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O lga K o b y lan sk a CENTENARY OF OLGA KOBYLANSKA O lga K o b y lan sk a w as b o rn 100 y e a rs ago in a sm all to w n of Bu- kow ina, th e m o u n ta in reg io n of U k rain e. A s a g irl, of a m iddle class fam ily , sh e h a d a lim ited edu cation . B u t sh e com pleted it th ro u g h rea d in g , and s ta rte d to w rite . W o m an’s f a te an d w o m an ’s c h a ra c te r w ere th e m ain th e m e s o f h e r sto ries. O lga K o b y lan sk a fe lt th e d e sp e ra te need of th e w om en o f h e r tim e. T h e ir s ta tu s w as v e ry low th e n due to p re ju dices an d lack o f p ro fessio n al tra in in g . H e r c h a ra c te rs all so u g h t a w ay o u t of th e ir dilem m a ; an d stru g g le d b itte rly fo r th e ir independence, as in d iv id u als an d as w om en. T h ey su c ceeded in ach iev in g th e ir ob jec tiv e a lth o u g h it o fte n m e a n t th e sacrifice o f th e ir p e rso n al feel in g s o r sim ple h u m a n h a p p i ness. H e r c e n te n a ry is now b ein g c eleb rated in U k ra in e th ro u g h a fiv e volum e ed itio n o f h e r col lected w o rk s an d a p ic tu re of h e r life, produ ced by th e film in d u s tr y . One of h e r novels — “ I d u g h e rb s on S u n d ay m o rn in g ” w as m ade in to a d ra m a fo r th e th e a te r an d is fre q u e n tly played. T h e U k ra in ia n th e a te r in C her- nivci, B uk ow ina b e a rs h e r nam e. B eside th e se h u m a n sto rie s love of n a tu re in sp ire d h e r also. UNWLA Branch 72 Musicale N E W Y O R K — T h e second a n n u al m usicale of “ Soyuz U k ra- in o k ” B ra n c h 72, a t w hich you n g ta le n t is p re se n te d to th e public, too k place a t th e U k ra in ia n In s titu te of A m erica on S unday, N ov em b er 3. M iss C h ristin e O sadca, p ia n ist, an d M iss L esia W askiw , ly ric soprano, w ere th e fe a tu re d m usicians. M iss O sadca a tte n d s th e Ju il- lia rd School fo M usic w h ere she is a ca n d id a te fo r a B achelor of Science deg ree w ith a m a jo r in m usic. She is also stu d y in g piano w ith S asch a G orodnitzki, fa m ous co n cert a rtis t. In ad dition, sh e is stu d y in g voice. M iss W a s kiw , w ho is m a jo rin g in E lem en ta r y E d u c a tio n in N e w a rk S ta te College, h a s been stu d y in g voice w ith L aw rence D avidson of th e M etro p o litan O pera since 1960. M iss W ask iw opened h e r p ro g ra m w ith a g ro u p of U k ra in ia n so n g s: S ic h y n sk y ’s “ B abyn e Li- to ,” L y sen k o ’s “ Oy, O dna Y a Od- n a Y ak B y ly n o n k a v P o li,” an d a fo lk son g “V zhe S k h o d y t Zo- r ia V ech ero v a,” follow ed b y th e P uccini a ria *‘0 M io B am bino C a ro ,” w h ich w ere su n g w ith w a rm th an d sin c e rity . ‘A ll th e T h in g s Y ou A re ” b y J. K e rn an d “Ju n e is B u s tin ’ O ut A ll O ver” b y R. R o d g ers concluded M iss W ask iw ’s p ro g ra m , an d a f te r th e la tte r n u m b er, w hich w as espe cially w ell done, an d a n encore th e sin g e r w as e n th u sia stic a lly applau ded . T he p ro m isin g M iss W askiw d isplay ed a voice g e n e r ally clear an d p le a sa n t, w hich com bined w ith h e r poised and w insom e m a n n e r, m ak e h e r an ap p ealin g p e rfo rm e r. M iss B e rth a M elnik provid ed th e re c ita lis t w ith ad m irab le ac co m p an im en t. M iss O sadca rev ealed a s tro n g p ia n istic tec h n iq u e fro m th e v e ry b e g in n in g of h e r p ro d ig io u s pro- A s a d a u g h te r o f th e C a rp a th ia n m o u n ta in s sh e loved th e m te n d erly an d fo u n d m o tiv es fo r m a n y of h e r sto rie s fro m th e ir slopes. H e r s h o rt sto rie s re fle c t ed th e ir m a je stic b e a u ty . g ra m . H e r re n d itio n of B a c h ’s P re lu d e an d F u g u e in F M inor, th e B eethov en “T e m p e st” Sona ta , O pus 31, No. 2, and B ra h m s R h ap so d y , O pus 79, No. 1 w as n o ted fo r its fin e sen se of sty le, w a rm th o f color an d im a g in a tiv e in te rp re ta tio n , w hile th e encore of C hopin’s E tu d e in F M inor, O pus 10 w as p e rfo rm e d ad ro itly w ith th e re q u isite q uickness an d delicacy. T he h ig h ly a p p re c ia tiv e audience ro u sin g ly ap p lau d ed M iss O sad ca’s im p ressiv e p e rfo r m ance a t th e k e y b o a rd an d w as m o st g en ero u s in its p ra ise of th is ta le n te d an d e x c itin g y o u n g a rtis t. A t th e op ening of th e p ro g ra m , M rs. M ary D ushn yck, P re s id e n t of B ra n c h 72, w el com ed th e g u e sts an d in tro d u ced M iss S h a n th i R a n g a ra o o f In d ia, an ed u cato r, social w o rk e r an d le c tu re r, w ho h a s th e d istin c tio n of b ein g th e only w om an to h av e received th e ra n k of fu ll colonel in th e In d ia n A rm y b y d ire c t com m ission. M rs. D u sh n y ck h a d m e t M iss R a n g a ra o a t th e IC W C onference in W ash in g to n , D.C. la s t Ju n e. A lso in tro d u c e d w ere M r. Leo Мої, scu lp to r o f th e T a ra s S hevchenko s ta tu e to be e rec te d in W a sh in g to n , D. C. and M r. W illiam D zus, p re sid e n t o f th e U k ra in ia n In s titu te of A m e r ica, an d M rs. D zus. M rs. D u sh n y ck th e n p re se n te d M rs. A nn e H a rriso n , P ro g ra m C h airm an , w ho in to rd u c ed th e a r ttis ts . A social follow ed th e m u sicale. M rs. D o ra P ifk o , R e fre sh m e n t C h airm an , w as aided b y a com m itte e c o n sistin g of th e follow in g : M esdam es N e ttie Sew icki, H elen T h ibo deau, M arie R ick et, L ily B ochonko, an d K ay L u cy- shen. M rs. M ary L esaw y er, V ice- P re sid e n t, M rs. A n n a Bezko, T re a su re r, M rs. A n n a K osciw , S e c re ta ry , M rs. M ary K oval, P ro g ra m C o-C hairm an an d M iss M ary Tollock, W ay s an d M eans Com m . C h airm an , co m prised th e R ecep tio n C om m ittee. Mary Dushnyck 18 НАШЕ ЖИТТЯ — ГРУДЕНЬ, 1963 Видання C оюзу Українок A мерики - перевидано в електронному форматі в 2012 році . A рхів C У A - Ню Йорк , Н . Й . C Ш A.
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