The University of Tennessee School of Music, in collaboration with the UT Libraries is excited to announce this year's Ready for the World Music Series: Ukraine program on Sunday, February 26, 2023, in the Natalie L. Haslam Music Center! Cultural exhibits, displays, and a reception will begin at 12:30pm in the lobby of the NLHMC, followed by a musical presentation at 2:00pm in the Sandra G. Powell Recital Hall.
Ready for the World Music Series: Ukraine explores music for violin, clarinet, and piano, with a variety of musical selections representing the rich and diverse classical music culture of Ukraine! This year, we have invited an ensemble of three distinguished musical artists from the Ukraine, including: violinist, Solomia Soroka (recording artist and violin professor, Goshen College); clarinetist, Sergei Vassiliev (D’Addario Artist and Principal Clarinet of the Colorado Springs Philharmonic); and pianist, Angelina Gadeliya (Soloist, piano professor and coordinator of keyboard studies, University of Connecticut). All three are renowned professional musicians with prestigious appointments at universities and professional orchestras in the United States. In the past year, these three musicians have championed the music of their native Ukraine by performing throughout the US to raise awareness of the importance and distinctiveness of Ukrainian music, an inspiring and engaging body of musical literature.
In addition to the rich musical influences each explored, the program will include exhibits by artists from the Ukraine, a display of cultural artifacts and information, as well as refreshments representing culinary traditions.
Ready for the World Music Series: Ukraine explores music for violin, clarinet, and piano, with a variety of musical selections representing the rich and diverse classical music culture of Ukraine! This year, we have invited an ensemble of three distinguished musical artists from the Ukraine, including: violinist, Solomia Soroka (recording artist and violin professor, Goshen College); clarinetist, Sergei Vassiliev (D’Addario Artist and Principal Clarinet of the Colorado Springs Philharmonic); and pianist, Angelina Gadeliya (Soloist, piano professor and coordinator of keyboard studies, University of Connecticut). All three are renowned professional musicians with prestigious appointments at universities and professional orchestras in the United States. In the past year, these three musicians have championed the music of their native Ukraine by performing throughout the US to raise awareness of the importance and distinctiveness of Ukrainian music, an inspiring and engaging body of musical literature.
In addition to the rich musical influences each explored, the program will include exhibits by artists from the Ukraine, a display of cultural artifacts and information, as well as refreshments representing culinary traditions.
General Admission: $25 (Sunday's Event Only)
Friday, February 24, 2023
1:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. Saving Ukrainian Cultural Heritage Online (SUCHO), Student Union 270 and Zoom at https://tiny.utk.edu/SUCHO
Presenter: Quinn Dombrowski
Marking the one-year anniversary of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, librarian and project coordinator Quinn Dombrowski (Stanford University) will present a lecture on a library-led effort, Saving Ukrainian Cultural Heritage Online (SUCHO). SUCHO is an initiative of over 1,500 international volunteers who are collaborating online to digitize and preserve Ukrainian cultural heritage. Since the start of the invasion, SUCHO has web-archived more than 5,000 websites and 50TB of data of Ukrainian cultural institutions, to prevent these websites from going offline. The websites range from national archives to local museums, from 3D tours of churches to children’s art centers. More information about the SUCHO project is available at https://www.sucho.org.
***This activity is open to a limited number of in-person attendees based on meeting room capacity. If you wish to attend the in-person presentation, please RSVP by Friday, February 17, 2023 to Nathalie Hristov (mhristov@utk.edu), or (865) 974-9893. Refreshments by Aramark will be provided for in-person attendees. A Zoom option is also available for online participation at tiny.utk.edu/SUCHO and is open to the public.
Saturday, February 25, 2023
9:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. Master classes with University of Tennessee School of Music Applied Studios (Piano, Violin, and Clarinet), Natalie L. Haslam Music Center, Sandra G. Powell Recital Hall
Presenters: Angelina Gadeliya, Solomia Soroka, Sergei Vassiliev
Sunday, February 26, 2023
Tickets required for Sunday activities. Purchase tickets here.
General Admission: $25 (Sunday's Event Only)
UT Faculty and Staff: Free
UT Students and Children under 18: Free
12:30 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. Ready for the World Music Series (Art and cultural exhibits; reception), Natalie L. Haslam Music Center Lobby
Exhibitors: Viktoriia Cubbedge, Oksana Kravchenko, Anya Allen, Alina Blium Anderson, Olena Pasynkova, Tatyana Makarova, Oolidea, LLC, UT Libraries, Aid to Ukraine, koloHUB, and Volunteers for Ukraine.
2:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. Ready for the World Music Series (Music performance and lecture), Natalie L. Haslam Music Center, Sandra G. Powell Recital Hall
Presenters: Angelina Gadeliya, Solomia Soroka, Sergei Vassiliev
Monday, February 27, 2023
1:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. Lecture, Ukrainian Music: The Story of Passion, Struggle, and Hope, Hodges Library, Mary Greer Room
Presenter: Solomia Soroka
Ukraine’s geopolitical history is probably one of the world’s most dramatic and tragic, as is its history of music. This lecture offers an insight into the Ukrainian classical musical scene starting with the 17th century and proceeding into modern times. The audience will be introduced to the music of four most important composers of Ukraine: Mykola Lysenko, Vasyl Barvinsky, Myroslav Skoryk, and Yevhen Stankovych, and discuss various musical and political factors that influenced life and their creative output.
