Upcoming Workshops and Concerts
Polyphonic songs from Ukraine
July 13 - 18, 2025 - Augusta Heritage Center, Elkins, WV
Summer Heritage Workshops - Vocal Week
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The Ukrainian Folk Experience
July 27 - August 4, 2025, Kobzarska Sich Bandura Camp, Emlenton, PA
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July 13 - 18, 2025 - Augusta Heritage Center, Elkins, WV
Summer Heritage Workshops - Vocal Week
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The Ukrainian Folk Experience
July 27 - August 4, 2025, Kobzarska Sich Bandura Camp, Emlenton, PA
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Former Workshops and Concerts
Songs for a Ukrainian Wedding
Thursday, June 12, 2025 - Online workshop - Ukrainian History and Education Center, Somerset, NJ
A traditional Ukrainian wedding transpires over several days and includes a series of special moments and rituals. These include the engagement, the making of the wedding bread, the dressing of the bridal couple, the blessings bestowed by the parents, the ritual of marriage, the celebration, and saying farewell to the bride. Each of these moments is accompanied by the singing of the community. Join Nadia Tarnawsky to explore and learn some of the songs of this rich folk tradition.
Spring Song (Vesnianky) Workshop
Saturday, May 17, 2025 - In person workshop - Ukrainian Museum and Archives, Cleveland, OH
Vesnianky (Spring songs).were sung to wake up the Spring, to call to her to arrive, to send winter away, to fill the earth with songs and laughter, to encourage growth.
Mothers and Sisters of the Veil
March 21 - 22, 2025 - Trobár Medieval Ensemble
Mothers and Sisters explores the lives of medieval nuns through their spiritual familial experience, with repertoire drawing from both Western Catholic and Byzantine Orthodox traditions of chant.
Укриття/Shelter
January 23 - 25, 2025 - Cleveland Public Theatre, Cleveland, OH
Presented as part of “Soft Launch,” a weekend-long festival/conference
Nadia Tarnawsky and Vira Hanchar will perform Укриття/Shelter - an interactive piece which examines ordinary life interrupted by air raid sirens, time spent in bomb shelters with puppets and the absurd destruction of war.
Ukrainian Folk Song Intensive
January 28 - February 25, 2025 - In person at the Ukrainian Museum-Archives
Explore the richness of Ukrainian traditional harmony singing with Nadia Tarnawsky. This 5 week course in traditional Ukrainian folk songs will include lyrical songs, ritual songs and calendar songs from a variety of regions in Ukraine.
Ukrainian Folk Songs
November 2024 - The College of Saint Scholastica, Duluth, MN
Ukrainian Winter Carol
October 6, 2024 - Daily Antidote of Song, Online
Folk Songs from the Poltava Region of Ukraine
August 20, 2024 - Trobàr Medieval Ensemble, Cleveland, OH
Presented by the Trobàr Medieval Ensemble's outreach program - Muckabouts
The Ukrainian Folk Experience
August 4-10, 2024, For students ages 14 and up, In person, Kobzarska Sich Bandura Camp, Emlenton, PA
Music and World Cultures Resource Session
August 1, 2024 - 38th Summer Dialogue 2024 ACDA of Minnesota
Christmas in July
July 25-27, 2024 - In person - BorderLight Festival - Cleveland, Ohio
Ukrainian Christmas and winter carol workshop
Village Harmony - Adult Residential Camp
June 24-30, 2024 - Stump Sprouts Retreat Center - Hawley, MA
A week long immersion into traditional song led by Brendan Taffe, Bongani Magatyana & Nadia Tarnawsky
Ukrainian Wedding
May 17-19, 2024 - Astoria, OR, Lincoln City, OR and Portland, OR
A concert of Ukrainian wedding songs performed by the women of the ensemble Cappella Romana
with special guests Inna Kovtun and Hanna Tishchenko
Ground
April 5-6, 2024 - Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT
A dance work conceived by Katja Kolcio. Collectively created by Mariia Bakalo, Katja Kolcio, Mariia Kondratieva, Chelsie McPhilimy, Mariya Salo and Nadia Tarnawsky
Postcards from Another World
March 28, 2024 - Duke University, Durham, NC
Presented as part of “Ukraine at War: Life in a Time of Fear and Hope,” a symposium sponsored by the Kenan Institute for Ethics at Duke University
Nadia Tarnawsky and Vira Hanchar will perform Postcards from Another World - a new multimedia presentation blending images, personal stories, and traditional folk songs from Ukraine. The piece offers glimpses of a faraway place — and reflects on how missives change when they’re coming from a war zone.
Spring songs from Ukraine
March 19-20, 2024 - Augusta Heritage Center, Elkins, WV
Taught traditional Ukrainian spring songs to students in grades 3-5
Vesna Krasna: Beautiful Spring
February 29, 2024 - The Ukrainian History and Education Center
In traditional Ukrainian folk music there are a variety of spring songs. Some songs are sung early in the season when there is still snow on the ground with the intention of awakening the spring and sending winter away. Other songs and dances are done once spring has become more established and the earth emerges into the season of growth and renewal. This presentation by Nadia Tarnawsky will examine some of these variants as well as provide an opportunity to sing some vesnianky.
