Online Community Sing / Koliada: Winter Songs from Ukraine

Kitka Institute

Sing and stand with Ukraine! Inna Kovtun and Nadia Tarnawsky share traditional polyphonic Ukrainian songs for the winter holiday season.

Explore the richness and uplifting harmonies of Ukrainian ritual songs for the winter holiday season with two marvelous Ukrainian folksong masters, Nadia Tarnawsky and Inna Kovtun. These workshops are open to singers of all ages, genders, backgrounds, and levels of experience. All songs will be taught in the oral tradition. Ability to read Ukrainian or musical notation is not required and some time in the workshop will be spent on creating an authentic Ukrainian village sound appropriate to each song’s region of origin.All sessions will be presented on Zoom and pre-registration is required. Folders containing song resource materials will be shared with all participants prior to each workshop.INNA KOVTUN is a folklorist and ethnographer, a researcher and collector of folklore traditions, a performer, and an educator. She is the highly regarded musical and artistic director of the “Rozhanytsya” folk ensemble based in Kyiv, the lead vocalist of the international project “EDK”, and the lead singer of the ethno-rock band “Astarta”. Inna is also the Deputy General Director of the Kyiv Municipal Brass Orchestra. She has performed and given workshops all around the world.NADIA TARNAWSKY received a Fulbright award in 2017 and has taught Ukrainian village style singing in workshops for the Ukrainian Catholic University in Lviv, Ukraine, the Center for Traditional Music and Dance in New York, the Kitka Women&#x27;s Ensemble, Village Harmony, and Dunava, among others. In 2011, she was granted a Traditional Arts Fellowship from Artist Trust and an Artist Support Residency from Jack Straw Productions. Nadia sang with Ensemble Hilka of New York in commemoration of the 25th anniversary of the Chornobyl disaster in Ukraine.Presented by The Kitka InstituteArtwork: Koliada by Olha Piliuhina

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