Weekend Classes, Recorded Classes, and Membership!

Zina Bozzay, Vadalma & Hungarian Folk Singing Circle

Greetings, friends!

The year is off to a strong start, with a wonderful new weekly group (Sundays!), the new recorded class option, folks becoming members to support our work in 2026, and lots of exciting things in the works for the rest of the spring.

Here's what we have upcoming in late February and March:

Weekly Folk Singing Classes: 6-week Series on GYIMES in Transylvania

Multiple groups each week -- in person, interactive online, and recorded classes. Sign up NOW!

 

Hungarian Pronunciation Class Series

Info-packed and lots of practice! January's series was so fun we're doing it again.

 

Single Class: "Sok születésnapokat", the Hungarian folk birthday song

Possibly the most useful Hungarian folk song you could learn, and awfully pretty.

All details below!

As always, we are very grateful if you share these classes with folks you think may be interested!

 

All my best,

Zina

 

🤎 Donate or become a member now 🤎

 

WEEKLY GROUP FOLK SINGING CLASSES

Songs of Gyimes, Transylvania (see image above)

6-Week Class Series

Starts this weekend!!

Famed for its striking natural beauty and unique culture, the people of the Gyimes valley at the Eastern edge of Transylvania have cultivated a rich folk music repertoire that truly stands apart from surrounding areas. Join us to dive into these beautiful songs of catharsis and wonderful asymmetric dance songs!

The same repertoire will be covered during each of the class times below:

 

In-Person:

Mondays in Budapest

Mondays 6pm, February 23 - March 30

Óbuda Folk Music School

Online:

1) Interactively on Zoom

Tulip Group

Sundays 9pm Budapest time (12pm US West Coast / 3pm East Coast)

February 22 - March 29

 

Chestnut Group

Tuesdays 9am Budapest time (Europe morning, Asia/Australia/New Zealand evening, or midnight for night-owls in California)

 February 24 - March 31

 

Rosemary Group

Tuesdays 7pm Budapest time (10am US West Coast / 1pm East Coast, Europe evening)

February 24 - March 31

2) Recorded Class Option

One Zoom class is recorded each week and sent to you to watch when convenient for you over the following few days. Participants stay actively engaged in the class series week by week, and have a private lesson in the final week to go over the materials together and ask any questions.

 

FULL CLASS DETAILS FOR ALL CLASSES HERE

REGISTER FOR CLASSES HERE

 

 

PRONUNCIATION CLASSES

Due to the success of our special pronunciation series in January, we are offering it again in March, this time through The Hungarian Store. This expanded 5-week series includes our Level I (all letter sounds) and Level II (further nuances) classes as well as three thematic practice classes with common foods, Hungarian names, and places.

Details on our pronunciation classes

Register for this series

 

COME LEARN THE BIRTHDAY SONG!

In the folk music and dance revival movement, this meaningful and heartfelt folk song from Szék, traditionally sung to honor name days, has been adapted to celebrate birthdays. This is now the widespread birthday song used among communities with connection to Hungarian folk culture. If you've felt left out by not knowing it, join us to learn it well! Communicating much more than the lyrics of "happy birthday", it is also wonderful song to share with your loved ones who aren't familiar with it!

Details and Registration

 

SUPPORT OUR WORK

There are many ways to support what we do, and with annual membership, you can attend all classes we offer all year -- and it's not too late to sign up for 2026!

In fact, you can even catch the first class series if you missed it, or apply class payments already made toward the membership fee.

We are grateful for all forms of support. See the link for full details!

Donate or become a member now

 

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