Buried Words, Seeds of Hope
December 15, 2023 - Cleveland Public Theatre
A benefit for Ukraine which will present readings of short plays, poetry and songs that bring forth experiences of playwrights and artists from Ukraine since the war began. Featuring work by Pavlo Arie, Iryna Harets and Anastasiia Kosodii with additional texts by Serhiy Zhadan, Vira Hanchar & Nadia Tarnawsky.
Ukrainian Singing Workshop: Finding your folk voice
October 24, 2023 - Ukrainian Village Voices, New York NY
Ukrainian Arts and Language as Resistance - Guest Lecture
September 28, 2023 - Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT
World Music Guest Lecture
September 27, 2023 - Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT
College of the Environment Think Tank
September 27, 2023 - Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT
Somatic Methods for Resilience: A convergence of politics, song and survival in Ukraine
September 26, 2023 - University of St. Joseph, West Hartford, CT
Siren Song
September 9, 2023 - Cleveland Public Theatre
A collection of folk songs about the sea, rivers and rain. This performance will include a recitation of Victoria Amelina's poem "Azov", translated into English by Larissa Babij and used with permission from the Amelina estate.
Performed at Cleveland Public Theatre's annual fundraiser - Pandemonium 2023 - Into the Depths
Ukrainian Harvest Song
September 5, 2023 - Daily Antidote of Song, Online
The Ukrainian Folk Singing Experience
July 30 - August 5, 2023, For women ages 14 and up, In person, Kobzarska Sich Bandura Camp, Emlenton, PA
Garden of Memory at the Chapel of the Chimes 2023
June 21, 2023, 5-9 p.m. - In person, Oakland, CA
A performance of traditional Ukrainian folk songs with the Kitka Women's Ensemble as part of the annual solstice concert at the Chapel of the Chimes.
Ukrainian Rusalka Songs
June 20, 2023 - Marin Kitka Community Choir, In person, Marin County, CA
Ukrainian Ivana Kupala Songs with Inna Kovtun & Nadia Tarnawsky
June 18, 2023 - Emeryville, CA
Inna Kovtun and Nadia Tarnawsky return to the Kitka Institute to lead an IN PERSON workshop focusing on traditional Ivana Kupala songs traditionally sung in Ukraine during the late spring and early summer.
Ukrainian Rusalka Songs with Inna Kovtun & Nadia Tarnawsky
June 17, 2023 - Emeryville, CA
Inna Kovtun and Nadia Tarnawsky return to the Kitka Institute to lead an IN PERSON workshop focusing on traditional Rusalka songs traditionally sung in Ukraine during the late spring and early summer.
An evening of intimate lyrical songs from Ukraine
May 22, 2023 - Seattle, WA
The evening will feature Ukrainian folk songs performed in a traditional style by Inna Kovtun, Nadia Tarnawsky and Hanna Tishchenko, as well as an opportunity to learn some unique songs which were recorded in folkloric and ethnographic expeditions in the Central and Eastern regions of Ukraine.
Ukrainian Wedding
May 19-21, 2023 - Seattle, WA and Portland, OR
A concert of Ukrainian wedding songs performed by the women of the ensemble Cappella Romana
with special guests Inna Kovtun and Hanna Tishchenko
An evening of intimate lyrical songs from Ukraine
May 1, 2023 - Portland, OR
The evening will feature Ukrainian folk songs performed in a traditional style by Inna Kovtun and Nadia Tarnawsky, as well as an opportunity to learn some unique songs which were recorded in folkloric and ethnographic expeditions in the Central and Eastern regions of Ukraine.
Vesnianky: A Ukrainian Spring Calling Songs Workshop (Online)
With Inna Kovtun & Nadia Tarnawsky
March 11, 2023 - The Kitka Institute (Purchase video)
Spring songs from Ukraine
February 23-24, 2023 - Augusta Heritage Center, Elkins, WV
Taught traditional Ukrainian spring songs to students in grades 3-5
Ukrainian Singing Workshop: Lyrical songs from the Zhytomyr region of Ukraine
February 18, 2023 - Ukrainian Village Voices, New York NY
Koliada: Winter Songs from Ukraine: An Online Vocal Workshop
With Inna Kovtun & Nadia Tarnawsky
December 3, 2022 - The Kitka Institute (Purchase video)
Sing and stand with Ukraine while exploring the richness and uplifting harmonies of Ukrainian ritual songs for the winter holiday season.
Resilience in Times of War
December 1, 2022 - Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT
Ukrainian Folk Songs - Workshop with the Slavei Ensemble
November 29, 2022 - Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT
Ukrainian Folk Song Workshop with the Wisconsin Treble All-State Choirs
November 19, 2022 - Online
Songs of Mother Europe
October 20 - December 22, 2022
As part of a 10 week series presenting traditional songs from a variety of countries and traditions, Inna Kovtun and Nadia Tarnawsky present a session on traditional Ukrainian polyphonic songs from Polissia.
Ukrainian Winter Carol
October 12, 2022 - Daily Antidote of Song, Online
Polyphonic Songs of Ukraine: An Online Vocal Workshop Series
With Inna Kovtun & Nadia Tarnawsky
The Kitka Institute is thrilled to present this very special series of vocal workshops exploring the richness of Ukrainian polyphonic folk singing traditions. Recorded videos of the workshops are available for purchase.
