SINGING. ABC of Ukrainian singing part. 1

Led by Mariana Markhel
for all interested

During the workshop, we will focus on the „white voice” singing technique, mostly using the examples of polyphonic songs from the Ukrainian Polesia, and the Poltava and Sumy districts. We will also practice the extremely important technique of singing ornamentation.
The first of the two workshops (on Wednesday, April 17) is designed for beginners. Apart from learning the songs, it will include a lot of singing exercises.

During the second workshop (on Thursdays, April 18) we will focus on learning polyphonic songs and developing the skill of stylistic ornamentation.

Mariana Markhel – comes from Kiev, violinist, traditional singer and singing coach. Graduate of the Ukrainian National Tchaikovsky Academy of Music (violin department) and member of the Academy’s orchestra. She participated in numerous ethnomusicological field research projects. She has been singing traditional songs from a very early age, taught by her mother, a renown Kiev ethnomusicologist Iryna Klymenko. She performed with the famous Ukrainian group Drewo and with the group Hurtoprawci, with whom she toured in Canada, Switzerland, and Latvia. She currently sings in the group Babskij kozaczok.

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