[FA Worldmusic] Canadian-Ukrainian Prairie Music in NYC Oct 16-22

[Pete Rushefsky]

The Center for Traditional Music and Dance, Ukrainian Wave Community Cultural Initiative, and the New York Bandura Ensemble present
   
  Sounds of the Prairies:  Music and Dance of
  the Ukrainian Settlers of Western Canada
  Music, dance, workshop, and lecture programs by visiting
  Canadian Ukrainian artists and scholars, October 16th  22nd 
  at multiple collaborating venues in Manhattan
   
  TUESDAY OCTOBER 16TH-THURSDAY OCTOBER 18TH  
  Prairie Dance Music Workshops 
  With tsymbalist and scholar Brian Cherwick.  Sessions designed to introduce Ukrainian prairie 
  dance tunes and playing techniques to all interested musicians, on the tsymbaly (Ukrainian hammered dulcimer) and other acoustic folk instruments.
  Ukrainian East Village Restaurant (140 Second Avenue between 8th and 9th) 
  General Tunes and Techniques Workshop, three, 2-hr sessions Tues-Thurs
  Hammered Dulcimer Workshop, two, 2-hr sessions, Tues-Wed       Register now at 212-571-1555 ext. 35
   
  FRIDAY, OCTOBER 19th     7 p.m.   
  Sounds of the Prairies:  Music of the Ukrainian Settlers in Western Canada
  This opening concert in New York Bandura Ensembles Bandura Downtown series introduces audiences to the music of the Ukrainian prairie dance bands in western Canada. In conjunction with the Museums exhibit Thread to the Past: Folk Art from the 1933 Chicago Worlds Fair.  222 East 6th Street between 2nd and 3rd 
  Tickets $15.00 (member/student/ senior discounts available)     Reserve tickets now at 212-228-0110
   
  SATURDAY, OCTOBER 20th    7:30-11 p.m. 
  Western Canadian Vechornytsi (Village Dance Party)
  An evening of Ukrainian traditional dance, western-Canadian style, with instruction by dance master and scholar Andriy Nahachewsky (University of Alberta) and prairie dance band music by Brian Cherwick and
  New York musicians, plus a jam session.  At Ukrainian East Village Restaurant (140 Second Avenue
  between 8th and 9th)  $10.00 adults, $5.00 children
   
  MONDAY, OCTOBER 22nd    Noon-2 p.m. 
  Lectures on the History of Ukrainian Folk Dance and Music in Western Canada
  Two research-based presentations on the transformation and evolution of Ukrainian folk dance and music forms from Ukrainian settlement in western Canada to the present, by Dr. Brian Cherwick and Dr. Andriy Nahachewsky.  Room 1219, Harriman Institute, Columbia University
  420 West 118th Street - 12th Floor MC 3345  FREE
   
  For further information contact the Center for Traditional Music and Dance at 212-571-1555 ext. 35 or visit www.ctmd.org.  
   
  Major support for the Ukrainian Wave Community Cultural Initiative at the Center for Traditional Music and Dance was provided by the National Endowment for the Arts Heritage and Preservation Program, the New York State Music Fund, established by the New York State Attorney General at the Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors, and American Express Company.  Additional support was provided by the New York State Council on the Arts, a State agency, public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, and Con Edison.  Support for Sounds of the Prairies programs provided by Alberta Foundation for the Arts.

       
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