Sunday, September 25, 2022 / Workshop 3: Vesillya - The Wedding (Purchase video)
Sunday, September 18, 2022 / Workshop 2: Zhnyva - The Harvest (Purchase video)
Sunday, August 21, 2022 / Workshop I: Dereva - Song Trees (Purchase video)
Ukrainian Folk Songs
September 16, 2022 - Augsberg University, Minneapolis, MN
Women at War
September 14, 2022 - Eastern Connecticut State University, CT
Music in Culture Guest Lecture
September 13, 2022 - Eastern Connecticut State University, CT
Musicking in the Body Guest Lecture
September 13, 2022 - Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT
Song Embroidery
July 22-23, 2022 - Performed as part of the Borderlight Festival, Cleveland OH
Promo video
Ukrainian Summer Song (Kupala)
July 11, 2022 - Daily Antidote of Song, Online
Ukrainian Folk Songs
June 28-30, 2022 - Harvard Summer Chorus and Cambridge Common Voices, Harvard University
Beyond Barriers, Boundaries and Belief
June 10, 2022 - Dancing Wheels, Cleveland OH
Songs for All Sentient Beings Concert
April 9, 2022 - ASWM Conference - online
Sonyashnyk (Sunflower) - A Benefit for Ukraine
April 8, 2022 - The Cleveland Museum of Art
Daily Sing at the Chorus America Conference
April 7-8, 2022 - Chorus America Conference - online
Ukrainian Spring Song
March 22, 2022 - Daily Antidote of Song, Online
Ukrainian Song Workshop
March 18, 2022 - Sing Louder Than Guns, Online
Songs for Ukraine: Vocal Workshop with Kitka for Humanitarian Aid
March 13, 2022 - Kitka Women's Ensemble, Online
Ukrainian Singing Workshop: Songs from Polissia
January 30, 2022 - Ukrainian Village Voices, Online
Ukrainian Folk Songs
January 15, 2022 - Women's Ensemble, University of Chicago
Heaven and Earth Rejoice!
A Christmas concert with Ensemble Cherubim
December 18, 2022 - New Haven, CT
December 19, 2021 - New York, NY
CBITAHOK
September 18, 2021 - Cleveland Public Theatre
From among the crowd, songs of the sun emerge. Performed at Cleveland Public Theatre's annual fundraiser - Pandemonium 2021 - The Break of Dawn
Ukraine Week - Ukrainian Folk Song Intensive
August 8 - 13, 2021 - Village Harmony
Co-taught with Inna Kovtun, Musical Director of the Rozhanytsia Ensemble of Kyiv, Ukraine
Ukrainian Winter Song
June 15, 2021 - Daily Antidote of Song, Online
Ukrainian Women's Folk Songs
March 21 & 28, 2021 - Wellesley College, Boston, MA
Ukrainian Folk Songs
October 14, 2020 - Augsberg University, Minneapolis, MN
A Stand of Songs
August 20, 2020 - Performed as part of The City Is Our Stage, Cleveland OH
Promo video
Village Harmony Repertoire Mashup Weekend
August 7-9, 2020 - Online
Ukrainian Singing Intensive and Concert
November 16 - 17, 2019 - New Orleans, LA
Ukrainian Vocal Workshop
August 30 - September 2, 2019 - Village Harmony 30th Anniversary Weekend, Roxbury, VT
Choral Workshop
August 11-17, 2019, Kobzarska Sich Bandura Camp, Emlenton, PA
Songs for Kupalo
June 29-30, 2019 - Kupalo Festival, Cleveland, OH
Ukrainian Folk Songs
June 5, 2019 - Dunava Ensemble, Seattle, WA
Voices of Ukraine's Villages from East to West a concert with Ukrainian Village Voices
November 16, 2018, Ukrainian Museum, New York, NY
Songs from Kriachkivka
November 18, 2018, Ukrainian Village Voices, New York, NY
Singing Master Class with the Drevo Ensemble of Kriachkivka
November 11, 2018, Ukrainian Catholic University, L'viv, Ukraine
Rozbyta
November 10-11, 2018 - Ukrainian Catholic University, Lviv, Ukraine
A self portrait in song
Promo video
Songs from Kriachkivka
October 27 and November 3, 2018, Ukrainian Catholic University, L'viv, Ukraine
Ukrainian Folk Songs
August 20-26, 2018 - Folk Camp, Grafton, Ontario, Canada
Rozbyta
June 25, 2018 - Kriachkivka, Ukraine
A self portrait in song
Rozbyta
June 22-23, 2018 - Kyiv Mohyla Academy, Kyiv, Ukraine
A self portrait in song
Love Songs from Polissia and Poltava
May 29 and June 26, 2018 - Ensemble Eteria, L'viv, Ukraine
Singing Master Class with the Drevo Ensemble of Kriachkivka
May 13, 2018, Ukrainian Catholic University, L'viv, Ukraine
Rozbyta
May 11-12, 2018 - Ukrainian Catholic University, Lviv, Ukraine
A self portrait in song
Drevo Camp
December 28, 2017 - January 1, 2018 - Kriachkivka, Ukraine
A workshop focusing on winter carols
Songs from Poltava
November 19, 2017, Ukrainian Catholic University, L'viv, Ukraine
Songs from Polissia
November 12, 2017, Ukrainian Catholic University, L'viv, Ukraine
Songs of Death and Graves from America and Ukraine
November 1, 2017 America House, Kyiv, Ukraine
Drevo Camp
September 29 - October 5, 2017 - Kriachkivka, Ukraine
A week of learning the songs of the Drevo Ensemble of Kriachkivka. Songs will be taught by Nadia Rozdabara and Nina Reva of Kriachkivka. Nadia Tarnawsky will provide workshops in vocal technique.
