Sorrow & Joy: Ukrainian Art Songs

Trenton City Museum Invites You

Sorrow & Joy: Ukrainian Art Songs

Saturday, May 17; 2 pm

Admission: $5 suggested donation at the door; sign up in advance at link provided

A soulful exploration of Ukrainian classical music with works by Mykola Lysenko, Kyrylo Stetsenko, Vasyl Barvinsky, and Stefania Turkewich

About the performers of “Sorrow & Joy”: Andrew Skitko, tenor, trained at Westminster Choir College, is the cantor at St. Mary Byzantine Catholic Church in Trenton, the director of the Ukrainian Art Song Project, and a chorus member of Opera Philadelphia. Alina Rabchuk, pianist, lives and teaches piano and voice in Bucks County. She is Worship Leader at Grace Ukrainian Baptist Church in Warminster. Ksenia Stetsenko-Skitko, violin, is a Ukrainian composer who merges Western classical music tradition with Eastern-European folk music. She is the granddaughter of Ukrainian composer Kyrylo Hryhorovych Stetsenko, whose work will be performed at the event.

Presented in conjunction with Cultural Connections: Eastern European Artists of Greater Trenton, on view through June 8

Featuring: Andrew Skitko, tenor, trained at Westminster Choir College, is the cantor at St. Mary Byzantine Catholic Church in Trenton, the director of the Ukrainian Art Song Project, and a chorus member of Opera Philadelphia.

Alina Rabchuk, pianist, lives and teaches piano and voice in Bucks County. She is Worship Leader at Grace Ukrainian Baptist Church in Warminster.

Ksenia Stetsenko-Skitko, violin, is a Ukrainian composer who merges Western classical music tradition with Eastern-European folk music. She is the granddaughter of Ukrainian composer Kyrylo Hryhorovych Stetsenko.

Trenton City Museum at Ellarslie is located in Trenton's Cadwalader Park, entered by car from Parkside Ave.; plenty of parking is available adjacent to the museum; accessible entrance available

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