The
Ukrainian Bandurist Chorus
1990 - 2000 Yearbook
1992
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| 1993
Recording | 1994
Recording
1997
| 1997
Tour |
1997 Recording
1999
| 1999
Recording
1992
Taras Shevchenko Ukrainian
State Prize
On
10 May 1992 Ukraine's President Leonid
Kravchuk presented the Shevchenko
Ukrainian State Prize to the Ukrainian
Bandurist Chorus at a banquet held
in the president's honor in Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania.
The
Medal
The back reads:
Laureate of the T. H. Shevchenko Ukrainian
S.S.R.* State Prize No 377
The
Certificate
Front:
Back:
By
decree of the Cabinet of Ministers
of Ukraine on 27 February 1992,
the T. Shevchenko Ukrainian State
Prize is awarded to The Ukrainian
Bandurist Chorus of Detroit, USA
(artistic directors H. Kytasty,
died 1984, and W. Kolesnyk) --
for the popularization of Ukraine's
musical heritage.
Chairman,
Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine,
Committee on the T. Shevchenko
Ukrainian State Prizes
{signed} O. Honchar
Learned
Secretary, Cabinet of Ministers
of Ukraine, Committee on the T.
Shevchenko Ukrainian State Prizes
{signed} D. Oleksandrenko
No
377
{The
seal reads:}
Council of Ministers of the Ukrainian
S.S.R*, Committee on the T. H.
Shevchenko Ukrainian S.S.R.* State
Prizes for literature, journalism,
arts, and architecture
*
Ukraine declared its independence
from the Union of Soviet Socialist
Republics on 24 August 1991. At
the time this award was issued
many Soviet-era items, including
medals and seals such as these,
were still in use.
1993
First
Row
Petro Honcharenko, Mykola Schidowka,
Victor Mishalow,
George Metulynskyj, Andrij Zura, Taras
Mahlay,
Wolodymyr
Kolesnyk -- Conductor, Volodymyr
Murha,
Marko Farion, Petro Zura, Andrij Birko,
Petro Kytasty, Yurij Pedenko.
Second
Row
Mykhajlo Switlyk, Andrij Vovkodav,
T. Yuskiv,
Oleh Mahlay -- Assistant Conductor,
Anatolij Murha,
Joe Gulawsky, Arnold Birko, Roman
Andrushko,
Orest Sklierenko, Andrij Bebko, Andrij
Balahura,
Orest Shchurko, Stefan Kohut.
Third
Row
Mykola Samokyshyn, Rostyslav Markevych,
Victor Babenko, Andrij Shrubovych,
Yaroslav Duzij,
Evhen Tytla, Roman Kassaraba, Jurij
Jurkiv,
H. Ozarkiv, Avhustyn Malkovych, Borys
Zura,
Vasyl Zarytskyj, Mykola Petrash,
Mykhajlo Petryna, Zenon Balahura.
Forth
Row
Oleksander Shrubowych, Omelian Helbig,
Borys Kekish,
Pavlo Pysarenko, Mykola Kostiuk, Teodozij
Pryshliak,
Zenon Krislaty, Myroslav Hnatiuk,
Leonid Sotnyk,
Andrij Soroka, Tadeusz Wandzura, Wasyl
Szeremeta,
Ivan Topicha, Yarema Cisaruk, Volodymyr
Sklierenko, Ihor Kusznir.
Not Pictured
Mykhailo Andrec, Mykola Deychakivsky,
Andrij Hladyshevsky,
Ivan Kernycky, Julian Kytasty, Oleh
Moroz,
Lubomyr Pastuszenko, Mykhailo Serdiuk,
Ihor Krislaty.
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1993
Recordings
Again With You, My Ukraine
UBC
produces a live recording of
the Ukrainian Bandurist Chorus in
concert
in Kyiv, Ukraine, 8 June 1991.
This was the Chorus' first concert
tour of Ukraine since World War II.
See more information about
this recording.
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1994
Recordings
Black Sea Tour
UBC
records its 27th North American-produced
album,
containing live recordings from their
historic
1994 concert tour of southern Ukraine,
including the region of Crimea.