Village Harmony Teen Touring Camp
July 27 - August 15, 2017 - New England, USA
Songs from Ukraine
Ščedry Večir: Slavic Songs of Winter a concert with Dunava
January 17, 2017 - Renton, WA
Ukrainian Vocal Workshop
December 3, 2016 - Trendafilka Ensemble, New Orleans, LA
Ukrainian Singing Workshop
November 5, 2016 - Rogue Music Ensemble, Ashland, OR
Ukrainian Winter Songs
October 26 - November 16, 2016 - Dunava Ensemble, Seattle, WA
Ukrainian Folk Songs
August 15 - 21, 2016 - Folk Camp, Grafton, Ontario, Canada
Ukrainian Folk Songs
May 28, 2016 - Northwest Folklife Festival, Seattle, WA
A workshop focusing on Ukrainian polyphonic songs.
Ukrainian and Georgian Singing Workshop
May 14-15, 2016 - The Tigermen Den, New Orleans, LA
Eastern European Vocal Workshop
July 23, 2015 - Washington American Choral Directors Association, Tacoma, WA
Ukrainian Vocal Workshop
July 15, 2015 - Kodály Levels Program of Seattle, Seattle, WA
Village Harmony Teen Touring Camp
June 22 - July 11, 2015 - New England, USA
Songs from Ukraine, Bulgaria, and a work by Monteverdi
Chornobyl Songs Project Concert with Ensemble Hilka
April 25, 2015, Ukrainian Museum, New York, NY
Ukrainian Vocal Workshop
March 11, 2015 - Portland Revels ViVoce, Portland, OR
Ukrainian Vocal Workshop
March 10, 2015 - Rogue Music Ensemble, Ashland, OR
Ukrainian Vocal Workshop
February 28, 2015 - Kitka Women's Ensemble, Oakland, CA
Folk Choral Singing and Arrangements from Ukraine
January 16, 2015 - Northwest Kodály Educators and Washington American Choral Director’s Association, Seattle, WA
Ukrainian Winter Songs
October - December, 2014 - Bellevue Girls' Choir, Bellevue, WA
Ukrainian Singing Workshop: Songs Inspired by the Maidan
October 19, 2014 - Ukrainian Village Voices, New York, NY
Village Harmony 25th Anniversary Weekend
August 29 - September 1, 2014 - Village Harmony, Roxbury, VT
Ukrainian Vocal Workshop
Ukrainian Vocal Workshop
June 1, 2014 - Bellingham, WA
50 Heartbreaks and I'm Still in Love with YOUkraine
May 29 - June 1, 2014 - Firehouse Performing Arts Center, Bellingham, WA
A dance-theater show about heartbreak and Ukrainian history created with Jenna Bean Veatch
Promo video
Ukrainian Vocal Workshop
May 26, 2014 - Northwest Folklife Festival, Seattle, WA
Ukrainian Vocal Weekend Intensive and Concert
May 17 - 18, 2014 - Black Forest Fancies, New Orleans, LA
50 Heartbreaks and I'm Still in Love with YOUkraine
November 20-23, 2013 - New Orleans Fringe Festival
A dance-theater show about heartbreak and Ukrainian history created with Jenna Bean Veatch
Learn Heartbreaking Songs from Ukraine
November 22, 2013 - New Orleans Fringe Festival, New Orleans, LA
50 Heartbreaks and I'm Still in Love with YOUkraine
October 1-4, 2013 - Annex Theater, Seattle, WA
A dance-theater show about heartbreak and Ukrainian history created with Jenna Bean Veatch
Ukrainian Vocal Workshop
September 28, 2013 - Dusty Strings, Seattle, WA
Village Harmony Adult Camp
August 31 - September 7, 2013 - Village Harmony, Mackenzie Bridge, OR
Songs from Ukraine and Bulgaria
Ukrainian Vocal Workshop
May 25, 2013 - Northwest Folklife Festival, Seattle, WA
Village Harmony Weekend Intensive
June 1 - 3, 2012 - Village Harmony, Portland, OR
Songs from Ukraine and Bulgaria
Ukrainian Vocal Workshop
May 27, 2012 - Northwest Folklife Festival, Seattle, WA
Vocal Weekend Intensive
March 10 - 11, 2012- Rogue World Ensemble, Ashland, OR
Chornobyl Songs Project Concert with Ensemble Hilka
December 1-4, 2011 - The Chornobyl Songs Project presented a series of concert performances in Princeton, NJ, New York City, Philadelphia, PA and Washington, DC.
