PREVIEW OF EVENTS (11/24/96)

PREVIEW OF EVENTS

Sunday, December 1

NEW YORK: The Ukrainian Institute of America presents a pre-holiday concert of classical and popular music featuring Myroslav Skoryk, Volodymyr Vynnytsky and Marianna Vynnytsky in a program of works by Lysenko, Skoryk, Kos-Anatolsky, E. Kozak and O. Kuzyszyn. The concert is being held at the institute, 2 E. 79th St., at 4 p.m.

Monday, December 2

CHICAGO: The Friends of Radiology in Ukraine Inc., a non-profit association of professionals in radiology and related fields, is holding its annual meeting at the Radiological Society of North America Conference in McCormick Place, North Building, Room N 133, at 11:30-1 p.m. Guest speakers are Dr. Yakiv Babiy, president, Ukrainian Association of Radiologists (Kyiv); and Prof. Romana Hnatyshak, M.D., chair, radiology department, Lviv State Medical University. Dr. M. Paul Capp, director, American Board of Radiology, and president, FRU, will serve as moderator. Among items on the agenda are: scheduling of radiological conferences and refresher courses in Ukraine; problems of Ukrainian-language radiology publications, and setting up a medical publishing house. A reception/dinner will be held the same evening, with details to be announced at the meeing. For additional information call Dr. Adrian Baranetsky, (212) 423-4445 (day).
SUN CITY, Ariz.: The Leontovych String Quartet - Yuri Mazurkevich, first violin; Yuri Kharenko, second violin; Borys Deviatov, viola; and Volodymyr Panteleyev, cello - will appear in concert at Sundial Auditorium, 103rd Avenue and Boswell Boulevard, in a program of works by Schubert, Shostakovich and Tchaikovsky. Performance time: 7:30 p.m.

Thursday, December 5

NEW YORK: The Harriman Institute is holding a lecture by Dr. Antonina Berezovenko, visiting professor at Columbia University, who will address the topic "The Language of Crime in Ukraine and Russia." The lecture will be held at the International Affairs Building, 420 W. 118th St., Room 1219, at noon-2 p.m.

Saturday, December 7

TOMS RIVER, N.J.: St. Stephen Ukrainian Catholic Church is holding a holiday bazaar at the parish center, 1344 White Oak Bottom Road, 10 a.m.-3 p.m. There will be crafts, attic treasures, home-made breads and cakes, as well as Ukrainian food.
PLAINFIELD, N.J.: Choral works by Slavic composers, from the Middle Ages to the present, will be presented in a "Gateway to the Slavic Soul" concert by the Summit Chorale, under the direction of Garyth Nair, at the Crescent Avenue Presbyterian Church, 716 Watchung Ave., at 8 p.m. The program will feature works by Part, Nair, Stravinsky, Schnittke, Leontovych and Iatsinevich. The chorale comprises 60 non-professional singers chosen by rigorous audition. Tickets: $15; $10 for seniors and students. The evening will also feature traditional audience carol-singing. For more information call (201) 762-8486.

Sunday, December 8

MAPLEWOOD, N.J.: A concert of choral works by Slavic composers titled "Gateway to the Slavic Soul" by the Summit Chorale, under the direction of Garyth Nair, will be held in Morrow Memorial Methodist Church, 600 Ridgewood Road, at 4 p.m. The program includes works by Part, Nair, Stravinsky, Schnittke, Leontovych and Iatsinevich.
YORKERS, N.Y.: Ukrainian National Women's League of America Branch 30 invites the public to an exhibit and sale of artworks by the late artist Jacques Hnizdovsky and Wolodymyra Wasiczko to be held at St. Michael's Ukrainian Catholic Church, Shonnard Place at North Broadway, at 9 a.m.-1 p.m. For more information call Nadia Liteplo, (914) 949-4911.

Saturday, December 14

NEW YORK: The Music at the Institute Series presents violinist Yuri Kharenko in his New York debut and pianist Vyacheslav Bakis in a program of works by Mozart, Franck, Chausson, Skoryk and Sarasate. The concert will be held at the Ukrainian Institute of America, 2 E. 79th St., at 8 p.m. The concert is sponsored by Alex Rovt and the IBE Trade Corp.

ADVANCE NOTICE
December 26-29

SOUTHFIELD, Mich.: A four-day Ukrainian Christmas Carol Workshop, sponsored by the Kapela Bandurystiv, will be held in the fields of voice and bandura at St. Mary's Orthodox Cathedral, 2017 Mada-Evergreen Road. The workshop will comprise two seminars geared towards: intermediate and advanced bandura players with an interest in expanding their repertoire, gaining exposure to Ukrainian carols and playing in ensembles; and, individuals with some vocal experience, 16 years of age and older, interested in Ukrainian Christmas carols and gaining basic skills of vocal art. Instruction will be both in Ukrainian and English. Prospective staff to include: Oleh Mahlay, Dr. Mark Farion, Victor Mishalow, Anatoli Murha, Mykola Schidowka and Nadia Tarnawsky. Among the workshop's other sponsors are the Ukraina Bandura Camp, the Kobzarska Sich Bandura Camp, the Bandura Education Commission and St. Mary's Ukrainian Orthodox Cathedral. The workshop begins Thursday, December 26, with registration at 4-6 p.m., dinner at 6 p.m., to be followed by a rehearsal. The workshop closes Sunday, December 29, with an open rehearsal for the community to be held in the church hall in the afternoon. To register and for more information call Anatoli Murha, (313) 953-0305; e-mail: AnatolUKE1@aol.com. One can also visit the ODUM and Kapela Bandurystiv Homepages for more information.