Also released as UBC CD 2 and
UBC Cassette 8.
See more information about
this recording.
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1997
First
Row
Oleh
Mahlay -- Conductor, Mykola Schidowka,
Anatoli Murha, Orest Sklierenko, Yurij
Pedenko,
Taras Mahlay, Petro Kytasty, Mykhajlo
Serdiuk,
Andrij Birko, Andrij Sklierenko, Andrij
Bebko,
Volodymyr Murha, Marko Farion.
Second
Row
Ivan Kytasty, Andrij Shrubowich, Slavko
Artymyshyn,
Mykhajlo Switlyk, Omelian Helbig,
Evhen Tytla,
Sam Mills, Arnold Birko, Roman Skypakewych,
Joe Gulawsky, Roman Kassaraba, Jurij
Jurkiv,
Leonid Sotnyk, Bohdan Sklierenko,
Stefan Kohut, Mykhajlo Petryna.
Third
Row
Zenon Kryslati, Oleksander Shrubowich,
Oleh Moroz,
Borys Kekish, Zenon Chaykovsky, Victor
Babenko,
Teodozij Pryshliak, Mykola Kostiuk,
Mykhayil Newmerzyckyj,
Ivan Kernycky, Ivan Topicha, Paul
Slavchenko,
Andrij Soroka, Wasyl Szeremeta, Yarema
Cisaruk.
Not
Pictured
Ihor Kusznir, Ihor Mahlay, Lubomy
Pastuszenko,
Walter Sklierenko, Taras Zakordonski.
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1997,
October 3 - 12
Ukrainian Steppe Tour
October 7, 2001
UBC members with clergy of
the Ukrainian Orthodox Church
of U.S.A. outside of St. Andrew's
Memorial Church
in South Bound Brook, New Jersey.
Photo courtesy of Roman Hnatyshyn
October
8, 1997
UBC members pose for a picture
after a concert at Sanders Theatre
on the campus of Harvard University,
Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Photo courtesy of Roman Hnatyshyn
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1997
Recording
Ukrainian Steppes
Detroit
- The Ukrainian Bandurist Chorus announces
the release of their 28th North American-produced
album,
coinciding with their tour of the
eastern United States
and Canada in the fall of 1997.
See more information about
this recording.
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1998
Recordings
Ukrainian Carols
UBC
restores its 1960's Christmas
album containing Ukrainian Carols.
See more information about the
digital remastered version of that
album.
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1999
50 Years in America Anniversary
Frist
Row
Anatoli Murha, Orest Sklierenko, Taras
Mahlay, Andrij Sklierenko,
Oleh Mahlay - Conductor and Artistic
Director, Roman Hnatyshyn,
Andrij Birko, Wolodymyr Murha, Marko
Farion.
Second
Row
Zenon Chaikovsky, Andrij Shrubowich,
Alex Shrubowich,
Sam Mills, Roman Skypakewych, Joe
Gulawsky, Damian Snih,
Ihor Kusznir, Mychailo Switlyk, Bohdan
Sklierenko.
Third
Row
Zenon Krislaty, Teodozij
Prysliak, Victor Babenko,
Taras Zakordonski, Jerome Cisaruk,
Victor Sheveli,
Ivan Topicha, Myroslaw Hnatiuk, Andrij
Soroka,
Ivan Kernisky, Mychail Newmerzyckyj.
Fourth
Row
Leon Sotnyk, Borys Kekish,
Omelian Helbig,
George Burtniak, Oleh Moroz, Lubomyr
Pastuszenko,
Bohdan Mackanyn, Roman Kassaraba,
Mychailo Petryna,
Stephen Kohut, Jurij Jurkiw, Paul
Sharon, Bohdan Pryjma.
Not
Pictured
Andrij Bebko, Arnold Birko,
Mykola Kostiuk,
John Kytasty, George Metulynsky, Yuri
Pedenko,
Mykola Schidowka, Walter Sklierenko.
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1999
Recordings
A Bandura Christmas
The Ukrainian Bandurist Chorus
produces A Bandura Christmas
CD.
See more information about
this recording.
TOP
May 13, 2004
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