Invitation to a Wedding: Traditional Ukrainian Wedding Songs (Workshop and Concert)
January 22 - 29, 2011- Center for Traditional Music and Dance, New York, NY
Seven Deadly Sins: Traditional Ukrainian Songs of Good and Evil (Workshop and Concert)
June 5 -12, 2010- Center for Traditional Music and Dance, New York, NY
June Wedding: Traditional Ukrainian Wedding Songs (Workshop and Concert)
June 6 - 13, 2009 - Center for Traditional Music and Dance, New York, NY
Ukrainian Women's Voices (Workshop and Concert)
September 27 - November 1, 2008 - Center for Traditional Music and Dance, New York, NY
Thursday, June 12, 2025 - Online workshop - Ukrainian History and Education Center, Somerset, NJ
A traditional Ukrainian wedding transpires over several days and includes a series of special moments and rituals. These include the engagement, the making of the wedding bread, the dressing of the bridal couple, the blessings bestowed by the parents, the ritual of marriage, the celebration, and saying farewell to the bride. Each of these moments is accompanied by the singing of the community. Join Nadia Tarnawsky to explore and learn some of the songs of this rich folk tradition.
Spring Song (Vesnianky) Workshop
Saturday, May 17, 2025 - In person workshop - Ukrainian Museum and Archives, Cleveland, OH
Vesnianky (Spring songs).were sung to wake up the Spring, to call to her to arrive, to send winter away, to fill the earth with songs and laughter, to encourage growth.
Mothers and Sisters of the Veil
March 21 - 22, 2025 - Trobár Medieval Ensemble
Mothers and Sisters explores the lives of medieval nuns through their spiritual familial experience, with repertoire drawing from both Western Catholic and Byzantine Orthodox traditions of chant.
Укриття/Shelter
January 23 - 25, 2025 - Cleveland Public Theatre, Cleveland, OH
Presented as part of “Soft Launch,” a weekend-long festival/conference
Nadia Tarnawsky and Vira Hanchar will perform Укриття/Shelter - an interactive piece which examines ordinary life interrupted by air raid sirens, time spent in bomb shelters with puppets and the absurd destruction of war.
Ukrainian Folk Song Intensive
January 28 - February 25, 2025 - In person at the Ukrainian Museum-Archives
Explore the richness of Ukrainian traditional harmony singing with Nadia Tarnawsky. This 5 week course in traditional Ukrainian folk songs will include lyrical songs, ritual songs and calendar songs from a variety of regions in Ukraine.
Ukrainian Folk Songs
November 2024 - The College of Saint Scholastica, Duluth, MN
Ukrainian Winter Carol
October 6, 2024 - Daily Antidote of Song, Online
Folk Songs from the Poltava Region of Ukraine
August 20, 2024 - Trobàr Medieval Ensemble, Cleveland, OH
Presented by the Trobàr Medieval Ensemble's outreach program - Muckabouts
The Ukrainian Folk Experience
August 4-10, 2024, For students ages 14 and up, In person, Kobzarska Sich Bandura Camp, Emlenton, PA
Music and World Cultures Resource Session
August 1, 2024 - 38th Summer Dialogue 2024 ACDA of Minnesota
Christmas in July
July 25-27, 2024 - In person - BorderLight Festival - Cleveland, Ohio
Ukrainian Christmas and winter carol workshop
Village Harmony - Adult Residential Camp
June 24-30, 2024 - Stump Sprouts Retreat Center - Hawley, MA
A week long immersion into traditional song led by Brendan Taffe, Bongani Magatyana & Nadia Tarnawsky
Ukrainian Wedding
May 17-19, 2024 - Astoria, OR, Lincoln City, OR and Portland, OR
A concert of Ukrainian wedding songs performed by the women of the ensemble Cappella Romana
with special guests Inna Kovtun and Hanna Tishchenko
Ground
April 5-6, 2024 - Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT
A dance work conceived by Katja Kolcio. Collectively created by Mariia Bakalo, Katja Kolcio, Mariia Kondratieva, Chelsie McPhilimy, Mariya Salo and Nadia Tarnawsky
Postcards from Another World
March 28, 2024 - Duke University, Durham, NC
Presented as part of “Ukraine at War: Life in a Time of Fear and Hope,” a symposium sponsored by the Kenan Institute for Ethics at Duke University
Nadia Tarnawsky and Vira Hanchar will perform Postcards from Another World - a new multimedia presentation blending images, personal stories, and traditional folk songs from Ukraine. The piece offers glimpses of a faraway place — and reflects on how missives change when they’re coming from a war zone.
Spring songs from Ukraine
March 19-20, 2024 - Augusta Heritage Center, Elkins, WV
Taught traditional Ukrainian spring songs to students in grades 3-5
Vesna Krasna: Beautiful Spring
February 29, 2024 - The Ukrainian History and Education Center
In traditional Ukrainian folk music there are a variety of spring songs. Some songs are sung early in the season when there is still snow on the ground with the intention of awakening the spring and sending winter away. Other songs and dances are done once spring has become more established and the earth emerges into the season of growth and renewal. This presentation by Nadia Tarnawsky will examine some of these variants as well as provide an opportunity to sing some vesnianky.
Buried Words, Seeds of Hope
December 15, 2023 - Cleveland Public Theatre
A benefit for Ukraine which will present readings of short plays, poetry and songs that bring forth experiences of playwrights and artists from Ukraine since the war began. Featuring work by Pavlo Arie, Iryna Harets and Anastasiia Kosodii with additional texts by Serhiy Zhadan, Vira Hanchar & Nadia Tarnawsky.
