The
Ukrainian Bandurist Chorus
2005 Yearbook
BAYDA
Recording Sessions (March) | BAYDA
Recording Sessions (June)
| Labor
Day Concerts |
Meeting with President
of Ukraine | Western
Canadian Tour
2005 March
BAYDA Recording Sessions
In
February, the Chorus embarked on a new recording
endeavor entitled “ BAYDA: A TRIBUTE
TO FOUR CENTURIES OF KOZAK HEROISM BY THE
UKRAINIAN BANDURIST CHORUS.” Its projected
release date is October 1, 2005. The recording
will last through June and is taking place
at St. Vladimir's Cultural Centre in Oakville,
Ontario, Canada.
A view from the recording unit.
A view from behind the stage set-up.
Rehearsal before the first recording segment.
Members of the choir share a laugh.
Working through one of the recording segments.
A view from the tenor section.
UBC
Artistic Director and Conductor Oleh Mahlay
checking the notes.
UBC
members Oleh Moroz and Teodozij Pryshlak
on break from the recording session.
The
instrumentalists at work.
The
banduras taking a break.
2005 June
BAYDA Recording Sessions
The warm up.
Getting ready to record-as seen from the tenor section.
Oleh Mahlay explaining particular fragment of the song.
Working with the Bass and Baritone sections.
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2005 September
Labor
Day Concerts
50th Anniversary of the Ukrainian American
Youth Association (CYM) Camp (Oselia)
in Ellenville, New York
The
Ukrainian American Youth Association,
known widely by its Ukrainian acronym,
CYM, invited the Ukrainian Bandurist Chorus
for its annual Labor Day Weekend Festival
September 2- 5. Located in the Catskill
Mountains, Ellenville, New York is home
to the UAYA Camp (or Oselia CYM in Ukrainian).
This year, the Oselia is celebrated its
50th anniversary. The Ukrainian Bandurist
Chorus gave three performances and sang
the Divine Liturgy.
Ukrainian Bandurist Chorus takes the stage.
Well
known opera soloist Stefan Szkafarowsky
takes the stage before one of the UBC's
performances.
Vocal
warm up before singing the Divine Liturgy
Sunday morning.
Singing the Divine Liturgy outdoors next
to the chapel.
Archbishop
Stefan Soroka of the Ukrainian Catholic
Church celebrating the Divine Liturgy
UBC Conductor Oleh Mahlay directing the
Chorus during the Divine Liturgy.
UBC
members Mychail Newmerzyckyj (L) and Orest
Sklierenko (R) talk before one of the performances.
UBC
members Vasyl Troyanovych (L) and Volodymyr
Brechun (R) are ready for the next performance.
UBC
President Anatoli Murha (with bandura),
UBC and CYM members Teo Bodnar and Bohdan
Balko, and UBC Conductor Oleh Mahlay before
the last performance of the weekend.
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2005 September
Meeting
with the President of Ukraine
Ukrainian
President Viktor Yushchenko, leader of the
2004 Orange Revolution in Ukraine, was honored
at a banquet at The Pierre Hotel in New
York City on September 16th by New York’s
Ukrainian American community on his first
visit here as President. President Yushchenko
traveled to New York for the plenary meeting
of the 60th session of the UN General Assembly.
UBC
President Anatoli Murha (R) presenting to
President Yushchenko and First Lady Kateryna
Yushchenko of Ukraine
Before
the banquet, Ukrainian Bandurist Chorus
President Anatoli Murha and UBC member Zenon
Krislaty had the opportunity to meet President
Yushchenko and presented him gifts from
the UBC and briefly discussed the possibility
of the UBC touring Ukraine in the near future.
From
L to R - UBC President Anatoli Murha, First
Lady Kateryna Yushchenko, President Viktor
Yushchenko, and UBC member Zenon Krislaty
In
addition to the leaders and members of the
Ukrainian American community, the banquet,
which hosted over 380 guests, drew several
prominent individuals including Borys Tarasyuk,
Ukraine Minister of Foreign Affairs, William
Green Miller, Former US Ambassador to Ukraine,
Valery Kuchinsky, Ukraine’s Ambassador
to the United Nations, Serhiy Pohoreltsev,
Consul General of Ukraine in New York, and
Vitaly Klitschko, heavyweight boxing champion.
From
L to R - UBC President Anatoli Murha, World
Boxing Champion Vitaly Klitschko, and UBC
member Zenon Krislaty.
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