FARMINGTON – The Arts Institute of Western Maine and the University of Maine at Farmington will present the Maine Women’s Balkan Choir at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 8, in Nordica Auditorium at UMF.

The women will sing traditional songs of love, heartbreak, work and daily village life.

The choir has about 20 members who have come together to share the music of the Balkans. They have been singing together for more than three years.

The choir performs songs from Bulgaria, Romania, Croatia, Macedonia and other countries in the Balkan region, in smaller vocal ensembles and in the trio Sviata Duma, made up of the choir’s founders.

The choir sings primarily a cappella. It will be joined at the end of the concert by the Bar Harbor Folk Orchestra for several songs accompanied by flute, balalaika, accordion and trumpet and for some more singing and easy-to-learn circle dancing after the concert.

Admission is $6 for adults, $5 for seniors and students, $2 for children under age 12, and free for UMF students with ID.