Easter Folk Psalms of Ukraine with Iryna Voloshyna

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UVV is delighted to welcome back Iryna Voloshyna to lead our next in-person vocal workshop!

During Lent, Ukrainians were not allowed to have fun, sing, or dance. It was a time for contemplation upon the ever-standing philosophical questions of the meaning of life, sin, and salvation. The only place where people could engage with music was the church. However, human creativity is unstoppable, and people started creating their own church-inspired songs based on biblical stories. In our workshop, we will be singing religious folk songs – psalms, from various regions of Ukraine.

Join us on Friday evening, March 31, to learn these beautiful religious-inspired folk songs together with us. We can’t wait to sing with you!

(Please note that proof of vaccination is required by the venue.)

Originally from Ukraine, Iryna Voloshyna is a PhD student at the Department of Folklore and Ethnomusicology at Indiana University Bloomington, and also serves as an Associate Instructor there. She is a Fulbright fellow and received her MA in Folklore at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill. Iryna has worked with the New York State Council on the Arts, New York Folklore Society, Yara Arts Group, The Ukrainian Museum in New York, and Ukrainian-American Museum and Archive in Detroit. She sang with Ukrainian folk singing ensemble “Ladovytsi” in her hometown Khmelnytskyi, the NYC-based Ukrainian Village Voices, and currently she is a founding artistic director of Indiana Slavic Choir at Indiana University.

Event Host

Ukrainian Village Voices