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04/Students

The children who sing with us

The generations of the Iberia ensemble, its alumni and the children singing today.

01/Generations

Three generations, one vocal school

011989 – 2003

First generation

Tbilisi, Georgia

The founding years in Georgia. The ensemble became a launchpad for singers who went on to national recognition, and set the vocal school that Iberia still teaches today.

Second generation
022019 – 2024

Second generation

Brooklyn, New York

Re-established in the United States at the Dancing Crane Company. A generation of immigrant children who found a stage, a language and a community in a new country.

Third generation
032025 –

Third generation

Brooklyn, New York

The current ensemble, working inside the TIMM model as part of the Iberia 2025 social enterprise — the first cohort of the Brooklyn pilot.

02/Current ensemble

The third generation on stage

The soloists and ensemble members who performed the season concert for International Children's Day in Brooklyn.

  • ლიზი ლიპარტელიანი
  • ათენა დათეშიძე
  • მართა სოხაძე
  • მია ქირია
  • ოდრი ბალათურია
  • ნიცა აბაზაძე
  • ნიკიტა ქირია
  • ნიტა გოგოლაშვილი
  • ბარბარე წიკლაური
  • ნიკოლ ირემაშვილი
  • თათუკა ამირანაშვილი
  • მია შალამბერიძე
  • ემილი შალამბერიძე
  • ანასტასია გიორგაძე
  • ლიზი ბოდბელი
  • მელანო ლომიშვილი
  • ანიტა ქანთარია
Ensemble soloists at the microphones
03/Alumni

Voices that started here

Singers who passed through the ensemble in Georgia and went on to national recognition.

01

Diana Gurtskaya

02

Sopho Maskhulia

03

Amiko Janelidze

04/How to join

What a student's week looks like

01

Vocal ensemble

Weekly group rehearsals building vocal technique, breath, harmony and stage presence — the core of the Iberia school.

Ages 5–17 · Group
02

Music therapy sessions

Individual and small-group sessions that lower emotional tension and build self-regulation, delivered inside the TIMM framework.

Individual · Referral
03

Language through song

English acquisition through repertoire, rhythm and phonetics — vocabulary that sticks because it is sung.

Ages 5–14 · Group
04

Masterclasses

Guest artists, multicultural repertoire and performance workshops that open the ensemble to the wider community.

Seasonal · Open