UPCOMING
Sweet Mystery
songs of Victor Herbert and women wordsmiths of the 1910s-1920s
Friday, April 4th at 7:30pm
with tenor Todd Wilander and pianist David Sytkowski
*6:45 pre-show talk with Herbert scholar and producer Alyce Mott*
Recital Hall at Opera America
330 7th Ave, 7th Floor, NYC 10001
sponsored by the Victor Herbert Foundation
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If I…
a concert/cabaret
Friday, May 2nd at 7:30pm
with pianist Ana Glig
Saint John’s in the Village
218 West 11th St, NYC 10014
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Introductions
Sunday, June 1st at 4pm
Ukrainian Music Initiative
First Parish in Lexington
7 Harrington Road Lexington, MA 02421
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A Time for Fun
a concert/cabaret
Thursday, June 5th at 7pm
with pianist David Sytkowski
Margaret Jewett Hall First Church Cambridge
11 Garden Street, Cambridge, MA 02138
All Ages Family Concert
Saturday, June 7th at 11am
with pianist Ana Glig
First United Methodist Church
569 Main St, Chatham, MA 02633
Sea Songs
a concert/cabaret
Tuesday, July 29th at 7:30pm
with pianist David Sytkowski
Saint John’s in the Village
218 West 11th St, NYC 10014
RECENT
From Kontraktova Square
Ukrainian Contemporary Music Festival
The DiMenna Center for Classical Music, NYC, March 2025
War & Peace
with the Kalamazoo Philharmonia and Kalamazoo Choral Arts
Andrew Koehler, conductor
Chenery Auditorium, Kalamazoo, MI, March 2025
An Evening of Sea Songs
with pianist David Sytkowski
Williams Hall, Key West, FL, March 2025
Pleasant Ache
with pianist David Sytkowski and coloratura soprano Brooke Schooley
Saint John’s in the Village, NYC, February 2025
Introductions
Ukrainian Music Initiative
Shevchenko Scientific Society, NYC, February 2025
Songs to Warm a Winter Evening
with pianist Ana Glig
Cultural Center of Cape Cod, South Yarmouth, MA, January 2025
Contra Spem Spero
with mezzo-soprano Tanya Bertier and pianist Paul Carlson
Brookline, MA, January 2025
Vaughan Williams’ Magnificat
with Stockbridge Festival Chorus
Tracy Wilson, director
Stockbridge, MA, December 2024
Holiday Sing at Winter Walk
Hudson Festival Orchestra
Hudson, NY, December 2024
Sing & Tell
with pianist David Sytkowski
Saint John’s in the Village, NYC, November 2024
The Loft at Hermit Woods Winery & Eatery
with pianist David Sytkowski
Meredith, NH, November 2024
Loft 112 Events
with pianist Paul Carlson
Lowell, MA, November 2024
Serenading the Summer Moon
a concert/cabaret of songs in English, French & Ukrainian
with pianist David Sytkowski
The Local in Saugerties, NY, August 2024
Hudson In Concert
with the Hudson Festival Orchestra
Gwen Gould, conductor
Henry Hudson Riverfront Park in Hudson, NY, July 2024
Mélodies de compositrices de quatre pays
with pianist Zheni Meria
XVIII Salon Artistique Fibert in Paris, FR, June 2024
This Ukrainian American Life
with pianist Paul Carlson
Estonian House in NYC, June 2024
This Ukrainian American Life
with pianist Paul Carlson
Follen Church in Lexington, MA, June 2024
Evening of Sea Songs
with pianist Ana Glig
Cultural Center of Cape Cod in South Yarmouth, MA, June 2024
Spring Fling
with pianist David Sytkowski
St. John’s in the Village, NYC, May 2024
The Sunflower Gala for Ukraine
with pianist Pavlo Gintov
Ukrainian Institute of America, NYC, April 2024
Defence – Defiance – Dedication
Ukrainian Contemporary Music Festival
The DiMenna Center for Classical Music, NYC, March 2024
Stories & Songs
with pianist David Sytkowski
Williams Hall in Key West, FL, February 2024
A Cabaret
with pianist David Sytkowski
The Loft at Hermit Woods Winery in Meredith, NH, January 2024
A Musical Spectacular
with pianist David Sytkowski
The Church of the Village, NYC, January 2024
This Ukrainian American Life –
a concert/cabaret fundraiser for Razom for Ukraine
with composer & pianist Dina Pruzhansky
October, 2023
Ann Arbor, MI
Hastings, MI
East Lansing, MI
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Visit the Vira & Friends YouTube channel to listen to some Ukrainian song.
Ukrainian Voices: Present and Past
A fundraiser for 2022 Nobel Peace Prize winner Center for Civil Liberties
with pianist Paul Carlson
Lexington, MA, September, 2023
Evening of Opera Arias and Songs
with pianist Ana Glig
Cultural Center of Cape Cod, September 2023
Just for Fun!
with pianist David Sytkowski
Opera America, July 2023
Hudson in Concert
Gwen Gould, conductor
Hudson Festival Orchestra, July 2023
Odesa Peace Fund Benefit Concert for Ukraine
Klavierhaus, May 2023
This Ukrainian American Life –
a concert/cabaret fundraiser for Razom for Ukraine
with composer & pianist Dina Pruzhansky
March, 2023
Kerrytown Concert House in Ann Arbor, MI
Kerrytown Concert House in Ann Arbor, MI *special childrens matinee*
French Embassy in Washington, DC, presented by The Washington Group
February, 2023
Williams Hall in Key West, FL
Hermit Woods Winery & Eatery in Meredith, NH
Hudson Hall in Hudson, NY
Opera America in New York City, NY
January, 2023
Bethesda Lutheran Church in New Haven, CT
First Church Cambridge in Cambridge, MA
Holiday Pops
Cynthia Woods, conductor
Cambridge Symphony Orchestra, December 2022
Music of Hugo Kauder
with pianist Miles Fellenberg
Hugo Kauder Society at YIVO Institute for Jewish Research, October 2022
Sunflower Gala
with pianist Pavlo Gintov
Ukrainian Institute, October 2022
Concert for Ukraine
with pianist Gianni Fabbrini
Salon Sanctuary Concerts, July 2022
Music on the Halfshell
Chamber Music Celebrating the Seas
Billion Oyster Project as part of the Waterfront Alliance City of Water Day, July 2022
From Handel to Hennessy
with composer & pianist Dina Pruzhansky
Theatre 80 St. Marks, June 2022
Concert For Ukraine
A Rock & Roll Fundraiser
The Timbres at Arlene’s Grocery, June 2022
Heaven and Earth Rejoice!
An Anglo-Ukrainian Christmas
Ensemble Cherubim, December 2021
Jersey Score
A Chamber Concert of New Music written by New Jersey Composers
South Orange Symphony, November 2021
Recital & Gala Concert
with pianist David Sytkowski
Music at Grazhda, August 2021
enjoy a bit of audio & video
visit the Vira & Friends youtube channel
The Woman in Penthouse A Studios of Key West 2020 watch here
1000 Splendid Suns Opera America New Works Forum 2016 watch here
The Consul Seattle Opera 2014 listen here