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Kobzarska
Sich is a summer musical experience
devoted
to teaching bandura and Ukrainian
choral music. Kobzarska Sich is held
at All Saints Camp in Emlenton, Pennsylvania
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FOR 2009 DATES
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KOBZARSKA
SICH CAMP
Emlenton, Pennsylvania
2008 DATES
Sunday, August 10th - Sunday,
August 24th
Over
the years, the Ukrainian Bandurist
Chorus has sponsored numerous bandura
camps and workshops throughout North
America. Founded in 1979, Kobzarska
Sich was designed to bring together
bandura players from all over North
America to learn more about bandura
and its unique art form. Over the
years, Kobzarska Sich has diversified
its programming to encompass the rich
traditions and sounds of Ukrainian
choral music.
Kobzarska
Sich is held at All Saints Ukrainian
Orthodox Camp in Emlenton, Pennsylvania.
All Saints offers over 90 acres of
pristine beauty in the Allegheny Mountains.
The camp's facilities include volleyball
courts, a swimming pool, 10 cabins
for participants, a Millennium Cultural
Center with housing and classrooms,
and an activities pavilion, tennis
and basketball courts, an infirmary
and nature trails. All Kobzarska Sich
participants are housed on the grounds
of All Saints Camp in either cabins
or in the Millennium Cultural Center.
Kobzarska
Sich offers two bandura programs and
two vocal programs. All four programs
are held within the August 10 –
24, 2008 time frame though each program
has its own schedule. Programs do
overlap to give every participant
a unique musical experience.
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2008
FEATURED
INSTRUCTORS
OLEH
MAHLAY,
Kobzarska Sich 2008 Musical
Director Conductor and Artistic
Director of the Ukrainian Bandurist
Chorus
JULIAN
KYTASTY, Artistic Director
of the New York School of Bandura
OLEH
SOZANSKY, Lviv Conservatory
NATALIA
B. MAHLAY, Artistic
Director of the Zorya Female
Vocal Ensemble
REV.
DEACON IHOR MAHLAY,
Administrator and Bandura Instructor
from the Hryhory Kytasty School
of Bandura in Parma, OH
*Additional
instructors will be announced
at a later date. Instructional
staff is subject to change.
Instruction is in both English
and Ukrainian.
2008 PROGRAM INFORMATION
AND REGISTRATION FORMS. Click
on the logo below to download
the forms.
Contact
Information:
Anatoli W. Murha,
Administrator
15356 Ellen Drive – Livonia,
MI 48154
ks@bandura.org
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2007
KOBZARSKA SICH PICTURES
" Did
you know that children who play musical
instruments, or who sing, exercise
their brain and enhance general intelligence
more than peers who do not? Did you
know that when a musician plays an
instrument approximately 90 per cent
of the brain is used? ... It is well
documented that music contributes
to the development of language, mathematic
and scientific skills. It enhances
overall academic achievement, promotes
creativity and problem-solving skills,
fosters personal growth, enhances
one's positive self-concept, develops
self-expression, self-discipline,
social skills, one's appreciation
of beauty, and coordination skills.
Music also promotes community involvement,
through participation by performers
or listeners, and encourages appreciation
of cultural heritages." Frank
Wilson, neurologist, quote in the
London Free Press, August 1998.
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