Ukrainian Singing Workshop: Finding your folk voice
October 24, 2023 - Ukrainian Village Voices, New York NY
Ukrainian Arts and Language as Resistance - Guest Lecture
September 28, 2023 - Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT
World Music Guest Lecture
September 27, 2023 - Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT
College of the Environment Think Tank
September 27, 2023 - Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT
Somatic Methods for Resilience: A convergence of politics, song and survival in Ukraine
September 26, 2023 - University of St. Joseph, West Hartford, CT
Siren Song
September 9, 2023 - Cleveland Public Theatre
A collection of folk songs about the sea, rivers and rain. This performance will include a recitation of Victoria Amelina's poem "Azov", translated into English by Larissa Babij and used with permission from the Amelina estate.
Performed at Cleveland Public Theatre's annual fundraiser - Pandemonium 2023 - Into the Depths
Ukrainian Harvest Song
September 5, 2023 - Daily Antidote of Song, Online
The Ukrainian Folk Singing Experience
July 30 - August 5, 2023, For women ages 14 and up, In person, Kobzarska Sich Bandura Camp, Emlenton, PA
Garden of Memory at the Chapel of the Chimes 2023
June 21, 2023, 5-9 p.m. - In person, Oakland, CA
A performance of traditional Ukrainian folk songs with the Kitka Women's Ensemble as part of the annual solstice concert at the Chapel of the Chimes.
Ukrainian Rusalka Songs
June 20, 2023 - Marin Kitka Community Choir, In person, Marin County, CA
Ukrainian Ivana Kupala Songs with Inna Kovtun & Nadia Tarnawsky
June 18, 2023 - Emeryville, CA
Inna Kovtun and Nadia Tarnawsky return to the Kitka Institute to lead an IN PERSON workshop focusing on traditional Ivana Kupala songs traditionally sung in Ukraine during the late spring and early summer.
Ukrainian Rusalka Songs with Inna Kovtun & Nadia Tarnawsky
June 17, 2023 - Emeryville, CA
Inna Kovtun and Nadia Tarnawsky return to the Kitka Institute to lead an IN PERSON workshop focusing on traditional Rusalka songs traditionally sung in Ukraine during the late spring and early summer.
An evening of intimate lyrical songs from Ukraine
May 22, 2023 - Seattle, WA
The evening will feature Ukrainian folk songs performed in a traditional style by Inna Kovtun, Nadia Tarnawsky and Hanna Tishchenko, as well as an opportunity to learn some unique songs which were recorded in folkloric and ethnographic expeditions in the Central and Eastern regions of Ukraine.
Ukrainian Wedding
May 19-21, 2023 - Seattle, WA and Portland, OR
A concert of Ukrainian wedding songs performed by the women of the ensemble Cappella Romana
with special guests Inna Kovtun and Hanna Tishchenko
An evening of intimate lyrical songs from Ukraine
May 1, 2023 - Portland, OR
The evening will feature Ukrainian folk songs performed in a traditional style by Inna Kovtun and Nadia Tarnawsky, as well as an opportunity to learn some unique songs which were recorded in folkloric and ethnographic expeditions in the Central and Eastern regions of Ukraine.
Vesnianky: A Ukrainian Spring Calling Songs Workshop (Online)
With Inna Kovtun & Nadia Tarnawsky
March 11, 2023 - The Kitka Institute (Purchase video)
Spring songs from Ukraine
February 23-24, 2023 - Augusta Heritage Center, Elkins, WV
Taught traditional Ukrainian spring songs to students in grades 3-5
Ukrainian Singing Workshop: Lyrical songs from the Zhytomyr region of Ukraine
February 18, 2023 - Ukrainian Village Voices, New York NY
Koliada: Winter Songs from Ukraine: An Online Vocal Workshop
With Inna Kovtun & Nadia Tarnawsky
December 3, 2022 - The Kitka Institute (Purchase video)
Sing and stand with Ukraine while exploring the richness and uplifting harmonies of Ukrainian ritual songs for the winter holiday season.
Resilience in Times of War
December 1, 2022 - Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT
Ukrainian Folk Songs - Workshop with the Slavei Ensemble
November 29, 2022 - Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT
Ukrainian Folk Song Workshop with the Wisconsin Treble All-State Choirs
November 19, 2022 - Online
Songs of Mother Europe
October 20 - December 22, 2022
As part of a 10 week series presenting traditional songs from a variety of countries and traditions, Inna Kovtun and Nadia Tarnawsky present a session on traditional Ukrainian polyphonic songs from Polissia.
Ukrainian Winter Carol
October 12, 2022 - Daily Antidote of Song, Online
Polyphonic Songs of Ukraine: An Online Vocal Workshop Series
With Inna Kovtun & Nadia Tarnawsky
The Kitka Institute is thrilled to present this very special series of vocal workshops exploring the richness of Ukrainian polyphonic folk singing traditions. Recorded videos of the workshops are available for purchase.
