Events in Crimea are troubling and upsetting. In 2008, I did this project with the photographer Alison Cartwright, in its online incarnation on Triple Canopy: No Other Home: The Crimean Tatar Repatriates.
Zozulka in Concert at the University of Toronto: March 7, 2014 at 7 PM
Zozulka concerts in Spring 2014!
Save these dates!
TORONTO, Friday, March 7: Hart House Piano Room at the University of Toronto, 7 PM.
WASHINGTON, DC, Saturday, May 17: Lyceum, Alexandria VA, 3 PM (hosted by the Washington Group Cultural Fund).
More details to come.
DakhaBrakha + Colloquium at Boston University (Oct. 2)
Next Wednesday, October 2, I’ll be introducing the amazing Ukrainian “ethno-chaos” band DakhaBrakha (who are on their first North American tour) at Boston University’s “Global Music Lunchtime Concert Series.” That evening, at 5 PM, I’ll be giving a talk (titled “Chornobyl Songs: ‘Nature’ After Nuclear Disaster”) as part of BU’s Musicology & Ethnomusicology Department colloquium series.
Torontonians should note that DakhaBrakha will also be in town as part of the Small World Music Festival on October 6th at Revival Bar. At noon on that day, the Kosa Kolektiv will be hosting an intimate masterclass with the members of DakhaBrakha at St. Vladimir’s Institute – definitely worth checking out.
My dear friend Jenna Bean Veatch made this sweet video for my song, “Little Blue Jay.” (Bedroom recording by yours truly, with Franz Nicolay at the controls.) Jenna will be using part of it in her upcoming theater/dance piece with Nadia Tarnawsky, called “50 Heartbreaks (And I’m Still in Love with YOUkraine).” This is heartbreak #32.
Little Blue Jay
Talk at St. Vladimir’s Institute in Toronto, Sat. September 21
I’ll be giving a little “intro to the Hutsuls” talk at Saint Vladimir’s Institute in Toronto this Saturday night, in tandem with an ongoing exhibition by the French photographer Youry Bilak. I’ve titled it, “Who Are the Hutsuls? From Dovbush to ‘Dyki Tantsi’.” This Saturday at 7 PM, free admission.
Interview in the Harriman Institute’s new glossy mag!
I’m honored to be featured in the inaugural issue of the Harriman Institute’s new magazine! You can read the entire interview with me here.
Lesia Natalia Sonevytsky Nicolay
Introducing Lesia Natalia Sonevytsky Nicolay, born June 13, 2013 at 12:46 AM at my mother’s home in Arlington, Virginia. Weighing in at 6 lbs. 8 oz., 19 1/4 inches long. Born hollering, showing off her formidable pipes.
A Job (at Bard College) and a Postdoc (at U of Toronto)!
I’m so thrilled to make this news official: I’ve accepted a full-time position as an Assistant Professor of Music at Bard College, but am deferring it for a year, during which I will be a Jacyk Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Toronto’s Centre for European, Russian and Eurasian Studies in 2013-14. So Franz, baby and I will be Canadians for 9 months, hopefully spending much of summer 2014 in Ukraine, and then relocating to upstate NY in late summer 2014, just about 2 hours north of NYC on the Hudson. Ecstatic about all of it.
Farewell, NYC: last weekend shows and events (April 25-28)
We’re heading to Virginia for the summer, saying goodbye to our sweet strange little Brooklyn home of the last three years, and I’ve got a couple of shows/events lined up for our last weekend in the city:
Thursday, April 25 – Debutante Hour wil play at the swank Manderlay Bar at the McKittrick Hotel at 10 PM (530 W. 27th Street in Manhattan). This is supposed to be an awesome venue, and this will be the last time to hear us live for at least a few months.
Friday, April 26 – Zozulka sings at Columbia University for The Birch, Columbia’s undergrad journal of Eastern European and Eurasian Studies. 7:30 PM. Free admission. Potluck House, 606 114th Street,New York, NY 10027.
Sunday, April 28 – I’ll be leading a singing workshop in Ukrainian lyrical songs for the Ukrainian Village Voices, no prior experience or knowledge of Ukrainian required. Location: All Saints Ukrainian Orthodox Church (206 East 11th St (btw 2nd and 3rd Aves) in Manhattan), 3-6 PM. Advance tickets are available at: http://villagesongs.brownpapertickets.com/
Maria Sonevytsky 