Performers
Women’s Bandura Ensemble of North America
ARTISTIC DIRECTORS Oksana Rodak • Oksana Zelinska
Motria Caudill - Chicago, IL
Alina Chemerys - Chicago, IL
Natalka Gil - Toronto, ON
Christina Hlutkowsky - State College, PA
Lesya Klimchenko - Chicago, IL
Taisa Kulyk- Philadelphia, PA
Irene Kytasty-Kuzma- Hartford, CT
Teryn Kytasty-Kuzma - New York, NY
Kalyna Leshchuk - Whippany, NJ
Uliana Leshchuk - Washington, D.C.
Krystina Lewicki - Toronto, ON
Yoanna Matsevych - Chicago, IL
Khrystyna Musiy - Chicago, IL
Alisa Osavelyuk - Toronto, ON
Maria Pleshkevich - Boston, MA
Roxolyana Shepko-Hamilton - Toronto, ON
Olesia Skorets - Philadelphia, PA
Solomia Stakhiv - New York, NY
Adriana Tuz - Toronto, ON
Concert Order
Beneath thy Mercy - Dmytro Bortniansky
Arranged by Lesya Klimchenko
Echo of the Steppes - Hryhory Kytasty
Son, the Ducks are Flying - Oleksander Bilash
Lyrics by Mykhailo Tkach • Arranged by Volodymyr Lobko
The Steppe Wind Did Blow - Ukrainian Historical Song
Lyrics by Ivan Vytvytsky • Arranged by L. Duda
Performed by Duet Malvy
Zaporizhian March - Yevhen Adamtsevych
Arranged by Victor Mishalow
Performed by The Chicago Bandura Ensemble
Volya -Maryna Krut
Performed by Teryn Kuzma
Don't Cry, Mama - Ukrainian Folk Song
Arranged by Ivan Dusanowskyj
INTERMISSION
Prayer For Ukraine - Mykola Lysenko
Lyrics by Oleksander Konysky • Arranged by Oleksander Koshyts
Melody - Myroslav Skoryk
Arranged by Ola Herasymenko-Olijnyk
Performed by The Toronto Regional Group
Across the Wide Field
Religious song from the traditional lirnyk repertoire
Arranged by Victor Kytasty
To My Son - Anatoli Pashkevych
Lyrics by Vasyl Symonenko • Arranged by Mykola Deychakiwsky
Hey, Falcons - Polish Folk Song
Kupalo: Selections from Summer Solstice Suite
Ukrainian Folk Song
Arranged by Oleh Mahlay
Violin: Roxolyana Shepko, Drums: Krystina Lewicki
Concertmaster: Teryn Kuzma
Thank you to:
Charles Stewart Mott Foundation
Selfreliance Foundation of Selfreliance Federal Credit Union (Chicago, IL)
SUMA Federal Credit Union (Yonkers, NY)
University Orthopedics, Inc. (Providence, RI)
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Romanna and Paul Czerepacha
Nick Deychakiwsky and Oksana Pronych
Irene Zawadiwsky