Sunday, September 25, 2022 / Workshop 3: Vesillya - The Wedding (Purchase video)
Sunday, September 18, 2022 / Workshop 2: Zhnyva - The Harvest (Purchase video)
Sunday, August 21, 2022 / Workshop I: Dereva - Song Trees (Purchase video)
Ukrainian Folk Songs
September 16, 2022 - Augsberg University, Minneapolis, MN
Women at War
September 14, 2022 - Eastern Connecticut State University, CT
Music in Culture Guest Lecture
September 13, 2022 - Eastern Connecticut State University, CT
Musicking in the Body Guest Lecture
September 13, 2022 - Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT
Song Embroidery
July 22-23, 2022 - Performed as part of the Borderlight Festival, Cleveland OH
Promo video
Ukrainian Summer Song (Kupala)
July 11, 2022 - Daily Antidote of Song, Online
Ukrainian Folk Songs
June 28-30, 2022 - Harvard Summer Chorus and Cambridge Common Voices, Harvard University
Beyond Barriers, Boundaries and Belief
June 10, 2022 - Dancing Wheels, Cleveland OH
Songs for All Sentient Beings Concert
April 9, 2022 - ASWM Conference - online
Sonyashnyk (Sunflower) - A Benefit for Ukraine
April 8, 2022 - The Cleveland Museum of Art
Daily Sing at the Chorus America Conference
April 7-8, 2022 - Chorus America Conference - online
Ukrainian Spring Song
March 22, 2022 - Daily Antidote of Song, Online
Ukrainian Song Workshop
March 18, 2022 - Sing Louder Than Guns, Online
Songs for Ukraine: Vocal Workshop with Kitka for Humanitarian Aid
March 13, 2022 - Kitka Women's Ensemble, Online
Ukrainian Singing Workshop: Songs from Polissia
January 30, 2022 - Ukrainian Village Voices, Online
Ukrainian Folk Songs
January 15, 2022 - Women's Ensemble, University of Chicago
Heaven and Earth Rejoice!
A Christmas concert with Ensemble Cherubim
December 18, 2022 - New Haven, CT
December 19, 2021 - New York, NY
CBITAHOK
September 18, 2021 - Cleveland Public Theatre
From among the crowd, songs of the sun emerge. Performed at Cleveland Public Theatre's annual fundraiser - Pandemonium 2021 - The Break of Dawn
Ukraine Week - Ukrainian Folk Song Intensive
August 8 - 13, 2021 - Village Harmony
Co-taught with Inna Kovtun, Musical Director of the Rozhanytsia Ensemble of Kyiv, Ukraine
Ukrainian Winter Song
June 15, 2021 - Daily Antidote of Song, Online
Ukrainian Women's Folk Songs
March 21 & 28, 2021 - Wellesley College, Boston, MA
Ukrainian Folk Songs
October 14, 2020 - Augsberg University, Minneapolis, MN
A Stand of Songs
August 20, 2020 - Performed as part of The City Is Our Stage, Cleveland OH
Promo video
Village Harmony Repertoire Mashup Weekend
August 7-9, 2020 - Online
Ukrainian Singing Intensive and Concert
November 16 - 17, 2019 - New Orleans, LA
Ukrainian Vocal Workshop
August 30 - September 2, 2019 - Village Harmony 30th Anniversary Weekend, Roxbury, VT
Choral Workshop
August 11-17, 2019, Kobzarska Sich Bandura Camp, Emlenton, PA
Songs for Kupalo
June 29-30, 2019 - Kupalo Festival, Cleveland, OH
Ukrainian Folk Songs
June 5, 2019 - Dunava Ensemble, Seattle, WA
Voices of Ukraine's Villages from East to West a concert with Ukrainian Village Voices
November 16, 2018, Ukrainian Museum, New York, NY
Songs from Kriachkivka
November 18, 2018, Ukrainian Village Voices, New York, NY
Singing Master Class with the Drevo Ensemble of Kriachkivka
November 11, 2018, Ukrainian Catholic University, L'viv, Ukraine
Rozbyta
November 10-11, 2018 - Ukrainian Catholic University, Lviv, Ukraine
A self portrait in song
Promo video
Songs from Kriachkivka
October 27 and November 3, 2018, Ukrainian Catholic University, L'viv, Ukraine
Ukrainian Folk Songs
August 20-26, 2018 - Folk Camp, Grafton, Ontario, Canada
Rozbyta
June 25, 2018 - Kriachkivka, Ukraine
A self portrait in song
Rozbyta
June 22-23, 2018 - Kyiv Mohyla Academy, Kyiv, Ukraine
A self portrait in song
Love Songs from Polissia and Poltava
May 29 and June 26, 2018 - Ensemble Eteria, L'viv, Ukraine
Singing Master Class with the Drevo Ensemble of Kriachkivka
May 13, 2018, Ukrainian Catholic University, L'viv, Ukraine
Rozbyta
May 11-12, 2018 - Ukrainian Catholic University, Lviv, Ukraine
A self portrait in song
Drevo Camp
December 28, 2017 - January 1, 2018 - Kriachkivka, Ukraine
A workshop focusing on winter carols
Songs from Poltava
November 19, 2017, Ukrainian Catholic University, L'viv, Ukraine
Songs from Polissia
November 12, 2017, Ukrainian Catholic University, L'viv, Ukraine
Songs of Death and Graves from America and Ukraine
November 1, 2017 America House, Kyiv, Ukraine
Drevo Camp
September 29 - October 5, 2017 - Kriachkivka, Ukraine
A week of learning the songs of the Drevo Ensemble of Kriachkivka. Songs will be taught by Nadia Rozdabara and Nina Reva of Kriachkivka. Nadia Tarnawsky will provide workshops in vocal technique.
