Voice | Nadia Tarnawsky | All Levels | Period 2 | Week 2 (July 13-18, 2025)
The village of Stari Koni in northeastern Ukraine is the home of renowned singer and keeper of traditional songs Dominika Chekun (some of Dominika’s songs are part of the UNESCO Collection of Traditional Music). This class will feature lyrical songs, ritual songs and calendar songs from this particular village. We’ll also spend time on creating the village singing style used in the Polissia region of Ukraine.
About the Instructor
Nadia Tarnawsky has been studying Eastern European singing techniques for nearly two decades with leading teachers including Mariana Sadowska, Nina Matvienko, Lilia Pavlovska, Albanian singer Merita Halili and Bulgarian singers Donka Koleva and Maria Bebelekova. In 2002 she received a Foreign Language and Area Studies Fellowship which allowed her to travel to Ukraine to collect folk songs and folklore for a ten week period. Since 2008, she has been teaching Ukrainian village style singing in workshops for the Center for Traditional Music and Dance in New York city. Upon moving to Seattle, she and Brandon Vance formed the ensemble Alchymeia.