01.11.2008
The Center for Traditional Music and Dance, The Ukrainian Museum,
and New York Bandura Ensemble/Bandura Downtown present Ukrainian Women's Voices:
Nadia Tarnawsky & Friends
An Evening of Ukrainian Village-Style Singing
with co-host Julian Kytasty and
the New York Bandura EnsembleSATURDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 2008, 7 p.m.
The Ukrainian Museum
222 East Sixth Street
(between 2nd & 3rd Avenues)
New York, New York 10003
Tel: 212.228.0110 Tickets $15; members & seniors $10; students $5
Reservations: 212-228-0110 or info@ukrainianmuseum.org
Tickets include gallery admission and a reception to follow the concert Cleveland's beloved Ukrainian-American singer, bandura (zither-lute) player, and ethnomusicologist Nadia Tarnawsky joins Ukrainian Women's Voices, a collective of New-York-area Ukrainian and American women singers, to present a program of Ukrainian ritual and seasonal folksongs, sung in traditional village singing style and in Ukrainian folk polyphony.
The evening's concert is the second in the Ukrainian Women's Voices series, following a concert at Columbia University in May by the Collective and its previous instructor, Ukrainian singer/actress/song collector Mariana Sadowska. The daughter of Ukrainian immigrants, Tarnawsky has studied Ukrainian and Eastern European singing for nearly two decades under leading teachers, including Mariana Sadowska from Ukraine and New Jersey-based Lilia Pavlovsky. With Sadowska, Nadia undertook several field trips across Ukraine to learn village songs directly from elder singers. She has studied music history/ethnomusicology at Cleveland State University and currently creates musical theater productions based on Ukrainian folksong, for American audiences. Ms. Tarnawsky has taught at the Cleveland Institute of Music since 1997. Ukrainian-American singer and bandurist Julian Kytasty co-hosts the program, which features performances by the musicians of the New York Bandura Ensemble and other special guests. Audience participation in the singing will be encouraged. Please join us for a reception after the concert in the Museum's lower level. Ukrainian Women's Voices with Nadia Tarnawsky and Friends is presented by Ukrainian Wave, a Community Cultural Initiative of the Center for Traditional Music and Dance, The Ukrainian Museum, and New York Bandura Ensemble/Bandura Downtown. The Ukrainian Women's Voices series was developed with assistance from Columbia Teachers College Music and Music Education and Virlana Tkacz/Yara Arts Group. Support for the Ukrainian Wave Community Cultural Initiative was provided to the Center for Traditional Music and Dance by the National Endowment for the Arts Heritage and Preservation Program; the New York State Music Fund, established by the New York State Attorney General at the Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors; and American Express Company. Additional support was provided by public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts, a State agency; the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs; and Con Edison. The Ukrainian Museum
222 East Sixth Street
(between 2nd & 3rd Avenues)
New York, New York 10003
Tel: 212.228.0110
Wed-Sun 11:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. http://www.ukrainianmuseum.org/
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