Village Harmony Teen Touring Camp
July 27 - August 15, 2017 - New England, USA
Songs from Ukraine
Ščedry Večir: Slavic Songs of Winter a concert with Dunava
January 17, 2017 - Renton, WA
Ukrainian Vocal Workshop
December 3, 2016 - Trendafilka Ensemble, New Orleans, LA
Ukrainian Singing Workshop
November 5, 2016 - Rogue Music Ensemble, Ashland, OR
Ukrainian Winter Songs
October 26 - November 16, 2016 - Dunava Ensemble, Seattle, WA
Ukrainian Folk Songs
August 15 - 21, 2016 - Folk Camp, Grafton, Ontario, Canada
Ukrainian Folk Songs
May 28, 2016 - Northwest Folklife Festival, Seattle, WA
A workshop focusing on Ukrainian polyphonic songs.
Ukrainian and Georgian Singing Workshop
May 14-15, 2016 - The Tigermen Den, New Orleans, LA
Eastern European Vocal Workshop
July 23, 2015 - Washington American Choral Directors Association, Tacoma, WA
Ukrainian Vocal Workshop
July 15, 2015 - Kodály Levels Program of Seattle, Seattle, WA
Village Harmony Teen Touring Camp
June 22 - July 11, 2015 - New England, USA
Songs from Ukraine, Bulgaria, and a work by Monteverdi
Chornobyl Songs Project Concert with Ensemble Hilka
April 25, 2015, Ukrainian Museum, New York, NY
Ukrainian Vocal Workshop
March 11, 2015 - Portland Revels ViVoce, Portland, OR
Ukrainian Vocal Workshop
March 10, 2015 - Rogue Music Ensemble, Ashland, OR
Ukrainian Vocal Workshop
February 28, 2015 - Kitka Women's Ensemble, Oakland, CA
Folk Choral Singing and Arrangements from Ukraine
January 16, 2015 - Northwest Kodály Educators and Washington American Choral Director’s Association, Seattle, WA
Ukrainian Winter Songs
October - December, 2014 - Bellevue Girls' Choir, Bellevue, WA
Ukrainian Singing Workshop: Songs Inspired by the Maidan
October 19, 2014 - Ukrainian Village Voices, New York, NY
Village Harmony 25th Anniversary Weekend
August 29 - September 1, 2014 - Village Harmony, Roxbury, VT
Ukrainian Vocal Workshop
Ukrainian Vocal Workshop
June 1, 2014 - Bellingham, WA
50 Heartbreaks and I'm Still in Love with YOUkraine
May 29 - June 1, 2014 - Firehouse Performing Arts Center, Bellingham, WA
A dance-theater show about heartbreak and Ukrainian history created with Jenna Bean Veatch
Promo video
Ukrainian Vocal Workshop
May 26, 2014 - Northwest Folklife Festival, Seattle, WA
Ukrainian Vocal Weekend Intensive and Concert
May 17 - 18, 2014 - Black Forest Fancies, New Orleans, LA
50 Heartbreaks and I'm Still in Love with YOUkraine
November 20-23, 2013 - New Orleans Fringe Festival
A dance-theater show about heartbreak and Ukrainian history created with Jenna Bean Veatch
Learn Heartbreaking Songs from Ukraine
November 22, 2013 - New Orleans Fringe Festival, New Orleans, LA
50 Heartbreaks and I'm Still in Love with YOUkraine
October 1-4, 2013 - Annex Theater, Seattle, WA
A dance-theater show about heartbreak and Ukrainian history created with Jenna Bean Veatch
Ukrainian Vocal Workshop
September 28, 2013 - Dusty Strings, Seattle, WA
Village Harmony Adult Camp
August 31 - September 7, 2013 - Village Harmony, Mackenzie Bridge, OR
Songs from Ukraine and Bulgaria
Ukrainian Vocal Workshop
May 25, 2013 - Northwest Folklife Festival, Seattle, WA
Village Harmony Weekend Intensive
June 1 - 3, 2012 - Village Harmony, Portland, OR
Songs from Ukraine and Bulgaria
Ukrainian Vocal Workshop
May 27, 2012 - Northwest Folklife Festival, Seattle, WA
Vocal Weekend Intensive
March 10 - 11, 2012- Rogue World Ensemble, Ashland, OR
Chornobyl Songs Project Concert with Ensemble Hilka
December 1-4, 2011 - The Chornobyl Songs Project presented a series of concert performances in Princeton, NJ, New York City, Philadelphia, PA and Washington, DC.
Invitation to a Wedding: Traditional Ukrainian Wedding Songs (Workshop and Concert)
January 22 - 29, 2011- Center for Traditional Music and Dance, New York, NY
Seven Deadly Sins: Traditional Ukrainian Songs of Good and Evil (Workshop and Concert)
June 5 -12, 2010- Center for Traditional Music and Dance, New York, NY
June Wedding: Traditional Ukrainian Wedding Songs (Workshop and Concert)
June 6 - 13, 2009 - Center for Traditional Music and Dance, New York, NY
Ukrainian Women's Voices (Workshop and Concert)
September 27 - November 1, 2008 - Center for Traditional Music and Dance, New York, NY
