Spring SONGS from the Polesie region

Led by Iryna Klymenko
For all interested

The workshop is devoted to Ukrainian spring songs – various vesnanky – girls’ spring callings, processions, and dances. In the spring in Polesia these thousand-year-old melodies were heard from all corners of the village, or both sides of the river. The girls rivaled to be the first or the loudest ones singing. They also prepared special lyrics to mock their neighbors. We will familiarize ourselves with the vocal techniques of Polesia (burdon, “hooing”), and learn songs from the recordings made by Iryna Klymenko during her trips to the Ukrainian Polesia.

Iryna Klymenko (Kiev) – ethnomusicologist with a PhD in art sciences, exceptional traditional singer. Lecturer of Ukrainian National Academy of Music in Kiev. She led over 90 field research trips to Ukrainian villages, studying over 400 of them. Author of two monographs and over 75 scientific papers. For many years she was the soloist of the Ukrainian brand Drevo, she also sings in the bands Hurtoprawcy and Babskij Kozaczok.

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